donkeyt - the road down to the sea - trip hop/indie rokk..mebbe..

[donkey tugger]

Trundling on in between watching the cricket...

Another long one (you can quote me if you so desire..) missus. Singing appears to be quite 'Yarkshur at the start in parts . Some 'Faith' era Cure stylee Bass VI action (in Fiesta Red, not pink), Ostentatious 808 kick (Massive who?), sinthesiser bass, 12 string acoustics (both of the bastards), strings, and as a nice change a bit of Les Paul/Marshall action (ok, Variax, Marshall type amp sims) as opposed to Telecaster/Fender amp type stuff. How very 'rockist' of one.

EDIT - newer version with more 303 stylee sinthesiser bass;

http://www.bennyleeds7.myfreeola.uk/don ... sea-v2.mp3

Usual caveats- tinkering will need to be done in large quantities.

[wagtunes]

My Feedback

Music - 9.5
Instruments - 9.5
Performance - 10
Mix - 9

Overall - 9.5

Comments: Yay, another DT track. Love the way the arrangement builds and falls and builds and falls. Another winner. Mix needs some tweaking but not much.

[vurt]

its as pink as your avatar

[AnX]

literally cannot hear any bass at all until the sinf bass comes in, and i didnt like that, didnt suit the song (which i did like)

hi hats could do with some swing

[donkey tugger]

My Feedback

Music - 9.5
Instruments - 9.5
Performance - 10
Mix - 9

Overall - 9.5

Comments: Yay, another DT track. Love the way the arrangement builds and falls and builds and falls. Another winner. Mix needs some tweaking but not much.

Cheers. Any suggestions. I'll leave it a couple of days then come back and tweak stuff..

[donkey tugger]

its as pink as your avatar

Tossoh.

[donkey tugger]

literally cannot hear any bass at all until the sinf bass comes in, and i didnt like that, didnt suit the song (which i did like)

hi hats could do with some swing

That's because I'm playing it more as a baritone type geetar..Weird hybrid thing the bass vi;

https://www.fender.com/articles/gear/th ... s-all-epic

You can play it as a normal bass, but that sort of defeats the object (got other 'proper' basses for that malarky) - the fun is playing chords on it up the neck in the Bob Smith manner. Given me an idea though - might do some automation and have more bass frequencies in the start bit, then cut them when all the rest of the bizzle comes in. Oh, and I can do a mean Lemmy style version of 'Wasteland' on it..

Hehe, I like the sinthesiser bass -it stays!

Do like the idea of more swing on the hi-hats though. There is a fair amount on the drums overall, but think the hi-hats will take some more. Nice one.

[wagtunes]

My Feedback

Music - 9.5
Instruments - 9.5
Performance - 10
Mix - 9

Overall - 9.5

Comments: Yay, another DT track. Love the way the arrangement builds and falls and builds and falls. Another winner. Mix needs some tweaking but not much.

Cheers. Any suggestions. I'll leave it a couple of days then come back and tweak stuff..

You're asking ME for suggestions? You're funny DT.

I don't know. Something about the mix sounds like it could maybe use a little more air. There are parts that just sound a touch on the dull side. But so slight that it's really not worth driving yourself crazy over. Maybe work on the stereo field a little. That might do it. Like I said, it's really minor.

[experimental.crow]

your songwriting never fails to floor me ...

i'm leaning w/ dave on that bass ...
the synth approach and gating worked for me , but not the patch ...

i'd bring the vocals up a tad , and if you feel up to a retake ,
a few drams beforehand would not go amiss , as you belt out the ending ...

excellent work ...

[jethrobull]

Yep,excellent work indeed. Love it! Everything is good.Those drums are just looovely.You are massively talented. Another one to the list of tracks that are the best I have heard on here (and in many other places) This would fit well in a Shane Meadows Drama/Movie.
Another listen...

[Forgotten]

Definitely one of your best!!! It plays out really good from the subdued start - you did a really great job arranging on this one from beginning to end. The loud/quiet approach really suits the song - sometimes that feels a bit overused, but you make all those transitions really well.

Got to agree with others on the synth bass though - it's just not the right sound - maybe needs to be something with a harder (missus!) sound to it? I wouldn't replace that bass part though, just tweak the sound of it.

[AnX]

literally cannot hear any bass at all until the sinf bass comes in, and i didnt like that, didnt suit the song (which i did like)

hi hats could do with some swing

That's because I'm playing it more as a baritone type geetar..Weird hybrid thing the bass vi;

https://www.fender.com/articles/gear/th ... s-all-epic

You can play it as a normal bass, but that sort of defeats the object (got other 'proper' basses for that malarky) - the fun is playing chords on it up the neck in the Bob Smith manner. Given me an idea though - might do some automation and have more bass frequencies in the start bit, then cut them when all the rest of the bizzle comes in. Oh, and I can do a mean Lemmy style version of 'Wasteland' on it..

Hehe, I like the sinthesiser bass -it stays!

Do like the idea of more swing on the hi-hats though. There is a fair amount on the drums overall, but think the hi-hats will take some more. Nice one.

fair enough, i just think playing it an octave higher, an opening the filter on the syn bass means its lacking bottem end imo

i think for that particular track, a nice low drone bass might suit it better

[donkey tugger]

your songwriting never fails to floor me ...

i'm leaning w/ dave on that bass ...
the synth approach and gating worked for me , but not the patch ...

i'd bring the vocals up a tad , and if you feel up to a retake ,
a few drams beforehand would not go amiss , as you belt out the ending ...

excellent work ...

See above - new version with a more slightly 'aceed' bass sound. If I can just get Tracely Thorn to do it as a duet....

One seldom drinks these days.. Next Thursday going out after work, we'll see..

[donkey tugger]

Yep,excellent work indeed. Love it! Everything is good.Those drums are just looovely.You are massively talented. Another one to the list of tracks that are the best I have heard on here (and in many other places) This would fit well in a Shane Meadows Drama/Movie.
Another listen...

Thank you sir!

[donkey tugger]

Definitely one of your best!!! It plays out really good from the subdued start - you did a really great job arranging on this one from beginning to end. The loud/quiet approach really suits the song - sometimes that feels a bit overused, but you make all those transitions really well.

Got to agree with others on the synth bass though - it's just not the right sound - maybe needs to be something with a harder (missus!) sound to it? I wouldn't replace that bass part though, just tweak the sound of it.

See what you think of the newer version with NI Monark (Weaktoh eh? How fathinating!) I think I do prefer it now.. Vocals also up a bit and a bit more swing on th'i-hats.