howdy y'all -
 
Here's this week's Kicksville release, Bread Knife Bill: https://kicksville.bandcamp.com/track/bread-knife-bill
 
The "official" promo blurb kinda says it all.... "Recipe for tasty musical weirdness: Take a 6/8 rhythm from Ghana, and drop one beat. Thicken the 5/8 reduction with a liberal helping of fretless bass noodles. Mix in a hybrid bluegrass/Malian guitar part and a gypsy-ish violin. Sprinkle with some piano bits. Cover with a spoken word piece about the worst house guest you can imagine, and let it marinate in its own juices. Yum yum!"
 
Hope y'all enjoy this one....I know it's one of my favorites in this batch o' tunes
 
cheers

Very good stuff Conrad!! Nicely mixed, musically well blended, and enjoyed this jambalaya!!! I'd like to hear the drums a bit more clearly......on my head phones, they sounded slightly muffled.
 
Other than that, this is an excellent piece of work. Well Done!!

Thanks, Mesh! Glad you enjoyed it

I guess as this is released mix comments are a little wasted.
 
I like the general feel of the song, the drums, for me, are not so much muffled as slightly understated, in particular the kick.
 
Good luck with it hope it does something for you thanks for sharing.

Wow very nice tone here. Like those strings. I think a singer will make this song
really good.

Interestingly weird! I like it! I know people like that but thankfully, they're back in Ohio where I used to live. I can't add anything other than IMO, it's screaming for a slide guitar.

Quirky as Mr Quirk in Quirktown - love it

I dig this a lot - very cool vibe - nice mix.

Wow - thanks a lot, everyone! I really appreciate you guys taking the time to listen. And yeah, Gitpima, I think we've *all* known someone like Bill
 
Mesh & Wookiee: one of the most awesomest things about our mastering engineer is he always listens for things that can be fixed in the mix and advises me accordingly. This mix was a little rushed, and there were a couple of minor things I would have fixed in the mix that I just couldn't get to in time, so he tweaked the master. I was already planning on fixing them and quietly replacing the track on Bandcamp, so I asked him if he thought I should bring the drums up while I was at it. So, there you go - the new version with the fixes I needed to do plus the drums bumped a wee bit will be up on Monday afternoon.

If anyone ever wants to work with a Grammy-level mastering guy, I can not recommend Jay Frigoletto highly enough. He loves working with indie folks, so he keeps his rates very reasonable. He's a really nice guy to work with, AND he's an awesome keyboard player (he's played on a bunch of our songs, including this one). He's also an acoustic engineer, so he's an incredible source for information about acoustic treatment, studio design, etc.
 
Thanks again, y'all! More to come....

!!! ADVISORY !!!  This is seriously off the wall, and I love it.  This is one of the most creative tunes I've heard recently.  Thanks for sharing.