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UPS n DOWNS Morning Folk, I had a song from a year or so ago that didn't work out as intended. I stripped it back to its BIAB bones, cut & rejigged the chassis then built a new body on that. The engine was imported - Gene Pensari's lead playing powers this piece. BIAB RealDrums & organ to which I added Squire Mustang guitar with various voices. Bass the usual Vantage through a BDI21- retracked MANY times and a final session on Monday won. An eBow track for fun. Mellotron tracks cut & pasted in. Vocals - often whispered or sotto voce as I had to operate stealthily so folk could sleep. When I couldn't actually sing the harmonies, I managed some but being very specific with some notes is way beyond my league, I relied on tuning software to get me there..I pushed that envelope to get a bit of a VOCODER vibe. I wrote four different lyrics for this and they were all useless. Finally I went back to the process I used on Half Life of Truth and tracked scraps & ideas AS they came to me then stitched them together. This song is done in that it has been professionally mastered so I won't be changing it BUT any/all comments/suggestions recommendations will be harvested and stored for the next crop. LYRICS Ups n Downs Frencman's gift Beans ground sniffed Cuts of cane Toke back down again. Rhythms clocked by pain Nicotine Caffeine Sucrose Cannabis Put the mind in order Smoke guillotine Drink routine Poison we chose Oblivion knows DNA predisposed Nicotine Caffeine Sucrose Cannabis Mind upon the border solo Nicotine Caffeine Sucrose Cannabis Experience re-order Take you up Loving cup Called your own Personal touchstone. Needs must is chaperone Nicotine Caffeine Sucrose Cannabis
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ray,
That PBX Sound has become a truly identifiable signature.
Bass sounds great. Gene's guitar is icing.
The drums are well balanced (they are VERY SLIGHTLY "dull" sounding to my ear - and I emphasize VERY SLIGHTLY).
A cool lyric. Works well for the PBX sound.
After a couple of listens, it begins to feel like a song that you know well from your youth. An old friend.
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Yeah this sounds cool! The mastering works well on this. Definitely your sound! 
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Ray,
It's obvious that an incredible amount of work went into producing this! I picked up lots of little touches you added here and there! Such as changing the rhythmic feel of the drums. Love the melody of the vocal lines and also the spacey ethereal sounds giving the backtrack a lot of depth! Your bass work is fantastic again! Enjoyed the listen!
Thanks, Torrey
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I know you prefer your vocals low in the mix, and I'm coming round to your thinking. My second time through --when I was better with the words-- it seemed so perfect. Yeah, the whole mix is superb. Gene was a good choice. Man, he adds so much. Very creative craft, Ray! BTW, that ending bow is really cool.
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Excellent tune Ray. Cool chord progressions. Guitar was excellent as well.
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I like it, Ray. Gene's lead playing is indeed excellent. I couldn't have made out the lyrics without reading them, but I don't think that matters. Not that the lyrics aren't good (they are), but your vocal part integrates into the mix so well. The sounds are right, even if the words are not always clear.
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Leon
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Ray,
Love the way this sounds. Has an epic feel to it. Great job!
Bob
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Ray,
Love the opening of this, and I like what you’ve done with the vocals. Has a vocaloid vibe to it, but really sweet and soft in the mix, and I think it works well. The production value on this is off the charts—very professional feel to it. Really well done piece!
All my best to you,
Deej
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Great vocal, super lead guitar, and the perfect mix.
This has everything a great song needs, thus it is a great song.
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Ray, You getting very creative with sound design. Excellent bass work! Composition and mix are top notch, I would not change a thing, but vocals to my ears are way too quiet. Cool ending. "I had to operate stealthily so folk could sleep." That's funny. I know the feeling Thank you for sharing. Misha.
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ray,
That PBX Sound has become a truly identifiable signature.
Bass sounds great. Gene's guitar is icing.
The drums are well balanced (they are VERY SLIGHTLY "dull" sounding to my ear - and I emphasize VERY SLIGHTLY).
A cool lyric. Works well for the PBX sound.
After a couple of listens, it begins to feel like a song that you know well from your youth. An old friend.
fj Thanks Floyd, Yes, I agree about the dulling of the drums - sadly the cymbals & hihats in particular were sizzly and annoying. I tried automated EQ but it was in & out so often I opted for IN.
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Yeah this sounds cool! The mastering works well on this. Definitely your sound! Thanks David, Fran does his job well. AND he lets me know when a song isn't ready or if the mix needs work.
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Ray,
It's obvious that an incredible amount of work went into producing this! I picked up lots of little touches you added here and there! Such as changing the rhythmic feel of the drums. Love the melody of the vocal lines and also the spacey ethereal sounds giving the backtrack a lot of depth! Your bass work is fantastic again! Enjoyed the listen!
Thanks, Torrey Ta Torrey, I took my time rebuilding this and added "touches" here n there as I did so - rather like the construction and tracking of the vocal. I threw that bass track on at the last minute - I had a part I really liked and that I'd laboured over but I couldn't get it to "sound" right. In the end I tracked and retracked half a dozen times in a row & went with the better take - tonally it has very little done to it. The drums were heavily modded on the same day as the bass work...it needed a lift and I couldn't get it to work in BAIB as I wanted so exported it and sliced it up in Reaper. Lots of 11th hour stuff on this one.
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Hi Ray
Very interesting song
The background track holds some surprises ;-)
Good work Ray
Many greetings
Andi ;-)
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I know you prefer your vocals low in the mix, and I'm coming round to your thinking. My second time through --when I was better with the words-- it seemed so perfect. Yeah, the whole mix is superb. Gene was a good choice. Man, he adds so much. Very creative craft, Ray! BTW, that ending bow is really cool. Thanks Marty - eBowing is fun AND frustrating but it does offer some cool tones as well as being very accommodating with ITB octave changes. Like you, I do feel this vocal is in the right place...it takes a little work but that's the sort of rock I grew up listening to.
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Excellent tune Ray. Cool chord progressions. Guitar was excellent as well. Thanks Scott, Reimagining is useful.
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I like it, Ray. Gene's lead playing is indeed excellent. I couldn't have made out the lyrics without reading them, but I don't think that matters. Not that the lyrics aren't good (they are), but your vocal part integrates into the mix so well. The sounds are right, even if the words are not always clear.
Regards,
Leon
Thanks for "getting it" Leon.
Cheers
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Ray,
Love the way this sounds. Has an epic feel to it. Great job!
Bob Thanks Bob, I appreciate it.
Cheers
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Ray,
Love the opening of this, and I like what you’ve done with the vocals. Has a vocaloid vibe to it, but really sweet and soft in the mix, and I think it works well. The production value on this is off the charts—very professional feel to it. Really well done piece!
All my best to you,
Deej Thanks Deej, It was a pleasant project to work on and having not settled on a lyric, let alone melody, until quite late I wasn't in a position to con someone into singing so needed to use the technology to assist with the >needs must" situation.
Cheers
rayc
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