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I was wondering if I got lucky on the last recording? We recorded this song this past Sunday. It sat on the table for quite some time while we pondered its worthiness for posting.

The song is by Keb'Mo named Perpetual Blues Machine. My wife, being the good sport she is, sings on this although its really not her style at all. She's a country singer (yikes :eek: ). It's the first time I recorded vocals as well.




Looking for recording feedback on guitar tone and overall mix.

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Hey Mike O - the link doesn't work - at least not right now....... :(
 
Sonicly it sounds pretty good to me. The guitar sound is great. Just a personal opinion but very few ladies can sing blues. They just can't growl if you know what I mean.
 
Very very nice guitar work. Your wife is a very talented singer too. Cool stuff.
 
Pretty cool. The lady can sing really well. Her singing sounds the same to me as some of the other singers I hear that are commercially produced.

I thought I heard country in there, then I saw your first post. I think this blues with slight country fusion is a really cool idea.

When she sings "Tell me why you wanna be so cold", she sound exactly like Jane Monheit to me. She has an overall Jane Monheit like voice. :)

"You had me hanging on your arm....." pretty cool. :)

I would definitely listen to this song over and over. Already listening the second time. :)

Pretty cool guitar playing. :) Blues on! .... Nah, doesn't jive well. Rock on!
 
Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts.

I got a few comments on other forums that the vocals needed to come up and they were thin (with a little advise on how to thicken them up). I'm sure this is nothing new for many of the folks here but I'm excited and up way past my bed time remixing the song. Let me know if it's for better or worse.

 
I listened to both, and I liked the first vocals the best. The second one had the vocals sounding as if they were in a reverbed bottle. The guitar was good on both, but I preferred the second version the best.

Your wife has a very good voice, and you play a good geetar. :)

Not all blues are growly either by the way. The blues is in the emotion, not the throat. :D
 
I agree with True here. The reverb cut the guts out of the piece. The guitar is sounding real good. Don't know if you can do much better with that. Nice playing. And the singing sounds good from here too.
 
I like the first one much better. It has a natural feel to it. :)

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Only to see if I'm improving, I'll guess: Does the second have a reverb on the vocals with a really short tail? Anyhoo, the processed sound in the second version sounds just not the right bluesy type. It doesn't strike the right mood, if you will. :)
 
I appreciate the feedback.......... The first mix feels like your sitting right in the room with us. On the second mix the guitar sounds better but the vocals lost the intimacy of the first mix. The vocals on the second mix (done a little better) would be more for pop songs.


Thanks for taking the time to AB listen.
 
Very nice, sweet, upfront, intimate mix. Your analogy is right; you're right in the room with you. Whether that is right for a full release is debatable, but the guitar is on the money. I might fatten the vox just a bit, push them a little more in the mix for a final.

Country and blues aren't too far apart, just tell her that she needs to be more pissed when she sings it. :) She is giving it a delicate treatment, and it's an angry lyric...
 
OK, listening to Mix 2 now... the vox are hollow and reedy from whatever the effect is. There's a disconnect between the vox and guitar now, since the gutar stayed clean... Mix one is a lot more touching for me...
 
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