OT We're So High...

[Orion Bailey]

https://www.reverbnation.com/swilnation/song/32844809-were-so-high-mix-1?source=artistMusic

@Tyrant of Ants And anyone else who might be interested. Just got done mixing down the first song on the new album as a test run before we finish off the rest of the songs.

Thought Id load it up to get any potential feedback from some other ears to get some thoughts before I move forward. Comments and critiques welcome, though mostly looking for thoughts on the production and mixing, not so much the songwriting. Though I wrote and recorded everything myself with my drummer.

This was recorded in my studio(OB Studios), but mixed down by Kevin Hahn @ Opal Studios(if anyone is interested).

Anyhow, enjoy, or not.

Thanks for reading and listening in advance.

 

[jlprk]

Maybe someone will bring this online "Dear Prudence" to the attention of Paul or Ringo.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Maybe someone will bring this online "Dear Prudence" to the attention of Paul or Ringo.

No!

dammit you listened to the wrong song. Lol. Everything else is older shitty recordings. Id delete but they have history rankings. Lol.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Damn larry nance stole my jubilee!!!!

that attention whore….

 

[riverman]

No!

dammit you listened to the wrong song. Lol. Everything else is older shitty recordings. Id delete but they have history rankings. Lol.

I thought the mix was good...had a Men at work vibe...nice hook...good middle 8....I loved the compressed fuzzed tone of the guitar break and thought if anything that part could've been bumped up a bit in volume...good to see you working on the record OB....I'm writing two songs these days that I'm working through myself with a new Boss RC5 looper I'm learning to use...still have a learning curve but it's fun...but seriously dude...MORE COWBELL!!!

 

[Orion Bailey]

I thought the mix was good...had a Men at work vibe...nice hook...good middle 8....I loved the compressed fuzzed tone of the guitar break and thought if anything that part could've been bumped up a bit in volume...good to see you working on the record OB....I'm writing two songs these days that I'm working through myself with a new Boss RC5 looper I'm learning to use...still have a learning curve but it's fun...but seriously dude...MORE COWBELL!!!

thanks. Simple goofy pop song. Most else is more complex but this is just right for a quick single release.

cowbell is on another song. Along with chimes and wood block!

 

[riverman]

thanks. Simple goofy pop song. Most else is more complex but this is just right for a quick single release.

cowbell is on another song. Along with chimes and wood block!

My simple Beatlesque pop songs are the ones my grandson will bob his head and dance to...I like complicated ideas as well but crafting a 3 minute pop song is good fun....it also really has appeal to non musicians...you give them a place in the tune

 

[Orion Bailey]

My simple Beatlesque pop songs are the ones my grandson will bob his head and dance to...I like complicated ideas as well but crafting a 3 minute pop song is good fun....it also really has appeal to non musicians...you give them a place in the tune

true. Ive already gotten much better feed back on this compared to most of my more serious songs.
Wait for the next one. Its called No Polidiques!
Lol

 

[riverman]

true. Ive already gotten much better feed back on this compared to most of my more serious songs.
Wait for the next one. Its called No Polidiques!
Lol

When I get in songwriting mode I put on Harry Nilson greatest hits and see how many styles of music that dude recorded...it gives me perspective to not be afraid to step outside my comfort zone and stretch...guy was a genius...I listen to Neil Finn's writing as well for inspiration...Crowded House is a brilliant pop band they just released a new record in New Zealand...I follow Neil's youtube channel

 

[Orion Bailey]

When I get in songwriting mode I put on Harry Nilson greatest hits and see how many styles of music that dude recorded...it gives me perspective to not be afraid to step outside my comfort zone and stretch...guy was a genius...I listen to Neil Finn's writing as well for inspiration...Crowded House is a brilliant pop band they just released a new record in New Zealand...I follow Neil's youtube channel

beleive it or not this was a harder song to wrote than some of the more complex stuff im also writing.
Why? Because its easy to want to add more. Hard to just keep it simple.
Kiss had it right. Keep it simple stupid.

but that goes against the principle of advancing skills. The more skills advance the more we want to show them off! Lol.

 

[riverman]

beleive it or not this was a harder song to wrote than some of the more complex stuff im also writing.
Why? Because its easy to want to add more. Hard to just keep it simple.
Kiss had it right. Keep it simple stupid.

but that goes against the principle of advancing skills. The more skills advance the more we want to show them off! Lol.

I think it's a best of both worlds...you listen to CSNY and Graham Nash wrote almost children songs that were hits like Our House and Stills wrote epic pieces like 49 reasons....Crosby wrote Deja Vu....Young wrote Helpless....all really different genres of music but collectively, brilliant

 

[Orion Bailey]

I think it's a best of both worlds...you listen to CSNY and Graham Nash wrote almost children songs that were hits like Our House and Stills wrote epic pieces like 49 reasons....Crosby wrote Deja Vu....Young wrote Helpless....all really different genres of music but collectively, brilliant

Saw them live at arlene schnitzer half a dozen years ago or so. Man crosby is full of himself. Lol.
But the ovation stills got? He is the glue to that band.

