Bad Day, a new Distant Towers tune

Hey folks, we are back again. Things have been moving quickly for us lately and we have another new tune called Bad Day. It is the top song at this link....

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=833098

We hope that you are not tired of hearing from us and will take a listen. Feedback wanted and critiques welcomed as usual.

Tom: Synths, vox, lyrics, audio clips and mixing.
Robbie: Drums
Tony: Guitars, drum loops

Another tune in the vein of the last couple, short but trying to be interesting still. We hope you will listen and find something that you like.

Lots of creativity in yous guys. Good job.

Pretty cool songs gents. Sounds great.

There did seem to be a few timing issues sprinkled here and there, near the beginning and after a couple of minutes (sorry did not note the exact times).

As a key player, I, of course, would liked to have heard more of the synth and have it a bit louder in the mix. It had a nice tone, but seemed "tentative" if you know what I mean (not affirmative).

Well done guys.

Cheers
Shad

WOW, another thinker, out of the box tune. This tune came together nicely, love that funky feel. I love how you guys change the effects on the lead vox. I did have a problem with the drums on my end. They seemed just a bit on the low end and not as clear compared to the guitar and lead vox. GREAT TUNE, keep them coming.

LATER

"We're not in Kansas anymore"? Loved the lyrics on this Tom! Great singing and I must add that Tony's guitar kicks a** Big Time on this! You gents just get better & better with each tune, not only the playing, but the creativity that flows out is fantastic. Don't shut that faucet off man!

I'm heading down to Williamsburg, VA. this Sunday for 6 days, but the wife has me on a short leash as usual. It would've been nice to jam with you gents! Again, great song from a terrific crew.

Shad--thanks for giving our tune a listen. Thanks for the good feedback. Tom tweaked the drum roll at the beginning which was probably one of your timing issue comments. Tom has been venturing into synths with his keyboard on the last two tunes so the comment about him being tentative is probably right on. As he feels more comfortable with it, he'll be more likely to bring it up in the mix. Right now he is just adding a little light flavoring to the mix.

Josh--we appreciate the listen and the kind comments. Robbie and Tom did the drums very quickly the other day on this one. We usually only get Robbie's services for a few hours each week. So the drums are a mix of my original drum loops and Robbie's kit. Both Robbie and Tom like to use a combination of both and this tune was no exception.

Kevin--thanks so much for putting ears to the tune. Thanks for the kind comments. I agree, Tom created some really cool vox textures on this one. He goes for the mood and I got it loud and clear on this one! See the comment to Josh above about the drums, that could play into what you are hearing. Tom will tell you that he feels this is an area where he is looking for improvement, unfortunately if he looks to me for help, he'll be let down as I don't know jack about recording/mixing drums.

James--thanks for listening and letting us know we are not lousing up the joint with our stuff. Thanks for the kind comments. We tried some leads in the heavy area but the "heys" just fit so much better! Glad you thought they were cool.

Larry--thanks for checking this tune out and for your very kind comments. We'll keep the faucet open as long as possible, we are having a blast! We hope that our neck of the woods treats you and wife well this coming week. Enjoy yourself and don't forget to have some good old Pierce's BBQ before you head home.......if ya like BBQ! If you hear strange music wafting to your hotel room, it might be me and Tom working on the next one............or it could be demented Muzak. Have a safe and fun trip.

Janet--thanks a bunch for checking out the tune and for your kind comments. Much appreciated.

Like that thick dark guitar.

Drums need to come forward a little, vox back just a hair.
Kick drum too clicky, too in front and too busy for my tastes on the 1:08 mark.
Love hat Kansas-nod riff (Kerry Livgren, eat your heart out!) at 2:00.

Super cool track.

Very creative. Really interesting and compelling.

This'd be a nightmare to mix? I agree w/ jamesyoyo that the drums could be a bit, just a bit louder.

Probably, if you need to go to the next level w/ this you ought to take it to a pro studio and have them mix it. This is pretty good though just as is. Really great job.

Peace,

Ian

Hi Tony

Another great piece of work from you guys - very innovative; I can't quite put my finger on why, but I feel like I'm listening to the b*****d love child of INXS and Talking Heads with this song, and I mean that in a very nice way

The middle part is worthy of a song on it's own, I really like that!

Cracking stuff

Steve

ORIGINAL: CreatingNoise

Steve, thanks for taking the time to listen and for your kind and great comments. Indeed a b*****d child is a very welcome description of our work! Glad you liked the rocking part too. Tom will love the Talking Heads reference!

BTW--saw you over on the JP sound thread, nice work with the screen shots and stuff. You are a great source of info for all things JP! How you likin that Variax?

I am just loving the new guitar Tony - the models are very convincing, although knowing Line 6's stuff I sort of took that as read.

What's impressed me more is just what a nice bit of gear it is to play - I'd heard issues surrounding the build quality but I'm very impressed with both this and the finish.

Once you get used to the lack of 'real' pickups, and crank it up through one of the Line 6 amps, it's easy to feel like you're playing the 'real' thing!

Steve

I've laid down a bit of stuff with it Tony - mostly all works almost in progess though!

However, if you click on the SHS7XL-FIRST TRY link in my sig, I'm using it for the right panned rhythm guitar - I set it up using the Link 6 Workbench software as a Strat 'body' with a PAF 'pickup' (set at +3dB) in the bridge position... nice!