Can't Suffer No Fool (Blues)

Back to the Blues!  Here is a bit of a number about a cat that is having a struggle with his darlin;.  It is along the lines of the slinky, Cool Blues genre (at least that was the intent).  I also tried to throw in a bit of a Studebaker John feel to this song.
 
I am still entrenched in the battle of wits between my new computer, new sound card (E-MU 0404 PCIe), and an old me.  I do believe that I'm losing the battle.  With great effort and confrontation with my two opponents I did manage to get this number don (to some degree).  So, I would be very gratefull for any feedback.
 
Thanks
 
Can't Suffer No Fool
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Freddy J

+1

Great job, Freddy, I'm mildly depressed again.

nailed the groove here,which is enough for me. For some reason I really picked up on the super laid back drum fills, nice!
This groove gives a superstition feel to it, worth trying a clavinet on it playing the riff, see how it comes out!

Cian

A toe tapper for sure.

Thanks David.  I appreciate the kind words.
 
Hi Tim!  Thanks a million.
 
I am humbled Frank.  I am also very pleased that you liked it.  Thanks a million for the good words buddy.
 
Hey Lynn -- don't be depressed , the Blues are supposed to cheer you up   ;>)   --- anyway B. B. King once said that.   Thanks for listening and the kind comments.
 
Robby: I'm still thinking about an urban rap tune ---- I definitely don't have that perfected!!!!  Thanks buddy.
 
Cian:  I appreciate your listening, the good words, and the suggestion but I don't know if I could handle a clavinet  -- all those black and white keys confuse me.
 
Hi Tom.  Thanks for the listen and comments.
 
Thank you Shad.
 
Thanks very much for the kind comments Kev.  I was going for a Jimmy Reed meets Studebaker John feel.  I hope I got close.  Thanks again.
 
Freddy J
 
 
 
 
 
 

Good blues tune. It's got all the elements.

I have an EMU - 1820M which was one their high end interfaces that they recently discontinued in favor of the 1616M.  Really nice preamps.

You can pick up NOS 1820Ms quite cheap.   If you're using a card, are you plugging a preamp into that?

Daryl

Hey Freddie - love this!

your guitar track has a lot of noise on it, very obvious at the beginning.  might want to gate that out.  I'd also back off the sizzle on that ride (and the cymbals) myself.

love the tune!  love the performances!

hey freddy love it great tune eric

Hi Bub.  Thanks for the kind words and for the encouragement with the new card.  Although I'm still losing in the battle of wits, the three of us (my computer, the E-MU 0404, and me) are communicating better in the audio realm.  A process in which the other two are educating me.  I am, however, losing the fight to use MIDI (and I have a song waiting that is just begging for MIDI). I have contacted the E-MU support folks but have had no response from them.  I also contacted the Cakewalk people and they have replied with some suggestions, but it looks like we might be working on this for a while.  Thanks again.
 
Thank you Daryl.  I am using a preamp and as mentioned above, I am getting a handle on the system for audio and recording WAV but trying to get the MIDI to work is driving me bonkers (its a short drive in a fast car).
 
Hey Daryl(1968).  I appreciate your taking time to listen and comment.  Thanks!!
 
Hello Reece.  Thanks for the kind comments and valued feedback.  You are right of course.  There is a lot of noise and I have been getting a lot of clicking in my struggle with the new system and card.  I am getting more comfortable with the balancing between Sonar and PatchMix ---- so, hopefully I'll be able to eliminate some of these errors.
 
Hi Paulo.  Thanks for the kind words.  I understand how you feel about the ending.  I used to listen to WLAC (Memphis, Tenn.) way back in the early 1960's.  I was a very young, wee, bit of a thing back then  .     It was a 50,000 watt station and if the weather was just right I could get it all the way up in London, Ontario (when I lived there) and all the way down in Port Charlotte, Florida (when I lived there).  A lot of the R&B and Blues that the famous John R used to play had long fades (e.g., the Meters, Johnnie Shines, etc.).  I thought it was kind of cool then and still kind of do, but I can see how it can seem lazy.  Thanks again for the feedback!
 
Hey Eric. Thanks a million for the kind words.  I appreciate it.
 
 
 
 

Great title, great blues.

I don't see anything here that is technically spectacular. I only see a raw basic blues tune that's good. The vocals weren't over extended and fit the song well.

I really dig it!  Nice laid back blues!

Your a very competent blues man, can't really fault the mix.

The only criticism I could give is the outro needs a little more lead, then you would have a really good song.

I'm so impressed with what the song forum is dishing up, folkelectronica, blues, power ballads, you name it.

Keep it coming Freddy.

Peace Ben