Help You Die - Greg's answer to healthcare reform

[VomitHatSteve]

My only complaint is the distinct lack of folks around for me to mosh while listening to it!

Nice work.

 

[RAMI]

As usual, GREAT!!! I can see why you were tempted to treat it like a rockabilly tune, because it has that rythm to it. But it's definitely punk-a-billy.

Everything sounds great, man. Wish I could help you more than that.

 

[Greg_L]

Wow, great job. Mix sounds fantastic to me. Cool tune too.

Thanks man!

My only complaint is the distinct lack of folks around for me to mosh while listening to it!

Nice work.

Thanks. I can't/won't mosh anymore. I used to laugh at the 30-something yr old guys trying to mosh at punk rock shows. Now I am that guy.

As usual, GREAT!!! I can see why you were tempted to treat it like a rockabilly tune, because it has that rythm to it. But it's definitely punk-a-billy.

Everything sounds great, man. Wish I could help you more than that.

Thanks Buddy. I apprecite the listen.

 

[guitar zero]

You forgot to post your phone number in case we need to call you!

 

[Greg_L]

867-5309.......

 

[guitar zero]

That phone number has a musical ring to it... like you could write a song about it. Wierd

 

[Greg_L]

New mix up top with new guitars.

 

[K-dub]

Ah ... you did find something you liked. Cool. I'll listen later ... still at work.

K-

 

[Greg_L]

Ah ... you did find something you liked. Cool. I'll listen later ... still at work.

K-

I don't know if I like em yet. I'm so used to the old way, that I can't tell if these are better or not. They're a little cleaner and done with an SG. The original version is a strat.

 

[propman]

Hey Greg. Very cool song. I hear CKY in there. I know you don't know who they are, but I do. Anyway, the one thing I noticed, during the chorus, you play a minor chord on the guitar, and back it up with a major chord on the bass, and that kind of sounds weird/aquard. Other than that, great song as usual.

-Adam.

 

[Greg_L]

Hey Greg. Very cool song. I hear CKY in there. I know you don't know who they are, but I do. Anyway, the one thing I noticed, during the chorus, you play a minor chord on the guitar, and back it up with a major chord on the bass, and that kind of sounds weird/aquard. Other than that, great song as usual.

-Adam.

Thanks dude. I don't know anything about chords so I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Marcadiablo]

Ridiculously awesome! Love this song. The only thing i find is a little sibilance on your voice. Nothing major. Great work as always, bud.

 

[Chili]

Yet again, you prove if you want your song to sound great, you've gotta have a great song and play it well.

I listened to the 2nd mix and love it. Nothing to nitpick on. <dammit, I love nitpicking>

Hmmm, Lyme disease.... named after my hometown. No shit.

 

[K-dub]

Yet again, you prove if you want your song to sound great, you've gotta have a great song and play it well.

I listened to the 2nd mix and love it. Nothing to nitpick on. <dammit, I love nitpicking>

Hmmm, Lyme disease.... named after my hometown. No shit.

You're from CT? Neat ...

Laptop on this post, G ... I'll be back in the morn.

K-

 

[rayc]

Greg,
SG eh? Funny, I can see you with an SG. Don't know if I could picture you with a Tele though!
Playing majors under minors - well, to tell you the truth it's horses for courses. I often like the tension it creates.
To do it "legit" all you have to do is make sure you're hitting the same notes in the bass run as in the chord. Then again, my bass lines are so full of grace notes, (notes that aren't in the right key/chord but are passed through on route), I consider my bass playing graceful!
Too many years listening to odd music - I can't tell anymore.
The new mix & new guitar sounds are great. I didn't do an A - B because this sounded "right"!

 

[Greg_L]

Ridiculously awesome! Love this song. The only thing i find is a little sibilance on your voice. Nothing major. Great work as always, bud.

Thanks dude. I'll look into that sibilance.

Yet again, you prove if you want your song to sound great, you've gotta have a great song and play it well.

