steve@baselines.com

On 1/28/2023 at 12:20 PM, Jesse Screed said:

very nice bass work.

The music seemed happy, but the subject seemed sad.

I guess it is the absurdity of life right?

Nice arrangement and cool use of organ and ?harpsicord?

Cool son, can't wait to hear the album.

Thanks Jesse.  It was meant to sound frenetic like the old time 'Extra, Extra read all about it' or the teletypes spitting out the news in the newsroom.

The video does eventually have a happy ending of sorts.

The organ plays along with the piano for the most part.  There is also a pair of Ukuleles in there.

Steve

On 1/27/2023 at 9:00 AM, Wookiee said:

@steve@baselines.com That was enjoyable.  

Thanks for listening/watching Wookiee!

23 hours ago, Hidden Symmetry said:

Enjoyed it, cool harmonic structures between the instruments & vocals..mix sounded good in my cans too.- great job

Thanks for listening!

23 hours ago, freddy j said:

The music and visuals are indeed very creative.  Lyrics are poignant as well.  This was fun and enjoyable!

Well done!!

Thank you for listening and commenting Freddy.

On 1/21/2023 at 7:56 PM, FreeEarCandy said:

Very creative, Steve.  Vocal harmonies are right on.  Has a British rock feel to it.  I think its real good, and I enjoyed listening to it.

Dean

Thank you Dean.  British rock is a great compliment!

I'm trying to get one song a month for the next LP release.  This will be one of them.

@kiwichrys adds her vocal magic to make me sound better.

https://baselines.com/?p=6721

TIA for listening and letting me know what you think.

Steve

Sounds great - I bet you are itching to put on a new drum track where you have more control.  Nevertheless, I like it as is.

That is a great picture you picked for this song.  And the song sounds great - I like the mix decisions you made.  Is that a software bass or the real thing?

Nice work I like all that high frequency stuff.  Well at my age it is high frequency - that's all I got remaining in that range.

Great - love all the instruments.  That a banjo in there?  Nice!  And the vocal sounds great.

What a trip - paints some strange mental imagery for sure.

On 1/17/2023 at 7:39 PM, Jesse Screed said:

well now

pass go

collect $200

life is not fair

Your shriveled confidence is equal to the coldness of the valley

Thank you?  I think.  🙂

On 1/16/2023 at 11:48 AM, Ron_Pko said:

Love the song, Steve! Sounds great! 🙂

Thank you Ron!

Great !  Watching now - I got the McCartney 1970-73 book for Christmas so timing is perfect.  Thank you.

On 1/13/2023 at 9:37 PM, Old Joad said:

Your songs always remind me of They Might Be Giants. You kill🤩

 

Thanks for the great compliment!

On 1/13/2023 at 7:09 AM, Supa Reels said:

There's so much work in this one... excellent story/lyrics very impressive my friend ... I also really enjoyed the trip 👍

ATB

Steve

Thank you for listening Steve!

On 1/13/2023 at 5:39 AM, Makke said:

Good song. Well done record.  
Enjoyable to listen to.

Thank you for your comments!

Absolutely incredible - brought back so many memories of my own...not the least of which was that $20 on the table after lugging home equipment at 3AM.  Thanks for a great thing.

Great mix.  Nice clarity of all tracks.

Love it.  Love that surfing guitar pic as well.

Awesome.

That was great to see again - I forgot how good it sounded.  Thanks for posting.

Very nice.  Good vocals and a nice mix of guitars.  Is it acoustic and electric?

2 hours ago, whoisp said:

to muddy ? 

Hard to tell without getting in there, but here are some things I think would be good to address.

1 - Drums sound like there might be too much compression and lack clarity... maybe too much reverb or reverb not tailored to the drums

2 - The bass sometimes fights the kick drum (although this may be writing and not mixing)  This makes it hard to drive the song forward.

3 - Piano might need a little high end boost or lower range rolloff.

4 - The guitars might be washing out the other parts a little - I am listening with headphones and the panning may be too much.

When the guitars go away, a lot of the issues go away.

5 - Overall I think there might be too much reverb.

6 - The vocals are slightly overpowered by the instruments and again may need less reverb.

Don't take it the wrong way - These are only my thoughts and who knows whether I am right or not! I am being overly critical but wanted to give you real feedback.

Steve

5 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

TZ fan here for sure!

👏

t

Thanks for stopping by.  TZ is a high point of my New Year's Eve, which for at least the last decade involved me staying home with the fam, drinking champagne appropriately, watching Twilight Zone and sometimes the 3 Stooges,  watching how crazy people are these days around midnight, wondering when Anderson Cooper will start looking like Guy Lombardo and falling asleep shortly after midnight strikes!