Nobody Knows - Original

Just finished this song, Nobody Knows, with Sonar X2. Would appreciate a listen and any feedback you have to offer on it. Thanks.
 
https://soundcloud.com/sp.kplugjohnny/nobody-knows
 
Did a remix - Hope it's better. Probably only apparent to me.

Thanks, John for the listen and for your comments. Parts of the song are actually true and maybe a little of all of it.

Thanks, Lynn for listening and your comments. Hope you have a great new year as well.

Nice mix, with huge sounding drums.  Gotta love that! Everything is clear and upfront.  Nice riff too.

And he ain't talkin.....
Nice work Chas. Not my cuppa but sounded pretty durn smokin to me. Nice pipes man......

speedtom, thanks a lot for your comments. Glad you liked Money. Don't know that I have a sequel in me, though.
 
sven450, thanks for the listen and your comments. The drums are Scott Rockenfield, - "Big Rock Drums."
 
notnat, appreciate the listen and your comments.
 
Tim, thanks for listening and your comments. Borrowed a couple of phrases for that song. 
 
rebel1007, a hit would be nice but, considering the subject matter, don't think it is very commercial. During the mix and master I actually thought the vocal was too loud. And I thought of ducking the guitars as well. Actually wrestled with that mix for awhile. Thanks for listening and for your suggestions. Glad you liked the song. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Not exactly my genre preference at first, but it was by the end of the song! I can certainly appreciate your talents in this little gem. The mix sounded great to me also. I might classify this one as heavy metal - blues.

a little bit of zz top mixed with some molly hatchet.  love it. :)

I enjoyed that. Interesting topic and way of looking at things.
 
Musically, sounded good on this computer.

Guitarhacker, thanks a lot.
 
Freddy J, thanks for listening and your comments.

Excellent Chas! Great riffs and arrangement, love that bit before the guitar solo, nicely done.

Very smooth. King's X flavor.

I thought of ZZ Top as well but with more energy in the vocals. Great singing!

hanemkat, thanks for the listen and your comments. Had to look up King's X. Wasn't familiar with them. They sound very good. Thanks for the comparison.
 
markno999, thanks a lot.
 
Leizer, thanks  a lot. Been compared to ZZ a few times. Won't complain about it.
 
Starise, thanks for listening and for your comments. Will work on holding the notes on the next song.

I really like this song.
 
One thing I'd change in the mix is I'd bring the vocals forward just a tad. I had a hard time making some of them out. Of course, my hearing is a bit dicey, so that may not apply to anyone else. It's just that I was really getting into the lyrics and they kept getting away from me, if you know what I mean.
One other thing: there wasn't a lot of build in the song overall. I just noticed this peripherally because, as I said, I was getting into the lyrics. Also, I've only recently found out that songs are supposed to build--at least for certain types of music--so maybe it doesn't even matter.
 
Some other things:
- Fool-osophers: Gotta love it even if it wasn't intentional!
- Nice, hot guitars. One of these days, I'm going to learn how to do that smooth, hot sort-of overdrive all you guys seem to have down pat. I've been trying off and on since 1976 and have NEVER got the hang of it. (if you or anyone else wants to pass along a tip or two, I'm all ears)
- You've got a great voice and I really like the overall vox treatment.
 
Overall, a good listen.