a year older

[jeap]

hi i participated last summer and it was a lot of fun!



now i am a year older and i decided to warm up the recording crap again.



its mostly first takes or the first takes that didnt have HUGE errors.



i got some new crap and did the doings a little differently...



i wanted to see if the final sound would turn out listenable! i think theres a little part thats listenable.

http://www.nowhereradio.com/vanishingmist/singles

 

[participant]

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56463

 

[jeap]

hey!



hey!



i hope youre not blaming ME for the cheapie preamp thread...



one of the greatest threads in forum history...

 

[boydrj]

Hey Jeap -- haven't seen you around here lately (hell, for that matter, I haven't been around much either)

I've always dug your stuff. Very original and inventive. I really like this, kind of has a real lazy feel to it that sounds good in the morning.

I would like to hear your drums a little more out front. They are a bit drowned out by the guitar. By the way, how are you miking the kit? Just curious...

Not a bad tune. It has that certain "quirkiness" that fits many of your tunes which I like!

Thanks for posting, man!

 

[lynx]

Definitely quirky, I liked it a lot.

You had me rolling with the line, this could be something great with more lyrics in there.

 

[jeap]

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!!!



uuuuh yeah!



i have completely given up the pretense of singing for the time being!!!



its kind of a religious theme right? but not offensive to anybody?



hey! i spent a lot of time making the guitar level just right so youre freaking me out by saying its too loud. i made a special attempt and tried very hard to make sure that it wasnt too loud!!!



the drums are done by putting an sm57 in the vicinity of the set and pointed away from the set and a AT kick mic inside the bass drum. i like the way it turned out except i kept my foot too heavily on the hihat pedal which i did last year too so i have to try to remember not to do that. let the hihats move a little next time.



thank yous for the kind words lynx and doctor j.



i didnt want to make it longer with more words this is just a way to show off on guitar. somebody is supposed to say i am a good guitar player!!!

 

[boydrj]

You're a good guitar player!

 

[jeap]

ooooooooooooooooooh



ooooooooooooooooooh



you really think so??

 

[powderfinger]

i actually really like the drum kit sound........that one cymbal has a bit too much high end sparkle i think.........i like the tripped out vibe going a lot..........

really cool jeap.....good to have you back

 

[jeap]

im sure glad i rated this 5 stars before somebody else rated it 1 star cause it would



have been a bummer to see only 1 star!



a cymbal??? i tried to hit the crash at the end but i muffed it ha ha ha you cant even hear it.



you must mean the cabasa thing which is metal beaded thing on a ribbed metal thing on a stick. i put that on offbeats to give a sophisticated worldbeat feel. i loaded it up with reverb too. too much jizz?



i am going to try to make the hihat sound better and maybe turn the drums up on the next one cause i like the way theyre turning out with this weird mic technique.

 

[participant]

Ok jeap

Seems like there are some timing issues in
here

The snare sound is not unlike a typewriter sound... guitar playing
is O.K.. leads are fine, but maybe mixed too loud. This needs better
drums. Not bad for being away for so long.


Chad

 

[jeap]

huh!



i would like to see your typewriter that sounds like my snare.



if i didnt have timing issues i could be a drummer!



i forgot to do my hihat pattern on the intro but then i remembered and switched. it was the first take and when i listened back i liked the snare sound so much i kept it. really close to my ideal snare sound. i dont like the hihat sound tho i had my foot on the pedal too hard.