I listened to the 2nd mix and love it. Nothing to nitpick on. <dammit, I love nitpicking>

Hmmm, Lyme disease.... named after my hometown. No shit.

Lol. Thanks bud. I don't even know what lyme disease is. It's something with bugs, right? As I was writing the lyrics, my wife was watching something on the discovery channel and they kept saying "lyme disease". So I thought, I don't know what it is, but it sounds bad...yet tasty...cuz I like limes.

Greg,
SG eh? Funny, I can see you with an SG. Don't know if I could picture you with a Tele though!
Playing majors under minors - well, to tell you the truth it's horses for courses. I often like the tension it creates.
To do it "legit" all you have to do is make sure you're hitting the same notes in the bass run as in the chord. Then again, my bass lines are so full of grace notes, (notes that aren't in the right key/chord but are passed through on route), I consider my bass playing graceful!
Too many years listening to odd music - I can't tell anymore.
The new mix & new guitar sounds are great. I didn't do an A - B because this sounded "right"!

Thanks for checking it out again Ray. Yeah I don't like Teles. Way too twangy and thin. My strat is about as twangy as I'll ever need, and it's usually too twangy. The SG is just right. 99% of my recordings are done with my crappy little Epi SG.

 

[Nico2112]

Due to legal and family problems haven't been able to be recording or checking the forums for the past 6 months...
...and it's great to come back and find this from you Greg

Well done, balanced mix, catchy rhythm, awesome and funny lyrics...can I say more; IMO another great Greg production

Congrats mate!

 

[Grape]

Nice nice nice nice nice mix.

The ONLY thing is the snare. It has too much character imo.
I didnt really notice it at first but I heard the snare started sticking out too much later on in the song.

<33

 

[K-dub]

Lyme Disease, named for Lyme, CT is tick born. It's early symptoms are generally mild, but the long term impact on health is disastrous. Untreated, it will cause premature death.

We're very aware of it around here, as just about everyone who lives in CT country will get bitten by a tick at some point. Everyone in my family has already caught Lyme and been treated. I caught another even more rare tick disease called erlichiosis and it put me in the hospital for a week in 05. There are only a half dozen cases of it nationwide, and I was one of the lucky ones that year.

I'm thankful I didn't die, as that one is more quickly fatal.

But enough tick talk ... (yes that was intended)

The guitars are now perfect on this, just enough bite w/o wince. Personally, you could make more changes, but very very few would notice any real difference. This is done, imo.

K-

 

[Greg_L]

Due to legal and family problems haven't been able to be recording or checking the forums for the past 6 months...
...and it's great to come back and find this from you Greg

Well done, balanced mix, catchy rhythm, awesome and funny lyrics...can I say more; IMO another great Greg production

Congrats mate!

Thanks dude. Welcome back.

Nice nice nice nice nice mix.

The ONLY thing is the snare. It has too much character imo.
I didnt really notice it at first but I heard the snare started sticking out too much later on in the song.

<33

Thanks Grape. So you're using the snare is too loud? Maybe, but I like loud drums (I'm a drummer). Too many people put too much emphasis on guitars and vocals and bury the poor drums. I'm bringing them back!

Lyme Disease, named for Lyme, CT is tick born. It's early symptoms are generally mild, but the long term impact on health is disastrous. Untreated, it will cause premature death.

We're very aware of it around here, as just about everyone who lives in CT country will get bitten by a tick at some point. Everyone in my family has already caught Lyme and been treated. I caught another even more rare tick disease called erlichiosis and it put me in the hospital for a week in 05. There are only a half dozen cases of it nationwide, and I was one of the lucky ones that year.

I'm thankful I didn't die, as that one is more quickly fatal.

But enough tick talk ... (yes that was intended)

The guitars are now perfect on this, just enough bite w/o wince. Personally, you could make more changes, but very very few would notice any real difference. This is done, imo.

K-

Cool. Thanks for the re-listen. I'm gonna go spray my yard for ticks now.