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BENCH FOR TWO (scratch Track) Vs BENCH FOR TWO (Pre Mastered).
Hearing the difference, I'm totally amazed how the song has morphed and blossomed out...
On the pre-master, The Coda needs a rework, and I seem to have lost a contra-bass that was in there in a previous take.. . (Fix is next week)
In the mean time, Please enjoy...

So did i hear a concertina... Get ready for the Beatlesque critiques.
My only thought after several listens is there are so many sounds... there is no signature sound... everyone has a small part. You know what I mean a little of this a little of that makes each one less memorable. Kind of a smorgasbord. I think the acoustic solo stood out the most.
It has come together rather nicely.
Great job man.

For some reason it reminds of a song by the Blood Hound Gang, but I don't know why..nor which tune..

I liked it, wasn't hard to listen to at all.
(which is more than I can say for some music)

Good Job..

Jahva wrote:So did i hear a concertina... Get ready for the Beatlesque critiques.
My only thought after several listens is there are so many sounds... there is no signature sound... everyone has a small part. You know what I mean a little of this a little of that makes each one less memorable. Kind of a smorgasbord. I think the acoustic solo stood out the most.
It has come together rather nicely.
Great job man.

Thank Jahva, Much appreciated... Good call on the concertina, We actually used two accordion voices (French, and Warm) and also swapped in an organ.
As for the signature...If you got the sense of being in a park, with lots of things goin on...that would be our intended signature, (albeit probably not a very profound one...but hopefully, it has creeped in there somewhere).

One of my challenges is arrangement. Manipulating instrument and theme to execute the song idea as intended. My goal with this particular song was to invoke both melancholy from the subject and empathy from the listener... Not sure if we pulled it off...but it was fun trying...

Chief Engineer Scott wrote:For some reason it reminds of a song by the Blood Hound Gang, but I don't know why..nor which tune..

I liked it, wasn't hard to listen to at all.
(which is more than I can say for some music)

Good Job..

Much Thanks Scott... My Goal in song writing is to make the experience for listeners a pleasant one...

Pretty cool PD. A string section would have been right at home in the there too. Good job!

I really like the lyrics Dog. Well written song. Good job.

PaperDog . . . the premaster is just fantastic! the placement of everything is right on! None of which would even matter if not for such an excellent post-Beatles song!

A+

jimmydanger wrote:Pretty cool PD. A string section would have been right at home in the there too. Good job!

Jimmy Thanks Bro! Means a lot to me..

re String... We still got to fix the Contra-bass (Level is too low but its there in the refrains, and cello as well. Also have a Med String section..also too low) We thought we might have put too much instrumentaton in there so were figuring it out right now.

GLEN J wrote:I really like the lyrics Dog. Well written song. Good job.

Thanks Glen ! (Did ya notice the pattern <wink>

Etu Malku wrote:PaperDog . . . the premaster is just fantastic! the placement of everything is right on! None of which would even matter if not for such an excellent post-Beatles song!

A+

ETu Thanks much!

(And BTW I apologize for being such a jack-ass before... Hope you'll forgive me)

I really enjoyed it. Blue Steel Dripping could be a Billy Bragg tune. Good stuff

It's good! The change from scratch to premix is dramatic and nice!
It feels good.

neanderpaul wrote:It's good! The change from scratch to premix is dramatic and nice!
It feels good.

Thanks Paul!

Roger Jermyn wrote:I really enjoyed it. Blue Steel Dripping could be a Billy Bragg tune. Good stuff

Never heard of Billy Bragg... But Thanks ! : )