Recent content by paulman77

What TripleM said. This is a really rocking performance. It's just dampened by the mix. The only thing I might disagree with TripleM on is about the vocal being too edgy. If anything, the mix needs a little more edge in the right places. The low and low mid frequencies are fighting, and...

I think I might burn this to a cd and listen to it on my drive home from work every day. Traffic makes me want to hurt people. This tune makes me want to do good things for everyone I meet. Nice playing, nice recording.

Thanks guys. I'm going to be honest, I really don't have a clue when it comes to mixing acoustic guitar, and by "mixing" I mean just making the track sound good even on its own. I'm going to study up on that. I thought on this one I had a happy medium where they were thick enough for the intro...

Thanks in large part to some tips from andrushkiwt, I cleaned up Dirty Games. It's a vast improvement over the last version I posted. I think this is about done. Please let me know if you disagree. Or agree. That's cool too. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1q3bgtkYyakWkktNlhQU1FEX1U

Finally I have a chance to listen to this loud and comment. Sorry it's taken so long. It sounds great, as usual. I really wonder if it's your amp sims or how you mix them that makes them sound so much better than mine. I really need to look into Amplitube. My only criticism should be taken with...

So the high end was missing on the second one as well? That's strange. I'll have to investigate that issue. I usually have the opposite problem with that mic - excessive high end that I have to tame (it's the detail I get that makes it worth it). I thought that maybe the first time had something...

Sounds good! I'm not really neurotic about it, just critical. If I wasn't critical of my vocals, I would never have gotten to the point I am now. As an Army bandsman, I became accustomed to being ripped to shreds as a musician and becoming better because of it. The day I passed my audition to...

Thanks Nola! It's just new to me, this screaming a whole song thing. I've always loved the Pixies, but up until now my own screaming has been contained to short bursts. I've been wanting to cover a Pixies song, but haven't decided which one. I know I can do Where Is My Mind, but if I'm going to...

No, I'm just extra sensitive as to how to cover up the flaws in my screaming. What I sent you was dry. I only mixed it experimentally to see if I thought the performance could work (hard to tell on a dry vocal), but I sent it to you dry. Actually, the first time there was a compressor while...

Robus is right about the tempo changes being abrupt. I put on the original to compare (I hadn't heard it in years), and the tempo gradually speeds up. Yours goes from one tempo straight to a faster one. I don't know how you program a DAW to do that, so it's not like I could do it better. I try...

Now that I'm seeing people mentioning the distorted guitar with the descending line, I realize I never mentioned it myself. I love it. It sounds great. The level is perfect. Could the tone be different? That's a matter of opinion. Personally, I'm fine with it. That is all.

Hmm. I'm wondering if maybe I should have used the 57 instead of the Avantone. That way I could have gotten closer to the mic and gotten less room sound (my current situation is far from ideal for recording vocals). I found in my experimentation with the vocal (I had to play with it while Bubba...

The descending line is what reminds me of The Band. I still hear it a couple of times around 1:15, along with the Mellotron-ish melody. If this were my song, that part would be the rug that ties the room together. It sounds important, anthemic. For a part like that to start the song and then...

This reminds me of The Band, Smashing Pumpkins, and Lou Reed all in one song. I love the descending thing that repeats at the beginning. I'd like to hear that somewhere at the end too. The mix sounds great to me. I can't hear anything I'd change about it.

Very nice! I was thinking Fleetwood Mac too, before I read the comments. I love the lead vocal sound. It's pretty much perfect. The bass drum is too prominent, I think. I feel like if I'm hearing the details of the bass drum sound through the music, it's too much. And I feel like the drums are...