Working the Paradigm Shift (original)

Blimey... This takes me back a bit 
 
I hate making comparisons but I'm thinking Yes and ELP for starters. Or IQ perhaps?
 
Excellent stuff 
 
That bass guitar on your website, Agile Defiant... never seen the like before...

stickman393
This one is probably more The Who meets 80's King Crimson  :-)
 

Yeah... I'll go with that 

Yep, very cool tune. Loved the vocals when they introed. Really nice work.

Fantastic.  The KC influence is immediately obvious and then some Yes in the vocal parts.  Love the breaks. 
 
Searched for you guys online and found this (for everybody's benefit):
 
http://www.spacefold.com/colin/ps/steeltree/
 
Who are The Prodigal Sounds?
Take one part Kevin Gilbert; and one part Thomas Dolby. Add a generous dash of Mike Oldfield's guitar and Emerson's keyboards. Sprinkle with Tony Levin's tasty bass playing. Let it simmer for two decades.
From this broth we drank heavily, whilst recording these eight songs and six instrumentals.
Side 2 could be considered as a single, continuous suite of thematically related music.
This is the Fruit of the Steel Tree, our first album. Enjoy!

Really excellent song and production. At low level, all is good. At high level, the upper mids are a bit harsh on my side. It might be the syballance and cymbals. When you master, this can be easily handled if you think there is an issue. 
The overall presentation is great. You guys have a lot more patience than I with undertaking a song like this. 
Keep up the good work. 

70's progressive rock was a truly golden age for all those great arena rock anthems. You had me from the first measure and I'm a real hard sell, and I salute your work. Good production values and great tracks all. I'm really glad there is someone out there tackling the tough stuff.............Go Stickman!...........Ron

I get the Pete Townshend style songwriting, plus I'd connect it to Lamb Lies Down a little bit, too! and Rush naturally. By way of Kansas.
 
Forgetting the fun of comparisons, it's a really good effort on its own. Holy panning, Batman! nicely spread around the stereo stage. I caught the electric guitar delay that trails across to the other side. Very nice.
 
This song is a seriously good time machine back to 1976? Just a good time, thanks for the excellent effort. Your attention to detail is on full display.
 
cheers,
-Tom
 
 
 

great work!... love the vocal harmonies and arrangements... what did you use to create the drums?
 

Thanks again guys, I'm really proud of this one and I'm happy others enjoy it.
 
@Pavlo, the drums were XLN Addictive drums, using a kit from v.1 that I've customized over time to my liking. I couldn't say which preset I started with.
I use a Roland SPD-20 (octopad) to trigger the sounds - I don't use preset midi patterns.
 
@Rimshot, I tend to agree with you about the high mids - I don't know if this is an artifact of the .ogg compression or the soundcloud processing. I used StudioOne Project page to convert and upload to soundCloud. I've listened to a "normal" CD in various locations - including the car! - and it sounds pretty good, I think, but I may try a few other options for a digital release.

This is really fantastic stuff Colin! Very nice mix and playing.
 
Regards,
Dan

enjoyed it....thx !

Hi stickman . . . really enjoyed listening to this one !
 . . . and had a good laugh, since my association / comparison  brain immediately went to the band YES, and then the first post response I read (by forum  member "synkrotron") mentioned YES as a possible comparison.
 
The creativity here is amazing, guitar parts are very well done, and I find the mix is also excellent.
 
Anyways, don't mean to say that this is clone of YES, it just reminds me of that era with the drum crash shots, lyrical content, and harmony electric guitars . . . though the synth sounds you use really give it a more modern feel than those days of YES. Sounds like you were a big fan of prog rock ?