theHumps

Thanks!

Wayne

I was a child when these songs were already hits but I am a big fan of music history and all the bands that got us to where we are today. The Kinks are a pivotal part of the British invasion, great songwriting and producing. Always been a fan.

Thanks Manuela!

Wayne

Thanks Cam! I love the Kinks! Just get the Kinks Complete Collection disc and you are totally covered, 25 classic hits.

The theremin is used like a keyboard here, plenty of uses for it, ha!

Wayne

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

Hi Manuela!

I did go back and lower the guitar and theremin down and pushed the bass a little more to the left. I tried something different with the bass on this track, I duplicated the track and eq'ed one with just the hi frequencies and one emphasizing just the lows. I saw Pensado do that at his website. The bass is punchy and bright, played with a pic.

I also had to deal with the drums, bass, vocals and guitar all competing for the same frequency range in the mix which made it sound like mud when I first started mixing. I clipped most of the lows in my vocal track and gave the guitar a little phaser to give it some movement in the higher frequencies. Some vocals now stand out better in the mix now too.

Thanks for the feedback!

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

Honestly, I had never knew there was a theremini until I saw it on Sweetwater, a musical supply shop online. I thought I would have to pay more for a used theremin but this item was found! Easy to set up and fairly intuitive to play.

Thank you for your nice words!

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