PhonoBrainer

Well this is very listenable. You might pull back on that intro distorted guitar just a hair. Really awesome mix, vocals are awash in a reverb dream, yet very distinct. Killer. I think you have contrasted the smooth stuff and the rough stuff very well. I agree with Gary, there are spots where you could bring up the percussion. Is it the same level throughout the song? Why not punch it, or program in some more fills / variation? Super vocals. Nice doubling, panning, rvb, delay - they are awesome. You might want to fix the spelling on "subscribe" . . . cheers, -Tom

Chill and cool swirly stuff with a dash of India? Nice one.

Maybe fade in the rain sounds a little more slowly in the very beginning? Love those vocals, the delay lines are very tasty indeed. Maybe make them a little louder relative to that very pristine guitar? When are the drums coming in? Maybe they are not! Bass note @ 1:52 comes in early? I dunno. Those different lead tones towards the end are a great add. Holy Hannah, those vocal blends are killer diller. Dig the ending, nice sustain chord choice. That was awesone. cheers, -Tom

You might double the snare with some hand claps or something, to brighten it? I agree it could be driving this thing just a bit more. It's a cool jam, and all the performances are very solid. Nice arrangement, the parts all work. Cool composition. I'd say your battle is in the drum mix. What are you using for drums? cheers, -Tom

SPAK - thanks, and good call on the piano, I had another whack at it. More predelay helps it cut through a little better. John B, thanks for the listen, and yes - I don't travel much myself so I was trying to in this song. Pathetic, probably! John Maar, many thanks indeed! I will check out YMO - what is that acronym standing for these days? And yes, the .wav is hellishly better. More resolution when you crank it up . . . Cookie J - cool, glad you liked it . . . made a video for it . . .

Cool song and the video is like a free trip to London. Very cool. cheers, -Tom

The guitars are a great blend of distortion and clarity. I was bobbing my head to the riff. Lyrics are fun. Mix is pretty darn clean overall. When the little "percolating" guitar comes in around 1:20, I'm not sure it's in sync. It tightens up great, right on the beat by 1:40. Maybe it's the delay that's weirding me out a little there. This whole song is just heavy fun! cheers, -Tom

I like the five chord thing! It's as you said a rough mix, you'd want to whip out a few high pass filters to whack away at the low-end build up. I'm sure you know that already. This song idea definitely nods the head. Where is it going? Spaghetti Space Western? Hans Zimmer driving the Tesla Space Roadster? Piano at the end was a very nice touch indeed. Best thing is, it's not the standard four chord structure. Thank you for being original! cheers, -Tom

Hi Michael! Good luck on your journey! I listened to the "Forever Lament". I'd get to the vocals earlier, and more delay or reverb on the vocals in the verses. Your treatment of the vocals in the chorus, with bgv's and ear candy, is pretty cool. You have a nifty synth echoing and quoting the vocal lines in the chorus in spots - very Thomas Dolby which I totally dig. I liked the arrangement and especially those cool chords in the chorus. As far as posting songs here, one at a time is the trick. Cool stuff! Creative songwriting! cheers, -Tom

Hello travellers. Arrangement is altered, mix is retweaked, piano is rethought . . . many thanks for any comments or suggestions! Or Soundcloud:

This is interesting! Will definitely check in as you develop it. Right now the hi hat in the left side is pretty prominent. nice idea to mosh up things like this! cheers, -Tom

Starise, very well done. You maybe might drop the piano out and let it come back in (on the first piece) - sometimes it's a busy arrangement and you might prefer trying a section with less going on, to increase the chill or let it breathe. Or, not! Really nothing wrong as is. The ending, which is great, shows a more chill mood. thanks for sharing that, it was very nice piece to let the mind meander through. -Tom

Those are some chords. Very nice jazz structures. I liked the vocals, and especially in the chorus where it was effected. For some reason, when I listen your melody choices, I end up picturing your sung lines as if played by a really good trumpet player. I think as an instrumental, with soloing trumpet, it would be great as well. Then I realized your singing style invites this comparison, as you choose a lot of "falls" at the end of your lines. It's a very cool style, but my only qualm is that you might be using those falls just a bit too often in your vocals? That's such a personal thing, a style thing, but for a comment, maybe worth considering. Your melody lines work, and especially, kudos for fitting the melodies to those very solid jazz chords. Impressive. cheers, -Tom

. . . has anyone seen Transcended Dimensions and Bapu in the same room? At the same time?

