PhonoBrainer

I liked how it started straight and then slowly a shuffle evolved. Or did I imagine that? Sonically rather compelling, not sure how the house picture relates. The filters at the very end were fun! I don't t know how well the yoga studio would react to this lively number ? Thanks for the fun listen!

Suh-weet vocals with bgv's. Maybe I'm naïve too but I don't find the lyrics that twee, and the chord progression seems different enough when you go to that minor chord, very nice indeed. I was hearing the bass guitar come in just a hair earlier than the drums on the beat? Might be worth a check, and the drums of course are super soft in the mix. You might just solo bass and drums, turn the drums up a smidge, how's their timing, is it together? That piano is also plenty busy with the little noodles, nice as they are. Your vocal however never leaves center stage, so nice and up front, I think it's perfect in the mix. Dude, I think it's a great song, I could hear people doing karaoke on a 70's night to this! cheers, -Tom

Is "the sound of life" planned?

Musicians friend had 15% off codes if you create an account there. That's the best deal I could find when I finally upgraded to omni 2

Yea! I get a USB port freed!!! All cause I bought "Whistler", my only VSL library.

Ditto this. Great quality and super easy for those idiosyncratic 80's tom rolls and such.

Yeah sorry, not a very super specific or useful observation I made! Breathing, as in a bit more upper end eq boosts to add some natural higher frequencies. But it totally matters what snare you are starting with. Is it a live recorded snare? If so you may not have a lot of good upper frequencies to work with. In that case you can play around with adding a clap sample when each snare hits, adding mostly just the upper eq of the clap hit (season to taste). If it's a sample from some drum vst, you might be able to swap that sample out for another that has more sparkle up yonder. Of course if you dig the snare as is, that's easier! ? I was hearing a cool rockabilly/ska vibe and those songs can have some crack on the snare sometimes. Cool tune, looking forward to hearing where it goes . . .

I listened to both versions, and the song is catchy with a nifty hook on that palm mutey guitar line. The second version is really getting there but you might get that snare breathing a bit more somehow. I think it's wonderful how you are unburying this song and giving it new life. Very cool indeed. cheers, -Tom

He's now my favorite heretic and I hope he got paid. If he really really played that thing as only he could, the machine would be smoking in two minutes.

Look! It's Orange!!!

Ore some old guy actually trying to comprehend Battery 4

Glad I caught this. It's a great song and mixwise, it's unusual to hear such low-end clarity across bass, kick, and lower register guitar strings. Wonderful! It's kind of a crime not to have supporting bgv's on this. Really, really good!!! cheers, -Tom

2,000 samples per note. Again, 2,000 samples. Per note. Wtf? Even if that's across a few articulations, at a number of velocities, with a few round robins? Seems like overly deep. I dunno. Back to my cave.

OK, let's see. Love the lead voice, so calming, fits the lyrics, well done! And the visuals are eyebleach to anyone hunkered down in the north hemisphere, in which me and my PNW mates are feeling are feeling grey as hell if hell were grey. So thanks for those as well! The video found me trying to hear a guitar but I can't, so that's a bit wtf. But I still liked it! cheers, looking forward to hearing more from you! -Tom

I like the room sound, I don't know how much was live recorded but it sounds like all elements are nicely presented in the same space, and your vocal "yeah's" and scats and such are a nice touch! Bass is tre cool and the piano ain't half bad either! cheers, -Tom

Fleer, stay strong. Call a friend before you give in.

Hey I'm not trying to be a buzzkill here, and I always appreciate well-crafted videography! Just wondering if the Deals forum is the place. Or is there a better place on the forum? If not, maybe we could lobby to create one? thanks, -Tom

I have no dog in this fight, but since I've been using and abusing a 2013-era pentium i7 computer, I'm curious because I know an upgrade can't be too far off. So I looked up the price of your Mac flappy that you are waiting on. I found $3999. Please tell me it ain't so??? If that's the price, think of all the blockchain you'll have to mine in order to recoup that. I don't know if I said any of that right. Feeling for you, Fleer. Btw this weakens your gripe with paying WUP. Chump change ?

I hope you find this aspirational . . .

I can hear the fingers attacking the bass strings. The bass is so very well articulated and recorded. Well done there. Timing seems impeccable throughout the piece, great chops. Perhaps the drums could be a bit more present in the mix? That's about the only maybe crit I could offer. This is pretty stellar. cheers, -Tom

Well I was digging the James Bond retro vibe, really well done on that! I especially liked the very end, a bit of suspenseful upper string remnants that linger. Really great string sounds all the way through. Then I caught the "Bridge to Somewhere" from whomever "Emeraldsou"l was . . . Mark that was a fun project for sure, you completely took that to a new and much more listenable level - thanks for that project! cheers, -Tom

I've slowly warmed up to his presentation style and now find his work enjoyable. That one about Christopher Cross' guitar solo was fun.

Hope they make it more than 40% off