Season's greeting fellow Cakewalkers, hope this post finds you in good spirits.
DT has harvested the last tune of the 2015 crop, you can find it at the link below.  It is a little piece of stocking coal (cuz DT is never on Santa's nice list) we call Gettin' Used to Losin.  As usual, we welcome any feedback, good, bad, indifferent, ugly, whatever....all appreciated.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13277871
 
DT's elf crew....
Tom "me brudda" McCaffrey:  Vocals, lyrics, bass and mixing
Preston "needs more ride" Richardson:  Drums, drum engineering, clavinet and synth
Tony "tell me where to put me fangers" Wood:  Guitars
 
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, insert your own holiday here to everyone! 

Has anyone ever told you this sounds like Bryan Ferry?
 
It is a good song with great players.  Really like it at 1:38.  Nice vibe. 
 
I need to check out more of your music so that I can learn more about your style.
 
The guitar at 3:49 has a nice tone to it.  I like the way you left the ending with the sound of a guitar cord being unplugged.
 
The only thing I would like to hear is a little less verb on the vocals, and turn them up a bit.  But, that's my personal taste.
 
Merry Christmas to you too.
 
Jesse Q. Screed
 
 

Nice to hear from the Towers any-time of the year another welcome song, enjoy whatever you celebrate too.

Like the sultry nature of this. Like the vocals the best. 
Here's some crits (please ignore if you don't agree):
I think the bass could have a bit of some 400Hz or so removed. Did you sidechain with the kick to help clear up the low end? Maybe need to address that more.
I also think the lead vocal (sung really well) has a ringing harmonic around 1khz to 1.5khz (a bit of a nasal ring) that if notched down a touch would warm it up. I might have the frequency wrong. Most people may not hear this at all. 
 
Please take these comments with a grain of salt. It's just what I heard and might be helpful (or not). I don't want to hold back when I hear something but also don't want you think your production is any less that it already is.
Good playing all around!
 
 
 

Hey Tony!  always a fan of DT!
 
lovin this!

Hey all....Merry Christmas! Hope you all enjoy the season and in some places the crazy weather....
 
Jess - Thanks for the listen and input. I fear that if you dial back and listen to some of our past it's convoluted at best..lol But it'll be an interesting ride to be sure. I take the Bryan Ferry comment as an extremely positive one as I've always seen him as somewhat of an unsung (no pun) hero but interestingly enough I didnt at all get that vibe as we were recording. In the past we've heard so my "sound-like" references (Zappa, O Positive, Crash Test Dummies) and they have really been all over the map. I will say that personally I do really like 99% of the bands referenced so my guess is that my influences sneak in. Tony (guitars) has quite a bit of different tastes musically as well as Preston. When we write we never choose a particular road but more or less let the tune write itself. Ironically enough when we attempt to choose a musical path, more times than not it never fully develops. For us just letting the tune kinda "flop out" works much better then mapping things out. Thanks for the good listen and hope you enjoy some DT ghosts from the past!

Always a pleasure guys. Big fan of DT, your CDs get regular trips in my van. This is a worthy addition to the catalogue, grand stuff.

wookie!...hey mate....hope you're well! Thanks for the listen and again Hope you have an awesome holiday!
 
Rimshot - Long time no see laddy....alls well here. Really appreciate the feedback so never hold back! I'm sure everyone who posts here has some specific reasons to do so beyond getting a song out of the studio but for me I'd say I appreciate the  technical ears more than any other aspect. I spend many many hours working the mix and need those fresh ears. Sometimes in the end I dont agree w/the evaluations but I do always go back and do some remixing to see if in the end I do hear an improvement. I think the vox advice will be something I'll run with as Preston (kit) stated as much a few weeks ago..I addressed at that time but Ill go back and see it a further tweak isn't in order. Great feedback and its nice seeing you around again.
 
Peace!

+1 for the skanky groove!
 
Lead vocal is awash in reverb, which is ok if that was the choice, which it obviously was! But bring it up in the mix please! You might drop the cymbals downs a bit to compensate.
 
the bass has a lot of upper register to it, and I'd dig some more down low.
 
A song like this has to have good timing, and your really does - good groove! I want to hear the vocal more loudly, so I can understand the words.
 
getting my tin horn ear out,
-Tom
 
 
 

Beagle & James - Nice to see you both and I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas!! Thanks for the listen and glad you both found something of interest in there!
Tom,  Thanks for the good ears and please see below!! Merry Christmas
All,
Went in and reworked based on the above (pulled some of the mids out of the bass, less verb on vox, vox up in the mix as well as tweaking the EQ as Rimshot outlined above). tweaks are slight at best but I think it nudges the tune closer to where it should be.
 
Thanks again for all the input!!!