One Last Try Tonight - late Beatles era vibe (remix)

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
 

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)

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.

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

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

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

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

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!
 

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

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.  

Personally, I don't have all of George's albums, but of the ones I've owned and from what I've heard of the others on the radio and YouTube etc., I think Cloud 9 is the best one he did. And the production/engineering is top-notch. There are a few songs he did over the years where you can see how much John rubbed off on him, and "Fab" is one of them. That little obtuse piano line that comes up during the choruses is so typical John Lennon. Good on ya mate.

I only listened to the long version, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and I am floored.  You got the essence nailed, and wrote a great song to boot.  Congratulations to you and your friends!

Lynn and Ed, 
Thank you for listening and I'm glad you liked it.  It was a fun song to workout on piano,  hearing the root notes playing against the chords.