New Year, New song....a dISTANT tOWER

This is a fantastic effort on both your parts. You and Tom created a real work of art here!

Hey Paulo, Tom- Excellent effort here.  I think I'd be saying exactly what Larry said, but he already said it and I don't want to just go +1.  Some of those synth textures that kinda' sneak up on you are really cool.  Vocals are great.  I really enjoyed this.

Hi Paulo,

Cool tune, man.  I personally would have liked to hear more of that sitar-like thingy you use in the intro but that's just my 'always overdo a good thing' philosophy

One of the things I like about it ( and there are lots of things to like ) is that every time I think I know where the melody/chord progression is going...it takes an unexpected turn.

Very well done.

Paulo and Tom
This sounds like it was a great time to record......a lot of fun....

I love the chord progression....some times I guessed right and some time you suprised me....

a good quirky! nice effort for the both of you.

Clifford

Very cool colab ---- + + + + 1

Had a great time working with Paul on this very neat tune. I very much enjoyed the poppy feel of Pauls tune right out the gate and he's always has a great feel and loads of textures in his tunes....Now if I can just drag him over to the dark-side and have him jump in on a DT tune....

Thanks for having me aboard Paul and thanks for the listen and comments!

this is refreshing to listen to - poppy but not pop, tuneful but not hackneyed...yes some 80s vibes but also summer and driving...mix is excellent, nice and open, bright but not heavy on the highs. nice!

mgh


this is refreshing to listen to - poppy but not pop, tuneful but not hackneyed...yes some 80s vibes but also summer and driving...mix is excellent, nice and open, bright but not heavy on the highs. nice!

Thanks for listening and commenting - poppy but not pop is exactly what I was aiming for with this and Tom was kind enough to trust me with his forum cred and go with it, so top marks to him for that.

thanks for the listen and comments Freddy. I'm glad that you enjoyed the little twists and the fun factor as that was exactly the aim with this song. I think the best  twist was having Tom sing a song like this and I'm so glad he agreed.

I thought I had commented on this a few weeks ago. 

This is quite an interesting style mash-up...as if Crash Test Dummies got produced by Max Martin.

The break at 2:30 is genius. Did not see that coming (though it does sound vaguely familiar!).

Very nice choice of instruments.  They are different and have a lot of newness.  Great song and very well produced.

Philip - thanks for the ears and comments - I can see from your various posts that you listen carefully to things, which is always a compliment in itself to me. Glad you enjoyed it. It does have a fun feel for a kind of sad song, but that's just one of the twists that I really like about it.

Jamesyoyo - thanks for listening and commenting. I guess whoever that Dumb Bum character is must have copied me somehow ! ;) Perhaps he's one of the forum lurkers !

Daryl - thanks for yout time comments. I'm not really familiar with much FZ, so if it's there then it's accidental. I'd be interested to hear if you think the same of the mix if you get a chance to listen on decent speakers.

Vechung - thanks for listening and commenting. There are some unusual instrument choices here- I'm glad that you think that it somehow works too as that what I set out to do.

Tap - Extra cool huh ? I'll take that - thank you. Tom's vocals really give this it's identity - I was kind of stalling on the whole thing until he stepped in. I don't think there's any intention to be Zappa-esque, but he seems to be regarded as cool in his own way, so that's ok too I guess.

I'm a lurker but please don't tell anyone.

I liked the song. Imaginative and catchy.

wow, love that seeeetar thingy. more more. This is real nice Paulo. Great vocal lines and harmonies. great production. clean and tite.