Calling all drunks

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Kind of a sad feel to this one.
The guitar sound is very engaging.
Your vocal is very good on this one.
I like the different parts to this song, the chord changes are very interesting.
Another winner...........................now lighten up will ya?:D
 
very nice. Good guitar that I'd liked to have heard a bit clearer. The reverb kinda kills it when you get into the song. Straight down the middle with your vocals douesn't help much either.

Good song, good playing, good singing. Mix it up a bit. Personaly I'd put the picked guitar at 10 o'clock with the vox down the middle and put the acoustic struming the cords panned hardish left n right to fill it out slightly.

3rd listen...can't be bad. I like this a lot

Alec.
 
can you explain how this was recorded? vox and guitar done at the same time? one mic or two? I really dig this tune man.

Taking it down with a gulp and a shrug

Alec.
 
Thanks for the listen guys.
Lemon,I recorded the first guitar with a spaced stereo pair of mxl
603's,one at the 14 fret and the other on the lower bout.(about 12" away from the guitar)Both mics were run thru a presonus
blue tube,which Im sure you know is the highest quality mic pre
known to mankind.(NOT!!!!)Recorded with no eq,a little reverb @ mixdown and each channell panned slightly in oppisite directions.
The second guitar(picked) was recorded with one mxl 603 at the
14 fret,12" away,also thru the presonus.Recorded this one with some eq and comp.This guitar is "high strung" or "Nashville".
The vox were over dubbed.Avlex av 79 thru the blue tube with
some comp.Added some verb @ at mixdown.Everything was
recorded on a yamaha aw4416.
 
Sounds cool but the reverb is too much, sorry :(

The guitar sounds nice. Have you put reverb on it too? I think they'd sound better clean.
 
I think the vocal would sound cool with a little more reverb, kinda lonely like... But if you were to do that, id take some reverb off the guitars. I really like the sound of that high strung guitar. That chimey sound is great. I would also bring the other down a little bit in the mix, I think it clouds everything up a bit. I really like this song, and thats the most important thing. Good Job!
-Mike
 
I listened to a few tunes.

I REALLY like the sound you got on "D-A-D-F#-A-D".

You know any of those old "Nautical" tunes (Chord progressions)?
I ask because your voice (being unique as it is) seems like it would lend itself to that style very comfortably.

Pretty cool man
:)
 
I like all your stuff. Very earthy and real. It's nice to hear something that instantly puts pictures in your head and makes you daydream a bit.Looking forward to more... Nice comment Hevy !:cool:
 
I'd love to hear a little more "chest" in the vocal - It's very clear, but seems quite thin in realtion to the guitar...

I tend to agree with others on the verb thing - However, instead of turning it down, maybe strap a compressor on it and have it shave a dB or two off during the vocal parts so it can rise up again afterwards.

Now I need a drink...

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
 
SHEP,

Nice track! :)

I loved the sad guitars and slightly distant vocal on this. It's fitting for the subject matter to have a little less forwardness in the vox as you mixed it.

Well done!:cool:
 
Massive Master said:
I'd love to hear a little more "chest" in the vocal - It's very clear, but seems quite thin in realtion to the guitar...

I tend to agree with others on the verb thing - However, instead of turning it down, maybe strap a compressor on it and have it shave a dB or two off during the vocal parts so it can rise up again afterwards.

Now I need a drink...

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
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John,thanks for the listen.I think I sort of understand what you are saying,just not sure about how to do it.Could you give me some ideas?I think I have a lot better understanding of mixing
than I did a couple of years ago,but there never seems to be enough time in my day to really master it like I would like to.
Ghost,thanks for the kind words.If you have any input on different
approaches for mixing a tune like this,I would really like to hear them.My ears are just starting to get a grasp on how reverb makes things sit in the mix,so any help from those with more experience is always appreciated.
 
Massive Master said:
I'd love to hear a little more "chest" in the vocal - It's very clear, but seems quite thin in realtion to the guitar...

I tend to agree with others on the verb thing - However, instead of turning it down, maybe strap a compressor on it and have it shave a dB or two off during the vocal parts so it can rise up again afterwards.

Now I need a drink...

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
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John,thanks for the listen.I think I sort of understand what you are saying,just not sure about how to do it.Could you give me some ideas?I think I have a lot better understanding of mixing
than I did a couple of years ago,but there never seems to be enough time in my day to really master it like I would like to.
Ghost,thanks for the kind words.If you have any input on different
approaches for mixing a tune like this,I would really like to hear them.My ears are just starting to get a grasp on how reverb makes things sit in the mix,so any help from those with more experience is always appreciated.
 
Not sure on the mic, it may simply be a distance thing. It's not the "loudest" performance, so you could probably get pretty intimate with the mic (get the pop-screen ready and try to breathe quietly). It could add to the "personal" feel that is suggested in the lyrics, also.

If the mic is just generally thin sounding, try adding a medium curve around 120Hz a few dB up...

JS
 
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