PhonoBrainer

Louder? Overall? I dunno, how do the levels sound relative to other tracks? Very smooth bass, and the synthy pads that come and go are very subtle yet effective. The vocals carry me into a hybrid 60's - 80's quality. 60's for simplicity in the chorus, but definitely 80's in how the vocals are mixed. That might be a ludicrous observation, but there you go. It's very catchy, that chorus, Stylistically Councilled and Depeche-Modular. cheers, -Tom

Hey it reminds me of the feel of some of Bruce Springsteen's songs, and I think your excellent drum programming helps that along. I could hear Clarence Clemons wanting in on this. I believe he's deceased, however. Got any other sax possibilities? I liked the fading outtro as well, a very cool touch. The lyrics actually I found quite depressing!😭 overall nice one Lee! cheers, -Tom

I've noticed that most of the PA threads rarely contain commentary on the uses and merits of the plugin itself, but always offer commentary on the discounts and voucher strategies. Or do I just imagine this? I have a few of theirs, like a Lindell multiband compressor, the maag eq4 and the spl eq rangers and transient shaper. I feel like I might be missing out on some "wow" PA plugin somewhere . . . feel free to recommend anything!?!

Mostly yes. You probably have a few other verbs but there's always that time when they fail and you look around for some verb with some spicy spacey hypermodulated clarity. That's Blackhole.

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So it's not about jaw pain? Massively creative mix. Unconventional, angular chords and lyrics that slide around, start and stop, quite nicely. The mixing curveballs on the vocals kept it all flowing. I'd say it evokes a certain Wang Chung vibe in spots. As in, "What the hell ever happened to Wang Chung?!?" That Wang Chung. Thanks for the peppy number and the mix was a treat for the ears. My only crit might be the ending, which just cuts off more or less, but hey it knida works. I was expecting a bit more somethingerother on the end there.

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@InstrEd - thanks, the elements are kind of disparate, agreed! Glad u liked it. @David Sprouse - totally get the baboushka, agreed. In the video it's rabbits. Soooooo many rabbits. Yes it gets dark but hold the meds 'cause I'm far too amused as it is! @freddy j - correctamundo! The juxtaposition is the message. If there is a message to my madness. So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the listen. @Starise- thanks. I hope the rabbits don't mind being eaten, petted, chased, or for that matter, filmed. Once I started, I couldn't believe how many stock clips of rabbits are out there. Absurd! The music came first on this one, and then the rabbit clips, which apparently multiply like, oh I dunno, something. Thanks for the comment and the time! Cheers y'all, and thanks!

Dig those lyrics, and your vocals "carry" a ton of raw energy and emotion. After he is done carrying the cross, he might consider adding some bass elements into the mix and bringing the drums up. But as you said, you are at the scratchpad stage. It's a great start.

A super successful throwback. The drums have a nice live feel, but as I listened on headphones I wanted a little more of the kick, and the bass g too. It's got a nice booty shaking shuffle to it, just maybe punch up the low end a tad? I dug the vocals and their treatment. Effected yet clear. It's one of your best ones. For me. I also noticed that you have 140 songs on the Soundclick and holy moly that is a lot! A very respectable body of work! Cheers, -Tom

Thanks, what an uplift your video was. How cool of you to share it, and may many many happy years await you both.

Yes I'd agree it's some of your best singing that I've heard so far. Cool job on the bgv's and I liked that heavy reverb thing on the vocals, just a taste of that in a song is cool for variety. The horns in spots maybe could come down just a hair in volume, I dunno, it's pretty good. Any time the horns cover a vocal you might dip them a tad? Oh yes good sentiment and much needed. cheers, -Tom

Fun one. It has a drunken quality to the rhythm yet I can hear the beat, which of courses seems to change just when you latch on. I liked the clav? patch in this, it added some funky grit to the proceedings! Yes also to the Zappa nod . . . hope it was as fun for you to create, David! cheers, -Tom

Thank you, and I totally just borrowed your word "macabre" for the YouTube vid title. Pretty apt description!

