Country Dirt Kid

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Here is a rough mix. The song is entitled Country Dirt Kid. If you could kindly listen and put up some ideas I would be thankful. Hopefully my studio will burn to the ground before I can make a final copy. As always thanks for you replies!


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damn I wonder what happened to the end of the song? It got cut off somehow.
 
hey Tj

I like the way the 2 guitar trax worked together.
Some spirited guitar work near the end.
I wonder what happened at the end:D
Good effort.
 
Another opinion

I liked the way the guitars tracked against each other--when there was something going on with both tracks! When one guitar would drop out its VERY distracting and it takes away from the song. I would give up a little of the separation to make sure there is always something in both channels. The playing is nice--a couple of timing errors in the picking a few times but it's a heck of lot better than I can do. That is some nice pickin'.

Now to the vocals. Your voice is nice, but you do more talking than singing. I think the piece might benefit from blending the mix a little more and using a little more melodic flowing in the vocals. Take it from a story piece to a singing piece--just another way to think about doing it.
 
sloop- thats interesting I never thought of it that way. I didnt realize that it sounded like I was talking. Thanks
 
Interesting stuff with the 2nd guitar there. Your stuff hovers on the edge of traditional roots music, but there's always a twist or two in there that keeps it from being too "normal" (which is cool).

Boy, that second guitar is kinda dying to be a mandolin, don't you think?:)

Maybe a banjo too...

Very cool song. Good, no-frills production. Works for me. Your stuff is becoming some of my favorite here.

Just curious - what's your mic/pre chain? Your vox are very smooth and don't have that harshness in the upper mids I always seem to get.

Chris
 
hey thanks. Im using the sm-81 for guitar and the NTK RNP combination for vocals. The NTK is nice but you have to let it get hot. Im using natural room verb only because I'm not happy with my reverb "TC m-300" Im tired of this song already so Im glad that its almost done.

Thanks for the listen
 
cool song! I was almost hearing a heavy version in my head.. the changes @2:45 were strange and the guitars came in too loud imop.. you can also hear the edits..
 
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