Satchwood's "Within Without"

[Tangled Wires]

Heavy stuff Tommy and I am very jealous of those guitar tones (and your playing!), they are out of this world.

I thought your vocal was very strong, and it sounded higher in the mix than some of your previous songs, perhaps a sign that you are becoming more confident with your voice, and like the distorted chorus which contrasted really well with the verses.

Really pushing the Micro BR to its production limits, the quality of the mix is outstanding.

Going back for a second listen now.

[Gritter]

Helluva song Satch! You ROCK indeed! Some parts remind me of Rush...this is epic!

[Ferryman_1957]

Awesome Tommy (as you might say over there). Great songwriting, lots of clever different parts and the whole thing twists and turns and draws you right in. The guitar is great from the off and I quite liked the distorted vox (but then I like lots of production tricks). This is a very well constructed piece that shows how you are maturing as a songwriter. I like the word play in the lyrics as well, you have created a great sounding lyric that fits the song really well.

Excellent, really enjoyed this!

Cheers,

Nigel

[cuthbert]

Heavy sound, Tommy!  You do get some thoroughly amazing tones.

I think the distorted vocals work pretty well...it reminds me of a bit more of a prog Guided By Voices. I like it!

[Vanncad]

Hey Satch - I love that guitar tone too!

I like the vocals. Wasn't quite sure at first, it gives it a kind of a rock/punk sound (ala Iggy Pop).

Good tune man! One of your best I think.

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Hi Satch, another great "Rocky" sound with great playing we now all expect to hear. The vocals work for me adding yet another dimension..........Willie

[Satchwood]

Thank you for the comments Song crafter friends!!  

This song is a fun one using my Les Paul deluxe exclusively for all the rhythm parts.  On the heavy parts i panned 2 different rhythm recordings full left and full right, as if 2 different guitarists was playing live in my virtual band lol.  That really makes for a full sound doesn't it?   And then, of course,  i put the bass right smack in the middle.  

I'm also find that my LP records quite nice for rhythm sections; must be the humbuckers, with the toggle in the middle.  I had them replaced with super hot ones when i was a kid, but never kept the original mini-humbuckers that came with the guitar....dang it...  (the old pups gave me 'way' 2 much unwanted feedback when cranked).

I agree, that i do have a strong sounding rhythm in place;  now i gotta get my vocals and solos back up to par...  

btw i did intentionally want to have a clean sounding vocal over a clean sounding guitar verse, and a slightly distorted vocal over the distorted guitar chorus parts....to hopefully add to the theme of the song and the question/response lyrics that i wrote.   The lyrics in the chorus are supposed to be pounding a thought thru the head of the singer in the verse, until he finally grasps it in the last verse of the song  :~)

[AndyR]

Rocking stuff - big fat guitar sounds

And you can put me in the camp of liking the distorted vocal...

I like the contrast of clean-verse/distorted-choruses. Possibly the contrast in the vocal is too great - mainly in the jump from verse one to chorus one. Once you've been through it once you don't notice. If you decide to do anything about it, I'd suggest looking at roughening up the verse vocals ever so slightly rather than calming the chorus ones down

[Nelson]

Great job Tommy.
Your songwriting is really improving, as well as your vocals.
Your guitar work is, as always, top notch.

The intro and the rhythm, KICKS ASS, Tommy.

Well Done, my man

Nelson

[Bluesberry]

Just catching up with this wild train ride.  Wild full on rock.  Very original sounding, lots of nice variation.  Possibly one of your best, hard to tell, you always do up such quality songs.