(an almost done) track from my band's forthcoming album

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

not the final mix, and certainly not mastered...but I really liked the way it turned out yesterday so I thought I'd share. Let me know what you think.

It's called "Caught in the Middle"

(copy and paste the link and change hxxp to http)

hxxp://s64.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0Q8O ... RZSGCUPO5H

zeke the moody drifter · **Joined:** Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:24 pm **Posts:** 557

Downloaded and listening, thanks.

KPH · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:09 pm

Good use of the word milieu.

Right channel guitar has a good Strokes quality to it - not sure if that's intentional or not, but right on either way.

Hey my band has a forthcoming album too! Hmm...

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

KPH Wrote:

Good use of the word milieu.

Right channel guitar has a good Strokes quality to it - not sure if that's intentional or not, but right on either way.

Hey my band has a forthcoming album too! Hmm...

ha! thanks man. So many people have said "what's that fucking word?" I was beginning to think I was misusing it...

Thanks for the strokes nod on the guitar...not necessarily intentional, but definitely a cool comparison by me!

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

KPH Wrote:

Hey my band has a forthcoming album too! Hmm...

When is that coming out by the way?

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:36 am

yeah, dig that strokes twang.

cool, straightforward indie rock song. kind of sounds like early 90's college rock to me.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:27 am

what's with the hxxp in the first place?

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:43 am

Downloading now.

splates · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:53 am

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

what's with the hxxp in the first place?

stops it from being a direct link from obner to YSI, which they can detect

if they get heaps of links from one place, it's a little suspicious

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Dalen Wrote:

yeah, dig that strokes twang.

cool, straightforward indie rock song. kind of sounds like early 90's college rock to me.

thanks!

almost · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:15 pm

Me likey. Hope you don't think I'm being a dick, but the vocals are a little nondescript for the first verse or so. Really hits its stride (vocals and all) in the last half, and the breakdown is pretty cool. I want to hear the rest.

robotboy · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:19 pm

i can't download this until I get home

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

almost Wrote:

Me likey. Hope you don't think I'm being a dick, but the vocals are a little nondescript for the first verse or so. Really hits its stride (vocals and all) in the last half, and the breakdown is pretty cool. I want to hear the rest.

I really appreciate the honest feedback, actually! The vocals in the first two lines in particular bother me, but I really like the way the melody holds back until later. I'm hoping we can address this somehow without losing the dynamics of the song. Thanks for the compliments though! We should be done with the album sometime in February and it should be out by Easter.

seafoam · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:34 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

almost Wrote:

Me likey. Hope you don't think I'm being a dick, but the vocals are a little nondescript for the first verse or so. Really hits its stride (vocals and all) in the last half, and the breakdown is pretty cool. I want to hear the rest.

I really appreciate the honest feedback, actually! The vocals in the first two lines in particular bother me, but I really like the way the melody holds back until later. I'm hoping we can address this somehow without losing the dynamics of the song. Thanks for the compliments though! We should be done with the album sometime in February and it should be out by Easter.

Yeah, no offense, but this song starts weak and totally sticks on you (inagoodway)about a third in. Well done, just a little tweaking really.

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

I pretty much agree that it starts off weak then picks up. I don't really like that opening quasi-guitar solo, I don't know if it's the guitar tone or what. The one at the end is fine though. Starts to sound like Sorry About Dresden/Superchunk/Archers of Loaf at what I think is the bridge around the halfway point, which is where I really start to enjoy the song.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:58 pm

splates Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

what's with the hxxp in the first place?

stops it from being a direct link from obner to YSI, which they can detect

if they get heaps of links from one place, it's a little suspicious

I doubt Obner is going to pop up on their radar, but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry, even if it is a legally distributed track.

And I LOVE this tune. It sounds so good.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

is it just the vocal line that you guys think is weak? Would this be ameliorated by singing an octave up?

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:14 pm

I haven't listened yet, but maybe you should sing into a soup can to match the vocal effect to the strokes guitar

KPH · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:15 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

I haven't listened yet, but maybe you should sing into a soup can to match the vocal effect to the strokes guitar

I was just going to recommend this.

Dude, think Beastie Boys - broken mics!

(just kidding)

almost · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:19 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

is it just the vocal line that you guys think is weak? Would this be ameliorated by singing an octave up?

Quite possibly. It's not so much the line or the melody as the delivery that gets me; kind of stock "indie-rock" (I can't believe I just used that as a term, bleck.) For whatever reason, I don't get that as the song goes on.

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

I think everyone thinks the vocals are too emo. I think they're fine though.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

STRIKE LIGHTNING, STRIKE Wrote:

I think everyone thinks the vocals are too emo. I think they're fine though.

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(an almost done) track from my band's forthcoming album

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