Oh Jeeze. If that vid doesn't trigger you then nothing will. So sorry! It's a bunch of stock clips, and I left out stock clips of actual skinning of rabbits. Which, yes, there actually are stock clips available of rabbits being skinned, which I found surprising.

many thanks! there's now a vid up in the first post . . . @daryl1968 - thanks so much, and hopefully I get to hear more of yours sometime soon! @Andrew Ball - bonkers is right, and the video might help that along. I sure appreciate the compliments! thanks. @Johnbee58 - thanks John, this one is a bit all over the place. thanks for the comments! @Douglas Kirby - thanks, I'll pour you one any day. @Hidden Symmetry - much appreciated, thanks for the listen! glad we got it working! @geeare1thanks so much, glad you liked it! You know what they say about short attention spans . . . @David Sprouse - yes for some reason the gypsy chime things just popped right up, I did no treatment of them. I think they change the scene nicely. thanks for the listen! @noynekker - thanks very much for noticing the little piano changes, I think that livens it up a bit for the poor suffering listener. I appreciate the regards, and by all means post away on your stuff, I'd like to hear it. @thegaltieribrothers- hi Paul and thanks. Sound textures are kind of where it's at. Sometimes anything can be music. cheers! @amiller - very cool, thanks for the listen! cheers, -Tom

That was perfectly wonderful! In those fast passages the violin really shines. I could hear the bow bouncing on the spiccato sections. That's nicely done! The piano player in me wanted the piano volume to come up just a bit, and maybe more volume of the bass notes in the piano might help support that lovely violin flying around up there? Just a thought. At the very end, when that little piano part rejoins, is it louder than the earlier section's piano? I liked that end piano snippet or at least it seemed louder. Nice composition LGA! -Tom

It does call up the institution. Very well sung and it certainly draws you in. The chorus is very inventive. You obviously aren't going for a pop mix! But I'd vote for vocals up, and your only bass element really is that lower tabla or kick drum, ( bum - - bum bum) and I think if you update this, that lower element could be a lot stronger. The heartbeat needs a bit more ooompf methinks. It's creepy and precarious in the vibe, and the vocal treatment fits that perfectly well. good one! -Tom

I agree, the off kilter quality sure fits the subject. If you are looking for mix clarity, I think the drum kit seems to be the least distinct component. What drums are u using, and how might you be processing them? Perhaps less is more on the processing? Fun tune, but not "fun" in a fun way. A good listen! cheers, -Tom

I agree with Dan/Gary/Bjorn and I think we're talking just a hair louder on the vocals. I feel this excel;lent groove song was mixed by the guitar player. Gosh durn those guitars are very well recorded, very tastefully played, artfully panned. They are also a smidge too loud in my opinion. The vocal is chasing the guitars and you might try it vocals>guitars. It's a terrific song. Got B3? cheers, -Tom

It DID inspire me to give you a screenshot, so we can get this thing fixed! Would like to hear more of your stuff.

The link, she dead.

Paul, I also have dozens of tunes, some 30 years old, in various stages of DAWifcation. Usually about ten "active" during a year, and I begin 7 or 8 new ones each year. It's mental. Need inspiration to get working? Listen closely. Do you hear that grinding metallic sound? The grim reaper sharpens his scythe. All for you. Or its a grim guy using Reaper as his main DAW.

21. Epstein didn't kill himself

Hard not to like. I'm a sucker for world stuff. I'd say tablas could come in a biu earlier (they are great) and the sitar has a bit of a piercing resonance up top. Not quite icepick, but close. You might look at the eq curves in realtime on that sitar, do you have a big spike above zero around 5kHz when that Sitar is a wailin' ? You do want a sitar to have a bitey treble component. I'm talking around :58 . . . All of those samples sound really great and you have mixed them with full respect to the hypnotic manthric chantiness they are supposed to have. You've got it from Madras, Oregon to Madras, India. cheers, -Tom