steve@baselines.com

On 4/10/2020 at 6:18 AM, Douglas Kirby said:

I always liked this song - you guys did a good job on the cover.  Not sure about the fx on the lead vocal - it sounds like a rotary speaker.

Thanks Douglas.  The vocal was tricky here.  You can probably tell I had to do a lot of processing to get it to sound close.

On 4/11/2020 at 4:49 PM, freddy j said:

One of my fav's back during the "New Wave" days.  Excellent cover!!!

Thanks Freddy - it was a great time to listen to music.  I really loved his Sunday Papers and a bunch of others from that album.  We were breaking into the music industry at the same time.

On 4/9/2020 at 11:05 AM, Wookiee said:

Not bad, I always loved that line "Pretty women out walking with Gorillas" one of my favourites from him. 

Heheh - yup me too.  I was reading up on the song while doing it and he actually ran into problems because certain people thought that it was a racist line.  Lots of snowflakes in the world today I guess!  Thanks for the kind words!

My buddy Doug Cross on vocals (@thelonewulfproject on Bandlab)

Do you upload to Bandlab?  Let me know and I will follow you and leave you feedback there.  Maybe we could collaborate.

https://baselines.com/?p=5499

On 3/28/2020 at 5:12 PM, AndyB01 said:

Steve, apart from the instrumentation, vocally this is such a tough song to cover. You did a great job. Andy

Thanks Andy!  I appreciate your feedback.

On 3/23/2020 at 12:54 PM, Wookiee said:

@steve@baselines.com Not bad they were a tough act to follow you did a good job on this.

Thanks!  

On 3/23/2020 at 8:31 AM, Steev said:

NICE! 👌 I've ALWAYS found The Beatles to be enormously inspiring. I do the same thing sometimes, and it always charges my creative batteries.

 Baby You Can Drive My Car

NIce version - I just started following you on Bandlab!!

21 hours ago, Lynn said:

I admire anyone who's brave enough to take on the Beatles.  This song is definitely not one of their easiest songs to cover, but you did a terrific job!  You stayed true enough to the original to give me the flavor I want, yet put enough of your own spin on this to make it unique.  Bravo!

Thanks Lynn - I appreciate your feedback!

On 3/23/2020 at 12:38 AM, RobertWS said:

I think it was a piccolo trumpet (on the original).

 

 

Yes I think you are right about that. 

One of the most human country voices is no longer with us.  Of course, there was the First Edition as well.

This song was always one of my favorites.  Doug Cross (@thelonewulfproject on Bandlab) does the vocal.

https://baselines.com/?p=5480

3 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Steve
Wow, took me back to the 60s. I thought it was the original version at first, that's how close you got to it. I'm never sure what a "cover" is. Seems like it's either a re-creation or it's a re-interpretation of a song. Anyway, nicely done version. And your voice is very good.

Thank you!  I try to keep the Beatles songs as close to the original as possible - I like doing things that way I always learn stuff.

6 hours ago, mark skinner said:

Steve , I don't have a clue how I got on bandlab.  I've never used it.  I hope I'm pretty good ..    mark

I saw the same logo, but no activity yet.  There was a little 'about section' - I don't know whether they take that from the forums or not.

4 hours ago, sven450 said:

Nice!  For a 'non vocalist' you did a great job.  Cool horns.

Thank you.  Are you on Bandlab?  Let me know and I will follow.

1 hour ago, mark skinner said:

As usual , another one Very well done. Great job on the keys and vocals.   I think you really captured the feel of this classic.

Thanks Mark - I see you are on Bandlab and I started following.

6 hours ago, Douglas Kirby said:

I thought you did a nice job on this cover - I enjoyed the listen, and I thought your vocal was quite good.

The french horn sounded close to the original.

Thank you Douglas - appreciate the listen.  Are you on Bandlab?

