You all are great... just great I tell ya. I'm responding to each person below:
Ric, thanks. Hey, I got my voice up there on a few of the harmonies. hehe.
gibs, thanks much. Yah, I remember when "pop" meant "popular"... I think that transitioned in the mid or late 80's? I dunno. "Pop" has a funny conatation to it now, or at least when I hear that word referred to under the topic of music. I dunno. Thanks for the compliment. It's very encouraging.
GT, "cried out for a wha"... PAH! I read that and chuckled at the pun. Was that accidental? Anyway, out of curiousity, do you mean "wha" within the rhythm or on one of the solos? Do you mean like in the rhythm, like that chik-wha chik-wha chiky-wha chik wha? Thanks for listening, by the way. Regarding the drums, psst. don't tell anyone, but I actually increased the tempo of the drums for my other song "The Dream" to play some rhythm ideas on my guitar against it... The root drum loop is from The Dream at about 120 rather than the 80 or so that I had it set to The Dream. I changed most of the fills and transitions I think. I used to own a BOSS Dr. Rhythm, but the one I'm using now is
a Roland R-70. Thanks for the compliment on my voice. CMiller has made an comment that alot of folks have said to me -- read below.
CMiller, thanks for listening to it. Have you had a chance to listen more closely? What did you think of the mix? You know, a lot of people have said that very same thing about my voice sounding like that gentleman from Living Colour. I actually used to listen to them alot but I don't know if it's actually an influence or does my voice naturally want to do that kind of sound. Interesting. Lemme know what you think of the mix if you get a chance to hear it again.
Ray J, I didn't even think about Blues Traveler until you said that, but I can see where you're coming from. Do you mean the harmonies throughout the verses? Just out of the blue, I like Blues Traveler but there's this one song, I think it's called "Hook" or "the Hook" that I really dig the harmony parts they do on that. I'm using a Gibson Guitar into a Pod directly into my soundcard, and a Fender Bass into a SansAmp DI directly into my soundcard, and an SM-57 mic into an ART MP directly int... you get the idea. The drums are a Roland R-70 unit. Thanks a lot for listening to it.
David, you're too kind man. Thanks much for the encouragement.
drstawl, thanks for listening and for the input. Yah, I thought it sounded a lot like a "pop" song or whatever. It was just so much more up-beat than what I'm used to doing, but I really like the song. My wife laughs at me when I play it because I automatically do my "stupid" dance when I hear it. She's not sure if she likes it yet. She likes "Thunder on the Mountain" as her favorite.
Buck62, thanks! It's kind of funny -- I finished laying down the first few tracks and noticed that my file size was really small and I thought I had screwed something up, but then I looked at the total time and it's shorter than all my songs - even shorter than "The Dream". I hope I'm not "trending" subconsiously into making each song shorter and shorter until there is just a kick drum sound and then a "YEAH!" and then the remaining hiss is faded out to end. I'm going to try and at least make my next song a typical song length. I think it's like 3 to 4 minutes (?)
Eurythmic, hehe, I do something similar to "the chair bob" thing you speak of, but it's more elaborate... my wife laughs hysterically at me. Thanks alot for listening and for the compliments. I will definitely let you know when I have enough for a CD. I was thinking maybe 8 more songs. I dunno. Regarding "Which Way?", so far my friends and family that have heard that song have had an instant reaction to it (not like allergic) a good reaction. I really love "Which Way?". It was the first song I multi-tracked digitally using PowerTracks 6. It has a nice mood to it that builds to the end (my opinion). Thanks again for listening and for the input.
Thanks everyone - as always, I truly appreciate and respect your input.
