Awesome work brother, great tune sounding great.

Jesse Screed:
 
Hi, Jesse,
 
Thanks so much for taking time to give this a listen, and for your good observations and encouraging comments!
 
 LOL, Yep, I’ve been kind of hammering the forum with song posts lately, because I’m trying to make up time for a really long six or seven month break from recording and producing, due to a super busy real life work schedule.  I usually only get to record and mix once or maybe twice a week at around 2:30 or 3:00 in the morning for an hour or possibly two at a time, so I tend to try to work really fast on my stuff.
 
Although I spent my whole life since thirteen years old playing out in a multitude of live rock and metal bands, there’s actually no band on my original stuff, it’s all just me playing and singing everything by myself.
 
As for the gear used on this one, even though I still have four “real” amps of various sizes and wattages, because of my recording mainly in the middle of the night, I always use POD Farm 2.5.  On this song, I used a customized virtual rig with a Cornford and a Marshall JCM 800, and the guitar was my Line 6 Variax with a Les Paul Junior dialed in.
 
I’m really glad that you like the drum track on this, because the drums are always the hardest thing for me, and I tend to screw them up a lot because I’m really a just guitar player forced to try to work out drum parts to sound like what I’m hearing in my head.  I just bang around on my Yamaha drum pads or my midi controller until I get something close to what I want for the main Kick, Snare and Hi-hats, then quantize the living daylights out of the parts and add my drum fills and cymbal crashes after the fact.  LOL, as the guys here on the forum can attest, many times I end up with a crazy, horrible, off-time swing and a miss, and once in a great  while I get lucky with the drums!
 
For this second mix, I took your good suggestion and beefed up the high-mids on the bass just to add a touch more presence, which I think worked out well, so thanks very much for your observations and input.
 
I see you’re fairly new to the forum, and I think you’re going to really like it here.  The song forum members are a really talented and helpful bunch of people, and it’s amazing how much can be learned from just experimenting and trying out some of the generous ideas, input, observations and suggestions that the members here offer on a regular basis.  I actually put a shout-out thank you comment to the forum members in the liner notes of my first two Cds, and will definitely be adding one again to this next CD that I’ll be releasing soon.  For me, this place is an invaluable tool for getting better at this stuff!
 
I also loved your Robin Trower comment, I was lucky enough to see him in concert twice way back when he first hit the U.S., and we did “Day of the Eagle” and “Too Rolling Stoned” off of Bridge of Sighs in a few of my cover bands over the years!
 
Thanks again, Jesse, I truly appreciate you listening to my stuff and commenting, it’s what makes this place so great!
 
Have a Rockin’ weekend, my friend!
Bob
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Hello Mr. Bob, It's folks like you that keep me coming back.  I wish for you to have more time recording.  I love your enthusiasm and prolific creating.
 
Thanks for the notes on your background and equipment that you used.  It just goes to show that the possibilities are infinite.  The notes on your life give the song more depth to me.  Now I know something about you and that always seems to make it more personal.
 
If my suggestions were of any help to you then that is great.  I did notice the eq adjustments, and I'm not sure how much you went in and tweaked, but whatever you did not only brought the bass forward, but it also seemed to make the guitar stand out better.
 
Keep rocking Bob.
 
Bless you
 
Jesse
 
 

wookiee:
 
Hey, Wook,
 
Thanks a lot, buddy, I really appreciate you lending your furry ears and checking this out for me, and also your very kind words!
 
I’m truly grateful for your input and support, and have a spectacular evening, my friend!
Bob
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daryl1968:
 
Hey, Daryl,
 
How are you, buddy?  Hope you’re doing great!
 
Thanks a bunch for taking time to give it a listen, and also for your encouraging words, greatly appreciated, Daryl!
 
Have a great night!
Bob
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Mesh:
 
Hey, Mesh,
 
How’s it going, buddy?  Hope you’re enjoying your Monday!
 
Big thanks for taking time to check this out for me and for your very encouraging comments!
 
I always look forward to and greatly appreciate your good input, observations and ideas, and your support here on the forum means a great deal to me.
 
Thanks again, Mesh, and have a great night!
Bob
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Jesse Screed:
 
 
Hey, Jesse,
 
Thanks, buddy, I really appreciate you coming back to check out the re-mix, and your very encouraging comments!
 
I'm also grateful that you also took time to check out "Falling Faster" on my Test Mix page, too.
 
Your first comment on the bass was a very good observation that made me want to take a closer look at the bass EQ and try to wring a little more presence out of it, and that really helped.  It's always so easy to get immune to minor blemishes in a mix after hearing it over and over again while working on it.  So, I always try to pick up on what the people commenting are hearing, and then adjust things from there to see what happens.
 
Thanks a bunch, Jesse, and have a great week!
Bob
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ohgrant:
 
 
Hey, Grant,
 
Big thanks for checking in on this one for me, and commenting, I value your input highly, and it's always great to hear from you!
 
Hope you're enjoying that new Tele that you mentioned, they always have amazing clean tones, and if you crank 'em up, some really nice grit, too!
 
Thanks again, Grant and have a good one, buddy!
Bob
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Jesse Screed:
 
 
Hey, Jesse,
 
Major thanks, my friend, I really appreciate you taking time to really listen and make good observations, that's what makes this place so great!
 
I know you're going to really like it here, because most of the people on the Songs forum are extremely talented, and very generous with their helpful input and ideas.
 
By the way, I finally got a chance to checkout your SoundClick page, and you've got some really cool experimental alternative rock on there!  Definitely lots of interesting elements, tasty synth work and a cool signature sound.  Good stuff!
 
Thanks again, Jesse, and have a great week!
Bob
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Geez...   another one????    
 
This mix is punchy as usual, but seems a bit "bigger" than some of your recent tunes.  Could be me of course...   Anyhow...  cool song, great playing, nice hook, and as always, the vocals rock!!   Solid.
 

stevec:
 
 
Hey, Steve,
 
LOL, Yep, I've been blasting this place with my stuff lately, trying to make up for lost time!
 
Thanks a lot, brother, I appreciate you lending your good ears to this one, and your encouraging comments!
 
Yeah, I was going for sort of a thickened up, modernized classic rock vibe on this, not sure if it ended up that way, but, as I mentioned to James up above, it was thrown together quickly after a long night at one of our local casinos, LOL!
 
Thanks again, Steve, and have a great Thanksgiving, buddy!
Bob
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