theHumps

Thanks, worked hard on the drum sound, didn't have a kit that sounds like british invasion so I eq'ed things to get it more thin and snappy.

Thanks Michael!

Wayne

I'm sorry you aren't a fan of this song. I love the Kinks, always have. Surprised it took me this long to do one of their songs.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Wayne

Ha! Yup still fooling around with it, it's fun!

Thanks Maj!

Wayne

Hey Cam!

I bought a Moog Theremini theremin and have been experimenting with it in my music. Fun to play and it gives me some interesting sounds. I also like how it interacts with the guitar, like an organ with one sound and an ocarina almost with the other.

I've never been to California, seems like it would be nice to visit. We are starting our 7 months of nice weather here in florida after 2 hurricanes.

Happy holidays!

Wayne

Thanks Paul!

Wayne

Thanks Michael!

Wayne

The search you took was prob set for most recently uploaded so naturally mine was at the top. Also there were no flutes used or abused in the track. The sound you are hearing is a Moog Theremini theremin. The preset I used sounds like a flute, granted, but I never touched the instrument while playing it, unlike a flute. I'm not much of a singer, just do it cuz I can and it adds to my tracks to have singing on them.

Thanks Gothi!

Wayne

It's interesting you mentioned the timing of the singing, good feedback.

I actually did that on purpose. I've listened to countless live performances on youtube and watched so many performers do the same thing. Whether it's done on purpose to break up the monotony of singing the song the same way every time or just the breaking up of everything coming in on the beat, it is commonly done. To sing a song and break up the phrasing so that it isn't always perfect and on time is perfectly acceptable. It just makes the ears work a little harder to hear something that is expected but isn't necessarily wrong either. It's just how I chose to sing it and I re sang it twice to get it right, he. Just my interpretation in the moment. But thanks for inquiring about that.

If you listen even closer, every thing is moving in the song, delays and phasers were put on everything but the drums and automated to some extent.

Thanks Mykael! Hope my explanation helped you see into why I did that.

Cheers!

Wayne

I remember finding my first gold neckless while i was metal detecting, I was so excited. It was half an ounce of 18 carat gold worth about $1,200. I got the fever then!

Thanks!

Wayne

Whidbey Island is just north of Seattle. I chose that and Portland as landing places to and from the Klondike, sounds reasonable enough to me.

I am going through another tropical storm as I type, windy and rainy now, worse to come today and tomorrow. Hope my temporary roof from the last hurricane holds up.

The theremin is like the harmonica, all the right notes are there, it's just finding them with the right hand then, with about 20 seconds of practice you can hone in on where the good notes are. Over 20 scales to chose from which is handy. Gonna be fun seeing how i can utilize this in my music.

Be safe!

Wayne

Thanks Paul!

I am very happy with the overall sound and feel of the song. The theremin adds quite a bit of that feeling I think.

Take care!

Wayne

Thanks Michael!

Wayne

Thanks!

Oh wow, that's a lot. It was $100 cheaper a year ago, now $400 in America. Totally fun to play, I actually played the notes in the scale I chose. It's versatile in being able to choose the root note and scale and displays the note you are playing, which is very helpful.

Wayne

Appreciate the visit and the comment!

Wayne

Thanks! Sorry for the late reply.

Wayne

Thanks Mykael, sorry for the late reply.

Wayne

Thanks Maj!

Wayne

This one has more "singing" in it than the growly vocals in the rock and punk songs i've been doing lately. The backups are always fun to do in any song, this one was challenging but i never fuss much with things.

Thanks much for the words!

Wayne

I have their greatest hits cd, about all you need, covers up to Sat Night Fever disco music phase. Worth having in the collection, imo.

Thanks!

Wayne

Thanks cru!

I remember their songs as a young child on the radio and singing along. They were always having hits played on radio as I grew up until they all started dying. I do like their earlier music tho.

Wayne

Golden vocals? lol But thanks for the kind words.

I would always call them an Aussie band but I get where you're coming from. I wasn't a big fan of the Sat Night stuff, anything before 1970 I like much more.

Wayne