A tune about corporate religions ...

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This is a headphones mix, so certain level relationships might be off:

Just Like You

In particular, does the lead vocal sound "clean" (meaning no distortion or grain)? All comments about anything are warmly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Best,

Kev-
 
I'm listening on headphones, but it sounds pretty nice here Kev.....vocals are clean on these...and the sounds are nice and full. Great bass for this song.

I like it....:cool:
 
Thanks bud! Still ...

I finally got around to listening through speakers ... and though the phones sounded good -- and serve a useful purpose, this was a brutal reminder that it isn't until you get things through those stupid telling boxes that you don't hear things in true perspective.

Funny thing is, once you've got them working well through the various monitor sets, the sound through the phones improves immensely, and you wonder, "Why couldn't I just get it to sound that way using phones?"

Well, T-boomers abound around me here ... so it's time I shut the systems down and pull the plugs until they pass.

btw ... the new version is up on the link above. I fixed quite a few things, and punched it up a bit. Oh, and this was a funny tune. I'm a keyboard player. I played guitar and bass on this ... no keys. The keys, appropriately, were played by the guitarist ... my late great friend, Mr. Mark Crumb. He also did all the lead guitar work. I did only the rhythm parts. This was the last tune we did together before he passed on.

Best,

Kev-
 
Sounds great. I'd bring up the rythm guitars a bit. It sounds like the vocals might be too loud, but that might be because I find the rythms too low. Drums and vocals sounds good. Good job, man.
 
Hey Kev, that lead vocal sounds just filthy. Heh jk. It sounds good, not grainy at all. I like the breakdown at 2.15. I was expecting you to follow up with a eeoww! during the break. I agree with Rami I'd like to hear the rythym guitars up a couple of notches. Old school RnR, gotta love it
 
Hey K- ... I agreed w/ Rami too, and I brought the whole band a little more forward -- which made the vocal drop into the pocket a little more, dried the vocal effects a bit etc ... and you know the drill well ... :D

New version posted, I think I'm closing in on it, because of the nice folks who hang around these places.

Thanks Rami!

Best,

Kev-
 
The vocal seems a tiny bit loud at the beginning, but slides into the pocket (as you say) after the first verse. Overall a "hot" tune - reminiscent of some Molly Hatchett or other Southern Rock I've heard.

No grain on the vocals, why are you asking - mic, pre-amp issues or clipping, just wondering?

Love the background ahhs... :D
 
Yeah, I -

The preamp feed into my compressor was overloading a circuit, and I've had the dickens of a time trying to get it hot just right whilst not sending the signal into clipping.

Everytime I hit the mic hard ... it would clip.

At first I thought I might have been feeding too much into the mic, and was overloading it, but I narrowed it down to the pre -- which feeds at +4 and the compressor ... an RNC which accepts at -10 ...

... hence the clip problem.

I think I've got it right, but I would like a little more warmth. I think the timbre is okay for this tune, but I've still got some playing to do before I arrive at my optimum output.

Thanks for the comments!

Best,

Kev-
 
I think I know what you mean...

Dr. White:

I listened thrice in the HD 280s and thrice again in the big speakers. There is an edginess to your esteemed vocal on the first "I had" at 24-25 seconds. I really didn't hear it distinctly anywhere else in the song, but it's like it's right on the brink sometimes.

I like the vocal level. If it were any lower, I'm afraid the nice guitar riffs would cover it at spots.

Very well done, as usual! One other note: my almost 15 year old son, voted outstanding freshman in the Homestead High School Show Choir last year, and upon whom I rely to hear buzzes and rattles that my 57 year old ears can't detect, commented that he doesn't like the reverb on your voice. He felt it is too "roomy."

I didn't detect that. I doubt that it is reverb at all; some kind of flange or chorus effect?
 
He's right, G. Good ears on the guy. I put a short room verb on it w/ a subtle quick slapback ... earilier mixes had a longer verb. I'm not 100% sure that I love it myself. I may dry it up more.

That's why I live with what I do for a while before I call it cemented. If I continue to notice certain things when I listen, then ultimately I change it ... because I shouldn't notice it. The vocal, I believe, still needs a little "special something" ... the timbre sounds slightly on the thin side. The kick might be a little too prominent too ... because I've been noticing that lately.

I'll look into that phrasing ... you're right -- it sounds like an odd vocal recording glub ... I didn't catch it.

Thanks bud!

Kev-
 
Hey Kev, great rocking vibe on this...you got a perfect classic rock voice! To my ears, the vocals still seem a tad to much up front and the band, (specifically guitars during the verse) seem to be lacking just a bit.Very cool guitar solos. Cool lyrics.
 
I can't really hear the clean rhythem guitar over the bass drums and vox. Or, maybe that is an organ in the back ground. Sounds good, not really my style of music, but sounds good for this kind of music and it is very upbeat.
 
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