steve@baselines.com

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!

👏

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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!

On 1/2/2023 at 1:30 PM, FreeEarCandy said:

As much as I hate to compare people to well know bands this really does sound like one of my favorite British bands from the 70's ( I will not mention them by name). This is a very well done "original" piece.  Excellent, with loads of admirable complexity to dig into. 

Thank so much!  You can mention the name if you want - ok with me LOL!  

I made it to the end and had to leave more praise.  I'm more 70s than 80s but those references are nothing more than relevant genius.  I love this.

Great lyrics!  Fantastic mix.  Interesting ideas.  Love it.

Very cool that you guys put your heads together to come up with this nice song.  Great work.

Nice.  Tight.  Great guitar work.  Great drum sound as well.  Cheers!

Nice groove.  Well done.

Nice - it calms me down!

Always nice to go back and snag the old ones and drag them into the future!

Pretty cool - I could hear a strong solid simple drum beat and bass coming in around 2:05 as the main focus for a while in my head to propel things along.

Cool tune, interesting.

Good mix and the vocal sounds great.

Good song, but the mix needs some work I think.

On 12/30/2022 at 12:37 PM, User 905133 said:

Talking about tv show songs, a few years ago there was a show that featured a narrative song as part of the the "Last week on __________________" storyline recap at the beginning.  I thought it was very original and well done.  It might have been "Brain Dead."  That's on one of my Roku channels; I will double check to see if that's the one.  I am remembering an acoustic guitar and a humorous fast-talking narrative recap--accurate in terms of the storyline, but humorous the way it was told.

I saw a couple of the newer Twilight Zone episodes this New Year - I didn't know that they had produced a new season.  They are in black and white which is cool and I thought they were well done.  I guess they have been around since 2020 but I hadn't heard about it.

Same atmosphere was part of the Boston sound in the 70's - A great time!  Thanks for sharing. 

The verb on the vox is perfect, as is the EQ.  Drums sound great, perfect tone, nice beat.

Very cool vibe music.  For my taste I would put a little more high end on the master, but to each his own - it just might be my aging ears - it sounds great anyway.  I love the snare sound you got and the panning of the toms.

Really cool.  It's got a touch of Elvis Costello and Randy Newman in there.  Nice and tight.  And interesting!

Did you post this on Bandlab?  If not, you should!

Very cool - I like the switching between major and minor, and the untuned notes bouncing against each other.

5 hours ago, KSband said:

Oh wow, that was brilliant! Really liked the song, so clever.

Thank you very much!

16 hours ago, PhonoBrainer said:

Loved it. Haven't seen the episode, but your video sets with the song and sets up the inevitable twilight zone twist!

I 100% got zero Steely Dan out of this, but how about They Might Be Giants? Your vocal is super clean and clear in the mix, and the bgv's are such great adds in great spots.

Kudos for the non-cliche chord changes. Well done! See you in Willoughby. They do have a band . . .

 

cheers,

-Tom

 

Thanks Tom - I didn't put in the very last scene from the episode.  I debated it but figured it would be better not to.  

It definitely shows my fan worship to Steely Dan LOL . I have to go back and review They Might Be Giants - somebody else mentioned them for another song I did.  

I really appreciate your feedback - comments like this make it all worthwhile.

Steve

5 hours ago, User 905133 said:

I looked up Yellowstone.  Bad news / Good news: While it is part of the Paramount Network, "Yellowstone is not available on Paramount+ due to streaming rights, but don't worry — we've got super exciting Yellowstone-related series streaming now, plus there's more on the way from the universe of Yellowstone executive producer, Taylor Sheridan. Dec 19, 2022."

Here's the link for this ^^^ article (includes links to the webpages for the individual shows).

Maybe these will inspire more songs?

Haha - Maybe A Yellowstone song would be fun - Beth would play a key part, as would Jamie LOL.  The wife and I watch it - up to this year it has always been easy, but for some reason (which she knows and I don't) we have to record it first and watch it later.  That's fine by me - I think we still have to watch commercials but it's OK.

Thanks for providing more detail!

On 12/26/2022 at 12:11 PM, Larry T. said:

never saw that episode....nice work, has an XTC feel to my ears....well done 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Hi Larry!  Thanks for stopping by.

On 12/24/2022 at 4:22 PM, User 905133 said:

So, I got sick of all the disgusting and violent election ads on TV here and decided for BF to get Paramount+ Premium [Mostly No Commercials] for less than $1.00 / week for a year--and last week I found they have Twilight Zone!  With no commercials!!!!!!!!!  🙂 Its now on my list to watch over the remaining 48 weeks of the deal.  Thanks for reminding me about the series. 

I know how you feel about those ads - glad that is over.  Paramount+ is what Yellowstone is on, isn't it?

Steve