Stressful Situation

[Kevin Walsh]

Here's a new song I've finally gotten close to wrapping up. We've all had songs that just fall together in a just a few days from conception to finish. Well, this ain't one of those. I know there are a few rough edges in there but this song kind of lends itself to having a few.  Let me know what you think.

Lyrics:

 

stressful situation 
kwalsh - 4/25/2025

verse 1

you hear the echo
of an empty room

you feel the car
as it bounces
over your tomb

gonna party like
i'll never grow old

spend the night 
in jail
you never know

I wanna be like 
those guys on tv

dark black holes
where my crying eyes should be

chorus 

i guess im in a 
stressful situation
i guess ill find out
what im made of
whats inside of me

circumstances 
ran me down today
gotta get my ***** away

oh yeah

its too much this 
stressful situation
its all ive ever known

verse 2

you think its okay
but you know its a crutch
you find the static of the world 
is just too much

like a wire sparkin 
over your skin
you think its stopped
but it starts all over again

i guess im in a 
stressful situation
i guess ill find out
what im made of
whats inside of me

circumstances 
ran me down today
gotta get my ***** away

oh yeah

its too much this 
stressful situation
its all ive ever known

Edited July 8 by Kevin Walsh

[SUPAREELS]

Awe ...  bad cut off 

But boy oh boy did I hear something of the Beatles in this ? Well produced and as said your stuff should be mainstream.

Just a thing ... Given you do the songwriting  ... do you do all your own recording? engineering ? ... Mastering, cause I've only listened to a few here who can do this pro stuff on their own .. anyway ...gr8 stuff!!

Steve ( SRM )   

[Kevin Walsh]

Thanks for listening Steve, Beatles? Gosh, I love hearing your feedback. 😀 

It's nice to hear your comments on the quality of my recordings, I consider myself a rank amateur compared to you and many others on this forum, notably Bats Brew, Devine, Baselines and Mark Skinner, so thank you for that.

Yes, I do all of my own recording and mastering. My setup is prelatively simple,  all in the box with no external hardware other than the interface.

I have a few nice guitars, a Strat, an Eastman semihollow body and a good old p-bass. I use an an Audient ID22 interface and an SM57 mic and a Microphone Parts T12 mic I built from a  kit .

I use Tonex for all guitars and bass, mostly using Amalgam Audio profiles of Marshall, Vox, GK and Supro amps. I sometimes use a Waves maxxbass plug, and most always use  izotope nectar for vocals, Valhalla supermassive for some reverbs and Izotope ozone for mastering. 

Addictive Drums and EZ Drummer for drums.  For this song I used both, panned hard left and right playing. Any keys or synths use Dimension or Z3TA and since I don't play keys, I use PRV to create key and synth parts.

I use Slate's VSX headphones for all mixing and mastering.

I credit any goodness in my recordings to  the Audient preamps for their warm, clean sound. It's hard to record something that sounds bad, even with my rudimentary guitar skills.

Finally, I use the awesome Sonar for its ability to let me do take after take after take after take...

[SUPAREELS]

Thanks for that and very interesting to a nerd like myself.

Your stuff is far from simple when it comes to price and all top notch when comes to quality. I have a few and various H Phones and the Slate's were on my shopping list once, but I went for the DT770s .. bad choice 'cause my ears get really hot when working on a large project, I use  Sennheiser in ear, but I love my dt250s and use them for all but mastering, I love the kit T12 and you may have convinced me to invest ... I worried about it being a kit For around £400 .. 

Personally and for the most part I only use Sonar Platinum and CB 14 so I agree with you Sonar is still awsum!

Thanks again for sharing ... stay well and keep them coming

ATB

Steve

 

      

[Kevin Walsh]

Steve, I really like the T12, and it was pretty easy to build. The instructions are great and easy to follow. It has a very lovely warm sound to my ears, and it's the only really decent mic I own other than 57s and 58s. I use it for acoustic guitar and vocals, and yes, for a kit is a bit expensive but I think it punches pretty far above its weight class. Lately I have been reverting to using an old SM57 for vocals because as I get older my voice has been getting fuzzier and harder to set into the mix. The 57 helps a lot there.

The plugins I use were all bought during sales during which I was able to pick up individual packages  at steeply discounted prices. Keep your eyes open for sales, that's the only same way to buy software as far as I'm concerned.

[steve@baselines.com]

Hi Kevin!  

 

you feel the car
as it bounces
over your tomb

 

CLASSIC!!!

I love this song, really good.

You caught me in the middle of having a few, so now I will be adding a few more!

Steve

 

 

[Kevin Walsh]

3 hours ago, steve@baselines.com said:

Hi Kevin!  

 

you feel the car
as it bounces
over your tomb

 

CLASSIC!!!

I love this song, really good.

You caught me in the middle of having a few, so now I will be adding a few more!

Steve

 

 

Thanks, Steve, I appreciate you listening. I very nearly cut that line out, glad I didn't. 😬

 Have one on me!