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My new band HydroElectric has just released our debut single called "Cut Me Down." You can check it out here: www.hydroelectricmusic.bandcamp.com. I'm using a 4001 v63. Hope you like it. We rock out like Motörhead, I mean Hawkwind;-[)

Great to hear this. It does sound like the guitarists run the show, though. I have BTDT. Can you get a mix with the bass and drums higher up where they belong?

As an aside........we used to have a band in Vancouver BC in the mid 60's called the Hydro Electric Street Car..........everybody called them Hydro Electric. Our electric utility company was called British Columbia Electric which evolved into BC Hydro and Power Authority in the early 60's. Now it's just called BC Hydro. Obviously that's where they got the name from.

Jeff are you saying that guitar players don't or perhaps shouldn't run the show? You're a typical bass player.

Me? Typical?

I have to agree with Jeff. But I dig your sound. This takes me back in a way, as I hear some nostalgic and trippy sounds in your style. Very cool.

Thanks for taking a listen. This is the final mix. I wish I could be louder, but the guitar player's sound is so full it cuts into my frequency range. We went back and forth on mixing it different but this is where it ended up.

Bro, it's not really about what they want, but what the tune needs. There is a reason that rock music and rock bands have bass players. When you remove them to this extent it becomes obvious why the "Bass" is supposed to be there in the first place. I liked the tune and your work. You have to make it clear that the band will suffer without a strong showing from you and the drums. Just my opinion Bro. Mark