steve@baselines.com

Hi Paul - hey thanks! I'm happy that you liked this song! Steve

Hi Lynn - I look back fondly on the 60s (and 70s) - While there were problems, they seem minor now compared to all the positive stuff that happened to advance us. Steve

I was happy I found a video of that that I could include in my video! I guess you can find just about everything on Youtube now.

Thanks for the nice comment Bruce, I really appreciate it! Steve

Hi Bjorn - yes! The first thing that was done in this song was the synth that sounds like that old Tornadoes song Telstar (Z3TA plugin with Cream Poly setting) - it reminded me of the tone they got - and things developed from there. I read up on that old song, and it was written by a guy named Joe Meek. Evidently, he went a bit crazy. His landlady used to bang on his ceiling when the music got too loud, and one day she came down to complain about it - he shot her and then he shot himself. Thanks for listening and leaving a comment! Steve

Thanks Mark - it took me a while to get the lyrics added to this one. Steve

Thank you for your comments!! Being compared to Utopia is probably about the coolest thing in the world!

Hi Kevin - thank you for listening.

Thanks Nigel. I wasn't sure that I had a good mix, but I worked on it for long enough and had to let it go. Steve

Thanks for listening Jack!

A brief look back at the craziness that was the 60s. Today I added a video to the song as well. It's available at the same link here: https://baselines.com/?p=7130

Yeah - I did this with iZotope Insight and tonal balance. I took my original master and loaded the mixea as a reference track then made some adjustments. The results I got are at the top of this thread. Still, even when getting them as close as I could, there was still something that made a difference. I only did the EQ type adjustments though, There probably something I could have done with the harmonic content. Maybe I'll try that someday.

See my other comment I just added. I still think it is good, but you really have to be careful when comparing. Steve

It is, but over the weeks I have revised my opinion a little bit. For the first song, it was great - but for the next few it added harshness even at the warm level. I think if my mix/master is deficient in a certain range it really works well. But you have to be careful! Make sure before you commit. I still think it is good, but I need to adjust my pre-master to take advantage of it. Steve

One thing I do to help it punch through is have a bass buss, an rbass buss and an all bass buss. bass guitar goes to the bass buss with maserati bass on it set for the top end boost, then a send from that to the rbass buss with renaissance bass for the bottom and the distortion. Both go to the All Bass buss. I send about 30-40% to the RBass and on rbass accentuate around 80hz. Then if necessary, put the all bass through an 1176

Hi - yes I can hear it - I can see where someone might say that though. I think maybe the acoustic guitars may be burying it a little.

Thanks Lynn!

Thanks for the information!

I asked Gemini about Windows Media Player - here's what it said. No, Windows Media Player version 12 unfortunately doesn't offer a direct way to rip songs in a lossless format like FLAC or WAV. While it allows ripping in WMA (Windows Media Audio) format, WMA itself has lossy compression. Here are some alternatives for ripping lossless audio: Freeware software: There are several free and open-source programs specifically designed for ripping CDs in lossless formats. Popular options include Exact Audio Copy (EAC) and Freac [search Exact Audio Copy] [search Freac]. Paid software: Some paid music management software like dBpoweramp CD Ripper offer advanced ripping features with lossless format support [search dBpoweramp CD Ripper]. While these options require installing additional software, they provide more control over the ripping process and ensure you get the highest quality audio files.

importing the same thing as ripping as far as losslessness? I am not sure but I don't think so.

Nice picking, great song, really nice mix, and the video is pro. All around winner.

Great when those drum fills come in - mix is very cool. This sounds like it was a lot of fun to put together. I love when the arpeggio type notes go down one lower than you think they will.

Great photo! Love that guitar sound you get.

Nice bounce - powerful when that low end comes in.

Weirdly wonderful! Somebody should send this message to the US Executive and Legislative branches. I think they would be surprised.