This is amazing, guys! All of it! Some of my favorite people all coming together for something unexpected and different! Love it! Very very well done!! Well, dang. That just didn't do it justice. :S

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Personally, I'd refrain from touching the compression knobs.

Vibes, dynamics, guitars, are awesome (on 1st listen)

Motown plus Southern rock (C. Daniels)?  Who would have thought of that?

The unlikely duet chemistry is, somehow, astonishing, pristine, and I love it!

Ooops, I didn't 'expect' the compressed outro vox (Tony) not fading with the rest of the Motown-oid colloboration (on 1st listen).  That would be my only gripe.

This is a great honor and privilage to listen to.  You won my heart and soul !!!

@ Rick - Stunning? Maybe next time we'll keep the tasers in the holsters.
@ Jules - Thanks for the kind words. They mean a lot.
@ Mark - Thanks for listening.

Thanks everyone and special thanks to Phil for letting me hack away on his song!

Philip


Wow! Wow! Wow!

This is a great honor and privilage to listen to.  You won my heart and soul !!!

Thanks Phillip.

Wow, Bill and Frank both back for second helpings.  I'm impressed and grateful.  So-

Bill- Thank you and thank you.

Frank- Thank you and thank you.
 
Dan- Thank you, glad you liked it.  Yeah, I love the Eagles.  As far as being on the radio: wasn't my goal, but I wouldn't be unhappy if it happened
 
Ian- Many thanks for the listen and comments.  I was amazed when I looked at the mastered WAV as to what a great job Danny had done on preserving the dynamics.  I think for this particular song, it's exactly what it needed.
 
Danny and Tony- What is this a modesty contest or something??  Deep bows for both you guys!!!!  Maybe an encore too

Hey Philz,

Very nicely done.  Great melody in the chorus.  Arrangement is fantastic.  I'm curious to know what you use to Master the mix, if any.

Ando

AndoMusic


I'm curious to know what you use to Master the mix, if any. 

He actually used me and lemme tell you, he was a slave driver! :)
 
I'll give you some info. Phil mixed the tune in Sonar 8.5.
 
It was pre-mastered in Isotope Rx 2 Advanced, Mastered in Sonar 8.5 with about 10 plugs and finalized in Wave Lab 6.
 
Your tune is fantastic! A bit bass heavy in my opinion which could be how YT squashed it. Some automation issues going louder and lower which you may want to take a look at. Excellent voice! Reminds me of Bono from U2 a bit...which I hope you take as a compliment. :) Make yourself your own thread on here and post up a high quality mp3. I think people will enjoy your song. Well done!

Thank you everyone for the listen and wonderful compliments

Hey Danny,

Thanks for the info and advice.  I'd like to apologize to Philz and everyone else for my faux pas asking to have my song critiqued in the middle of Philz thread.  Rookie mistake.

bapu


Tony, it was a joy to be a part of a song with you, scotty, phil and Danny.

Thank you all my Velvety Willbury brothers.

Likewise brother

Phil!!!!
Thanks for tipping me off to this one!  Awesome work from everyone involved.  Great pro sound and a really fun composition to bob my head to (and it's a'bobbin).  I'm on my 2nd trip through "the Rough Patch" and it's just as much a blast as the 1st time.   Gotta give it to Tony "twisted6s" and Danny for the back vocs and guitar.  Really set it off.  Oh!  But I don't wanna take away from everyone that contributed.  This is a gem for sure!
I put it on my SC station so that I can rock with it at work.  Will be sure to refer to this one anytime life brings me a rough patch.

Loved that "Burning Down The House" drum fill before the chorus!

This is Charlie Daniels meets White Zombie and the Stylistics!


Really well produced and put together, guys. I am impressed.

Jonbouy


My only minor crit is for me the soloing on the outtro is so busy it's bordering on sounding like a cat fight and my personal feeling is that Tony should be leading it out over a bit more musical simplicity on that killer chorus vamp as that is the bit that is keeping me singing it after the event.

But as James said this is one of those real pearls that just hit you between the eyes every once in a while.

Absolutely killer piece pulled off with much aplomb.

Jon, you have no idea how much we discussed that outro! LMAO! You know Phil...the kind, considerate, thankful gracious soul that is just stoked beyond words to have great players in his corner. Well, with that mentality, there was no way he could cut any of us. He knew what would be better for the song....I said what I felt, Ed chimed in...and Phil made the decision of "I got all these great parts, I'm going to find a way to mix them all in to where they all can be heard. If it's a little busy, at least they are all there."
 
So trust me man..lol...we had the same crits as you! I actually wanted my guitar solo gone in the end...but Phil loved it...then we said "ok, maybe we can take the fiddle down a bit since it somewhat showcased itself throughout the song.....but Phil loved it....so then we said "maybe we can do this, or do that" and Phil just loved everything so Ed and I then decided "ok, he loves everything...lets set our sights on making it all work to where it's at least completely audible." So that's what we went for. :) Thanks for the kind words Jon and everyone else. :)

Rick- Thanks so much for those very kind comments.  I really dig the Gents stuff, so this means alot.

Jules- Yes, it does do it justice, because it came from my favorite songstress.

Philip- Thanks.  Three wow's sounds pretty good to me.  Hope things are getting back to normal for you and your neighbors.

Mark (Marcos69)- Many thanks.
 
Herb- I'm glad that your glad.

Janet- Thanks so much.  And, hey, we could probably use a great pianist one of these days , so I'm hopin' you were serious.

Mike- Thanks for dropping by, and I'm really glad you liked it.

Ando- First off: welcome to the forum.  Thank you for the kind words, and let's get that tune of yours back on here.  I see Danny already replied re- the mastering.
 
Mark (MGH)- Wow, great ears, my friend... you're right... I had to thin Scotty out just a tad to keep the fiddle and Danny's guitar away from each other.  But, shhhh... don't tell Scotty
 
Arlen- A warm welcome to you too, and thanks so much for the add to your station.  I feel honored, and I know I'm in some real good company there.

More later.... I kinda' hit a rough patch, but I'll be back.