This is a great song. I really like it and the style.

Great song, very heavy Beatles/ELO vibe going here. I only listened on my phone, I'll give it a listen on my headphones tonight, I'm looking forward to it too!

Tom, Don, 35mm and Kevin,
Thank you for listening!  I'm looking forward to the remix too. 

kevinwal
Great song, very heavy Beatles/ELO vibe going here. I only listened on my phone, I'll give it a listen on my headphones tonight, I'm looking forward to it too!

Yes, to me it sounds like a song ELO stole from the Beatles but The Beatles stole it back after it had been tampered with.

donplee
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.

When I open the project I'll have a closer look.  I know I recorded through a Tech 21 VT-Bass pedal.  I rolled off some bass and compressed 4-1 on the way in.  I recorded the bass long ago and the song went dormant for awhile. 
I know I used a pick, and probably used both pickups with the 4003s' vintage tone knob engaged.  That's a circuit they put in to bring back the gnarly bridge tone.  I also picked the strings closer to the neck because I know at the time of recording I still had that stupid pickup guard on the bass.  Which by the way, is not even real metal!
 

Remix is finished.
The new mix mutes the acoustic guitar during the verses, I deleted a guitar riff, panned the piano back and forth hard left then center, re EQ'd/panned some other instruments, remembered to turn on Waves Vocal Rider, etc.
 

Totally enjoying this (the long version).
I feel a Tom Petty vibe (and I don't mean that in a bad way).
Really like the way it breaks down going into the solo, very cool.
Oh, I guess that's the "outro".
And then that last little bit with the acoustic at the end, nice touch.
Mix is working great on my Bose headphones (this is the remix, right?)
Well done!
 
T

Well, I never heard the old mix, but I think the current one is great and so is the song. Maybe the bass could come up some. Love the guitar riffs myself.
 
Reminds me of George Harrison trying to write like John Lennon. (You know, "When We Was Fab" etc.) 

DeeringAmps
And then that last little bit with the acoustic at the end, nice touch.

Thomas,
Thanks for listening. 
The ending to the extended version was a happy accident.  I intended on a fade out when recording.  I stopped recording when I thought I had enough fade time.  I ended on the first beat of the next four measures.  When I handed to song off to my keyboardist and guitarist, they too played it out without screwing around that sometimes happen when you know you are past the fade point.  

Wayfarer
Reminds me of George Harrison trying to write like John Lennon. (You know, "When We Was Fab" etc.) 

Wayfarer, thank you for listening.
Your comment is funny because I actually used "When We Was Fab" as my reference track for this song.  In fact, I use Harrison's Cloud 9 album as reference tracks all of the time.   I think those recordings are great.