Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Patrick,

Fun song! Kind of Elvis Costello/Cars/Bubblegum feel. And very catchy! The kind of tune that shot to the top of the charts when we were kids...

Good mix. What was the twirly, whistling synth in the opening?
It seems like you played that..(?)

Nice vocals. The harmonies are TIGHT! and really drive the sound of the song...Did you sing them - they sound "real"... nice! however they were done...

The Stones guitars work great for this without sounding derivative ("like a Stones song"). Because of the speed up I imagine... (giving it that EC sound)...

The ending was cool - almost transformed to The Kinks! - you covered a lot of ground in this!

I must have listened a dozen times... enjoyed it each time..

floyd



Floyd, Thanks for the kind words. The intro was done on an old Korg DW-8000 synth i picked up recently. I used "patch 38". And played it in ( repeatedly until i got it right). I did sing the harmony line in on a separate track after practicing singing along with the original over a few days of commuting.

Towards the end of the tune i subbed the drum parts to push it along. I had a friend point out that Joey Kramer of Aerosmith would often drive a tune with a Cymbal pattern at certain points to give it a lift. i had to give that a go! Thanks for giving it a spin and your comments. I appreciate it.

Last edited by nobilis; 06/02/15 01:43 AM.
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