steve@baselines.com

On 12/29/2021 at 6:28 AM, Wookiee said:

Nice twang sir nice twang, I did enjoy your tune thanks.

Thanks Wookiee!

3 hours ago, Wookiee said:

As I have heard most of the  tracks here Steve I wish you the best with this release there is some very cool and interesting music on this.

 

Thanks Wookiee - glad that it is finally done!

Steve

On 12/27/2021 at 11:47 AM, Larry T. said:

great piece....the orchestration in the middle kicks it up a notch....reminds me of Steve Howe's early solo stuff....

Thank you for listening and commenting Larry!

On 12/26/2021 at 9:58 AM, mark skinner said:

Great recording job and mix !  I Loved the video ! I think Buster would have had fun on TikTok.       mark

Absolutely Mark.  Can you imagine the things he could do today?  His expression is priceless.  Thanks for watching.

Here's my version of a great old Duke Ellington Song that was redone by Steely Dan on their Pretzel Logic album.  Accompanying this audio is a video of select Buster Keaton clips.  Buster was a comic genius way way way ahead of his time.

Both Audio and Video available here:  https://baselines.com/?p=6373

Video on Youtube available here: 

23 hours ago, jack c. said:

real great sound/recording.jack c.

Thanks Jack!  Happy holidays!

Steve

24 minutes ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Wow,  an incredibly imaginative song Steve. The sound is pristine and the playing is spectacular, I enjoyed it a lot. I also listened to some of your other songs and you're a real hidden gem. Im going to have to your stuff a serious listen. 

Thanks Kevin.  At the bottom of my home page , there is a player with some of the songs from our Private Lightning album released back in the 80's on A&M.  If you get a chance and are interested, check those out.

https://baselines.com

Steve

11 minutes ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Yes, I figured that was the objective of your mix, and if I was catering to a youth market or if indeed I had any prayer whatsoever of selling any music at all  I'd probably  follow your advice. Your advice is always spot-on and your production sensibilities remain an influence for me. In the end I think one of the (very) few advantages of playing, writing and recording music in your 60's after all the dreams of hitting the road in a van with your band are long over is the absolute freedom to be self-indulgent.  ?

 

Absolutely!!  And no more carrying that Ampeg up two flights of stairs and back down at 3AM LOL!!

4 hours ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Steve, thanks for listening and thanks for taking the time to demonstrate your ideas, it's above and beyond the call of duty and I appreciate it. I personally like the intro the way it is. I more of an ease into the business at hand kind of guy so your edit sounds kind of abrupt to me. On the other hand, the EQ changes you made do sound better, and I will give the other ideas a go here when my wife lets me work on this stuff again.

 

That's fine, Kevin.  My length comment was more oriented towards a single.  People (younger) tend to get bored REALLY quickly these days and will switch away after less than a minute.  For an album cut, it's different.  Good luck on the final product, I'll be listening for it.

Steve

I like it - you asked for suggestions so I have some.  You may hate it, but they're my comments anyway ?

I think it would benefit from being shorter.  Get the vocal in there quicker.  Maybe excite the snare a little.

Pull up the under 50hz a little and the over 10K a little.

Maximize a little higher, perhaps -7.8db

Widen the mids.

I did some edits which you can toss if you don't agree, but here's my idea.

https://www.baselines.com/brand_new_day.wav

Steve

I don't want to make light of childbirth, because I know what's involved.  However, getting this album out took almost as much energy!  Thank you for all the support I got on this forum, I really appreciate all of you who listen to my stuff and offer me feedback.  You are the best. 

https://stevekeith1.bandcamp.com/album/the-instrumentalist

Best wishes to all for a happy and enjoyable Christmas season (or whatever else you may celebrate).

Steve

On 12/18/2021 at 2:42 PM, David Sprouse said:

wish I was there!  Horns are great...what did you use?  iconic guitar solo.

Thanks David.  I used Session Horns Pro with a touch of delay.

Steve

19 hours ago, antler said:

There's definitely a sunshine sound to this one - well done!

Thanks Antler!

On 12/12/2021 at 1:28 PM, Bapu said:

Cool instrumental Steve

Thank you!

On 12/12/2021 at 12:12 PM, ramscapri said:

 

Cool twangy guitars, backing vocals and beats there Steve, and some nice brassy tones too... good one... well done ?

Thanks for the feedback!

Wow!  Smooth clear productions and excellent performance.  I love this type of feel and the intricate mix of tracks.  I could see the players playing, which is always my test for good production.  Only thing I would say is maybe a TINY touch of more reverb or image widening, but that's just my taste and may not be what others like.,

NIce job Wookiee.  That low synth sound is reminiscent of ELP's early work on Moog and those keyboard runs up and down are nice.

Nice job on this.  The vocals are surreal.  

Very peaceful.  A good piano sound.  What do you use?

17 hours ago, Jesse Screed said:

cool  like the base like it all the guitar very California cooool

Thanks Jesse, appreciate the feedback.  I wrote this when I was in Germany and always associated it with a European type feel, but you are correct, it is California as well.

Steve

Cakewalk used to include Amp Sim for guitar.  I don’t know whether the current version still includes it or not.

Here's another from the upcoming album, The Instrumentalist.

https://baselines.com/?p=6355   (For those who don't like videos, just the audio is available here)

This is great.  I played in a rock band with a violinist who is now very well known in certain classical circles.  This reminds me of her, but I think the technique is even better here.

I love this type of stuff, you did a really nice job.  I wish I could make my videos as smooth.

Very good - nice timing with everything - I'm a sucker for anything that approaches Mandelbrot and Fibonacci, which I think this leans toward.