1960's British Rock

[billhullett]

So I hope this is thro-Back enough (I know I am)

Take a walk down CARNABY STREET
https://soundcloud.com/illullett/carnaby-street-1

Thanks for the ears....Bill Hullett

CLASSIC 1960’s-style BRITISH ROCK INSTRUMENTAL CUES are needed by a Music Licensing Company with a long list of great placements in Film/TV. They’re on the hunt for Mid-to-Up-Tempo Instrumental Cues in the classic 1960’s Brit Rock sound of bands like The Kinks, The Animals, The Yardbirds, etc., etc., etc. Please listen to the following references to get in the stylistic wheelhouse of what they’re looking for: “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks
“We Gotta Get Out Of The Place” by The Animals
“Heart Full of Soul” by The Yardbirds

[funsongs]

So I hope this is thro-Back enough (I know I am)
Take a walk down CARNABY STREET
https://soundcloud.com/illullett/carnaby-street-1
Thanks for the ears....Bill Hullett

FWIW - I took a walk down Carnaby Street - the very same weekend that Blind Faith played their first open air gig at Hyde Park
(June 1969) -
I had to leave London only hours before the free concert, which was across the street from our hotel!!
Biggest bummer of that Summer!!

Okay - sorry for the trip down Seenyor Moment Lane... ..

What jumps out at me is the style and tone of that crispy, biting bass guitar. While McCartney played that Hofner with a very deep, thuddy, muted, round tone - to my recollection John Entwistle of The Who was one of the first to use that BIG BITE sound.
So my first a la comes from Who-ville!
To get there fully, you'd need the crazy drum roll-playing in the style of Keith Moon.

The guitar FX brought to mind "Green Tambourine"-vintage stuff.

All that to state - while the composition and all the playing sounds great, it doesn't hit me as
being of that time period.
Perhaps if you experimented with a dull bass, and go to an electric 12-string thing?
Just a thought.

You're such the expert at getting those great tones on your recordings... always dig that part!
Hope that helps, Amigo.

[billhullett]

Hi Peter....Thanks for the ears and thoughts.... Here was my take on the listing....

If I'm reading right we're talking about 1965-1968 British pop?... So I tried to include elements of all the alas and others from the same gene pool...I was thinking My Generation on the Bass sound and playing a bass intro is very Animals..so at least we were on the same path there... of course the raspy teles are Kink era guitars... and the galloping acoustics are yardbird like Heart Full Of Soul...... the melody in the chorus is an Electric Sitar which is my 1960's secret weapon.(you have to wear a paisley shirt when you play it)

The question is what do you get when you cross THE WHO, YARDBIRDS, ANIMALS and THE KINKS

A Kinky Yard Animal....That's Who!!

Maybe the combination is less than pinpoint?? greater than??....I don't know...I get nuts trying to second guess the screeners...Maybe someone else will weigh in too

Thanks
Bill Hullett

[funsongs]

You just might have something there with Kinky Yard Animals.

[Casey H]

All that to state - while the composition and all the playing sounds great, it doesn't hit me as being of that time period.

Hi Bill
I have to agree with funsongs here. The track is very well written and played but doesn't at all remind me of the era and/or the reference tracks. I hear some "You Really Got Me" MELODICALLY in the riff, but that's not enough. It really has to sound from top to bottom (composition, production, etc) like it could live on the radio along side those reference tracks in the 60's.

it's a great track though and could fit other listings. But as is, not this one.

Good luck!
Casey

[lesmac]

Hi Bill, sounds groovy.

Don't know if its part of the brief, I did a quick A/B of the ref tracks and
they sound more mono and a little less bright than Carnaby Street.

[billhullett]

Thanks guys........back to the British salt mines Bill Hullett

[bobporri]

Bill,

Seeing you're entering the salt mines again on this anyways, while your at it....

This is a great track (for me) most of the way through. From 1:10 to 1:40, it seems to ramp down quite a bit from where it was and where it ends up, maybe where it should be building. I'm just saying that those 30 seconds sound sort of like intro while the rest of the song really cooked nicely. Just sounds like it needs something else to liven that area up.

That said, I don't think submitting this to that listing would be the worst thing you could do (even though I basically agree with some of the other comments about the style). You would hopefully get a little feedback from the screener and who knows.

Bob P.

[billhullett]

Thanks Bob. Good food for thought

[megeath]

Nice piece! Very impressive! I'd say little more energy / different sound in the drums, and see if that changes it. I was just listening to the Who 'Can't Explain It' track, that's a different sound then you have.