Recent content by Dusty Ol' Bones

Nice mix. I like how the vocals come through. Cool thing with the drums at the beginning. Track edits were interesting. If I may ask, which accent do your hear? The OP is from my neck of the woods and down here, we don't have accents.

I'm a little skeptical about buying large ticket electronic items from Amazon. One time I paid $100 for a new SM58 and did not know it was counterfeit until receiving a surprise $100 credit from Amazon and an email telling me the mic was not authentic. I dunno if I would drop several hundred...

A few months ago I invested in a HP mobile workstation laptop running Windows 11. It has two usb-C ports and two usb-A ports, an HDMI port for the extra monitor. It came with 32 GB of RAM but I think that is expandable to at least 64, maybe more. Came with a 1 TB SSD and an expansion space, so I...

I don't know if I did this right but I had to reduce the gain of the guitar track like 20dB just to be able to hear the vocals in my headphones. Currently, I don't really care what anyone thinks of my vocals, I just made up some quick lyrics. If anyone likes the lyrics, you are free to record in...

Yes, after the discussion in the other thread, moving forward I probably won't be adding compression during tracking. At least not for vocals. I'd like to be able to adjust or undo it afterwards. Thank you for posting the video. That was great. Imma have to watch it again and take notes. I...

Thank you, I just looked up sort of a basic definition of parallel compression. Something about duplicating a track, compressing it, then blending back with the original track. I will experiment with parallel compression on this mix as I practice to redo the vocals. I really do think I can put...

Yes, I compressed while tracking. I use a UA Volt 476P interface, which has an 1176 type compressor. The compressor has three settings: Vocals, Guitar, and Fast (drums). So I engaged the vocal compressor on vocal track and guitar compressor on guitar tracks. I also added a touch of LA2A...

Thank you. My bandmate wrote the music for this one and he knows a little theory as it pertains to guitar. I'm a guitar hack that likes to write words.

I understand what you're saying about training for better vocals. Everyone starts at white belt. Thanks for explaining your concepts in terms that I can understand. I'm no longer baffled by what you were saying. I will definitely begin working on these items as well as expanding my resources of...

Thank you for your detailed assessment. I agree that I make amateur music and I appreciate posters like you offering honest feedback to help me change that. Please forgive my deficits in vocabulary. When you say sing over the bar, do you mean bar as a unit of measure? Or is it being loud enough...

The wheels are in motion to redo vocals. Might take a week or two as I have some other non recording stuff going on at the moment, which is fine because I'll be able to practice vocals more.

Thank you, I see what you're saying. The song is two years old and I practice it on guitar all the time. But, I did not get a lot of practice singing to the recorded track as opposed to singing with a guitar in my hands. I think if I go back to singing to the recorded track, I will get more...

Thank you for your comments. At the moment, I am looking at redoing the vocals. So I will definitely keep your input on my to-do list.

Thank you for your comments, I really appreciate it. I consider the song as having two vocal categories: the body verses and then the chorus/bridge part. With the body verses, I am kinda going for a Jack Johnson type vocal sound at least from his first couple of albums. He has a softish voice...

Seems to me to have sort of a Tom Waits vibe. I like it.