I bought a Rickenbacker 4003s bass a little while back.  I couldn't wait to record with it.  I immediately started playing a descending riff.   I brought the idea to piano and this song came out.  This song is about the Ric bass.  I figured, why not?
My wife and a couple friends helped me with the instrumentation. 
Please check the mix!  I am always appreciative.  Thank you.
 
https://soundcloud.com/jmasno5/one-last-try-tonight
and if you dig the never ending ending use this link for 21 more seconds
https://soundcloud.com/jm...-last-try-tonight-long
 

Good job there masarone.  I might try to add some more dynamics.  The Beatles did this diatonic descending thing that you've captured nicely, but there was much more drama.  The lyrics are great!

Nice! Listening to it on headphones, I really appreciate the panning you have chosen throughout mix. The arrangement is well thought out and both the strings and the backing vocals fit really well (something I never get right)

Agree with eph221 - throw in some CC11's to make the strings more dynamic, that'd be good. Love the song, it sounds like something Ringo's band would do. The Rick sounds very McCartney-esque (although I kept waiting for some high notes to pop in).
 
Great mix overall. You might want to experiment with EQ to help separate the instruments better, as it's pretty dense. Let it simmer for a week (or two) and then revisit it afresh. Whenever I do that, I always hear frequency masking that wasn't obvious while I was working on the project.

Eduard, Dave and David,
Thank you for listening.  Yes, you guys are absolutely right.  It sounds too thick at times.  Also, I think it my be guitar riff heavy.   I think I mixed too many hours in a row. 
I stopped listening to it and will revisit next weekend.    I already have some ideas as to what to do. 
I went to Google to figure out what a CC11 is ;)     Most of the orchestration was given to me in .wav files.  But I'll figure out something.

John,
 
I think this sounds great! I think the mix is a little heavy (denser) on the left side. That's likely because you have the guitars competing with the strings, so some judicious panning and EQ might be in order. Other than that,l I think you achieved what you set out to do. Very cool tune!
 
Regards,
Dan
 
 

Obviously the Beatles flavor is "abundant" here. Nice job .....yeah it's dense and I'll look forward to a remix. Mostly it made me want to listen to 10cc! and that's pretty cool, too.
Congrats on the tune/track and the Rick bass!
 
Michael

Dan and Michael,
Thank you for listening!  I haven't listened to it since last week.  Hopefully that will clear my head with a fresh approach and I will be able to clean it up sometime within the next few days.

I could just picture you standing there in Guitar Center or whatever. Fun tune. I like the bluesy vocal touches in your melody, and the Beatles pulse and the bgv's are reall really cool! I listened to the extendo-version, really really great mix.
 
I would call for like a 1/2 db more louderer on that lead vocal. Can't always hear the lyrics for the "thickness" of the mix, which is otherwise well managed. You might focus around 1:37 as an example.
 
Man I dig that extended ending groove, its really great! !!
 
The only other idea I had would be to add a bit of that bass soloing in the very beginning, because it's the subject of the song but it's not really featured. Just a thought.
 
But the lyrics I guess are non-Rick specific so I guess nevermind.
 
great tune!
-Tom
 
 
 
cheers,
- Tom

Very nice! I do like that extended ending. I hear ELO/Jeff Lynne too, but that makes sense. I echo various comments made previously and look fwd to hearing a remix.
 
Question: Did you have to do anything "special" or "different" re: tracking the Ric bass? I ask because a buddy brought his Ric over to my "studio" and we had a little difficulty getting a good track, i.e., just didn't sit well, seemed a bit overdriven, just kinda wonky. Just wondering. He's coming over again soon and we'll focus on it more. No problems tracking a good old P-Bass or my Geddy Lee Jazz Bass.
 
Good work!