It's a nice tune Rob and the vocals sound best yet. I could make out every lovely word this time. I always enjoy your tunes because they have an old world vibe to them.
But I kept waiting for a change from the D-A pattern. Just for kicks, toward the passage, "many years from now", try using a Bm to F#m to G at that turn around. You'll have to figure out where these chords go and I know you will do a better job than me of placing them.
I'm chiding you on your comment about choruses. Ha ha.
Heh heh, I had wondered whether anyone would pick me up on the fact that this was a song looking vainly for a third chord. I think it's because it's the first song where I've written where the lyrics and melody were completely written before the music. Normally it's the other way round - so I was trying to get down something that I already had completely in my head. If I ever re-track, I'll have a play round with the chords.
I tried to keep some tonal interest by playing the chords in different positions and having some of the guitars are in standard tuning and some in an Open D. I've had a few prog comparisons on previous works - I'm tempted to invent a new sub-genre on my next one...two chord prog...
Thanks for your kind words Manslick and I'm glad progress is being made on tracking/mixing. Cheers man
Only critisism I have is the vocals getting lost when the song blasts out. I like the wet drums, reminds me of Boogie with Stu (I think that's the one) off Led Zeppelin's Physical Grafitti, but with a bit more oomph. Good one. Oh and I partcularly like your organ. Organ sound that is
Cheers toad - I'm working on a bit of mix rebalancing before I put this one to bed, so I'll give the vocals a wee shove when it all kicks in. I don't know any of Physical Grafitti, but I just listened to Boogie With Stu on youtube - that is a nice song, so I'm chuffed. I can hear what you mean on the drums. I love III and IV dearly, so it looks like I need to get a copy of that album.
My organ is freely available on the net by the way...you just have to know where to look...
Thanks very much for listening man
I really liked this tune, I love the Trash Can drum beat, it hammers the grove along in a catchy way.
No nits here, I think it works the way it is.
Nice work Rob.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to listen and comment Pete - I added a little saturation to the drums to get the feel I was after, so glad they work. The feedback's been really encouraging for this one, so thanks - I really appreciate it. EDIT - I've given rep to those I'm permitted to, sadly that aint that many of youse...
By the way, been a complimentary comment or two about the guitar sound. Here's a couple of pics of the guitar I used. It's been a great addition to the stable: