new Distant Towers tune, Gettin' used to Losin

Has anyone ever told you this sounds like Bryan Ferry?
 
It is a good song with great players.  Really like it at 1:38.  Nice vibe. 
 
I need to check out more of your music so that I can learn more about your style.
 
The guitar at 3:49 has a nice tone to it.  I like the way you left the ending with the sound of a guitar cord being unplugged.
 
The only thing I would like to hear is a little less verb on the vocals, and turn them up a bit.  But, that's my personal taste.
 
Merry Christmas to you too.
 
Jesse Q. Screed
 
 

Like the sultry nature of this. Like the vocals the best. 
Here's some crits (please ignore if you don't agree):
I think the bass could have a bit of some 400Hz or so removed. Did you sidechain with the kick to help clear up the low end? Maybe need to address that more.
I also think the lead vocal (sung really well) has a ringing harmonic around 1khz to 1.5khz (a bit of a nasal ring) that if notched down a touch would warm it up. I might have the frequency wrong. Most people may not hear this at all. 
 
Please take these comments with a grain of salt. It's just what I heard and might be helpful (or not). I don't want to hold back when I hear something but also don't want you think your production is any less that it already is.
Good playing all around!
 
 
 

Hey all....Merry Christmas! Hope you all enjoy the season and in some places the crazy weather....
 
Jess - Thanks for the listen and input. I fear that if you dial back and listen to some of our past it's convoluted at best..lol But it'll be an interesting ride to be sure. I take the Bryan Ferry comment as an extremely positive one as I've always seen him as somewhat of an unsung (no pun) hero but interestingly enough I didnt at all get that vibe as we were recording. In the past we've heard so my "sound-like" references (Zappa, O Positive, Crash Test Dummies) and they have really been all over the map. I will say that personally I do really like 99% of the bands referenced so my guess is that my influences sneak in. Tony (guitars) has quite a bit of different tastes musically as well as Preston. When we write we never choose a particular road but more or less let the tune write itself. Ironically enough when we attempt to choose a musical path, more times than not it never fully develops. For us just letting the tune kinda "flop out" works much better then mapping things out. Thanks for the good listen and hope you enjoy some DT ghosts from the past!

wookie!...hey mate....hope you're well! Thanks for the listen and again Hope you have an awesome holiday!
 
Rimshot - Long time no see laddy....alls well here. Really appreciate the feedback so never hold back! I'm sure everyone who posts here has some specific reasons to do so beyond getting a song out of the studio but for me I'd say I appreciate the  technical ears more than any other aspect. I spend many many hours working the mix and need those fresh ears. Sometimes in the end I dont agree w/the evaluations but I do always go back and do some remixing to see if in the end I do hear an improvement. I think the vox advice will be something I'll run with as Preston (kit) stated as much a few weeks ago..I addressed at that time but Ill go back and see it a further tweak isn't in order. Great feedback and its nice seeing you around again.
 
Peace!

Beagle & James - Nice to see you both and I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas!! Thanks for the listen and glad you both found something of interest in there!
Tom,  Thanks for the good ears and please see below!! Merry Christmas
All,
Went in and reworked based on the above (pulled some of the mids out of the bass, less verb on vox, vox up in the mix as well as tweaking the EQ as Rimshot outlined above). tweaks are slight at best but I think it nudges the tune closer to where it should be.
 
Thanks again for all the input!!!

Man, I love everything you guys do!!  Great song, great playing, great production.  Wow!!  A+ as always
 
The very best to you guys.

Jesse:  Thanks for the feedback and the listen.  That was Tom's idea about using the cord unplug at the end.  Haven't heard the Bryan Ferry reference before but Tom is very chameleon like with his vox so I hear different influences over different songs.
 
Wookiee:  Thanks for listening and the kind words, happy holidays to you as well!
 
Rim:  Thanks for taking the time to listen and for the great, specific feedback.  Tom apparently took this to heart as he posted a new version.  I still have to check that one out.  Thanks for lending us your great ears!
 
Reece:  Thanks for the kind comments and for listening.  Hope things are well with you.
 
James:  Thanks for giving this one a spin and for all your support past and present.  We'll soon have enough tunes for a new CD so you can be assured that you'll have this one to check out whenever the mood strikes.
 
Tom:  Thanks for listening and for your good crit and comments. Yep, definitely was going for the vox with heavy reverb although that can be tricky and not to everyone's taste.  In the past we have gotten comments about the vox being to dry.  Tom used a little heavier reverb on our tune, Back in your Cage and I loved it so I encouraged him to use more reverb on his vox.  Love the comment on the skanky groove.  I couldn't quite put my finger on a good descriptive word for it but skanky does seem to fit the bill, LOL!!
 
Stringjammer:  Thanks for the kind comments and for listening.  Danny Joe Brown, RIP, great vocalist.  I love hearing what other people hear in Tom's vocals.  Now if I could channel up some swampy guitar licks, maybe we could give that Hatchet vibe a whirl, LOL!!
 
Jude77:  Thanks man, very kind words and we appreciate the listen.  Hope all is well in your world.
 
Dan:  Thanks for checking us out and for the great comments.  Vox and bass are often times hard to hear.  I think that has something to do with the fact that Tom does both of those and the mixing too.  Preston usually asks for the bass to be more prominent and I like the vox up some.  Always a work in progress.

Liked that groove and the mix is very good -- can everything really well and it jells.  I didn't like the guitar lead -- the tone was good but it sounded like the guitarist was fumbling about a bit.  Not too focused.  Also, it didn't stand out in the mix in the beginning of the solo.  Other than that minor thing, it was good stuff :)
 
Allan
 

Yeah, that was very cool, and the groove was very bad (in a good way of course).  
 
Loved the vibrato on the lead vocals, and I think the reverb suits it well in context. 
 
 

kakku:  Thanks for giving the new tune a listen and for your nice comments.
 
Allan:  Thanks for giving our new song a listen.  We appreciate your kind comments and honest review of the lead guitar.  Always helpful to know what others are hearing.
 
Gus:  Thanks for your time and listen.  We appreciate your kind comments/review.
 
Steve:  Thanks for taking a listen to the new tune and for the feedback on the vox, much appreciated!
 
James:  Thanks for stopping by and listening to our new song.  Thank you for your kind comments.

It`s DTlicious as always !!!!!!!

Lynn:  Thanks for giving this tune a whirl and for your kind comments and the insight on the lead vocal.
 
Alan:  Thanks for taking a listen to the new tune and for your kind comment.
 
Fred:  Thanks for listening to this new one and thanks for the critique and kind comments, always appreciated.