 

[riverman]

Saw them live at arlene schnitzer half a dozen years ago or so. Man crosby is full of himself. Lol.
But the ovation stills got? He is the glue to that band.

Stills is my guy...Crosby is a known asshole...my son worked on his house in Santa Barbara and told me he was walking road rage..he sure wrote some beautiful songs though

 

[Orion Bailey]

Stills is my guy...Crosby is a known asshole...my son worked on his house in Santa Barbara and told me he was walking road rage..he sure wrote some beautiful songs though

yeah it was funny. Every song they played that he wrote he hsd to give a back story. But no one else's songs really got any.
He also sorta looks like a younger ron jeremy these days.

 

[jlprk]

Maybe someone will bring this online "Dear Prudence" to the attention of Paul or Ringo.

On the flip side of your record, put "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill."
They'll sell like hotcakes.

 

[Orion Bailey]

On the flip side of your record, put "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill."
They'll sell like hotcakes.

how about While my guitar Still Gently Weeps?

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Stills is my guy...Crosby is a known asshole...my son worked on his house in Santa Barbara and told me he was walking road rage..he sure wrote some beautiful songs though

My neighbor is David Crosby’s doppelgänger…….a dead ringer, but a far, far nicer person. Most of the neighborhood refers to him as “David”, even though his name is Joe. He says he can’t go to Vegas without getting regularly asked for his photograph. He’s even been abused for refusing to sign, with people calling him “just another arrogant celebrity”, and that they now understand why he has such a rep for being an asshole. Poor Joe, he can’t even gamble in peace……

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

When I get in songwriting mode I put on Harry Nilson greatest hits and see how many styles of music that dude recorded...it gives me perspective to not be afraid to step outside my comfort zone and stretch...guy was a genius...I listen to Neil Finn's writing as well for inspiration...Crowded House is a brilliant pop band they just released a new record in New Zealand...I follow Neil's youtube channel

Oddly enough, in the midst of yesterday’s dick measuring contest I was so very tempted to post the lyrics from “You’re Breaking My Heart”………

 

[Orion Bailey]

My neighbor is David Crosby’s doppelgänger…….a dead ringer, but a far, far nicer person. Most of the neighborhood refers to him as “David”, even though his name is Joe. He says he can’t go to Vegas without getting regularly asked for his photograph. He’s even been abused for refusing to sign, with people calling him “just another arrogant celebrity”, and that they now understand why he has such a rep for being an asshole. Poor Joe, he can’t even gamble in peace……

Lol. Is it possible your buddy helped inflate the rumors of him David being an ass? That would be funny in a sadistic way. Lol.

 

[riverman]

Lol. Is it possible your buddy helped inflate the rumors of him David being an ass? That would be funny in a sadistic way. Lol.

You have to consider that the only band member who will talk to Crosby at all now is Stills...he's burned that bridge...Crosby has been very very productive writing songs with his son Raymond since the band broke up and it's really good work...like Miles Davis...an asshole who is still a genius musician...in Crosby's case lyricist...I probably play guitar better than he does but he's really great at harmony and open tuning voicings...the guy rarely ever plays a major chord.

 

[MARIS61]

Stills is my guy...Crosby is a known asshole...my son worked on his house in Santa Barbara and told me he was walking road rage..he sure wrote some beautiful songs though

Stephen Stills and I have the same birthday so you know he's an awesome guy.

 

[MARIS61]

The chords beginning your song had me singing "More than a feeling".

 

[Lanny]

Oddly enough, in the midst of yesterday’s dick measuring contest I was so very tempted to post the lyrics from “You’re Breaking My Heart”………

You're tearing me apart so fuck you.
A song about a woman who abruptly leaves a man who feels betrayed.

 

[Lanny]

Stephen Stills and I have the same birthday so you know he's an awesome guy.

I like it.

 

[Orion Bailey]

The chords beginning your song had me singing "More than a feeling".

someone else mentioned that too! ill take that as a compliment as im a huge Boston fan. Their first album is still on my top five of all time greatest. The lost their touch after Third Stage though.

 

[Lanny]

Love the upbeat feel of the song. Really like the distortion tone of rhythm guitar. Great job!

Btw, you wouldn’t happen to be a distant cousin to Jordan Ruddess of Dream Theater? Met him several years ago and ever since every middle age and up bald white guy that plays rock music looks like him to me.

We all look alike to you. I, for example, am the spitting image of Sean Connery in 1964.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Love the upbeat feel of the song. Really like the distortion tone of rhythm guitar. Great job!

Btw, you wouldn’t happen to be a distant cousin to Jordan Ruddess of Dream Theater? Met him several years ago and ever since every middle age and up bald white guy that plays rock music looks like him to me.

Thanks! And no. Lol. Some say they think im Danzigs brother tbough. Lol.

 

[Chris Craig]

@Orion Bailey I enjoyed the new song.

 

[Orion Bailey]

@Orion Bailey I enjoyed the new song.

Thanks. Hope to have the next one uploaded soon. Covid slowed my progress some but new song is at the studio now waiting to be mixed down. Should have it uploaded within a week or two.
Totally different. Way more progressive and unique.