Larry T.

Good stuff. Love the chord voicings/choices, arrangements are hot, great work????

Where did it go? No link.

Cool, as usual. Arrangement has variety, moves right along, lots of creativity????

Enjoyed the gradual build up, resolution and coda. Writing, arrangement, playing all very nicely done????

I was able to hear the first wo pieces. Agree, great writing/improvising and playing. Your musical ideas are solid, engaging, cerebrally stimulating and relaxing. I'd have taken the fuzz guitar down a decibel or two but that's just me????

Excellent. I'm hearing dance music with intelligence. An avalanche of rhythms and melodies. The production is great. The instruments are balanced perfectly. The mix sounds really, really good, you may want to think about having a professional audio engineer whose work you respect have a go at it. The only element I found somewhat lacking was the vocal towards the end. I think the idea is great, but the timber and execution of said vocal is the weakest element of this strong piece. I can't tell if it's Melodyne or an AI or something else entirely. I'm impressed with your command of getting the delays in time with the beats, something I'm just starting to explore. Good Luck????

Thanks Andy. Appreciate the listen ? ? ? ?

Thanks so much Tom. I really appreciate the listen and the links. The drums are from Cakewalk SI Drums loops via edits i made. They are compressed via the SI Drums VST setting and you have excellent audio perception? The next area I need to learn is compression as I don't do it at all via a dedicated plug in and I know the mixes I'm doing now seem to be ok but I have a long, long way to go compared to some of you masters here. Also will research A to B comparison more????

Thanks Bjorn. If you mean some of the slide-y sounding guitar parts I spent days trying to determine the best audio balance of them. In the end I kept them in what I heard as in the middle of the audio image at the beginning of the song, not loud, as they aren't the focus like the harmonica's. They are louder after the drum break as that was the Big Ending I was trying to move the song in the direction of. If this isn't the quiet parts you meant please let me know. Cheers????

Thanks so much John. The kitty in the picture is from Wikipedia Commons photos but is exactly what our kitty looked like. I tried to keep it moving and interesting. The drum break happened first and then the guitar, piano and synth inserts. The harmonica's are the result of numerous retakes. Thanks again????

Thank You jack. This tune is basically based on drum, guitar, piano and bass riffs with the melodies being handled by the harmonica's and synth. I thought of adding more synth melodies but the ram meter was almost in the red so decided to let it be. Cheers????

Thanks so much Nigel. Tried to keep it simple yet interesting. My usual "try to get more with less" production approach ????

Thank You for the kind words. I've been learning the harmonica for about a year. Most of this tune called for a key of A harp but I think I used a D in one or two sections ????

Hey Hi. Here's Boom Boom the Cat. Nits and crits welcomed???? link: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/boom-boom-the-cat DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, acoustic and electric guitars, DI Yamaha bass, harmonica, focusrite scarlett solo, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite, CbB effects reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

Enjoyed very much????

Nice work. Concise, high energy, great vox, great lead guitar????

Remix is the better of the two as you improved the lows. Solid rhythm section letting the soloists shine brightly. Excellent????

I'd work more on the lyrics, the music and the vox are excellent, as usual????

Everything sounds excellent. Tasteful guitar in the outro section????

Excellent. I thought I heard a bit of a jazz feel in certain parts, Stephen Sondheim in others. Great work????

Excellent. Turn up her vox a dB or two prior to the 2:00 mark. Great arrangement although lacking an instrumental middle section. Nice clear tones on all the instruments. Love the chimes around 4:00????

Good demo, good song. Good lead & bg vox. Nice foundation of the production. I'd see about carving some low end and low-midrange off. And turn up the slide guitar (pedal steel????) in the instrumental outro. Was hoping for an instrumental middle section but that's just me????

Extremely well done composition, nicely realized. The Gilmour influence is present but used to enhance the song, not as the central theme????

Bass, synth drone, drums, various synth lead lines....all nicely put together at a comfortable tempo which really helped me to absorb and feel the music. Nice ending as well????

Hi Zargg. Listened to original version as well. Great choice of song to reinvent. Both versions sound great. Your vocals are extraordinary. I think the original has the overall clarity and mass accessibility that allows the listener to hear everything quite clear. So, right after I listened to the original I played yours. My ears at first couldn't hear much clarity as it seemed that more carving of the audio spectrum was needed to give each instrument a clear and present place to be clearly heard. I then listened to yours a few more times and my ears slowly picked up on your mixes completely different audio palette. So now I'm like.... both versions are excellently realized in completely different ways. Cheers!!????