CHB. Really enjoyed this. I love an everything and the kitchen sink production like this. I read Danny's post above and I can only imagine the effort it must have taken to put this mix together. I lurk in the CH once and a while and I can definitley hear the fun you guys have with each other coming through in this tune. The lyrics are hilarious. Bings part cat and part asparagus... right? Can I eat him? The drums sound great and like they were played on a roland V maybe? Programmed or played either way it's a great accomplishment. I vaguley remember Jonbouy's close to the edge drum track so I'm not surprised. Everyone sounded great. I always found it amazing how you can pick out an individual's power chord rythym style even to this day after decades of music utilizing it but you can tell it's Steve's. The solos are great. I hear some Jake E. Lee Bark at the moon in the last one. Excellent tune!

Mark

Did you guys record this using X1? If not, what did you use?

:)

Loved the intro. I didn't read the other comments, so sorry if I repeat. The song, itself, is badass. I like the progression and the dynamics. Couldn't understand the words, but who cares? Totally rocks!

Bub


Did you guys record this using X1? If not, what did you use?

:)

I believe it was recorded in 8.5 Bub, but I don't know for sure. The original cwp file came in a few weeks ago to me and I opened it up in X1. Later as I started experimenting for real, I decided to bring it onto my real recording box and opened the project (which was never saved on my end when I was experimenting) in 8.5. It didn't give me that warning message that it was created in a later version of Sonar etc...so I'm assuming....I don't know what I'm assuming actually....Bapu will probably weigh in on this. LOL!!!
 
When I started crying for individual stems because I'm a control freak, Jon and Bapu uploaded a bunch of wave files for me. What they were recorded in, I have no idea. I mixed and recorded all my parts in Sonar 8.5...edited nasty's in Adobe Audition, iZoptope Rx 2 Advanced and mastered it in Sonar 8.5 and finalized in WaveLab 6. I know, you're laughin at me about the Adobe comment, aren't you? LOL! I can't help it man....Adobe in edit mode gives you incredible tools that just work seemlessly and transparently. Like, I've never had a pop, click, crackle, hum, oscillation or snert or other artifact that couldn't be removed or at least masked while using Adobe. For those that need a bit more love and care, Rx 2 does the job nicely. But that Adobe Audition 3, one of the best kept secrets in my opinion for editing audio. I'd never record with it, but man, in edit mode it's like a totally different program.
 
Oh yeah, meant to comment on that other post you made about the bands etc. I'm familiar with all those bands actually...brings back memories. I remember loads of people talking about them (friends and relatives) Of course it was a bit before my time (I'm 43) but I was into everything and my parents used to lug me around to see all kinds of stuff. By the time I was 12, I had seen Al Martino, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Humperdink, Don Ho, Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennet and my fave band of all time growing up, Chicago! I saw them at Steel Pier in Atlantic City....I'll never forget it. Now THAT's when AC was a great place to go. Are you from Jersey originally or still here by chance? I'm familiar with the North Jersey scene, but as you know, it's almost like a completely different state once you get in that area. I don't travel there unless I have to.
 
Mgh and everyone else, thanks for the comments...much appreciated and well taken.

Great job, you guys!  What a great line-up.  Steve, isn't it great to see your tune turn out like this?  :-)

Cool guitar, what I probaly would have played if my formative and road years had happend 45 years later than they did.

Nice command of the guitar! (but I like all gutar players.)   Cool production.

Daryl

lyrics? there were lyrics?
who cares...
The Knocked-out performances, and production made this a thing of beauty...
I loved it... well... I really liked it a lot...
Well done CHB...

Bapu's bass playing was extraordinaire - Wow. How well thought out. I just loop it over and over again. It's pure genius. 

Stunning!


It was better than Cats! I am going to see it again and again! 


On a serious note 

Nice job on bass Ed. 


You are still a stupid face though 

Hi, Guys,
 
Excellent job by ALL on this "Epic" production!  Both Phil and Danny sure make a very impressive addition to the already highly formidable CHB team.
 
All of the performances by the players and singers were great, and personally, I think Danny did a truly fantastic job on the mix that actually suits the genre perfectly, while still preserving the dynamics nicely for a pro sounding progressive rock mix.
 
Great songwriting, clever lyrics, dynamite musicianship and excellent production work, very well done, boys!
Bob

Bub


Yeah, but the Ring Around The Rosie part at the beginning was cute, that was kid friendly. ;)

 
I wanted some real kids zombies to sing that bit Bub - can you think of anyone
 
 
 

A little late to the party here...did I miss anything?

• I was quite impressed with this musical Cuisinart of a tune.  
• The guitars sound friggin awesome. 
• I didn't even recognize Phil's voice, which is quite a tribute to both he and Danny since I have been listening to Phil quite a bit in the Spockpit project.
• The Bouy's playing is frenetic and still on rhythm.
• The breaks are well placed and inventive.
• Danny has me re-thinking ever taking on mixing and producing Spockpit.

Cool song!! Mixing and mastering is excellent and the playing imho is stellar!!!

Enjoyed it!!

Many wish they had a command of their instruments like this regardless of style of music!!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Peace!!

As usual with CHB stuff  a certain amount of it goes over my head a bit, like an "in" joke that you're not in on, but what is clear is that there's some very talented people at work here. Great to see Danny in the songs forum too and I hope he sticks around as he has always come across to me as one of the most helpful people around and he would be a big plus to have around for those of us who are still scratching our heads trying to figure out all this stuff.

Great song... I love the drumming!!!

It's all good stuff even the part where bapsi steals the solo from Stevie... I hope he looked over and at least gave Stevie a head nod and a wink while he silently mouthed the words "here comes the Am... I'm dropping the bomb".

I think Stevie sort of made up for it with the credits roll solo.. yeah man!

I have to say I listened after reading thru the thread and so I kept waiting for ol phil to start screaming JELLYROLL or BACKDOOR or some real dirty **** like that.

Kids these days....


You guys rock... great job!!!

best regards,
mike

Great metal song, not a big fan of the vocals, but that's ok.   I was able to tune them out and just jam :)