I now GUARANTEE "This Beautiful Day" has some connection to the "Life" suite.

Beautiful Dancer is the song we deserve. F*ck yes.

Whatever Happened is AAAAAAAAAAH yes. Them harmonies.

On The Island is like Busy Doin Nothin

Half Moon sounds like our new Bdubs instrumental highlight

Our Special love is still awesome.

The Right Time is still fun.

Guess You Had To Be There isn't my cup of tea, but it sounds like some Sunflower Brian

Don't Worry is BDubs 88 back in full swing and I love it

Somewhere Quiet is trippy to finally hear

 I'm Feelin Sad is probably a highlight for me

Tell Me Why is my girlfriends favorite so far and i really like it

Sail Away... BLONDIE. This is Carl and The Passions doods

One Kind of Love is slowly growing on me

Sat Night is a radio hit in progress, can't wait for this to go big

The Last Song... my heart why this makes me cry as much as Summer's Gone.

Looking FU*CKING good guys.


I'm sitting here wondering how the hell Brian Wilson made Runaway Dancer in 2015. What?! WHAT!?! This is some real Brian here, doing what he wants.

Or maybe NPP will start sounding great after many listens to the whole thing.

But one thing for sure: If I heard "Our Special Love" on the radio, and didn't know it was a Brian Wilson song, I'd switch to another station as soon as Peter Hollens started singing.

Why? He's very good. Makes that song IMO.

Son of a gun... Never heard any affordable autotune that doesn't cause some noticeable EQ fudging... you got me! Nice work!

German TV coverage, Love & Mercy starts at 4:32.

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=49273

Few but interesting footage.

Did anybody save this video?  The site says it's no longer available 

Please tell me someone did, been waiting SOOOOO long!

Trying so hard to refrain from the clips--but you guys are making it awfully tough. However, I've played "The Right Time" about 100 times so far...

Just for giggles, just listen to Runaway Dancer and see what you think...

This album is gonna get slaughtered by the critics!

Oh yes. Because love you was slaughtered for being too "Brian Wilson" and too "weirdly creative"

Seriously? I know you're trolling but even a troll would know that's wrong.

To prove a point.... here's five versions of the exact same vocal lines I did. One of these has autotune, one of these has a different pitch correction unit, and the rest of them don't. How well can you *really* pinpoint this? Same reverb and compression are used to make it fair.

Which has the autotune?

One, two, three, four, or five? The answer may surprise you. And to REALLY throw you off, one is totally 'dry' apart from the reverb.


https://www.sendspace.com/file/4k90yp

Answers tomorrow...I'm very interested to see if anyone correctly guesses.

I'm going with 3 actually.
My reasons for guessing that may give it away though... But I can tell you I'm pretttttty sure that's the auto tune...

Uh guys, actually crying here. Best BW album of my lifetime? Most Likely. Runaway Dancer sounds like a contender for a new fav "weird" track

Edit: Let me back this up.
I love, I mean LOVE TLOS. Don't give me that guys, from what I'm hearing this is much more of the BDubs I love. Crazy, beautiful, and deep as the ocean when it needs to be.

I actually think the synths make this more Brian than anything else.

The guest singers and ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SOUNDING VOCALS will, from what I've heard, carry this above anything I've seen come from Brian in my time here on earth.

and again, that's not AUTOTUNE. It's a very modern (not in a good way in some cases...) style of mixing vocals. A cheap tactic to double track... Not much better, but it's not AUTOTUNE. I really dislike that...

What strikes me the most after listening to the previews of the songs, is the instrumentation and production.  It's a complete departure from the stuff he did before, in my opinion.  It literally sounds like he fired the entire band and hired a whole new one, then went out of his way to try and make it sound different than stuff he's done for the past 15 years.


And I like it.

I LOVE the sound they had before, but it was honestly getting old... It was time for some new stuff, and this hits the damn spot.

Love it. I'm currently taking classes on production. That sound isn't autotune, it's just a more modern style of mixing double tracked vocals. Works well for Al IMHO, I think it was also used on Postcard.

Just a note from someone used to album sequencing - "Our Special Love" sure sounds like it's cut from a transition... are we looking at a "flowing" album?

Close, 150ms delay on the track, I use it sometimes!

Very pleased with my answer, he seemed to go a little more in depth than I expected, I know he's saidd "Just do it...""...Write the song in one go" before... but this time I really feel it!

[Do you have any advice for the many young artists you inspire?]

Hey Brian! Can’t wait for the new album!

It seems you've been working quite a bit with newer artists, especially with this album, and thus opening up a new generation to your amazing music.

Do you have any advice for the many young artists you inspire?

When I met Brian, it was a very short and quiet encounter; really hoping to ask a question to my idol!

Young guy here, can't wait! Thanks Brian!

I'm still amazed to see it for real... it's on iTunes!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/friends-are-benefits/id956367959

A dream come true? Close enough

Edit: Anddddd everything else (Google Play, Amazon, Loudr...)

mikeleroymusic.com lists all the links right away! Thanks guys!

So happy you like it!

Past few days have been crazy with label stuffs... I think once "we" find a vocalist... I'm all set

Can't disagree! My work is currently being reviewed by a panel of industry marketers and labels... I can't say much, but I'm surprised by how high it's scoring and that the lowest section is indeed "Hit Probability".

Thanks for the harsh truth, no sarcasm here: it's valuable sometimes.

Thanks

Yep! Once the physical copies are released in mid January!

Thank you so much man... Really looking forward to more analysis!

About the vocals... I just can't push myself to do it!! I know one day... if I go into writing... I'll take the back seat like Bacharach and even Brian but... it's like.... letting someone get their hands all over your daughter to me It's hard!!

A quick update: I just submitted this album, specifically "She Loved Me" to Sire Records.

I don't expect anything... but maybe they'll see potential?   

Very good stuff- May I ask how you reached the high profile guys who commented on your work?! That's a real honor!

Thanks so much! Might actually bump those vocals up and push an update, yes, I'm doing that this time haha

[Friends Are Benefits]

A year and a half later, it's time to present:

Friends Are Benefits

They don't call it "falling" in love for nothing...
"Friends Are Benefits" is the story of a discovery, Relationships are important, but in the end your friends will always love you and be there for you.

Meticulously pieced together in the most coherent way,  yet short enough to be listened to at once; per request and advice.

I'm beggin you guys, please check this out, I've gone all in on this one. Physical/signed copies available soon.

Reviews/Impressions are VITAL and are the reason I keep this up.

...and please, enjoy.

https://mikeleroy.bandcamp.com/album/friends-are-benefits