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  1. jeffmaher

    Is this as bad as I think it is?

    There's something missing...like transient attack. Maybe that's the result of mid-scoop, like Sensei Gerg mentioned? The guits and bass sound good, but there's not much definition in the bass...no punch on the initial pluck; and the chug is there, but not effective....not loud enough..like it...
  2. jeffmaher

    Old fiddle tune (no fiddle) banjo and mandolin

    Yeah, Man!!! Love it. Wish I could roll it off like you do. I think you can get the slop in line with editing....like you said. Just an occasional bad trouble. Don't worry about sanitizing it too much, though. Leave some of the less blatant time flux for honesty's benefit...it's...
  3. jeffmaher

    Old Style Bluegrass

    Ahhhh...that makes sense. The part I'm missing from the sound is the bottom mini-tubbiness.....just what gets reflected foremost....right? TX!
  4. jeffmaher

    Country tune

    Bands are so wrapped in playing the parts right, they need someone at arm's length to put that producer hat on. Objectivity is the first casualty of performance-related involvement in the process. And a smart composer(s) will welcome the assistance. The dumb, egomaniacal ones......tell 'em...
  5. jeffmaher

    Country tune

    That was really good! Nice drum sounds and all around playing. Nice vocal. Good pitch. The weakness in the lyric was "Yes I do..." kinda lacked impact and affirmation of how much you really do love her. I'd explore a more unique and meaningful killer line for that. [country songs...great...
  6. jeffmaher

    No idea what I'm doing... Help please?

    A real good frame to hang a good record on. Made notes while listening: Pan: everything in the center....spread out the instruments....like you, the listener, are standing among or in front of the 'group'. Build: took a bit too long to add other instruments. Not enough 'body' in the...
  7. jeffmaher

    Old Style Bluegrass

    without reading other comments yet: LOVE IT! Real authentic ol' timey. And very good playing, mix, intonation/tuning on the instruments. Two things would put it over the top...I listen to a lot of B'grass...my latest 'jag'. 1-There was most often an obligatory measure or two extra on the...
  8. jeffmaher

    Need feedback on this unfinished song

    Boom and guts in the drums. Sounds like Ginger Baker's Disraeli Gears. Lower the big guit. Some reverb would be nice. The sound is 24'X36' American Garage. Especially on the drums. This is kind of an epic tune....the harmonic minor classical stain. Concert hall treatment might be nifty...
  9. jeffmaher

    is this mixed like a modern day record?

    I thought the drums held their ground even under the wankery! The lead guitar sounds really good in the upper registers....then, like you mentioned, the low end loses sharp focus, and blends like wet paint with the rythm gits. Some tweaking. Yeah, bass up. The meandering bass line in a...
  10. jeffmaher

    is this mixed like a modern day record?

    I thought the drums held their ground even under the wankery! The lead guitar sounds really good in the upper registers....then, like you mentioned, the low end loses sharp focus, and blends like wet paint with the rythm gits. Some tweaking. Yeah, bass up. The meandering bass line in a...
  11. jeffmaher

    Hohner Super 64 Chromatic Harp: warning!

    Intro duet: Maybe; but I almost always regret re-thinking stuff like that. The song is as it first played in my head. I trust the inner composer more than myself. I gum things up when I try to improve certain things. The flip-side of the unexpected duet is...surprise? What is 'alt'...
  12. jeffmaher

    Hohner Super 64 Chromatic Harp: warning!

    Thanks, Ray! I'm just foisting out the riot in my head...one tune at a time. Next is a string quartet...sorta as classically Bach as I can imagine. I love that stuff. Then...idunno...a hiphop beat. Word.
  13. jeffmaher

    Hohner Super 64 Chromatic Harp: warning!

    http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=825703 The various mixes of this tune at above addy. Thank you, digidoon. I try not to suck. :^)
  14. jeffmaher

    Hohner Super 64 Chromatic Harp: warning!

    SoundClick artist: Jeff Maher - page with MP3 music downloads I left the unfinished vox in [girl part is missing] with the instrumantal heads and solos ...easier to hear me struggle to pitch the harp down. So the tune is a little confused. I talked to a harp specialist. He says there are...
  15. jeffmaher

    DECENTER - Baker Street

    Yeah, what Maxi said. I think the prollum is that we have an imprint of the tune in our heads. The dynamic fold in the verses, and the changes, are really worn into brain grooves. But it's a real nice work. I usually don't listen at covers. But this one is a special tune. Y' done a good job...
  16. jeffmaher

    DECENTER - Baker Street

    That was great! The mix is a little muddy in the mids, I think...but fixable. One of my favorite tunes and composers. One thing...at 1:29 the bass plays the minor third [F] a lot...under what should be a D-7. It makes the chord sound like an F maj. Just patch in a D- bass figure or notes...
  17. jeffmaher

    Hohner Super 64 Chromatic Harp: warning!

    I spent a wad on this thing....I'd been doing a lot of MIDI "Toots Theilmans"-type work, and wanted the real thing instead. Well, the German-made harp is tuned to European A444. So if you want to use it, y' gotta start your recording at 444. A good player can use mouth 'English' to lower the...
  18. jeffmaher

    Old Song, New Drums, New Guitars - How's This Mix?

    OH YEAH, DAVE! New mix sounds real good....chills when I heard the intro. Gritty guitar! No nits. It is as good as it can be...without Jeff Lang at the 3,000,000 studio controls. Except... :^) at 2:38 the bridge changes become indistinct...a semi modulation or something. My ear couldn't...
  19. jeffmaher

    She's the one

    OK. Having not read others' comments: This one is chock full of unrealized potential. I love the tune. The melody is spot-on alt. The mix is burying the vox, though. Suggest: Cut the synth intro at about 10 seconds, and get right to the 1st verse...the first chord and swell really got the...
  20. jeffmaher

    bluegrass song..."Will You not Dance?"

    That's kewel, PI! I saw a vid of 'The Script' where the drummer played one with brushes....somethin' else I'll have to get.... :^) I finished the drums. I played the mix on the monitors for the first time last night: my ears are really getting bad. The mix sucks, but sounds right with the...
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