"Monsters, Inc." original

[Satchwood]

Wow Ted, impressive track !!! - Great job here all around - catchy lyrics & oh so true !!!

[Ferryman_1957]

Probably overdoing it, but I used my Bass Xciter into my B2 (Patch d0, in case you're wondering) and then a little MBR reverb.

No, not overdoing it at all. It sounds great. I like the look of those Xciters - feel a little GAS coming on.....

BTW, thansk for the lyrics. Satirical and funny, extremely clever indeed. If I had a hat, it would indeed be off to you right now.

But a minor point, I think the panning needs some work.................... 
Cheers,

Nigel

[Geir]

As for Tom Petty, I confess that I referenced Runnin' Down A Dream when I was working on this song.  You were going to rat me out if I didn't fess up, weren't you, ORH?

cant say ive heard that one lol, but ted this is freakin awesome. and like you i found cracker first before backtracking to cvb.
my nom de plume is in part a tribute to cracker and to rbert wyatt

from cracker album old kerosene hat
and robert wyatt album oldrottenhat

I found Jemima's Kite first ... then my boss found them .. and now I have 11 cvb/cracker CD's in front of me that I borrowed from him

putting it on my mbr .. and maybe sending you some guitar back .... but I'm sure you'll get more that one offer on this one !!

That would be amazing.  The other version is only about 15 seconds longer with no fade-out, and a big Rock ending.  It's a hair over 5MB, but I could e-mail it to you or any other willing screechers.

Please do ... my email is in my profile !!

[Dmann]

nice production

[Ted]

As for Tom Petty, I confess that I referenced Runnin' Down A Dream when I was working on this song.  You were going to rat me out if I didn't fess up, weren't you, ORH?

cant say ive heard that one lol, but ted this is freakin awesome. and like you i found cracker first before backtracking to cvb.
my nom de plume is in part a tribute to cracker and to rbert wyatt

from cracker album old kerosene hat
and robert wyatt album oldrottenhat

I feel as though I've found a kindred spirit!

When Cracker had their hits in the 90's, my head was almost exclusively into African music so they passed me by completely.

Just about two years ago, before we were officially engaged, my girlfriend (now my wife) had me rip a few old CDs that she hadn't listened to much, and put them on my PiePod (on July 31, 2007 per the "Date Added" in PieTunes).  One of them was Kerosene Hat.  We were on a road trip.  The songs were shuffled in with a bunch of other artists.  Occasionally, we'd hear a song we really liked.  The one driving would ask, "Who's this?"  The other one would check the PiePod, and every time it was Cracker.

So in two years I've acquired the entire Cracker catalog.  They've pushed aside a few old favorites and have become one of my favorite bands ever.

Cracker and CVB came through Flagstaff last year and put on a great show.  We saw Cracker again a couple of weeks ago in Tucson at a music festival.  They only played for an hour, and without a keyboardist. (Just gloating there.)

Coincidentally: Looking at my PieTunes, I see it was also on July 31, 2007 that I recorded an acoustic demo of Monsters, Inc.

[Oldrottenhead]

there is no getting away that we are influenced by everything we see and here, ive been watching the disney channel with the girls, better not go near my mbr.

[Geir]

there is no getting away that we are influenced by everything we see and here, ive been watching the disney channel with the girls, better not go near my mbr.

AND TAKE THE BATTERIES OUT OF THE DS !!!

[lg]

I must admit that I am now addicted to this song....
Gotta have my daily fix.
AWESOME song.

LG

[launched]

I let this one mellow for a few days before I had another listen. And one thing comes to mind after hearing it again:

Solid!!!


Excellent job, Ted!!

[Ted]

launched: Thanks!  I thought I could kick this song out in a weekend, and it took me almost two weeks of tinkering--especially with the drums.

Although the bass was recorded early on, I didn't add it to any of the bounces.  I wanted to be able to mix it just right at the very end.  However, I made sure that I could always hear the bass and drums when recording the guitars and vocals.

It wasn't easy.  Sometimes I felt like I was playing with one of these puzzles, except with v-tracks:

LG: I like the idea of someone being addicted to one of my songs.  Listen daily. Multiple times if necessary.  Let it destroy your career and your marriage.  My ego doesn't care, as long as you keep listening.