I can't thank you enough for your awesome comment, much appreciated! Listening to you now, sounds good so far. I think I can detect some "YES" influence coming through the vocals. Interesting blend of styles~ Modern/Pop/Retro/Rock/Progressive for starters. I'm all about peeps who develop their own sound and style, your definitely in that club. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" was my fav by the way, great work! ~ Sean

Hi Deacon! I can't wait!! What a track!! Nice tempo, get off your ass and move type of track.Love your guitar skills, and you have great vocal ability! love the bridge section that kicks into your solo work. Theres not much more I can say but i Can't wait to stop by again and give more of your tracks a listen. Thanks for the music!! Peace RJ

Hey Deacon, just popping by to wish you and yours a Happy Holiday Season and a healthy, successful 2009!

Cheers,
Mike

Hi Deacon
Thanks, mate - really appreciate it.
Really like the song Blind, a great track.
I don`t agree with you on not sounding pro, though.

But OK, here goes - hope you`ll find this useful.

As for guitar/bass, I use this setup/route:

Guitar/Bass ->
Visual Sound Route 66 Compressor (stompbox)
Vox ToneLab
Yamaha MG82cx Mixer
JOEMEEK mC2 Stereo Optical Compressor
STK VQ-15N stereo 15-band Graphic EQ
2 x multieffects (Zoom rfx-2000 & Behringer Virtualizer Pro)
PreSonus Stereo Compressor
PreSonus BlueTube PreAmp
EDIROL UA-25 Soundcard

See my picgallery for screenshot of SonarMixer (Wasted)

As you see, the signal goes thru some heavy compression, both hw/sw... :)
But I find it useful to eliminate that harsh-sounding transistor sound
ToneLab sometimes produce.

In addition, I use a three-step mixdown/preMastering technique for the bounced stereotrack.

Let me know if you`d like to know more about details of my setup.

Sincerely
Finn

Hey DG....great music.....my friend !!!! RAWK ON ......
all the best,

Larry T.....