Long time player - first time album

[tone4days]

Hey folks - long time no see ... been busy here ... recording this with my band, Vacant City Drifters
... download or streaming only ... or listen on youtube ...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOCsFgvLcZ9BOyVN50S_zA

https://vacantcitydrifters.hearnow.com/

Would welcome some feedback
cheers,
t4d

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

I thought that was a lot of fun! Very Stones-ish vibe, I think Wattage would really dig this.

 

[tone4days]

Thanks, man! We definitely heard and felt that vibe as we were working up the lead-off track, All This Time, so we leaned into it. Other tracks ended up feeling different, so we just tried to go with what the tune called for. We even ended up doing the song our drummer wrote and sang, Pretend, without drums.

 

[tone4days]

gear i used:

Track 1 - All This Time - *
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: Tokai Tele clone
Amp: Atomic AF12 - D Luxe model and matched cab

Track 2 - Lets Go For A Ride - **
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: PRS SC 245
Amp: Atomic AF12 - D Luxe model and matched cab

Track 3 - Half Way Home - *
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: Fender Eric Johnson Signature Strat (with USACG neck w/6100 SS frets)
Lead / Rhythm 1 Amp: Atomic AF12 - Power EL34 model and matched cab
Rhythm 2 Amp: Fractal Axe-FX II Ultra - some Marshall model (sorry, i didn't write down which)

Track 4 - Pretend - *
Rhythm Guitar 1: PRS SC 245
Rhythm Guitar 1 Amp: Atomic AF12 - Brit 800 model and matched cab
Lead / Rhythm Guitar 2 Custom Tele clone with Joe Barden Pickups
Lead / Rhythm Guitar 2 Amp: Laney 1x12" Tube Combo (w/ Hot Cake for solo)

Track 5 -Empty Relics - **
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: PRS SC 245
Amp: Atomic AF12 - Freedman BE model (w / screamer model for solo) and matched cab

Track 6 - Handle My Heart - *
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: Fender Eric Johnson Signature Strat (with USACG neck w/6100 SS frets)
Amp: Atomic AF12 - Rumble model and matched cab

Track 7 - Come Tomorrow - *
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: PRS SC 245
Amp: Atomic AF12 - D luxe model and matched cab

Track 8 - No Place Special - **
Rhythm Guitar: PRS SC 245
Lead Guitar: Tokai Tele Clone (drop D)
Amp: Atomic AF12 - D Luxe model and matched cab

Track 9 - Good Enough Day - *
Rhythm / Lead Guitar: PRS Ted McCarty Double Cut 245 Soapbar
Amp: Atomic AF12 - Power EL34 model and matched cab

Track 10 - The Boom Came Down - **
Acoustic Guitar: Tanglewood X15 SDTE slope-shouldered dreadnought (mic'd)
Rhythm Guitar: PRS SC 245
Lead Guitar: Fender Eric Johnson Signature Strat (with USACG neck w/6100 SS frets)
Amp: Atomic AF12 - D Luxe model (w/ screamer model for solo) and matched cab

strings
Acoustic - Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze 12-53 Light
Electric - D'Addario EXL110

Production Credits
* - Recorded at Orion Studios in Baltimore, MD by Joe Tracey & Mixed at New Noise Studios in Glen Burnie, MD by Justin Day

** - Recorded and Mixed at New Noise Studios in Glen Burnie, MD by Justin Day

All Tracks Mastered at Mobtown Studios in Baltimore, MD by Mat Lefler-Schulman

 

[Mincer]

Great to see the breakdown. I don't ever keep notes on what I use- lots of times I am figuring it out in the moment, and I don't have a lot of time to write it all down. It is really useful to have, though, especially if trying to replicate the sound live.

 

[ErikH]

Very cool vibes in those songs. Good mix. I like it.

 

[ver]

I thought that was a lot of fun! Very Stones-ish vibe, I think Wattage would really dig this.

I can hear your reference to the Stones vibe. I listened to "All This Time" and was also thinking Georgia Satellites. Might be the vocals. I enjoyed it. Well done tone4days !

 

[Erlend_G]

Cool

sounds great.

Makes me happy to see (hear!) when people get around to do actual recordings. .

Congrats!

 

[solspirit]

Very cool, congratulations.

I hear a lot of influences, Petty, Stones, Dylan, Springsteen. I like it.

 

[Aceman]

Hey Bill! I've been away for a stint myself. Looking forward to giving this platter a spin...

Remember this?

 

[tone4days]

Hey Bill! I've been away for a stint myself. Looking forward to giving this platter a spin...

Remember this?

Hey Dr Bob ! Good to see you .... I do remember ! That was a fun hang! Hope you and yours are all safe and well.