Dreadful, pompish, and burning the flags I thought were holy.

Easily my fav of yours to date; I'd love you to share more of what you did here (tho I suppose you shared a lot)

Guitars are an astonishing touch.  This is so wild and excellent on so many levels, I can't begin to comment.

TBH (no offense to you and others), this out-classes and out-performs anything my ears have heard the last few months ... even if I can't remember lyrics.  There is that majestic Yoyo pomp I'm so glad to hear and emulate.

Oh yeah, now I remember the lyrics of that heretic-Hendrix' protest ... "for love" -- haha!  This is Hendrix and the Cowsills on steroids ... leaving them to beaver (if you will).

Frankly, I'd expect this one to be most utterly long-lived, to be cherished by many, etc. ... on 1st listen. 

Again, this is easily my fav of yours (and the forum's) to date, but (the crybaby I am) I shall hope for better/nobler things to come.

Well written, great stylized vocals, awesome musicianship and ALWAYS original, however I think the music lacks some punch on the drums (the snare lacks snap and is buried a bit in the mix, the kick hasn't got even a hint of thump) and overall separation on the musical mix needs to be better. The song has decent dynamics but a little more overall presence could make this good song great.

That's really great.  I get an early Zappa vibe from it.  Performance and production are top shelf.

Philip


Dreadful, pompish, and burning the flags I thought were holy.

Easily my fav of yours to date; I'd love you to share more of what you did here (tho I suppose you shared a lot)

Guitars are an astonishing touch.  This is so wild and excellent on so many levels, I can't begin to comment.

TBH (no offense to you and others), this out-classes and out-performs anything my ears have heard the last few months ... even if I can't remember lyrics.  There is that majestic Yoyo pomp I'm so glad to hear and emulate.

Oh yeah, now I remember the lyrics of that heretic-Hendrix' protest ... "for love" -- haha!  This is Hendrix and the Cowsills on steroids ... leaving them to beaver (if you will).

Frankly, I'd expect this one to be most utterly long-lived, to be cherished by many, etc. ... on 1st listen. 

Again, this is easily my fav of yours (and the forum's) to date, but (the crybaby I am) I shall hope for better/nobler things to come.

Thanks, Philip, happy to see you liked it.
Almost all the guitars and bass were recorded dry and then run thru POD Farm2.  Not a lot of eq as I wanted to get that period sound, and keep everything glued together, even if it gave it a bit of hair. I did my standard NY Compression trick, sending all drums to its own bus, applying a lot of compression there, but also sending the snare directly to the master in addition for some pop. Keys are some low CPU-using SampleTank2 patch. I am amazed how well a lot of that synth's patches sit in mixes, although they don't sound great alone by themselves.

twisted6s


Well written, great stylized vocals, awesome musicianship and ALWAYS original, however I think the music lacks some punch on the drums (the snare lacks snap and is buried a bit in the mix, the kick hasn't got even a hint of thump) and overall separation on the musical mix needs to be better. The song has decent dynamics but a little more overall presence could make this good song great.

That was done with intention, Tony. I was going for that 1970 sound, and the drums were indeed pretty buried back then in favor of the guitar. And not a lot of kick thump back in the day, no?

jamesyoyo

twisted6s


Well written, great stylized vocals, awesome musicianship and ALWAYS original, however I think the music lacks some punch on the drums (the snare lacks snap and is buried a bit in the mix, the kick hasn't got even a hint of thump) and overall separation on the musical mix needs to be better. The song has decent dynamics but a little more overall presence could make this good song great.

That was done with intention, Tony. I was going for that 1970 sound, and the drums were indeed pretty buried back then in favor of the guitar. And not a lot of kick thump back in the day, no?

Not a lot of thump but a little more than none my brother, specifically with the funkier tracks of that era. I have no doubt that it was intentional as I've always been amazed, and impressed with you work ( I wish I had such musicianship) but take a listen to the best tracks of that era , funk or rock, and you'll see there was always SOME beef in the low end.

I'm not gonna say it sounds like this band or that band....

I'm just gonna say two things:

1. Awesome song and performances! 

2. When are you gonna learn how to mix?

James - I really enjoyed this - definitely got me moving around.

That's great!  I love those drums - all the ghosted snare stuff sounds really good.  And the wah wah on the guitar.  The vocals seem to bring in a touch of Zappa too.  Listening on my brand new k240 cans.  Sounds really good.

Clean Mark, Matt, Geno:

Thanks so much.

Mark C.:

Funky? Wait til you hear my next one!

Really Cool, Nice work all around  ... kinda ... Sly and the Family Isley?

Frank, Tap, Cryo:

Thanks for the listen. 

Wow - what a huge undertaking.

As far as I can tell you've accomplished your goal.

Great energy... I love the little laugh in V1!

This is one of those tunes that deserves to be 'out there'...

Just really great... No nits from me... amazing really!

Peace,

Ian