@Bill Saunders - Thanks Bill greatly appreciated, funny there are a few that loathed this genre, you're right
@montydog - That sax fits in really nicely, very grateful indeed to him, 'twas very satisfying to be able to realise the vision for this one. I just missed Kool from Kool and the Gang, as much as I really didn't like them at the time, they seem to 'make' this kind of song.
Really appreciate your comments about the production, that means a lot to me.
The more times I step out of my comfort zone with a different genre, the more I respect each one, and the more I dissect the techniques behind getting the sound (I really respect the Producers behind getting the sound - how brave must they be!) the more revealing it is, for example how to get this bass guitar right in your face, yet allowing everything else to have it's own space, and have that snappy punchy snare, when those 2 things are in your face, you have to move a lot sideways and up or down (frequency wise)
The snappy snare was done by adding a clap at the same time as the snare hit (did you spot it?), which changed the perceived frequency of the snare, then compressed both with a Waves Puigchild (Fairchild 670), you would really miss it on this track.
(Sorry to those of who know this stuff already)
The other thing that was necessary is a well documented production technique that avoids 2 (or more) instruments playing in the same frequency range at the same time, there's a natty free plugin called scan, which shows you which frequencies your track is using, then you decide to EQ maybe the low bits out, either by a High Pass filter (which chops out the Low frequencies completely, a bit like turning up your tone control on your old Dansette record player to full treble) which makes the track sound really thin and frankly awful when played by itself, however when you apply a Low Pass filter (which chops out the High frequencies completely) to the other track, it makes this one sound really awful in a bassy way (Dansette to full bass), but when you bring together they don't clash at all, and when there's a load of other things kicking off in the song then no one is any the wiser, Stanley....
Anyway Bill thanks again, and to be honest I'm a bit frightened of tackling Heavy metal, '60's (all on my list...) but relishing the thought of Punk, I want to do a Pistols type thing, full of energy, but where to get a singer? can anyone help?
Hope this helps
Rich