Here's my version of this classic.  Be forewarned, I am not a vocalist, but I try hard.  Thanks for listening!

https://baselines.com/?p=5475

22 hours ago, Johnbee58 said:

So, you can post here and expect feedback but if we want your feedback we  have to post on another site.  😲

😲

No, as I said I don't expect feedback.  If people want to listen, fine.  If they don't fine.  If they listen and like it enough, they can leave a comment and I will reply.  My tagline shows people how they can communicate with me where I live (on Bandlab) and they can contact me if they want me to either collab or review their material.

On 3/3/2020 at 3:33 PM, Douglas Kirby said:

I enjoyed the listen and the mix sounds quite nice to my ears.  As I mentioned on another one of your songs, I like the vocalist.

The organ was a nice touch as well.

Thanks a lot Douglas!

1 hour ago, DeeringAmps said:

That's why I posted...
I get you're busy, we all are, and you have to pick and choose.
I hang here not on BandLab, maybe that's to my detriment.
What's that line the classical teacher tells 'Lighten' in Crossroads?
"You can't serve two masters"

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Exactly Tom!  There are not enough hours in the day.  Consider joining Bandlab, it is really an excellent place to meet new musicians, and I would definitely follow and comment on your stuff.  It is a perfect place for collaboration.  Will you consider it?  If so, let me know the details.

Thank you for your comment - I gave feedback just yesterday.  But you are correct, I don't do it much here.  I am very active on Bandlab, and that is where I give all my feedback.  If you have an account there, I would be happy to follow you.  There are only so many hours in the day, and I have to listen to probably 30-50 new songs a day.  It's OK with me if people don't comment here on my songs, it's only fair as I do not often do that either.  But it is a good forum for having new folks listen and maybe come over to Bandlab as a result.

On 2/29/2020 at 2:27 PM, Lee Shapiro said:

This song was probably rushed too quickly into posting it publicly. 
There are quite a few layers of instruments, which I tried to find a place for them sonically, but some instruments didn't come through as clearly as I would have liked.
So I guess you can consider this a first draft, since I'll probably go back and remix it.
The song is a continuation in a long running theme of expressing memories, regrets, feelings and wishes.  I often go to this place, and this time I gave it a name... "Geetar Street".

Thanks for any comments, suggestions or critiques.

Geetar Street

 

Very cool man - you got that Tom Petty thing going on, which I love.  The image reminds me a little of the night I was stranded in Dublin.  Those pubs are friendly!

I was addicted to binge watching this show.  Discovered it 4 years into the series.  Being the sick puppy I am, I thoroughly enjoyed this tale.  So I wrote a song.  This one has @darrengarrett from bandlab singing.  An interesting thing about this (at least if you are me) is that the main riff and musical idea song came from my iPad alarm clock.  The default 'wakeup' music was a gmin to cmin dreamlike string progression.  Well, it morphed into something else in my sick mind.  But I still remember that alarm clock waking me up to a job that I pretty much dreaded every single day for a few years.  Luckily, music is the thing now.  That and keeping the wife happy.  Maybe I'll write another song ... LOL.  Oh!  and there's a video too.  How cool is that?  http://baselines.com/?p=5127

On 2/12/2020 at 8:42 AM, mark skinner said:

Steve , I really liked the bass line and the Steele Dan feel on the guitars. Think it could have had more bottom end on the kick but all in all another Great job !  mark

Thanks Mark - maybe the next mix I will boost that.  Songs are never really finished I've found 🙂

On 2/11/2020 at 11:00 AM, Hidden Symmetry said:

Cool tune. Sounds good here, that one section reminded me of Joe Jackson, dug the guitar solo & production - great job.

Thank you - that's a great compliment.  I'm working with Doug Cross (lonewulf) on Bandlab to do 'Is She Really Going Out With Him' - but his voice is shot right now.

On 2/11/2020 at 10:55 AM, Starise said:

I can tell your experience goes much further than the studio. You've been out there playing. Lively jazz feel. The song moves along nicely! Everything fits and fits well! Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for the wonderful comment.  Yes I was out there for 8+ years lugging equipment around 🙂