Nice…. Makes me remember all that dragging gear through rainy downtown Seattle at wee hours of the morning! (And why I gave all that up). Little bit of U2 coming through, also.
The voice is amazing. You have captured emotion and feeling here. Great lyrics and song concept…. Very imaginative…. This was always my favourite song on the original Van Halen album, it sat in a particular spot on the journey…. Somehow you have maintained that spot. Nice work.
I like the lite touch of the bass. I have found the way you approach the bass line (if you use a bass guitar, which I do more and more these days, in lieu of a synth bass) is everything, sometimes the lightest attack is the sexiest and most-impactful. I like this one!
I love the concept of the album…. The Van Helen reference….. and then what you get is so unexpected! I suspect this is your voice here.
Everything I have heard so far is really well produced, everything is sitting in the mix just perfectly!
The start of a song about my first dog, Jack, who was a rescue. When he came to us he'd had many owners, some likely good, some most definitely very bad. He'd been at death's door as a starving dog, almost freezing to death in a harsh winter…
I'll Tell Me Ma is a folk song in the Irish tradition. I recorded it with acoustic instruments, multiple vocal tracks, and spoons for the main percussion, to give it that kitchen party feel!
I did it in the key of C. Not exactly normal, but…
I'm sick of those wise guys that lead us ....
Wise Guys
I tell you I want something I need it right now
Something to take me whey up above the clouds
I want to get high I want to learn how to fly
So I can get away from all these wise guys…
Trying out a new strat: not letting myself work on details on the computer until the skeleton of the song is complete. Result is a lot of variety in songwriting, but a bit rougher arrangement/mix.
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Yesterday I made a friend.
Someone I…
When the kids are in bed
That’s the best part of the day
When the kids are in bed
What more can I say?
we're going to watch game of thrones
episodes till half past three!
we say but by a quarter past nine
Well we've all but fallen asleep…
The basic track was constructed several years ago with Native Instruments FM8 with an M-Audio MIDI controller. More recently I added distorted guitar sounds and theremin samples using Ableton Live 10.
Comments on preset1's stuff
Wow, another really well done song. The pace change,instrumentation and allowing space is great. Clean vocals on your tracks are super good.
I like how you panned the vocals. Cool tune.
You're making us feel young again. Nicely done all around, really like the vocals here.
Nice change of pace. I agree with thetworegs, radio ready.
Cool, kind of surfer-punk. :)
Great vocal your production sounds radio ready
Another beauty there handy aren’t they got that strangler feel
Great start to the album by the way it wasn’t me
Up with this sort of thing!
That is the synth. Crazy, right?
Listened to every track now, great work this year, you have definitely found a marketable vibe!
Great lyrics, threatening and foreboding guitar, nice work!
You have certainly been expanding out with the synths…. This has a Moog vibe… nice
Nice…. Makes me remember all that dragging gear through rainy downtown Seattle at wee hours of the morning! (And why I gave all that up). Little bit of U2 coming through, also.
This reminds me of Til Tuesday and Aimee Mann… it’s nice!
Really nice vibe. Those arps in the bridge and that menacing middle 8. You have married a very modern sound with Kraftwerk…. I like it!
It’s got an ‘Enigma’ vibe, when they used Sarah McClachlan, very engaging and with all that ear candy, makes for a nice listen.
The voice is amazing. You have captured emotion and feeling here. Great lyrics and song concept…. Very imaginative…. This was always my favourite song on the original Van Halen album, it sat in a particular spot on the journey…. Somehow you have maintained that spot. Nice work.
I like the lite touch of the bass. I have found the way you approach the bass line (if you use a bass guitar, which I do more and more these days, in lieu of a synth bass) is everything, sometimes the lightest attack is the sexiest and most-impactful. I like this one!
I love the concept of the album…. The Van Helen reference….. and then what you get is so unexpected! I suspect this is your voice here. Everything I have heard so far is really well produced, everything is sitting in the mix just perfectly!
Comments made by preset1
that guitar sounds pretty good. it's got a good bottom end and character.
good chorus. love the authenticity in the recording.
that guitar has character. I like the live feel.
That is the synth. Crazy, right?
is that a vocaloid? if it is, holy shit.
fantastic.
Great track!
This is super interesting.
agreed
Such great vocal melodies. This is a cool track. Elbow meets Yes.
Great!
Really good stuff! I like the section at 3:21 especially!
very cool!
Love that pre-chorus chord progression. Good stuff!