Recent content by Barr2674

I have a question that I've scoured all resources for, but cannot get an answer to. I finally caved in and bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago, after more than a decade of recording and mixing using an 8-track and different versions of Acid Pro. Basically, Acid Pro has a great (and hopefully...

Thank you! I've thought about trying some Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, but my piano skills are lacking. Thanks for listening.

Ack.....forgot to encode the spaces in the URL. That may explain why I've had no responses. :) Sorry about that!

I completed a new cover song over the weekend, and was hoping to get some feedback. You can listen to it at http://www.barr26.com/music/mp3/your%20move.mp3. I used a 12-string Fender, 6-string Odessa, and a Gibson Custom ES-339, along with a cheap Casio keyboard. I also created a YouTube...

The music is played well, for sure. The one thing that really stands out is the background noise. I use CoolEdit to remove line noise and Sony Acid 7.0 for final mixes, so I'm not sure what Audacity offers there, but you should really look into that. It sounds like it's being played on a very...

This is really good. About as professional sounding as you can get, really. I'm also a non-singer most of the time, so I don't mind listening to instrumentals at all. The drums are particularly good.

The bass didn't come out as sharp as I had hoped. I do have some drums towards the middle, but I don't have any to play, so I use some old-ish software to create all my beats. I wanted to keep them minimal for this one. But thanks for the feedback!

Thank you! I was aware that the song itself didn't offer a whole lot past the first verse, so I was kind of relying on the video to help it a bit. Usually, I take a bit more care into developing songs, but sometimes it's fun to just be spontaneous and get it done quickly.

Yesterday, I wrote and recorded this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQaYDs4jGZE It was kind of an impromptu recording session, but I had wanted to experiment with this kind of video for a while. I basically recorded myself playing six parts, used them as thumbnails, and alternate between...

The mix sounds really good, you have a nice balance to everything. It's really your first? Not bad at all. :)

Thanks! I've been doing the sketches for a while, so I have a lot more. Pondering other musical ideas now....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVADtvuYoN8 Not an original as far as songwriting, but this is a quickie I did for a recent cover album. I went into it thinking it'd be nice and simple, but some of the chords were a bit tricky (I play by ear). Here, I've combined the song with a few Pac-Man...

Thanks! I appreciate it. :)

hehe That's kind of what I was going for.....I had just finished blasting the other version (linked to it), and my voice was wrecked. I was having fun with it though, so I wrote the "new" lyrics on the spot and just recorded on an empty track.

Just wanted to drop a note to say I liked your cover. I do agree that your vocals are getting lost a bit here and there. I think that's the toughest part of mixing, keeping all the volumes controlled, even when there are spikes in certain instruments. It's taken me several years to get a...