I Got a Thing For You Baby (now including The New Mix)

Thanks to all the advice I have received from the great people on this forum, I remixed this track. In revisiting the tune, I realized that I had never given it much more than a rough mix, of the type you take home at the end of a session just to see if all the parts are there and there are no bad mistakes. If this were 1956, and I were Gene Vincent (for example), it would have been on the radio in that form the next day. But we don't do that kind of thing in 2016. My big hope now is that I have not sanded off the rough edges and spoiled the spontaneity that made it fun to begin with. Thanks again, everybody!
I was at a memorial gathering for an old friend when she caught my eye. Dressed in black -- black T-shirt, black leather pants, black stiletto boots. It took me an hour to get next to her, and then she told me she was my friend's ex-wife, divorced before I met him. Awkward. We had a sexting affair and I wrote this song for her. She never took me up on it.
 
I recorded it some years ago with SONAR 8.5.3 as a way to teach myself the software, later mixed it with X3. Now I want to try for a better mix with Platinum, and I'm open to ideas. Thank you for listening (it won't take 3 minutes).
 

The mix sounds quite narrow to me I would be tempted to push the piano slightly more to one side and the rhythm guitar to the other.  Nice tune and some nice playing though thanks for sharing.

I enjoyed this very much. I especially liked your voice (range and temperment).

Hey Larry, what an infectious rhythm and feel this has -- love that pumping bass!!  The mix is tight and just right and the slight delay & reverb you have on your voice is perfect.  Very good stuff -- I enjoyed the listen!!  
 
Allan
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eph221 - First time I've ever seen a comment on vocal temperament. I looked it up, and discovered that it's actually a thing. Thanks!
Ed - Gonna have to check my placement. Thank you.
Allan - Thanks. I'm always a little worried about the bass -- so many ways to get it wrong...
Dan - Thank you, sir (gotta have my echo!).

Maybe you fixed something, but I didn't really find the mix narrow. I might push the vocals up a bit more - that slapback room delay or whatever is sweet. Wide, I would say.
 
My concern is that the bass seems to drop completely out on a couple of spots. Try :32 for example . . . maybe 1:!7 . . .if this is a driving kind of song, I don't think you want to lose the energy at any point.
 
Your song was a pleasure to listen to, and your time on it was well spent! Nice band name, too! except you should get a horn section to fill it out to have nine members. :)
 
-Tom
 
 

Thanks, Rip! I daydream about playing my own music live. Not much market for old guys just starting out. 
Tom - Thank you. I think you're right on about the bass, and I'm going to try to fix that.
philz - Thanks for listening. Glad you like it!

heh, fun tune!

right off the bat, i get this huey lewis vibe, they were able to get that uptempo beat just right where it wants to get your heart racing, but not quite enough to be uncomfortable!
 
but the singing reminds me more of a cross between jimmy vaughan and dr. john
 
excellent recording and performance.
 
i like the delay on the vox...
but if you want to experiment with it,
why not automate the FX on the lead vocal track;
bring it down when the words are quick and tight,
and bring it up near the end of each phrase or line.....
'play' the effect.
 

larry,
it's as easy as arming a track to record.
 
throw an fx in the fx bin on the track...
right click on the track in waveform view and add the fx send envelope...
 
click away!
 

Freddy J - Thank you. I'm all about the Old School rockin'.
batsbrew - I'm trying it. Honestly can't tell if it's helping.

andy - Thanks for listening. I sent you a PM.

This is really cool! Very catchy! Rock`n roll! I like the way the vocals fit in the mix!

Daniel - Your comment could not have been more flattering to me! Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds are among the unsung heroes of rock'n'roll. I'm a big fan and I still play their music live. Thank you!
Frugaard - Many thanks. I'll try to keep the vox fitting in as I remix this thing.
rowens - Thanks for the listen. Glad you liked it.

Hi Larry - mix sounds great. I'm hearing mix 2 and didn't get chance to hear the first. Fun song - I'm glad you have a great big thing for your baby :)

Boy!! What a catchy tune!! Love it! That bass line is cool!