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  • The Moderns - Again (p.2)
2017/01/25 15:26:50
stevec
Yup, really good straight-head rock.   It is nice hearing a "live" song performed well.  
 
Regarding the intro...  I think it's the hits on :07 and :10 that Tom might be referring to.   When I listened back a few times it seems they're actually on the "and" of two, but on first listen they seemed a little off time.   Minor nit in an otherwise solid tune. 
2017/01/25 19:16:49
gbowling
stevec
Yup, really good straight-head rock.   It is nice hearing a "live" song performed well.  
 
Regarding the intro...  I think it's the hits on :07 and :10 that Tom might be referring to.   When I listened back a few times it seems they're actually on the "and" of two, but on first listen they seemed a little off time.   Minor nit in an otherwise solid tune. 



 
Thanks very much for the complements.
 
From looking at the tom hits in the project, the tom run around :07 starts at beat 6:01 and ends at beat 7:01. The one around :10 starts at beat 8:01 and finishes at 9:01 with the straight kick starting there and the floor tom hits on the "1" beat (with a couple ahead of the 1 beat but the emphasis on the 1) of the next 7 measures. All the hits appear to be tight to the grid.
 
I don't see anything visually out of line and to me I also don't hear anything out of time. It's all recorded to a click at 155 bpm and everything seems to align to the grid. 
 
I also checked the guitar and bass and all of that aligns to the grid as well.  
 
However, it is very interesting to me that it sounds out of time to you guys. Obviously you are all musicians so I don't take the info lightly. I'll get with my band mates and ask them if they hear anything that might give a clue. 
 
I realize it's just a small "nit" but it gets my interest up just to try to identify what's going on. 
 
thanks, gabo
2017/01/25 21:14:45
Cactus Music
Thanks very much, I am the drummer, in addition to doing most of the production. The drums are acoustic and played with the song. The snare is a 1982 Tama  Superstar Mastercraft artwood inlay snare, 14x6.5,  that I purchased new back in the day. I use an SM57 close mic and two overhead mics, both AKG 414s. 
 
No wonder I liked this... Your making me nostalgic when you write those words!! That was me in 93!! 
I don't care, no matter how good the canned drums they give us  , they will suck compared to real drums... 
 
2017/01/30 20:18:21
geeare1
Hi, really like the song and the performances. It actually sounds like a real band playing together...imagine that! The mix sounds great to me. Great job, gentlemen...
2017/02/02 08:37:11
gbowling
Thanks everyone. I made one more change based on some input. Probably not even noticeable to most so I'm not going to point it out! 
 
We're finished with all the songs for our Blue Sky album. Our bandcamp site now has all the songs in the final order and hopefully with the final versions of all the songs. We'll let it "cook" for a bit to make sure we don't want to change anything else in terms of mastering and will start planning a release date.
 
gabo
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