"Hit The Ground" a Hook original (on the Tres)

[Hook]

 A little bit of Tres indulgence. Wrote this yesterday and it took me all day to be able to play it through without messing up. Recorded in the car using the on board mics of the 008. I'm a bit disappointed in the Tres, the electronics are not working The pre amp lights up so it must be in the jack, perhaps I'll take it out and examine.
1 Tres/vocal (stereo)
1 Tres melody (stereo)
4 tres melodic additions (mono)

Hit The Ground

written & performed by Hook

When the words just aren't right
& you cant find the sound
& you step to the right
but the right side goes straight down

you fall & fall
until there's nowhere left to fall
& you never hit the ground

you missed your cue
forget your moves
your tongue twists and the beat is missed
now there is so much more to prove

you can count on me
if you can count on anything

The numbers don't add up
& you can't stay afloat
the balance isn't equalized
that's all she wrote

[Blooby]

Tres Indulgence

What a great name for a band.

I am liking this a lot, but the background tres parts I'm not sure of. They are very (tres?) cool, but I'm not sure if they detract from the great vocal (after the :35 mark or so). It's nit picky, but since we have broken bread together, I'll put it out there.

That's my kind of ending, by the way.

I know you are vexed about the preamp, but if you aren't planning on using this live, I think it records extraordinarily well.

Blooby

[SwanSong]

What a fun song so glad to have heard this
another marvelous creation . u r turly gifted Hook
thanks for sharing all of your talent and songs cheers NEIL .!!

[Groundy]

Sounds brilliant Hook,Love the Tres, as Blooby said if you are not using it live it records just fine..
Nice one well done......


Alex

[Geir]

Oh I love it !!!

Some really cool melodic moves on the Tres !

oh and I agree with Blooby, don't worry about the electronics, it sounds so damn good recorded the way you do it !

[Farrell Jackson]

Hook, on both of your Tres songs I've listened to, the picked beginnings of each takes my mind immediately to the 12 string start of California Dreamin' by The Mamas and Papas. Not that it's a copy but it has that sound. As others have mentioned, the Tres records excellently when it's mic'ed so if you can't fix the electronics it's no big deal.  I really like your latest songs vocals....it sounds like you're more at ease with your delivery and it comes across very well.

Farrell

[chapperz66]

A fine song.  Love the ending....

To be clear - I like the whole song as well as the ending.

Paul

[bruno]

Tres Bon (if I remember my French correctly), bro - great sound. I think on board pickups are always a compromise, so I prefer to mike. It may simply be a broken connection, so easy to fix - but who knows.
Tres Bon On. 

B

[Kenny B]

Dig this tune Hook ... great vocal and the cool bright sounds are perfect for this.

kb

[Redler]

WOW! Nice feel here! Clear production sounds so good!