The Tidal Pool At Midnight

Steinberg Lounge
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Hello,

real event, real places, real tidal pool at Coogee Beach (in Sydney)—the one in the pic.
Happy to find a home for 30-year-old lyrics.

Guitars: Les Paul, sometimes thru Line 6 Roto Machine
Bass: J&D Luthiers
Drums: Roland, tapped real time
Keys: Roland

Got a hold of some vintage Ampex 456 (but post sticky-shed era).
So, nice lay-back mastering.

The Tidal Pool At Midnight

Jet :sunglasses:

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Nice, the music portrays the lyric very well but I wanted to hear a second verse and some sweet guitar lines weaving in and out.

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Well, very Pearldivers of course! Nice. For some reason I thought I’d heard this one before… something vaguely familar about the lyrics…dunno, must be thinking of something else…

Anyway, nice sounds, BUT listening on these headphones there was a frequency in there, mostly on one of the guitars that was biting hard - had me diving for the volume control :astonished: I’ll listen again on my monitors later.

:sunglasses:

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Thanks for listening Mr d.

I think any further lyrics would be redundant. With this one, I deliberately
stayed away from guitar lines, other than the Leslied ornamentation to
support the choruses.

Cheers,

Jet

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Hi Ian,

thanks for your feedback. i put a lot of effort into the sounds.

I borrowed the title from an instrumental piece I once hosted on my site,
which explains the “lyric” memory for you.

Not sure where such a biting frequency would reside. Let me know good sir!

Jet

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ah ha! :smiley:

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Outstanding as always, Jet :sunglasses: Very evocative piece. Loved the voice doubling, geetars, nice bassline too. You must be approaching another album completion by now. This track and Fukushima gotta be in there :sunglasses:

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Nah…that one’s dead.

:wink:

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Hey ya Phil, that’s a very kind review, thank you good sir.

But even I couldn’t knock off a new album in only four months since the last one!

As to F u k u s h i m a, you now see why the letters are all spaced. No spaces = Fukushima.

Cheers!

Jet

PS and big-ups on Dome. :wink:

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No. he’s just resting.

:laughing:

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Hi Jet

Beautiful. :exclamation:

I did find when I switched from listening on monitors, on which it sounds great, to my AKG240s headphones that the arpeggio guitar part that comes in at 1:18 was just a little uncomfortable on my ears, more the left ear than the right, but it could be my aging ears. :wink: I’m not sure how to describe it, not really a harshness but still quite ‘hard’ sounding if that makes sense. :confused: Normally these headphones are very sweet and forgiving and it’s a very minor point.

Cheers
Dave

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Hi Dave,

thanks for having a listen.

My own 271s don’t reveal anything awry, nor either set of monitors,
but I’m older than you so I have to allow for aural decay I suppose! :laughing:

I have shaved off a bit of hi end on all the guitars.

Cheers mate!

Jet

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Hi Jet

Either my ears are fooling me or that guitar sits better now. This really is beautiful you know!

Smooth

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Sounded pretty smooth and balanced over my monitors. Where’d you get your 456? I hear there’s a place on the US East coast that is making it, along with GP9. I just remembered: it’s ATR in Pennsylvania

This would make a nice album closer… you know, the last song just after the huge production number. However, I too would like to hear an extended slide solo at the end, and as it fades out :sunglasses:

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Are you still doing the tape service thing? I had told some people about it, and then awhile back i was looking for it on the website, but didn’t see it anymore

:question:

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Dave,

thanks for checking the updated mix.
Cheers!

Jet

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Hi Doug,

thanks for your kind review.

I got my vintage Ampex from a guy on Ebay. There are reliable sellers and
there are goons who are only too happy to try to sell sticky-shed tape,
so I made sure the few reels I purchased are from 1995, still sealed,
in the newly (then) designed box with the date code on it. It is as good
as gold. :wink:

Apart from RMGI tape, I also have some NOS Quantegy 406 and only last
night I ordered some more ATR media, which I’ve yet to try. By all reports
it is as good as if not superior to 456. However, I have to say that the
RMGI tape has performed brilliantly for me and I have no issues with it.
It is true to say, though, that each tape has its own characteristics but
so far I’m well impressed with the old 456. :wink:

I no longer offer the layback mastering service. No one was interested,
so I took the hint.

Cheers,

Jet

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Yup, sounding very delicious on my monitors! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hi Jet,

This is beautiful!
I like the ‘less is more’ approach: just one verse and chorus and the sparse arrangement and production.
Nice harmony vox! :sunglasses:

Job well done! :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Wim

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Hi Wim,

I’m happy you saw my intention.

Thanks for listening and for your kind comments.

Jet