PhonoBrainer

@Wookiee- thanks, I can't think of if and where the piano line came to me from. Hopefully original? Glad you liked it. The polish is coming . . . of course I always say that. @daryl1968- I prefer to visualize your comment as literal, instead of figurative or metaphorical. So literal dancing monkeys it is. So very glad they dug it, and thanks for the comment! @David Sprouse - if you only knew the horrorshow of details in my songwriting brain. Too many notes. Thanks so very much, glad you appreciate it! @Douglas Kirby - thanks, man. The clav was fun. Maybe I should quit while I'm ever so slightly ahead. Thanks for the listen! @bjornpdx - yes, the volume especially on the horns is a bit low in spots, plus I want to dry up some of the horn reverb. And on it goes. Thanks very much! @freddy j - yep I think a guitar solo or suchlike might fit the bill. I love 1940's tunes so maybe that crept in the side door somewhere. Thanks again!

Wow. Killer chops with killer tone, and killer just-behind-it delay. Really awesome job, dude. -Tom

Loved it. Heard some panning fun. Love that you are getting cleaner and more hi fi with some mixing trickery. It's really working. Drums this time sound top notch in the clarity dept. Time signature might be 4/6? Waaaay cool. Look out world. cheers, -Tom

What, more spitfire strings?

. . . and I could easily be wrong about the tuning. I didn't scope it. Thanks for sharing your excellent songsmithery!

just plain great. Love how the vocal is up front. Drums are plainly in the pocket, and maybe a few more fills? Do I hear a fill in the middle of a verse, as opposed to more conventionally at the end? This one is suh weet. Ending is a chop-off . . . maybe let it all ring and sustain out after the last chord? cheers,-Tom

@thegaltieribrothers - thanks Paul, just thinking about someone grooving on a sunny morning in a different country made me happy. Thanks for the thought there! @Andrew Ball - so glad you liked it and hopefully we'll both like it more when it's finished up, someday . . .! @garybrun - thanks, yes to bongos up more. That hand percussion in general sometimes takes the most editing effort, and you can always add more. The piano is a felt piano, this time Patrik Herman's "Frozen" piano which is quite nice to my ears. @Johnbee58- on my list, very cowbellesque, is a healthy dose of upper eq woodblocks. Gotta find the right patch somewhere. Many thanks, glad you liked it! @macce- thanks, groove is so important, isn't it. In all music, I think. Thanks for the comment. @DeeringAmps - hey fellow Tom!!!! Bass line as lead is my comfort zone, but for a whole song, it might be guitar solo or sax solo time. Thanks for the kudos! I am tempted to leave as is but I know I'm gonna fiddle with it more, and hopefully not muck it up too much.

Did you by chance post this earlier? It's great! To the Paul Simon I might add Harry Nillllsssssson. Or I might not. Thanks for that one, a really great listen. -Tom

I drifted off into a Floydesque reverie, and for that, I say, thank you very, very much! -Tom

Keen observer indeeed! I liked the tune at the end as well! Just funny and pithy as hell. Lemme know when your Sampled Bjorn Kontakt instrument comes out - I'll buy it. But not until it's $29 on BF with my Bjorn Points.

From the point of view of cool songwriting, vocal delivery, instrumentation, laid-back vibe, picture-painting lyrics, tasteful guitar work, and "holding the listener's interest" - your stuff is as good as I've heard just about anywhere. I'd pay to see you live, and pay to be in your band. So just a little push for that next level, if there is one for you, is to get more rigid with the tuning between your guitars / bass. Unless you are going for an intentionally detuned chorusey effect across all of your guitars? And whatever, prolly matters not. It remains extremely listenable and great songs are great songs period. cheers, -Tom

Long live OTS

Get her into the Songs forum and Soundcloud pronto!

Nah, totally made that up. I'm so sorry. Just a meta comment on how I'm so neurally primed to respond to deals even from vendors I've never . . . even . . . heard of. Again, sorry. Totally as$ move. Let's be careful out there! Keep your wits about you! And don't overspend . . . particularly if they are "free" . . . ?

Yes you are. No brainer, in the sampled piano world. Enjoy!

Yes we know. ... "If someone goes off to work and forgets to turn the light off Alexa will use the timer to turn it off" Yes we know. ... " Alexa make it warmer". She raises my temp 2F. " Yes we know.

I demoed gold 1 a while back, found it fiddly in the controls, unintuitive in the fyi, and barely noticeable but a little nice in the preamp. I assume it's like core 23 or something? Can anyone share a review of their use of gold 3?

When you least expect it, expect it. Many thanks! It needs a slight remix, there's some pokey stuff needling out in some of the higher frequencies, it's on the "fix" list. Thanks, though!

Good luck in the move, Kakku. Thanks for the pleasant groove. I liked the rhythm change. Would be right at home in a video game, maybe a vintage one. cheers, -Tom

The thing I could never work out was gullfoss, or zynaptic intensity. Or both at once. Or one cancelling the value of the other. Or are they both just well-marketed sonic maximisers and vintage warmers and audio exciters. I have been using Intensity for a while, and I get its value, used in moderation. Gullfoss I can barely notice what it does. Pretty sure I asked this same question last year? Apologies if so.

Here we go, another bf, another Herculean effort by cc, which I just now put together must mean that which he delights in destroying . . . our credit cards. Thanks again cc!

I predict with near certainty Kenny's absolutely professional-looking photoshop Cakewalk cat food label mashup.

You can't pour it into a bowl if you are dead. You can't even open up the bag. Which is to say, I'm not sure of that, or of anything else. At all. I sense you wish to advance some philosophical position here? By all means, if you are feeling . . . . . . Frisky.

I thought that was awesome. Super clear in the headphones, not overwhelmed by fretty squeaks. And I hadn't heard the tune, very pleasant it is. Well played and thanks for sharing it.

Hi again . . . this one ain't done yet. Might add a guitar solo. How's the mix faring on your end? Would love any commentses or advices . . . thanks, -Tom