"Trouble" --acoustic rock original

Rob, you have been putting out some remarkable stuff.
The bass is awfully pressure-y..especially on the Bbs...
Love all the guitars. Guitar on the right has an overriding frequency from the solo on...1800-2k? that the right side panning doesn't help.
The vocals are amazing.
Was recording an egg the other day. How did you get it to sound so clear? What mike/distance? I was using two, but that sounds like a single. Maybe that would clean mine up a bit more.
 
Since you pointed out that you dub in those harmonics, I'm hearing it. Great recording, playing and singing. I'm with B-H on that slide guitar on the right, a bit overbearing for me. Not much to say beyond that.
 
BroKen_H said:
Rob, you have been putting out some remarkable stuff.
The bass is awfully pressure-y..especially on the Bbs...
Love all the guitars. Guitar on the right has an overriding frequency from the solo on...1800-2k? that the right side panning doesn't help.
The vocals are amazing.
Was recording an egg the other day. How did you get it to sound so clear? What mike/distance? I was using two, but that sounds like a single. Maybe that would clean mine up a bit more.
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hi broken,
thanks for listening and commenting...

yes, that guitar part... i wanted really bright, clangy, metallic....
but i can fix that freq for sure.

the egg/shaker track,
honestly, i can't remember if it was an egg or a cabasa...
but either way, a single mic, about 4 feet away, with a compressor on the output of the mic pre, and then i just play with the levels until i hear what i want.

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PDP said:
Really good work. Excellent recording and production
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hello pdp,
thanks, i appreciate the comments
 
This is really amazing. I love the laid-back groove of this one.
To be honest commenting on the mix is not really my strength, so I'll tell you the other things I hear.
The backgrounds such as "None at all" sounded a little off to me. The rest of the vocals sound professional-grade, but not those. I think they need to be roughed-up a little or something. Less in-tune with each other, or an element of "spoken" (or whispered) rather than "sung".
I also wished there was a stronger downbeat to make the song a little more driving and offset the extremely laid-back feel. Either adding something like kick or making the guitar part louder on the downbeat.
Regardless, this was super good!
 
PDP said:
Really good work. Excellent recording and production
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thanks pdp! appreciate the comment. :cool:

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Robus said:
Since you pointed out that you dub in those harmonics, I'm hearing it. Great recording, playing and singing. I'm with B-H on that slide guitar on the right, a bit overbearing for me. Not much to say beyond that.
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alright robus, yes, about that slide, i'll be tweaking that for sure..
i really wanted it metallic and raw, tho, so i just need to carve that one freq....

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mixsit said:
Beautiful! Best I've heard in quite a while.
I'm envious :)
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that's really nice to say, mixsit, thanks!
 
Jessica_X said:
This is really amazing. I love the laid-back groove of this one.
To be honest commenting on the mix is not really my strength, so I'll tell you the other things I hear.
The backgrounds such as "None at all" sounded a little off to me. The rest of the vocals sound professional-grade, but not those. I think they need to be roughed-up a little or something. Less in-tune with each other, or an element of "spoken" (or whispered) rather than "sung".
I also wished there was a stronger downbeat to make the song a little more driving and offset the extremely laid-back feel. Either adding something like kick or making the guitar part louder on the downbeat.
Regardless, this was super good!
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hi jessica x,
thanks for checking it out and commenting!

the none at all lyric, check...
when i remix this, i'll try some different approaches on that, i want it to be clear and easy to understand,
but i like the idea of having it different.

i originally did do a loud whisper,
but that did not work.

but as far as percussion or drums,
probably not.

this was always envisioned as a 'heavy folk' kind of thing....

call it a 'lonely desert road' kind of vibe....!
 
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