PhonoBrainer

"15 Minutes of Shame" My son and his friend have generated a podcast series, to which I have, with their assistance, contributed some music. It's been fun to write some songs and to watch them learn the process of writing / editing / recording / editing / more editing. They worked hard and I just contributed a few tunes along the way. In particular, the "theme song" which is really featured in the last minute of each episode. Their commentary can get political, so fair warning. Thanks for giving it a spin if you have the time . . . cheers, -Tom Or this youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCj8PsuUfz3OhdeGZxPQbgzw

Thanks @RexRed and yes part of my unfinished feeling is I should be doing exactly that . . . this one is going back into the woodshed. Thanks for the listen and the comment!

the more I listen to it, the more unfinished this sounds. Many thanks for the encouragement so far. @Lynnmany thanks, the inspirating is mutual. @freddy j - thank you, I appreciate it. I think it needs some more cohesion, perhaps there is too much in the kitchen sink. @Wookiee - smiling, affirmative! Many thanks. I am slowly but surely working my way up to have the balls to write a proper electro-jazz piece a la Caravan Palace. Figuring this one out will hopefully help me do that. @bjornpdx- thanks much. There is a little Fellini in there for sure. @Joad - thanks, man! I listened to the Kurt Weill (I was only passably familiar, I had once played piano for a German woman who sand his songs) and yes very much in line with what I am trying on here. In that video, about half way through, there came some electric guitar/singer guy, sounded like Lou Reed trying to be a straight singer. WTF??? Thanks for the tip!

Dear David Sanborn, You should have had your band play this one in the 90's. Your loss. great one H.S. cheers, -Tom

Nice one. Cool mix, nothing really pops out. Nice chorus. Not to be confused with Binaca.

What microphone are you using, what preamp or interface? Your stuff is getting quite good but my guess is you might upgrade something in the mic department. Am I wrong? I'd love to hear some shiny vocal clarity in the higher eq's - your song ideas are great and I think the vocals could be brighter in the mix. Is your vocal mic an sm57? OR are you eq'ing a crapton off the top? But anyway, cool song. A pleasure as always. cheers, -Tom ps great vocal delivery, I'm not commenting on your performance, which was way good indeed.

So very tasty! Nice one sir. -Tom

Cool summer head bobber. I liked your vocals as I usually do! I liked the tambourine chorus and the organ was cool, I wanted more B3! Mix critique might be back that heavy bass tone down just a smidge. It's really gonna come together for you on this one. Nice tune, it's sparse but not missing anything. Well, the "Barry White" vocal spoken towards the end I was not crazy about, for me that would hit the cutting room floor. Ah more sweet b3 in the end, love it, it fits the song. Super job RR. -Tom

I'm so on the fence with this plugin. I've done did the demo. Have not pulled the trigger. Particularly because I use zynaptiq's Intensity on the master bus already. Do I fear a future where everyone's master bus uses 6 different automatic AI processors like Frei and sonible and oeksound and gullfoss and we just let them all fight it out with what they expand up and suck in?

Level 42, "World Machine" straight outta 1985

Earlier versions of Tracktion? Also, the cheep or freebie video editors like cyberpunk or maybe Adobe premiere all have those simple editing tools.

Just great. Your vocal measures up. Love those panned guitars. Bass in the pocket. Cymbals have a real clarity. You are a mixmaster. Cheers, -Tom

Very soothing Bjorn. Another gem pulled out of Uranus. ?

Kudos, very nice playing and it seems inevitable that one day you will find a vocalist and lyrics for this. But the chord changes are really sweet and it's a great instrumental. Congrats on the c3. Cheers, -Tom

Those glitches vocals were pretty neat. It's inspiring to listen to your stuff. "Call me what you will" has a great groove to it, it came on right after. Cheers! -Tom

@Jesse Screed - ha! glad you like it and thanks, I think a silent film soundtrack would be cool! @jwnicholson78 - two excellent points. Thanks! It's obscure, and utterly unknowable to the listener, but that piano part "breakdown" represents something. That's all played in by me one take, unedited. Previously in bands I have been guilty of soloing too long, and in this case, the other band pieces have just stopped - and there I go, slowly realizing that I am the only one playing. It's embarrassing but ya gotta keep going . . . and then eventually it all comes back together. I'm sure that just leaves the listener utterly clueless as to what is going on - - - but that I think is intentional on my part. It adds something to the demented nature? Anyway, thanks so much, your input was very useful! @amiller - very cool, glad you liked it and thanks for the ear time. @Rik - the tuba I never thought of but it's a great add. I'll scour about one. Thanks for the listen!

Hi John - I would be very proud if this collection was mine. Lots of cool variety and approaches in the songwriting. The mixes (I ran about six of the tunes) all held up, nice separation, and nothing really poked out weird. My favorite was Bass over 4 . . . it illustrates a great aspect of your songwriting which is taking a conventional rhythm and tweaking it into something more original and interesting. If you like "bass over 4" you might dig a four piece jazz funk band called "Junk" . . . cheers, -Tom

Uh, Bones. ?

The key might be its intermittancy. On that same electric line in your house, is there a fridge or fluorescent? Has any new appliance been introduced to the home recently? How close are you to your neighbors? If you listen very close to the hum, is it a commercial radio signal? Does any of your equip have tubes? Have you taken pieces of equipment out of situ and plugged them in somewhere else? You prolly done thunk of these already. . .

Ah, there you are. This one could use some critiques and some mix ideas fer sure. Happy to hear any comments, and thank you for your time! -Tom

yeah I know but you have to hit it harder, and a certain bit harder, to trigger the slide articulation. For me that's a different brain concept but glad it's easy for others. I've heard all 3 demos and I'd give the nod to the Impact Soundworks one as well. Could just be a better demo video though.

uh, did I ruin it already? What do I win?!?

So glad you brought the vocals up! And now I would say, back just a hair. just a tad, a skosh. Don't bury them again - really, just a sliver. Or, just celebrate the achievement. Great idea for a tune. cheers, -Tom

Great, at least for me, a fantastic listen. You bring some jazz electric piano chords in here a little bit - I think that raises the level somehow. Have you considered getting into Soundcloud? It's far from the perfect platform, but if your music was on there, you'd likely get an actual following, with comments from a crapton of folks. Just my guess, just a thought. cheers, -Tom

Great vibe! You have a ton of creative parts working fantastically together and the chops are there. And the drums fit perfectly and keep it moving right along. But . . . all of it is being obliterated by an overly present kick drum. You might take the compressor on the kick down until it lets everything else breathe. Then you could look around for what ever else might need some eq sweetening / lifting. It's a killer noir jam. Well composed! cheers, -Tom