Did you guys catch the bass lines? Really understated but boy do they fit the piece well. In the first minute or so, I felt like I was fighting to hear the cadence, the rhythm. A lot of guitar timings that didn't seem to mesh or sync. And then I realized, not only did the rhythm get tighter as the song progresses - but great melody, super vocal, and those stringy mellotrons in the background. And the chorus? bgv's were really nice. So I came to see the rhythm as something more live, perhaps not in perfect sync, but very much as if they were all grooving in a room. And I liked it. And, holy crap, there are no drums! That's an ambitious leave-out. I'd say it works a treat. very cool. cheers, -Tom

Love that tele. Bass sits perfectly. Vocals are great, but she is a little forward in the mix for me, certainly right on top of the mic. But pretty much, killer vocal! I love this style of music, and I love this show particularly. Dialogue Shakespeare would be proud of, in the setting of a boom town. Just a great show! Your guitar tones are absolutely awesome, but it's your playing as much as it is Pod Farm. Really great work! I'd just make a little note of some guitar editing choppiness in just a couple of spots. I'm sure you know where they are! Any chance those couple of notes could go from truncated to smoothly decaying away? This is a killer song. Very well done! cheers, -Tom

Thanks, Freddy, appreciate the thoughts. I agree the song is ok but I think it really needs the video to be worth listening to. Weird. cheers, -Tom

It's the Lynn song machine at it again. Really cool tune here. One mix idea would be that open hi-hat, it's getting speared into a swoosh instead of ringing naturally. Are you compressing that thing a ton? And its volume in the left side leaps out of the groove. The rest of the hi-hat sounds nice and controlled. I like the congas. The killer stuff is your vocal and harmonized bgv. Wish I could do that. Do you send both to the same delay? nice mover, Lynn. cheers, -Tom

I agree with James about the full-on start from the get-go. Might build it a little. Vocal clarity needs a bit of help - I think that excellent phaser flangey guitar is masking the vocals. And your vocals have gobs of treatment on them. Might look at some different pannng, or better yet, if you haven't already, cut an eq dip in the guitar where you want to poke the vocal through. Something like that. When the guitar solo comes in, really really sweet!!! Now this is how you groove with a Pict! Loved it. __- - -- the second song, that acoustic guitar is really bright, and the vocals are doubled with delay? I'd knock some upper 6 - 10khz eq out of that guitar and that might help vocal clarity. --- third song, like that groove and the guitar lines. Drums are a little buried on this. Turn 'em up a tad maybe? Very very tasty lead guitar choices. I didn't like how it ended abruptly so the UFO's could come in. Q- why is this a blend of songs, as opposed to giving each one a life of its own? I'm sure you have your reasons . . . just a thought. Overall it's an ambitious collection of seriously good tunes, just needs some mix polish. Your vocals sound good, just maybe less goop on them and turn them up a little. cheers, -Tom

I liked how the vocal was out in front of this one. And that was one adventurous vocal performance. Well done. Percolating bass was nice as well. cheers, -Tom

Thank you. I will listen in earnest, but without a doubt, you are my YouTube hero. I like the presentation and may streaming immortality be good to you, and your music! cheers, -Tom

Whoa, great slow one. Vocals and bgv's especially, quite good. Some spots, the foundation chords clash with the melody, maybe 1:25, some synth holdover might not be in line with the melody? I dunno. The drums seem a bit subdued in the mix, maybe somehow make some room for them. But I thought the song itself was killer. Those bgv's particularly add a ton to the vibe. cheers, -Tom

No boredom for you, no walls for you. Lots of groove for you, lots of happenin' bassline for you. And you, and you. cheers, -Tom

Well, when Bob starts doing my job as pointer-outer, you know things are going well! Kudos! Good comments there. I thought the mix and performances were basically good and the vocals quite well mixed, up front, Daryl's voice is high quality and extremely listenable always. If I may be allowed a subjective moment? as for the song itself, perhaps I didn't listen hard enough but the subject and the easy rhymes didn't really engage me that much. That said, I believe the Travelling Wilburys would have sold 10 million copies of this one, which goes to show you, I dunno squat. cheers, -Tom

Gosh, that's good. Guitars are special but I found the drum choices equally cool. The ride hits the right spots perfectly. I'd try some bass if I could find it in this mess! cheers, -Tom