It's Time U Faced It

[Farrell Jackson]

This song is tuned to 432Hz pitch instead of 440Hz. Why? Because it's the peaceful, pleasing sound of the earth's vibration and it's what I do when I get bored, lol. It's also the tuning that Mozart preferred but alas, I'm no Mozart.

Equipment: Small Marshall amp (mic'ed with a Shure SM57), Gibson LP guitar (Cry Baby Wah), Fender Squire Jazz bass direct to a Fostex VF160 recording console. Vocals captured with a Neumann TLM103 condenser mic. 

Credits:

Farrell Jackson - Songwriter and all instruments, vocals and mix.

Kevin Marcey (Buddrumming) - Drums.

[Johnbee]

I really enjoyed this.  Love the direction you take the melody and the background vocal harmonies.  All the playing is excellent.

  John B

[godinqc]

Really cool song, it had a 70's/Yes vibe to it .. Really good guitar solo with Wah ..
Great work .. if possible , I would have like to see the lyrics ..  I always like to read the lyrics as I'm listening to the song..
Great work.
 

[hardlock]

Nice uplifting rocker. Very enjoyable listen. Killer lead! Dig the outro as well.

[StephenM]

wow... this is amazing Farrell.... that intro guitars and after remind me so much of BTO... a band I loved to the moon and back... the vocals are just your greatness but this is a rocking track...

I liked your explanation on the 432 hz... maybe I will try that... lol... I would probably need a tutorial on how to tune like that...

I will need to hear this a number of times...

[thetworegs]

this put a bounce in my step this morning it must be that 432 tuning or rather the playing and great vocal me thinks great job Farrell {I read the drummer was Bud Rumming that made me look twice }

[Zoltan]

I hearing this in the car without knowing who it was. For some reason i thought some of those vocals might have been done by Mr Pipes. Not that i doubt the talent of Mr Farrell, but there were some moves that i thought were in the realms of Pipes.

The playing was handled with care and the songwriting is clever in the right places. There's a nicely vibey 70's - early 80's AOR vibe to the song. Real amps always rule (although with the introduction of Neural Amp Modeler i'm eventually liking direct tones too) and a mere mention of Gibson Les Paul makes me feel envious of having only a measly Epi.

There's something happening with the vocs. It's either the key, the melody whatever, but this is certainly among the best vocals i've ever heard from Farrell. Farrell is a good singer for sure and i've enjoyed all his band performances too, but this is next level in many ways imho.

The playing is also so cool. Perhaps i should steal that LP? Does anybody know if they do vocal chord transplants...?

I would like to go on a tirade against the tuning (it's gimmicky and like false prophet might lead fellow songcrafters in a fruitless search of sound that takes away from the songwriting), but turns out it's only my lazy ass who is against a change of anykind. So take that! (also a band).

I doubt even Beethoven would have heard the difference.

Great song, great vocals and cool playing. Get out of here you show off!

[TPB]

Smoking track brother from the playing to the vocals
Bravo Tim

[StephenM]

Does anybody know if they do vocal chord transplants...?

I think they do it with effecting?  this was a fun comment...

as for 432 hz... I think there is something to it... the one's I have heard, all 4 of them have a interesting vibe... I think they should subject plants to the songs and study it... I think they might grow different... it feels different..

[BerryPatch]

Great, catchy song Farrell! I love the guitar and bass especially. The "da das" definitely have a bit of a Yes vibe but this song has more of a late 70s power pop vibe. Cool solo too!