Hi all,
 
here's one . . .
 
https://soundcloud.com/songsbytom-com/tracks
or
http://www.songsbytom.com/ ---> right side, scroll down for the "Electronic/Fusion/Other" music player
 
any constructive mix help would be much appreciated.
any clue as to what genre this could belong in would be brilliant!
 
 
thanks,
-Tom
 

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This is really a cool tune to listen too, definitely different. The mix is great as is to my ears. The piano sounds really good also. It starts out like one of those old public service films from the 60's or 70's and then gets a little jazzy and then gets a little more modern, at least that is how I interpreted it. I have no clue as far as genre, maybe start a new one, alternative easy listening. I enjoyed the listen!

Nice one Tom!  Starts out with some ambient, glitchy, trippy stuff.  Digging the creepy voiceovers with a bit of crackling.  Funky drumming.  Love the expressive violin solo over the EP and phoned-in vocal. :)  Then the crazy string stomp section.  Wow.  Perhaps this belongs in the #TourDeForce category. ;)
 
Really loved this one, bud. :)

this is kinda chill, and trippy at the same time..
it almost sounds old school mellow jazz,
but then is modern at the same time...
then it goes into the second half like a time warped country tune,
created by some alien in the future after it finds that gold record on the voyager......!
 
nice recording man

Wow, Tom...great job on this one! Love everything about it.
 
Great drums on this, love the feel. Oh, and the blog was a good read as well :)
 
Regards,
Dan
 
 

Guess genre would be some 'alternative' one..sorry not sure which one but you can choose a couple there probably.
Great tune I thought...something else but real nice.
Would let the hiss noise from the vocals run through the whole start of the song also in the parts where there are no vocals, would sound more natural/authentic imo. For my taste that sidestick has a hair too much reverb tail
That's a great drum groove + awesome sounding kit around 1.20min, you could turn that up 0.1db I think.
Would use only that pattern and some 'in the groove' breaks, it really grooves big time, would leave out fiddly snare/hihat things but that's just my personal taste.
The telephone vocals are a touch hard to understand, maybe a little less telephone effect and add 0.1 or 0.2db to that vocal because the words really add to the song and need to be heared.
The strings sound a tiny hair 'late', just a hair that's probably caused by VST or plugin latency I'm guessing, it's not a prob but they are so nice I thought it's a shame they're 0.1 hair late.
Anyway, again great song/production and really like your originality, songwriting, spot on.
mix sounds very good

thanks y'all . . .
 
Teego, you are brilliant and have solved the genre identity disorder - "Alternative Easy Listening" totally works for me! Thanks for listening . . . you mentioned "public service films" and that is indeed where I ripped the spoken audio clips, but they are from the 1940's!
 
Walt, very happy indeed you liked it! I always struggle to make my mixes clear and distinct - like yours - that's the hardest part! Writing quirky parts comes all too easy to me. I want to do more spoken word stuff like this. Thanks for the encouragement!
 
Dan, thanks! The drums are our good old friend AD2, mixed with a liberal dose of Omnisphere. Would that I actually knew how to play real drums beyond the Ringo Starr level. Thanks much, glad you enjoyed the blog, too! You must be a little bit mental, like me?
 
Batsbrew, great descriptions! Boy, how cool would it be to have a song on that gold disc! I was aiming for a modern take on something old and jazzy - thanks for the listen and the comments!
 
Wouter, your specific comments are noted - thanks for those ideas. I completely agree about the vocals, however brief they appear. I'll jack 'em up a little.  Your ears have also picked up on those strings being a little late in spots. - it's actually five different string vst's all added together. I'm not sure that "more is more" and I'll re-look at this - great catch!
 
 
Ok, thanks for reading, thanks for listening - great comments all!
 
-Tom
 
 
 
 

emeraldsoul
any constructive mix help would be much appreciated.

 
Sound great to my amateur ears Tom... Lots a great elements in there... Love the snippets of vocals.
 
Kind of jazzy and funky, if you know what I mean... Took me on a great "journey" (joking)
 
My favourite part is the facepalm picture you use for the song haha!
 
cheers
 
andy

I loved it Tom. You have some of the bast recorded piano sounds out there. It it a real piano? Loved the jazzlike vibe it has. Those change ups are genius. Very original. Drew me righ into it. 
 
Always a pleasure to hear what you've come up with!

Nice groove established from the start that you build on, nice one,
 
In answer to your question mostly not.