What a great tune. Now you have me saying..."get thee lost."
HA! Thanx a lot. Yeah, I kind of like that phrase. It just popped into my head. I hope I didn't unintentionally rip it off from something else, but I don't think so.
I don't throw that lightly, he had a great way to approach the listener with the way he mixed and song construction. Its more of an attitude of perfect imperfection. Not comparing you to him so much as his style but from a mix listener point. After all this is a mix forum.
I'll take it as a compliment. He was a major innovator. Just putting my name in the same sentence is pretty cool.
I have actually been looking at this post for a few days and have put off listening to it because I was in a good mood, I am recording with the new gear for the first time tomorrow. I should have waited until Sunday to listen. now I'm depressed! the drums are killer, the snare/bass/guitar runs are off the hook. I love it. when I read the lyrics, I was thinking this is gonna be tough to pull off. I was wrong!
Ah, don't be depressed. Just keep things simple. I find most people CAN have great recordings, but they think they need to use way more trickery and gadgets than they do and that's usually what ruins recordings. Seriously, this is just a hobby for me. I do everything alone, and just have fun with it. Maybe that's the secret: Just enjoy it.
As usual, Rami, sounds great. Tight bass and drums. Great vocals. Maybe you tell the rest of us how to do it other than using the "talent" word. Sounds kinda "lo-fi," ....just kidding.
Thanx a lot.
There's really nothing to tell. I'm actually surprised at the positive feedback I get for my recordings. One bozo around here once thought he was insulting me when he said something like "We don't all have access to top of the line equipment and good consoles like you do", and it turned out to be a major compliment because I don't have access to anything that's top of the line either. I don't even have a "console". I have average mics (
Sm57, AKG c-1000s, etc...) going itno a TASCAM us-1800 going into REAPER. Pretty much what 80% of people here use, and far from "top of the line". I have a little bit of room treatment, but my floor is carpeted, which is far from ideal. There's really no secret to making good recordings. Tune your drums, learn your song, mic up your amp, learn your song, get good tones, learn your song, experiment with mic placement, etc...Oh, and learn your song before recording it. I really am surprised more people don't get better recordings than I do considering many people have way better equipment than I do and way more knowledge. I pretty much wing it all the way through. I really think it just comes down to practicing, sticking to tried and true methods, and keeping it simple. This ain't rocket surgery.
Thanx a lot guys.