hello Eric! i think you from an organizational and production perspective this is a nice and flowing piece. my complaint is that it sounds like an exercise, just as you alluded to it in the description. i’d love to hear you loosen the genre conventions and jam — then that rolling psytrance bass could be put to a better test. good to see you man!
This is a valid critique of the track, x stokes, and I really appreciate your input. It’s, frankly, a lot more helpful to get constructive criticism than comments that just say, “great track, man” or words to that effect.
Your observation is aiming at an issue that much more fundamental than mere technical issues with the mix, etc. it’s something that I’ve been increasingly aware of, and frustrated with in my music for some time now. Not very inventive.
I’m not sure how to remedy this. I hope it’s not because I’m just too old to be creative.:(
hello. damn this is lovely. i think the ‘rough’ mix really adds an undercurrent of urgency and real emotion to the tune. this style of synthpop gives me a lump in my throat. i hear echoes of david sylvian/japan. splendid track. RIP Sakamoto.
hey bud, long time. i am taken by the grand melancholy permeating the sound — the synth adds a cool, theatrical dimension. and yeah man, we can dance to it! your vox still captivate, you manage to be warm and remote simultaneously, a nice feat.
ps. the pops rule this.
hello. what a good addition to my listening day. i like the sombre-ness of the whole affair, and agree with danke on the mix (i’m always mixing mine too loud for some people, haha). plus i agree that additional instruments would be lovely on this. and you even tease them right in the last second with the plucks!
hey Michael! i like the pop / rock & the tension between the two. plus any song with a na-na-na-nana in it has me singing along. keep going, my friend!
very cool array of sounds, i really admire the mixing. that intro is tantalizing and the deep groove is kept lively by the shifting layers of instruments. really fine track!
hello! well, you have another new listener. i love the mellow tone coupled with the probing soloing. you really know how to work a vamp, this is just a pleasure to follow. the gtr has an improvised feel and i love how you pace yourself, keeping it clean and lyrical but definitely gathering an intensity that rewards close listening. very pleased to meet you!
Thank you for doing such a surgical listen to this track. You are correct in saying I pace myself when I'm playing. It's a technique I use to set the ear up for the next solo riff so things don't sound redundant. If I don't feel I'm telling a musical story on a track, I wont upload it. Thank you again for the complete listen and comment. PEACE. T576 OUT.
hello Michael. nice to see this collaboration is still a going project! at first i thought you were gonna lean in a new wave direction, which would be interesting . not that i don’t think the solid pop-rock groove you went with is a bad decision! well done, my friend
BLu, this has that crazy angelic-earth thang like wings of desire the first time falling feeling. absolutely swinging, lethal, a snake sweetly coiled and crooning in my ear let’s go to hell.
im going to hell. what you wrote reminds me a bit of the scene from "natural bon Killer" when booth are high with this indian man and all the snakes gathering. beautifeul.
Hey, Michael — i love the commitment you guys brought to the perfs on this! Holy moly you have found a good match and i hope to hear more collab between you guys.
Hello my friend, it's been a very long time, I hope you're doing well! I appreciate your input thank you for your support and i am glad that it somehow sounds or falls into the chill category/genre, I am aware that this track isn't perfect but according to my skills which I must admit I'm not a professional producer by any means, but still it's always pleasing to read these supportive comments as they tell me to move forward into exploring the music production world more and getting better at it as the time goes by.
Smells like a flower all right! Keep grooving, brother, you are nowhere near finished. I’m feeling this like mad — hell yes, publish them lyrics!
Life’s been a bit of hell on wheels, but with this in my ears everythings right now. Good to see yez, Paul!
Michael hell on wheels now theres a song title, hope your good tho bro, much love from this side of the Atlantic. got a great new job, gonna be a grandad for the 4th time. glad this was good for you, i feel as happy as i sound, great to see you about
Hullo Maj, dig this intensity. Loaded with heavy portent that never lets up. If this is the Aftermath, i need to get back to the beginning! Compelling music, my man.
Hey BB, this is nailing it man. I have spent some time listening to jeff beck since his passing, and damn this coulda been an orange album track.
The singing and playing create a vibrant, immediate connection. As the others said here, you are taking it to another level. It is going on 5am here and i tell you, you just made my day.
thank you xstokes. this is really a castaway song. i got this whole idea from police "messange in the boottle.
Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
- the police-
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Your observation is aiming at an issue that much more fundamental than mere technical issues with the mix, etc. it’s something that I’ve been increasingly aware of, and frustrated with in my music for some time now. Not very inventive.
I’m not sure how to remedy this. I hope it’s not because I’m just too old to be creative.:(
Maybe pot? It’s legal here in Canada! :)
Eric
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Life’s been a bit of hell on wheels, but with this in my ears everythings right now. Good to see yez, Paul!
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Thank you very much for the comment, my dear friend.
Glad you like it mate.
Thanks for the fave.
Maj
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The singing and playing create a vibrant, immediate connection. As the others said here, you are taking it to another level. It is going on 5am here and i tell you, you just made my day.
Being compared to Jeff Beck is huge of course, but making you smile is even better!
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Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
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