Good song; really good lyrics. Complex music and elegant construction. Thank You, guys.

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thank you for the nice comment! i spent a fair amount of time mixing this one and i think it was worth it. the lyrics were all blake's doing. i think he might have wrote them the day before or of. i know he was finishing the ending when he showed up to record them. :)

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This collab team is awesome! Isn't it interesting, the very different ways that different musicians write music? Great song guys - vocals, guitar, bass, drums - the whole production is terrific!

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yeah, sometimes two heads are better than one. it is indeed interesting how different people approach writing music. there can be challenges trying to communicate your ideas to someone else, but it's often well worth the effort. thanks for the comment!

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grabbed me from the opening.....what an exceptional song......I will be sure to check out more.....you are very talented!!!!!

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so, the 'hook' 'grabbed' you, did it? sorry, truly bad pun. thanks for your kind words. yes, check back often... more to come, i'm sure. cheers!

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sounds great, dude. you guys have always worked really well together and this is solid proof. choice lyrics and vocals here. and all things sonic from 2:32 on really stirred up something good inside me. the overlapping vox work really well now. Great stuff. a new fave for me from you guys. thanks for the DL.

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thanks for the comment! and a special thanks for letting me bounce an earlier version of this off you before i posted it. (i meant mention that in the song description, but got carried away stroking blake's ego, it would seem.) i tried some new mastering tools on this version... but i still might be pushing it a little too loud.

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wow killer tune! The production on this just blows my mind. the vocals on this are spectacular, awesome guitar playing. Love the tune and the lyrics are great. I have nothing but praise for this - great job guys.

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i have nothing but thanks for you, my friend. thanks for checking it out and commenting!

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Great production and song writing. Blake's vocals sound really good. Another killer project from you. I'll have to keep an eye on this site.

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thanks, nick! certainly, keep checking back. i agree, good job by blake on the vox. he's pretty pro with the singing. (wish i could sing that well.)

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so professional on every level. great job.
Cheers
Len



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thanks for the kind words, len!

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Great tune. Just love that image did you make that? Really enjoyed this ride, beautiful music with everything sounding top notch. Expansive guitar work and overall a well crafted song indeed. Cheers for that.

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thanks for checking this one out. the image? blake found it somewhere on the internets... not sure where. (i just stole it from our garageband.com profile. :)

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Very good playing, singing etc. Production sounds pro - you don't mention the gear you use to record - if it's a home studio, then you've achieved pretty amazing results.

I like this more than "Bionic Arm" - seems like there's more "air" in the mix, and Blake's vocal isn't muddied by the instrumentation - great vocal btw.

A very classy piece of work!

Neil

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thanks for the comment again, neil! i've actually built a project studio in my apartment. since it's an apartment, it's not conducive to live drums, loud amps, or loud anything really. but it's fine for v-drums, vocals, and DI overdubs. my gear is portable, so i sometimes go on site to record, but i do all my mixing and mastering here at home. and i sometimes do music and foley for picture.

so, in answer to your question, it was kinda done in a studio by a kinda professional. :) this one we recorded all here over the course of two days (spread a month or so apart). then i took a day (8 hours or so) to mix and master it. that's what you're hearing - just time invested into a mix (plus lots of great uad1 plugins). i was trying out a new limiter plugin for the mastering stage, so (while i like how it turned out) i think i could still do better.

i was thinking about 'putting it out there' that anyone who wanted to have their song 'professionally' mixed or mastered (or have me play drums, guitar, bass, whatever) can contact me, but i figure soliciting like that might be frowned upon. so i haven't. but if, out of curiosity, anyone wants to check out my site - it's www.westwoodsound.ca. it's got pics. i recorded/mixed/produced an album for another mjer who lives in town. i think it turned out great (but that has a lot to do with this person's talent).

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This did come out very well. You two sound like a five piece band playing all together. Great sound!!

Thanks
Bill

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thanks for the comment, bill. yeah, just the two of us recorded over and over. all in, including fx channels, i think this one had 61 tracks. overkill? heck yes. :)

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That is a lot of tracks. I've put up a few with, gasp, one single track. I can't imagine 61.

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i've got a 1-tracker (just guitar) that i should put up. i like it, and it would go a ways to show i'm not just a one trick pony. (or 61 trick pony, as the case may be. :)

thanks again, bill!

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dang, wrong identity. anyway, on behalf of TMOL, thanks again bill. :)

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Really love this song. Fantastic production, great singing.

well done.

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thanks, obster! we had a lot of fun making it. more to come, hopefully.

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I love your! it is so cool! I am going to make a lot more songs with my friend and thank you for the coment!

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thanks for checking this one out! looking fwd to hearing more of your tunes!

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this is a shure hit... Radio ready... I love it

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