Yes? No? Maybe? Artist in Confusion!

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Wow,really great tune!

Definatly my favorite from you yet.
Very moving!

The only things I heard were,the words "ignorance is bliss" don't seem to fit,and mabey lose the horns,or better yet get Lt.Bob to do em!:D
JMHO.

Sounds like sellable material to me,definatly!

Great stuff,looking foward to hearing more.

Best to you,
Pete
 
crawdaddyo!

I haven't read all the other replys yet..


professional in its own right.. rediculously cool tune.. I like how you mixed the keyboards.. vocals are superb..


I hear some offness in the drums, enough to interrupt me when I was tapping my foot along with it.. that might seem like I'm nitpicking, but with serious real deal quality like this, I would not have it.. There was nothing with the sound that bothered me too much because I got sucked right into the tune, but I noticed the drum thing every time I listened.. I hold your tunes to a higher standard than others here because it is some of the most 'real' music I've heard here..


Other than that, excellent tune as always.. probably my favorite of yours next to '#9'

Why is #9 not on your page?



thumb to the sky! :)
 
crawdad said:
Oh, don't tell my daughter those are canned horns, because they were live trumpets played by her! If you say they "sound too good to be real" she'll be thrilled
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Welp... They do sound too good to be real! My mistake, Crawdad! They just sound so consistent; pass on the compliments to your daughter, she done good... Now... her trumpet, and Lt. Bob's sax work... that would be the ticket! :D
 
Crawdaddy-O.......
bloooooozy....... as usual, beautiful work from the man that was spawned in the delta... ........hey, I like that. You can use it in your press kit if'n ya wanna:D :D
Im not gonna git into the mix cause im listening at work on these shite speakers. I do however agree w/ the caretaker...... Crawdaugher and Lt. Bob.... ...........could be deadly.
Beautiful songwriting bro....... ......damn classy is what it is!!:cool:

G
 
Don't trash it, man!

I know where your coming from.;)

It's a good tune, it just needs to groove better. Maybe try dropping the tempo a click or two to give the lyrics some more "breathing room".

Nice slide work.:)
 
Re: crawdaddyo!

B.SABBATH said:
Other than that, excellent tune as always.. probably my favorite of yours next to '#9'

Why is #9 not on your page?
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"cause the crawdad has limited space so the old tunes get dropped, however he gave me permission to put it on my page so here: http://www.nowhereradio.com/wondercow/singles
Life Number Nine is one of my favorites too although maybe I shouldn't say that since I played on it. :rolleyes:
 
Just cleaned the s**t out of my ears and listened again!
Those horns definatly sound too good to be real!:D :D :D
Please pass it on!
 
I like it...
....it has an Eagles sound to it...and nice slide work too...

/DMM
 
I think the basic stuff is there for the most part. As said before, the timing issues really pull this tune down. The whole tune IS about the groove, and if that struggles...well. Maybe it could be sped up just the tiniest bit too...but not much. Do what you have to do to get the timing thing down, loops, machines...whatever, but that IS a must. The horns are ok, but don't really add much playing whole note, tonics, etc. A little more inventive horn parts would do better too. Your voice fits this kind of stuff VERY well, and the [too low volume] lead guitar is nice too. It needs to be spotlighted as much as the vocals......imo. Give it ITS' place in the mix too...with some special verb (whether you hear it or not...you know..the gooood stuff), and it's own special panning. One last harp....get off the tonics with the strings too. Play some tensions or even the thirds(without the root...eh!!!)...whatever to add a little more "emotion" to the harmony.

No...don't pitch this tune...make a quality Cd of this kind of stuff. It would be a good-un.
 
crawfather,

got total faith you'll clean e'y'thang up in the mix, but just one comment: piano is lost in the mix. (surprised mixmkr didn't whip out his cool "PNO" abbrev. and stick it to ya ;))

Ok, I lied :rolleyes: :p One more. Some mild harmonic distortion on some of those bass drum hits. And I agree; what's this at? 130 bpm? Try 148 or somethin' for cruds and laughs.

That "PNO" sound awakens some 1982 memories... so familiar... somethin like Journey, or Styx...


Chad
 
Forgot to mention that This song has sort of a Ronnie Milsap feel to it IMHO.....if it was a little faster it would have "A Stranger In My House" kind of a feel to it.
 
Well, I worked on this lil' bastard all day today--till I had to go off to a gig. I'm not completely done, but I redid the drums with samples except for the original kick. Killed the trumpets, turned up the piano, turned up the lead git, took down the bass. left the existing strings in, but I like mxmkr's suggestion about redoing them with something more inventive. I liked that Hammond idea too--might experiment with that. Also thinking some harmonies perhaps.

Heck, I like everybody's ideas. So, next I will post the revised version and ask for more ears! Oh--and I am open if somebody can actually play drums or any other instrument that would make this better. Lt. Bob has talked about doing some sax, which would be cool.

If I'm going to get the revised version up, I'm going to simply say that I have read all the posts and appreciate each and every one--thanks to: alibish, erichenryus (you play drums?!), fed, b.sabbath, caretaker9. guernica, m.brane, Lt. Bob, museman, mcmd, mixmkr and participant. I love you all! I think you'll see that I am moving in the general direction of the comments.

Shit! The producer/mixing credits are gonna have to include about a hundred people on this one! maybe we could call our collective ears 'The Committee" or something!

OK. I'm off to Nowhere to post V2!
 
sufferin' synchronicity look what I found...

The inspiration for the title of Huxley's piece...

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would
appear to man as it is, infinite. —William Blake



"Marriage of Heaven and Hell" (I was wrong about the title, but close enough for govt. work. :confused: :rolleyes: :p :D

p.s. ain't it funny how one star threads turn out to be the best ones?
 
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Wow.......so much better! Very nice guitar work, the transition out of the ride back to the vocals is pretty cool. The change in the bass is dramatic and it really clears up the mix so you can hear the details. The drums sound much better also. OK, I'm playing it again...nice opening...rhythms are louder, that was needed.....strings could come up some.......nice slide.....there's that transition...a slight feedback coming out of the ride, I'd like to hear that a little bit better........ending seems a bit out of time.

Another great song crawdad. I definitely hear horns for it. I'm gonna put it in my truck and study for the next week or so and I should have something for you.
 
It's flowing like water now so it WASNT the lyrics like my dumb ass suggested.The guitars make this song move right along....the horns that were in the first mix seem to make everything seem disjointed....The guitar solos and fills sound like they belong whereas the horns seemed out of place to my ears......sounds good.....a couple of slide fills after you repeat "Aint going back again" at the end would sound cool ,and maybe catch a slide note and let it catch some feedback on the last note of the song......that would sound cool.
 
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