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herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:06 am

Thanks all!

I have been trying to listen to cafe tracks, but the speakers on my work pc are broken and the isp for my home pc is undergoing repair, so listening is kinda tough.

Sorry.

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:22 am

awesome. Would be cool to hear the finished version when you get it done.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:06 pm

ATS wrote:awesome. Would be cool to hear the finished version when you get it done.

Thanks much!

wavephonic · Post by **wavephonic** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:50 pm

drums are well done, some nice double kicks in there
this is a great song, very catchy
I thought the vocals were fine
reminds of some classic older stuff,
my vote is hot!!!

Ed

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:06 pm

wavephonic wrote:drums are well done, some nice double kicks in there
this is a great song, very catchy
I thought the vocals were fine
reminds of some classic older stuff,
my vote is hot!!!

Ed

Thanks!

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:04 am

Hovmod wrote: Ma gavte la nata... Rings a bell. Is that from some book? Eco, perhaps? Foucault?

'Foucaults Pendulum' by Eco, correct.

The most symbolically charged fart joke in all of literature.

Guys, don't miss this gem!

Thank You very much, sir!

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:29 pm

I can bump this because I didn't write it.

But c'mon people!

I have gotten much better reactions from much crappier tracks than this!

Watto · Post by **Watto** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:36 pm

Well, the song doesn't really do it for me (it's a bit dated or something), but your drumming is bloody GREAT, mate!!!!

KTHE · Post by **KTHE** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:40 pm

Wait.... this post ISN'T about porn at all, is it?

mystahr · Post by **mystahr** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:20 pm

I quite enjoyed this; good song
Good luck on further production; definately worth it

If but only one thing; what my ears noticed is the 'overly' use of the crashcymbals. Perhaps its part of the style, but to me it was a bit too much.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:13 am

Watto wrote:Well, the song doesn't really do it for me (it's a bit dated or something)

but your drumming is bloody GREAT, mate!!!!

Thanks!

KTHE wrote:Wait.... this post ISN'T about porn at all, is it?

Sorry to disappoint.

mystahr wrote:I quite enjoyed this; good song
Good luck on further production; definately worth it

Thanks!

If but only one thing; what my ears noticed is the 'overly' use of the crashcymbals. Perhaps its part of the style, but to me it was a bit too much.

Yes, it is very much a part of the style of this song, (although it is a ride, not a crash).

But the harsh sibilance is not part of the style, but is due to bad recording practice and (most of all) crappy mikes.

Our technique and equipment have improved considerably since we tracked this (over 2 years ago!) and that is the main reason for redoing it.

Thanks for listening all!

rockstar_not · Post by **rockstar_not** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:16 am

I really like the feel of this song, but I have to admit, the drums and the high-end of the vocals sound like a poorly rendered MP3 file. They have that watery distorted sound to them. Media Player is saying that it's encoded at 126 kbps.

Perhaps what I am hearing is due to the 126 kbps rather than a more standard 128 kbps. Maybe my decoder doesn't know what to do with the 126 kbps.

There is a track on the recent Paste magazine (the one with Thom Yorke on the cover) CD that sounds alot like this - it's one of my favorite tracks on the CD.

I can't wait to hear a re-do of the track - it is a killer feel.

-Scott

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:52 am

rockstar_not wrote:I really like the feel of this song, but I have to admit, the drums and the high-end of the vocals sound like a poorly rendered MP3 file. They have that watery distorted sound to them. Media Player is saying that it's encoded at 126 kbps.

Perhaps what I am hearing is due to the 126 kbps rather than a more standard 128 kbps. Maybe my decoder doesn't know what to do with the 126 kbps.

There is a track on the recent Paste magazine (the one with Thom Yorke on the cover) CD that sounds alot like this - it's one of my favorite tracks on the CD.

I can't wait to hear a re-do of the track - it is a killer feel.

-Scott

Thanks for listening.

And the artifacts you are hearing are probably more due to phase cancellation than anything else.

The fact is, we recorded the drums for this long ago, before we really knew what we were doing, and the songwriter/guitarist stubbornly kept laying tracks on top of it.

He only consented to the redo when the mix just would not gel, and even then he was reluctant.

I hope to have the drums for this song and the rest of the album retracked by November. When the other parts will be done and the mixdown attempted is another story entirely.

Thanks again!

PORN! or rather, one of the better pop songs I've worked on