Here Comes the Square

Singing? No. I am not doing my "Nick Winters" imitation on this one. :) Would love any comments!
 
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The link (edited) takes you to home page, there's a music player with a songlist, just click on "Here Comes The Square"
 
 
cheers,
-Tom

Tom,
 
Sounds good, super clean recording.   Enjoyed it very much.

Regards

I liked it a lot. Bass grooves nicely. What drums did you use? The mix is right on too. I listened to it on a ipad but connected to a JBL Flip 2.

Tom, I really like this. Sounds great to me. If I had to be picky, I might say back off the reverb on the guitar a bit. I know its part of the "groove chill-out" wet vibe but it's a little too wet to my ears. But that's just being picky...
 

Really nice groove!  I especially like the change around the 3:30 mark.  It comes across my monitors like a very professional production.  Keep it up!

Enjoyed the listen. Nicely mixed and mastered. Bass is really great.

Hi all, many thanks for the comments and advice!
 
Well, I am a keyboard player so the guitars, generally, sound like they are being played by a keyboard player :) as the guitarists around here will surely notice. My bass is a Musicman Bongo, it's got two humbuckers, each with a 9v preamp active, plus I swapped the strings out for Bella tape wounds. So I can get sick low end for days, as the kids would say, and for the bass I EQ everything off above 500-600 hz, totally low-passed. 
 

Mesh
.....if anything at all, the bass seemed a liitle too hot (dB wise) on my H-phones, 

and yes, the bass volume is definitely at its upper limit. I always spend the most time on the bass, I don't know about your experiences, but I think it's the toughest nut to crack.
 

tbosco
However, in these speakers it sounds like every main instrument is dead center.  I hear cymbals and reverb outside the field, but to my picky ears some of the instruments could be panned a little more (or make use of a stereo effect?) so they're not on top of each other.

Yes, good call, tbosco, I don't have anything really panned more than 40%, and I might go back and have a look at that.
 

gusrogers
 . . . for me the drums feel a little small and flat, the snare needs a little more bite. 

Yes, I get that one, too. I'm using AD 1 with the Spike Stent Indie 3 kit, and the snare is more dry/crisp than meaty/solid. I have all kinds of eq and compression on that snare. I have AD2 and I might try some other kit to see if it's a little more happening.
 
Overall, thanks again, I know I've gotten to hear a lot of your songs and thanks for helping to make this forum vibrant.
 
cheers,
-Tom

Very nice Tom. A lot of my favourite musical goodies in here, solid groove, melodic bass, chiming guitars..liked that a lot.

Hi Wookiee, thanks! Hey, the Pink Fraud title is a blog title with a video below it. It was my snarky title for a video of a "band" with a really awful Pink Floyd cover of "Comfortably Numb". If you see the video, you'll get it soon enough!
 
I had no clue about a real "Pink Fraud" so I will change the blog title to avoid confusion and/or litigation!!! 
 
many thanks,
-Tom

I likes...   Nice groove, bass is locked in.  Love the piano part starting around the 3:30 mark - nice and crisp yet dreamy.  
 
 
Mix-wise, other than the snare being a bit dry and up-front, I liked it, including the delays and reverbs.  Nice and chill...