Deep Purplish/Steppenwolfy with a pinch of Queen and a dash of 3 Dog Night

This original reflects my 70's progressive rock influences.  I was going to post this earlier, but Bob Oister posted posted his great tune "Bulletproof Heart" just as I was about to, so I waited until now to put it up..........All comments and questions welcome...........The song is titled "Bulletproof". 

The drums aren't too loud but could use a bit more eq'ing to take out a bit of the punch. I'm listening on Yamaha HS-80m's and normally they under-emphasize the low end.

The backups are outstanding. Great song.

I know that bass patch very well...You have more patience than me. I always used to get so pissed that it doesn't sound real at all. But in this it doesn't sound too bad.

Great vocal. Good organ work. fairly interesting song. I think the drums need beefing. Not sure how much better they can be made in the mix of if it's a patch issue. Either way, decent tune.

The mix caught my attention first thing.  Very good!  I would take a bit of reverb off of the main vocal but that's a personal preference.  It seems to sit too far out "in front" of the instruments.

I like the genre and vibes from the tune.

Dale

rockinrobby,.........canine influences?  Yep, and hopefully this old dog can still learn some new tricks.  I was shooting for a big dynamic change from verse to chorus, maybe too much?  The high lead sort of echoes the chorus melody and all the guitars are midi.  Thanks for the "imaginative" on the break.  I always loved the Beatles "middle eight" and try for a big change-up.  I appreciate your listen. I always look forward to your new tunes...........Ron

I hear you. And again, I wish I could hear that "break" in the middle? I think it can really make a song.l

Hey Bub,  thanks for listening, I mixed this through my new M-Audio av40's(the first time I've used them)in my motel room(traveling salesman).  They sound great for starting at 80hz. I sang all voices so I appreciate your thumbs up. I wrote this song in '96 but could never get it together until now, shame on me...............Ron

Hi Ron,

Cool tune. You've got a real good voice. Love the wide vibrato.

You've also got the 70's vibe down.

When I first started listening I could definitely hear the  Deep  Purple
influence but kept wondering '3 Dog Night'? Not really hearing THAT...

Then the middle section came in and BOOM there was the 'Dog'...nicely done!

Greetings vechung, thank you for your kind comments.  You make a guy feel like its all worth it. I'm glad you enjoyed it. All my songs are too long................I'll try to prune a little here and there.................Thanks................Ron

Hey, Ron,
 
How's it going, buddy?  Doing great, I hope!
 
Killer job on this great progressive rocker!  Nice clean mix, excellent performances on all the instruments and really dynamite vocals and harmonies that are perfect for the genre.
 
I'm definitely also getting a cool Deep Purple/Steppenwolf vibe with possibly a little ELP or Uriah Heep thrown in for good measure!  I love the nice changeup around the three minute mark, really great work on the arrangement.
 
Thanks for the kind comment about my song, I still feel bad that you ended up holding your song post up because of our similar song titles.
 
Anyway, excellent work on this very cool song, job well done, have a good one!
Bob

• James(slow marching band) Much thanks for your time and thumbs up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

really enjoyed this work...your vox work is very good and convincing to be sure...there's a lil key part (sounds like a whistle) that follows the vox in the chours that kinda doesn't work for me..it takes my attention away from the tune so to speak...(hi-notes tend to do that for me) so I'd pull that back a bit..

being  an ole fart I can relate to the bands you mention and you nailed it in that vein.

I really enjoyed the tune and the mix sounded good here on me 'puter speakers...

good job and keep rockin!

I listened to the the other day, and thought I had posted....

I agree on all the comparisons above to the monster bands, UH, DP, STIX and others.

Very good... I like those old riff based songs of yesteryear.

Good job.

• Tom, I go to your Distant Towers once in a while when I see your posts..........good work. Thanks for listening. My voice has always been hard for me to mix, maybe that's not uncommon. The high part you describe is TTS-1 "overdrive guitar" but I just bought the Realstrat and am going to plug it in. So glad you enjoyed the tune.............Ron

this is one cool song, all your influences have been mentioned, and all the salient mix/recording sounds been discussed. one thing i would say, try putting the organ, bass and guitar synths thru a guitar sim; there are many excellent free ones available, such as Freeamp 3, Voxengo Boogex and especially the Acmebargig/lepou plug ins. this will give you a bit more reality and organicness to the sounds. excellent vocals dude.