Distant Towers, "Westward Bound" 3-14 update

****3-14-11
A new version of the song has been uploaded.  Preston did some drum tweaking to get a better sounding set of tracks and Tom mixed them back into the song.  We'd appreciate your input on the new drum sound within the song.  Thanks to those who have already chimed in!****
 
Good afternoon Cake-ettes!
 
As it turns out, we had a few tunes kinda run together as 2010 turned to 2011.  Tom was out of town for a month and so they are finishing up all bunched together.  This is the second of three and it is called Westward Bound.
 
We hope that you will put a critical ear on this one as well as letting us know what you think in general.
 
You can find it on our website:
http://distant-towers.com/DTlatestsong.htm
 
Or on Soundclick:
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10299297
 
The guilty party:
Tom McCaffrey:  Lyrics, vocals, mixing, bass, synths, audio loops.
Preston Richardson:  Drums, percussions and I believe he slipped some synth stuff in on this one as well.
Tony Wood:  Guitars
 
Thanks for all your kind words and critiques on our last tune, Storybook.  We appreciate the input very much.
 

Wow, loved this.  One of the things I've liked about all the DT material I've heard is that you guys are always full of musical surprises, and this tune was no exception.  Nicely laid out and felt more like 3 mins than 6.
 
I agree with Rob's comment on the left side guitar, and (just a thought here) I was wondering how it would sound if you varied the panning throughout the tune???  Great job though, guys!

another totally different sounding track. an airier feel than some of your stuff. how you integrate the main riff and BV is excellent. great playing all round.

Thanks for the input guys!! Great call on the guitar left on the verse...Thanks Robert!!!

Once again we had a ball putting this together and we're really enjoying the new found friendship and talent of Preston "Presto" on the kit....As Tony pointed out this is the 2nd in a batch of 3 new tunes that kinda took us in a different direction (for us anyway)...but we're really enjoyed the different textures.

Thanks again for your good ears and timely suggestions and we always take them to heart!

This is awesome! Love the tone and panning of the guitars. The entire mix is better than pro.

Seriously good, cool stuff once again.  Presto sounds like a great find too. :-)

Aaah man - where's this post gone - this is the second one today that's vanished into the ether.

Anyway........liking the new direction fellas - I can hear a bit of  flower power and some don't fear the reaper type vibe going on here mixed in with the DT signature sounds. Who'da thought it ? Maybe just me, but I like it anyway.

Superb fellas. Thanks for posting

You know, I listened to this yesterday and must have not hit the "post message" button.  As usual I talked about how unique you guys are, innovative and what great tunes you write.  I'm not sayin' it again.  LOL!  It never ceases to amaze me how you come up with so many different sounding tunes.  Great talents do that and that describes you guys to a tee.

Monkfish, Steve and Mark...thanks for the listen and the comments! We did have a good time throwing this together!

Warren - where the h*ll have you been?...I was ready to send out an APB!! And where's brudda Mark?? Nice ta see ya laddy!!

Hope all you guys are well!

 Really enjoyable tune, very nice pro sounding production.

Great tune has a 60`s vibe for me and the vocals are very Cat Stevens too me .........GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever "it" is - you guys have got it.

You never cease to come up with entertaining, creative music.

This is a great tune - I really love it.

I really like this. Great production.

On that trailing guitar...Did you reduce it some? it seems to sit better than I got on my initial impression. it seems to be moving about, too ( per Philz' suggestion). If my mind isn't playing tricks on me, it's a nice, but subtle, change.
Keep us posted on the CD release.
 And I'll be wanting a DT fanclub bumper sticker