theHumps

Nice collab fellas! Cool groove and a great jam, especially that heavy breathing by Zappo!! My friends in a band back in the 80's wrote a song about mr. Holmes but it was a fast rock tune, lol, he was a legend and worthy of songs!!

Nicely put together, nice funky sound, love it Dave!

Wayne

This is pretty nice. Relaxing and invigorating at the same time. Going great with my coffee, thanks for sharing!

Wayne

Since we have been discussing waveforms in the forums, might as well take a look at this one. : ) In my opinion, it looks a bit over compressed and sounds a bit flat. If you cut back on the compression you will start to hear the kick drum and snare start to pop out a bit more and the acoustic will sit better and well, everything else will stand out more. There isn't much dynamics here and it almost sound distorted. Now I'm just giving you some constructive criticism, don't hate me, lol!!

Cool track, it has everything in a track I love, acoustic guitars, cool lead fills, great singing and catchy beat. And it's a great collab as well so congrats on that too. I think you could get a smoother sounding mix, that's all!

Wayne

Damn, it's been a while! Good to hear things are right where you left off, liking the feel and vibe of this one, laid back and chillin' music. Don't be such a stranger to these parts. Take care!

Wayne

The music and vocals work so good here and I really enjoyed listening to this. You did a nice job with Kyle's vocals, great collab!

Wayne

I agree with Kenny about how nice your voice sounds and about being a little flat in a few spots but it was still a very nice track to listen to. I think with a little more practice you will figure it out and then the sky's the limit!!

I noticed some hiss at the beginning that fades out in a few seconds. I used a plugin called "adaptive noise reduction" in Audition 3, that when applied would do the same thing. It aggravated me to hear that hiss so what I used to do was reverse the track and as long as I left a few seconds of silence at the end of the track, the noise reduction would do that fading out thing during the silence. Then you reverse the track back to normal and chop off the hiss fade off the end of the track, leaving you with no hiss anywhere during the music. Not sure if that's whats happening here but it sounds like you can fix that minor issue.

Well I liked the track a lot, nice job!

Wayne

Great collab guys! Great singing and powerful music combine into some kind of musical cosmic sauce of delight, lol!! Sweet guitar tones and a great mix, excellent!!

Wayne

What a lovely track, the piano intro was stirring enough but when the orchestration and pad/fx started I was blown away. This could work in so many genres of movies as a cinematic piece it is so well constructed. Once again, I'm impressed with your talent!

Cheers Behnam!

Wayne

I agree with Bear, this has a Neil Young feel to it, which is a big compliment. Loved the way you ended my guitar loop, that was cool. Big effects on the acoustic, sounds good. I'm switching over to Ableton 9 as my main daw and I'm playing a lot with the eq's, reverbs and compressors trying to get a bigger acoustic sound. This is very well put together and a great mix. Nice use of electronic sounds that add to the feel of the song so much. You seem to have a good feel for what works in that regard.

Enjoyed the listen!

Wayne

Pretty awesome!! Love the instruments you chose, the composition is lovely and stirring, simply awesome!! Such a free flowing song with no bounds. You are a very talented song writer. I will be downloading and fav'ing this so thanks for sharing!

I will stop by your page and will be listening to much more of your music especially to your track with my loop in it, thanks for letting me know you used it.

Wayne

This is great! I don't listen to much of this music but the intensity and madness here is just great! Your vocals were pretty impressive, I don't see how people can do that without blowing out their vocal chords but you seem to be able to do it. Creative track, very well put together, great guitar, a sick drum track, cool ending and fun, great job!

Any song about beer has to be a good song, right? lol!! I am going to download this so I want to say thanks for sharing, cheers!

Wayne

Nice, totally enjoyed it. Loved the vocals and lyrics. You are quite talented and look forward to hearing more! Gonna dl this so just wanna say thanks for sharing!

Wayne

Really nice track, production is great. Great vocals, reminds me a bit of Sting. Liked the effects on the vocals, gives them a nice depth in the mix. Well done!!

Wayne

This is pretty awesome guys, classic blues, love it! Patricia, you can come over and take my shoes off any time,lol!!

Track sounds great, guitar tone is perfect, it's all goooood!!

Wayne

Hey, this is pretty cool, 4 weeks using Ableton and you are putting tracks like this together. I just switched to Ableton full time and it is pretty amazing. Once you make your scenes you can hit the global record and whatever scenes you "play" live get recorded in arrangement view. In that view you can move the blocks around, duplicate and remove blocks and arrange the song any which way you want to. You tube tutorials are the way to learn a lot.

Good luck, have fun!

Wayne

Hey Dave and Zappo, this is a big production, so much to listen to and soak in. I would guess it was a tough one to put together. Great instruments and sounds and a wonderful mix. You guys always seem to work well together. Always a pleasure!!

Wayne

Nice collab. Just want to thank you for the harmonica you did for me a few years back as well. You inspired me to buy one and start to learn it!! Lots of changes here, makes it interesting.

Wayne

Congrats and good luck with the baby Abner!! Well done on the singing, it makes is heartfelt and special. Nice composition, beautiful guitar playing, just an awesome track!

Wayne

Superb, you are amazing!! Have you ever sang professionally? I am totally impressed, you are the next Susan Boyle(but much prettier), lol!!

The song was great, I am going to download this, thanks for sharing! A big FAV!!

Wayne

This is why you are a looper legend Dave, pure listening pleasure. After about 30 seconds I knew I was going to dl this one so thanks for sharing! Sounds great, mix is great, all the instruments are so defined and clean. I just made the move to a new imac, logic, ableton setup and I may be using Ableton more and more to mix. You seem to have Ableton pretty figured as far as mixing and mastering go, it really does sound fantastic Dave. The horns are a great touch, glad you added them and the rain effect was nice.

Excellent job Dave, you always come up big, this one is sweet!

Wayne

Great build up and I absolutely love the synth you used, classic sounding. A lot of funk going down, nice production, sounds great. So much going on, real interesting track, had me glued to it!

Wayne

Pretty sweet playing man, fits the song perfectly. Bear is one hell of a musician and he found someone who compliments his talents. Nice collab, welcome to the loop! Look forward to the video!

Wayne

Fantastic!! This is going into the Z Files with the rest of your awesome tracks!! Mind expansive! Deep! Exhilarating!!...

Thanks for sharing guys!!

Wayne

Nice job singing, I like the effects on the vocals. Nice song, not familiar with the original so I'm not biased when I say this is nicely put together!

Wayne

First I want to say I like your avatar and name! Liked the track, sets an interesting mood. Upbeat and it really gets the mind wandering, nice job!

Wayne