Dear Panup,
 
you pretty much summed it up pretty well. There are definately pros and cons to short or long songs! But...even though I like some songs with long songs, such as Amplifier, I just cannot write them. Maybe I should challenge myself to write ten-minute-rock-opera!
 
Dear James,
 
thanks for listening! I guess I overdid the low end too much...as I wrote before I guess I wanted to disguise the fact that the bass is really played by a guitar. The stops (I think you mean the bass tops in the bridge) are really inspired by Sting's bass playing at the Police. I personally love these stops!
 
 
 

Hey brother!  Thanks for the review (at FLAGRANT REGARD  - our song, ReImagine)
 
Well haven't you brought the 80's back with a flourish!  Nice song and chord groupings.  Very good!  
 
LIKES:  Snare tone, guitar tone/parts, vocal reverb/echo, lead vocal is stellar!  Love the vibe. Talented bunch of playing going on all around.  Kudos!  
DISLIKES:  A tad 'SMASHTERING' as opposed to mastering going on. I am guilty of this so much of the time.  I want to sound LOUD but crush the dynamics out of a piece - not that you've done too much of that, thankfully.  The bass sticks out with a bit of mud to me. A remix with a bit more pluck in the mix and some stereo spreading plugs (and high-frequency saturation plugs too) would really give this piece sparkle!
 
Feel free to grab some of my really helpful (and apparently 'world famous') documents that are really handy for making a mix go from great to superb.  Not that I have 'mastered' (ugh, stupid play on words) the feat myself.  But the docs are a collection of quick and dirty 'how to's' I've found over the years of my recording.  
 
Enjoy!
 
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Best to you and thanks for commenting on our song and 'getting it' too. WE LOVE JOHN LENNON and miss his music tons!  :-)  
 
As Always,
FR 

Dear FR,
 
thanks a lot for your comments and your time you took to listen! Man, where did you dig out that old thread? looks like I am overdue to deliver new songs. But don't worry - I will soon!
 
Thanks for your advice, I will take this into consideration. Mastering is a tricky part of the recording process, it is easy to overdo things and smash the limiter too hard. But that said, I normally take care not to go too crazy with the loudness, but of course it is not easy to reists the dark side of the power...  

I knew about 5 seconds into this that I was going to love it.  The production and songwriting is very good.  I will listen to this song a few more times, but my first impression is terrific.

Where did this come from..? Very cool... sounds great to me...

I must have missed this when it was posted before..I'm going to go against the grain a little and say I prefer the original with the dirtier guitars, to me it had a lot more energy.

Nice tune. I think I agree with 'Flagrant Regard', the bass treads on the other instrument's toes a little.

dear Lynn, Notnat, James and Rebel007,
 
thanks a lot for your comments! Man, I am overdue to deliver new songs - this one is from October! But thanks for the bump and listen. I am very close to post new stuff, and from what I can say now, this will be different...you got to keep yourself entertained!

Reminded me of the Talking Heads right off the bat, vocals I think. Enjoyed the listen. Thought it needed some highs and the bass could have been cut back a little.