Wrote this today and needed a skilled player to put the cherry on top - Mark stepped up and played a blinding set of lead fills and solos, in double quick time.

Drums (EZ), Bass, Rhythm Guitar and Vox - Jim (Hans)
Lead Guitar - Mark (Macman)
Samples - Off the interweb

Lots of influences on this one. Mark instinctively knew where I was coming from.

THANKS A MILLION, MARK!

Wow! That was an awesome tune guys!! Everything about it! Love to hear some more from you guys!! 5ers!!!

Thanks so much for inviting me onto the track. I really dig the vibe on the track and it was easy to get in the groove on this one.

Very well written mate, I really enjoyed playing on this.

Nice work my friend...:D ;)

Thanks for the listen, Dallas....and Mark, the pleasure was all mine, bro.

I tell ya what,this was fantastic!...Love the vox jim,and you both played sweet! :rock:

Thanks very much for listening, Rain. I wrote this song as something my band could play cos there's just 4 of us. But It needed a solo so bad I just had to ask Mark/Macman to step in. I'll have to try and persuade our guitarist to get adventurous and try and play it, cos I'll be playing the drums on this one.

Hey Boys,

Now this is a great little tune, loved the whole vibe of this track, nice vocals and some lovely guitar playing Mark, loved that tone too. Very enjoyable post. Great collab guys...and top marks from me.:yourock:

sorry it took me so long to check it out. haven't had a lot of time lately sooooooo. i did and i agree its a cool little tune guys. nice job. mark is that your pocketpod?

sorry it took me so long to check it out. haven't had a lot of time lately sooooooo. i did and i agree its a cool little tune guys. nice job. mark is that your pocketpod?

nah it was my Guitarport , I am upgrading to Pod X3 soon...

I am upset with the PC editor for the pocket Pod, in fact I am selling my pocket pod and will work with Pod X3 moving forwards

nah it was my Guitarport , I am upgrading to Pod X3 soon...

I am upset with the PC editor for the pocket Pod, in fact I am selling my pocket pod and will work with Pod X3 moving forwards

the pod 3 doesn't have an editor yet and they don't plan to release one untill january. go to the forrums at line 6 and check out some of the problems guys are having with the x3. you may want to wait. there is supposed to be a fix coming for the pocketpod so all the presets you download will work. so far about 1% work and it makes the pocket pod suck in my opinion. hopefully the new software wil fix the problem but who knows when they will ever release it. so far i think line6 support sucks.

Definitely a foot tapper.. I thought this was going to be just a jam and it turned out to be more. Great work here guys. I really enjoyed this!:yourock:

Well done dudes! Sounding great as ever too Macman! :rock:

Cool tune! I thought it was gonna be "don't fear the reaper" at the beginning, hehe ;)

Aha...you found one of my influences for this song! But come on Naif, it's only the first 4 notes I stole :D Don't tell anyone

Hey Jim and Mark...great original....very nice, I can't say it really reminds me of anyone and that's a good thing! Very pro!!! Love the effects that are carefully placed in the perfect spots throughout the song...Congrats on a very well written, and very well performed tune!

~kev

Thanks for the kind comments, Kev, Big Rock, Strat, Eamon and Axe2grind. If it makes your foot tap, we must be doing something right!

very cool tune. I love the vocals and the way certain lines stretch seamlessly over into the next. The whole vibe is pretty unique with the music being more angular and a little more atonal (I mean this is a good way ;)) than the vocals which are very accomplished. I love the harmonies - very full and melodic. If feels like a song too, a real song and that is a massive achievement in itself. Macman's leads compliment the tune too. In fact the instrumental parts reminded me of the Pixies Dolittle era which is a huge compliment in my eyes.

The only minor criticism is the bass is a bit busy and doesn't really sync in on the intro but it does not detriment the tune in any way.

I really liked this. Definitely a 5 star song and a hint of better original songs to come from you Hans. I would like to hear you match the natural melodic aspects of your vocals with a more orthodox backing/progression because I believe you can write some excellent upbeat quirky pop songs. Not wishing to influence your writing but I can hear hints of Teenage Fanclub/Big Star etc.

Anyhow - waffling on here.. Brilliant SONG and great performances all round! 5 Stars chaps :)

Praise indeed when it comes from you, Lawrence! :bowdown: :bowdown: This is an attempt at something a little more punky. It took me ages to find a vocal tune that was melodic and not punky, because I wanted it to be catchy enough to sing along to it. Its contrasted by a very cognizant decision by Mark to choose a scratchy, punky tone anyway, and he played his sweet cheeks off for the fills and solos.:toothless:

When you say your comment about "lines stretching over into the next", the part I *think* you are referring to is the verses, which is driven by the bass drum, and I defined the drum track before I even knew what the lyrics were (as I am primarily a drummer before a guitarist). But thats what drove that decision anyway.

As for the harmonies, you know from my earlier posts that I don't feel a chorus is complete without 2-3 or even 4 part harmonies :o . And it's true, I am a big fan of TFC. :D I dont seem to be able to hit pitch though, It's a constant struggle to record a vocal that's not an eighth of a tone too flat. I suppose that comes with practise.

Finally the bass... I actually quite liked that part because I thought it DIDNT sound like a bass, but I can see how people could feel the intro was too busy. It would help though if I could play in time!:dunno: The bass wanders ahead of the beat fractionally in a couple of places. Hehe.

Thanks once again for the comments, I always learn a tremendous amount from your VERY valuable and experienced feedback, and from listening to your songs and the way your describe your thought process. I appreciate the time you spend to carefully listen and comment on our tune. Finally, you encourage us to take the brave step into doing original work ourselves... rather than the bread and butter covers. :thumb: :wavey:

I really went for the early New York Punk scene sound. I was thinking Ramones a little when I heard this tune. I call the style I applied to this song Punk/Blues:toothless:

Very well written song and in consequence I worked out my guitar parts in less than an hour as I could just fall into groove of this song very easy.

Thanks again Hans for invite, lets do it again soon:notme: :rock:

I am playing catch up .I really enjoyed this one guys :yourock:

Ohhh!!:headscratch:How can I miss this tune??I think you guys did a superb job on this mate:rock: Jim, ur vox is very cool & Mark ur tone & playing are getting better & better :rock: ***** for ya !!!

Glad this was bumped back up!!!:woot: This was origionally posted during my computer melt down!!!:mad:

This is gr8, guys!!! Has a '60's garage band feel to it....right up my alley!!!!:yourock:

Thanks Linda, SG and Sol, for the kind words and taking the time to listen.

Cool Collab guys!..nice tones & vocals...well produced!...bravo! :rock:

:woot: Glad i got to listen to this one guys! Great tune, James really well written, loved your rhythm tone and vox were superb. I thought the effects you used worked really well. Macman, great guitar work on the fills and the solo was excellent. Loved this all round!:thumb:

Nice bump Linda! How the hell did I miss this one? :dunno: Great song Hans, and well played and sung, and Marks solo's topped it off just sweet, loved the tone there, suited the song perfectly. *****

That was a quality song and recording. Great playing from you both and excellent vocals.*****

Im really sorry i missed this one aswell Hans and Mark , i thought this was a really excellent song fellas, Hans your vocals along with the bt side of things sounded excellent , i was trying to think of what it reminded me of (i don't think it will come to me atm lol) and Mark did excellent work with the lead solo fills , they matched in a treat with what Hans had going with his vocals n such , a lovely listen for a sunday evening , 5 stars fellas :rock: :rock:

Thanks man, I thought this one died out with 2007 lol...