bats brew

HOWDY HO ANDY! hey man, eagles, on a funk rock song? hm.... maybe 'those shoes'...?! glad you dig this one, and thank you for the comments! this song, it's kind of like an 'interval' song, between the 1st and 3rd on the album, the 1st is very introspective and upbeat at the same time, and the 3rd is a real rocker!! so i needed something like this, to introduce the rocker tune... the album songs were never considered as singles, they are expected to be listened to in the 'complete album' setting, just like the good ole days!! so yea, maybe longer as a single, but consider... most beatles singles were about two and a half minutes, and this one comes in at 2:47, so i'm right on target!! heheh. maybe i should add some lyrics about holding some girls hand, or asking for help, or measuring the albert hall for holes.

hi CSW! i worked on the guitar sounds, as much as the actual parts, because i had this idea, that they would rhythmically support what the bass is doing, kind of glue it all together.... i think i actually printed those delays using a Boss DD-200, so once i made that decision, there was no going back!! LOL

hey antler! thanks for listening

that's a great looking MM

Thanks man the bass is definitely the driver Maybe I'll bring up the level of the guitar and a bit

my uncle had that same amp/case combo and danelectro style guitar... i used to turn it all the way, and just let it feedback. thought that was the coolest thing in the world... got me started down the wrong path. LOL

thanks tom!

hey tom! you know, i had this song for a long time... like 15 years or more! so, i had a lot of time to refine the melodies, so they should feel 'broken in'. i've got some new vocal stuff i'm working on now, plus i'm doing some remixes and remaster of my previous "Wild Animals" album, so hopefully i'll have out soon!

HI LARRY T! thanks, whammy bar, yes, that'd technically be my first effect! LOL, on a sears and roebuck electric, had something akin to a bigsby on it... stanley clarke! i used to listen to his early stuff a lot,, return to forever, the tony williams stuff, school days, good stuff!

HA! BASS VST! no such thing in this studio. 😉 that's a carvin LB70, played into a combination of a sansamp bass di, and a strymon Iridium with an ampeg 4x10 cab. a little compression, and thats it. thanks jack!

this one's fun! getup! getup! https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/poppin-tight

bumpin for sumptin

heheh, cold air. check.

thanks so much for that, paul. i work hard on these things, so i'm glad they work on some level!

thank you craig! yep, tooele, i get out that way every once in a while, used to like to hike deseret peak just past grantsville on that side of the mountain range... try to get up to the mountains on a regular basis, i live about 20 minutes from Solitude ski resort.

hey Ed! thanks man, i'm thinking about calming down the 'fuzz' middle section a bit. at first mix, i thought it should get more intense... like, you are at the kitchen window, looking out at the frost, the sun comes out, starts warming your face, and the fuzz is the face getting hot. LOL or you step outside, thinking it's actually warm, and the bitter cold air hits your face and freezes it!! LOL again

hey thanks craig! appreciate the comments...

thanks jack! appreciate it

from the bats brew album "Elemental". https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/spring-morning

Bumpin

tnx!

hi andy! appreciate the comments... yea, bang on message. bang on head. LOL glad you dig this one, more are coming (not message songs this will be the only one of those)

i have found that mixing on earbuds will absolutely NOT translate to a full range loudspeaker system. they're great for checking mixes on, though

you can ruin a mix, by putting a compressor behind a track that needed eq first. drives the compressor nuts. bottom line, like mark said, you need to have the mix right to start with. that's why i like to mix into sub busses, so i can treat the different parts of the band on their own sonic merits. if i eq'd individual tracks right, there shouldn't be a build up of eq at the sub bus level, but sometimes it happens.