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Sounds better than most of the movies getting greenlit these days. I'm interested!!! Just pop 'round my place whenever it's convenient so we can discuss terms.

The effects on the guitar are lovely! The whole thing harkens back to a simpler time. I listened on decent headphones, and the mix was clean and clear, I could hear everything just fine. I started wondering how the song might change if the bass notes sustained throughout most of the measure, instead of truncating halfway through the measure. Or if there were more going on with bass fills or drum fills occasionally? But that might evict us from the 1949 feel. I'd also vote for a tad more reverb or thickening delay on the fiddle. A very pleasant offering, to be sure, thanks! cheers, -Tom

Is that THE Gary Brun?!? Nice to hear you, hope all is well? Loved the song, and to hear a different language was a treat. Just the emotional content carries through even if I can't understand the words! Very together vocals, with super tasteful guitar work. Mix-wise it could be a bit toppy, just a bit too much energy coming through at the level of cymbals and occasional sibilance on vocals. Do you have a master bus compresser boosting up everything? Are you using a multiband compressor on the master bus? If so, maybe experimenting with less upper eq band compression will get you closer to a balance? This opinion should definitely be verified with others, because as we all sit around getting older, our hearing tends to rot. I dig the tune! cheers, -Tom

Thanks Noynekker, I was struck by your use of the term "wistful" - a wonderful description to read. That catches it in large measure. I will definitely pass your vocal comments along to my son, many thanks! Roger that, Nigel! Although, another message of this song is praise for those kids/young adults who have achieved a personal escape velocity from the planetary gravity of the GenZ mindset. Your comment was much appreciated, thanks!

Well, horses for courses, I believe the saying goes? the real question is, do you think it's worth it? That personal muse provides all the answers you should ever need. I've heard a number of your tunes here, and liked them all. Does it matter what a bunch of tossers think? Likely, not really, no. But you did graciously invite some critiques so I'd say for me, I found the musical parts and the arrangement very interesting, lots of great instrumentation choices, a hooky melody, with a lot of potential for mixing, and I think there is room in this world for this wonderful music! I also thought the music was much, much more interesting than the lyrics. Your inventive song structure could be used to say something a little off the well-beaten "love" path? Something more powerful or opaque? Just a thought, worth what? Probably not that much. If it is speaking to you, never mind the background noise, go straight at it. cheers! -Tom

Some trains leave the station early?

I feel like I've been in that band. Lyrics great, vocals great, horn lines work a treat. Are the horns going into a plate reverb? They sound smooth up top, very very nice. Here's hoping you get your lottery reunion. cheers, -Tom

I checked out the video and was glad I did. That vocal and piano combo really work well. Not the best advertisement of the Frank Conroy Basketball Camp and he takes longer to shoot that last one than Giannis. The vid was excellent as an invitation to dive more into the ep. But even without the vid, the sparse clarity of the mix was awesome. cheers, -Tom

Just a big "ditto" for the pro mix and the performances to match. The video was pretty slick, too, although seriously? The dude would rather be an incel neckbeard gamer than to be with his girlfriend? Okay, zoomer! great tune, hope your album smashes more than the dude in the vid. cheers, -Tom

What's not to like here. It never got boring. Something new always around the corner. Loved the horn soloing and the recording of them as well. I turned it up loud, which would reveal a crappy mix. It was wonderful on my system. cheers, -Tom

That's a really interesting mix of vocals, it works and holds interest, how the lead is helped by bgv but then the bgv's throw in an occasional aside. Pretty inventive. Mix is very together, and I like the lead guitar tone. For my money, the intro acoustic guitar was mixed a bit on the tinny bright side, which didn't put the best foot forward as an intro. But the rest of the mix felt quite right. cheers, -Tom

I confidently predict that some future politician will unironically use this one as their campaign rally song, which of course will be ironic. Especially when they win. Meanwhile, great song, lovely vocal treatment as for the effects, and a challenging vocal where your chops shine. Lead guitar with the tasteful delay was wonderful. I listed on headphones, that cymbal panning was much appreciated! Maybe check the lead or bgv tuning on your sustained vocal "learned", I don't know if either might be a few micro off in the flat direction? Could be just my ears this morning. Great tune. cheers, -Tom

Hello travellers. This last appeared on these forums back in April, originally created 2018 . . . remixing suggestions have been taken and appreciated, and now a vid. Would love any comments on any aspect of things, thanks! (stream @1440p if you can?) Soundcloud is also nice:

I got a vibe like Pink Floyd meets Morrissey, which I really liked. Cool tune, and as you said it was a bit of a new tools and vocal booth experiment. Lots of energy in the mix, I wouldn't lose that if you reshape it. cheers, -Tom

Simply outstanding. Fantastic mix with the many elements blending and standing out. Vocals are as good as the lyrics, which are great, aren't they?!?!? Loved it. Everything shines. cheers, -Tom

Agreed on the clarity of the mix, outstanding! Looks like Slenderman is having a bad hair day. Hope the kids dug it! cheers, -Tom

To not post any more rubbish in these forums. Crap.

Kinda Beatles with the saturated vocal and psychadelic chord changes. Really quite good! Not much to crit, maybe occasionally the high synth line steps on the vocal a little bit, as in 1:18. I loved the organ fill coming in around 1:54, perfect in the mix. Maybe the vocal could be saturated but also a bit less dry? Is there any reverb or delay on it? It might match the surrounding instruments a bit more? I dunno. It's a really good mix, things sound great. Cool song! cheers, -Tom

Loved it. Haven't seen the episode, but your video sets with the song and sets up the inevitable twilight zone twist! I 100% got zero Steely Dan out of this, but how about They Might Be Giants? Your vocal is super clean and clear in the mix, and the bgv's are such great adds in great spots. Kudos for the non-cliche chord changes. Well done! See you in Willoughby. They do have a band . . . cheers, -Tom

That was a nice earful of well matched tones! Your guitar tones were very meaty yet clear in the mix. Maybe the drum programming could offer up a bit more variation or fills as you go, and I did get the feeling in spots like in the 1:30's that you might tighten up some of the rhythmic guitar chuggas in sync with bass and drums. It's a super ambitious rhythmic challenge but you could just edit it into submission, methinks. And totally worth it. Like the super awesome rhythmic tightness around 3:18!!! I liked the fade in, I knew this thing meant business. Well done! cheers, -Tom

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