Friends, Romans, Country Hicks, Lend Me Your Ears

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Hey!!!
I gave a good review of Bottle of Wine, just did it on the wrong post....oops I did it again....
 
THe singer has a nice voice, and the song is pretty good.

THe overall sound is a little rough around the edges. I think the vocal is a tad too loud.

Funk on!
 
KING: You're now my official hero. Thanks for the inadvertent/on purpose plug of "BOTTLE OF WINE," the song on which my 12 year-old daughter, JAIMEE, sings so wonderfully!!!!!!

:D

ALIBISH - Man, after listening to the way you tracked your acoustics (i.e., PERFECTLY), I'm pretty sure you're right on the money about the boominess of that guitar on the right. I actually did that on purpose to try to add some momentum...Used my Rosewood backed acoustic...didn't EQ it (did that rhyme?). I Hope it didn't add mud. Good ear on the low end of the last line too...I actually had already notched the lows about -15db, because for some weird reason...the vocal just had been tracked super loud for the last line only. As for the remainder of your comments, I'm stuck with one stereo mix...(but check back later and see if there's a cool steel part added). You listened carefully...that's cool.

Powder- Have I mentioned that I like 'DRIVIN'??? Cool song! Thanks for the comments.

CYAN- I guess I can notch it between 2K-4K after all!!!! (note to self: make vocal disappear). Thanks for the listen.
 
Back From The Ashes!!!

Just wanted to update this by letting ya'll know that a guy named "Earl Foote" was cool enough to add some Pedal Steel licks to this song.

He sent me an mp3 of the steel track, and it sounded GREAT. Of course, there were some sync problems due to the file format conversions, and I've never tried to mix a steel in my life, (and I don't have the original tracks...blah, blah, blah...)

He told me this was just a test to see if I liked it (I did), so he wasn't expecting me to post this. (That's a disclaimer for Earl's benefit).


It's here:

www.nowhereradio.com/honestmango/singles

(If any of the steel sounds off, it ain't Earl's fault).
 
chris- sounds awesome......if there were any serious sync problems, i sure didn't hear them......he did an amazing job, it fits in great.......oh, the wonders of high tech colaborations.
 
Oh man...this is sweet. Earl is an ace, no doubt about it. Glad you guys could hook up.
 
Sounds really great!
The steel really makes it shine.
(Love that steel!)

You know I dig this song,just keeps getting better and better.

Very enjoyable!

Best to you,
Pete
 
Nice to hear someone playing guitar instead of just strummin.
steel Geetah ..Yehah
 
Powder - Thanks...I had to do some creative splicing on the steel, so it's good to know it's fairly transparent. BTW-when are you gonna' be back from "drivin'" around drinking all that "Irish Coffee?" - (small endorsement for the PowderMan)

MKG - I'm especially glad you liked it, since you're responsible for it. Hope I can return the favor some day.

Muzeman - Hey Pete. Looks like you got your stolen identity back. Cool. And you'll be glad to know that the steel player ALSO thought that I was playing my out of tune licks with a dobro... Thanks for listening.


Reddish - Yeah, I was the one "just strumming." That other guy's GREAT! :D

Post lots...it's good to HEAR ya'll.
-chris
 
Chris--sorry to take so long, but here i am. This chorus is a freakin' great hook! I like the whole melody a lot. And--yup. By today's standards, its country as knee high corn on the fourth of july.

I'd arrange it differently, but it sounds like its going out as is, so I won't go into detail.

Last, that second verse doesn't bend the subject back to the second chorus and I would make it do that. Seriously, you should. I think you might have a hit song here. PM me if you want to talk about it.

I love that chorus!
 
The steel really makes a difference. I like your tune man, and the fact that everyone says they "think" they hear the edit means it's pretty smooth. I "think" I hear it at about 2:50.
I'd like the harmonies to come up and also the instruments some. I also don't care for the vocal sound although this sounds different that before you added the steel. Did you change it or is it just getting covered some be the steel? Good song.
 
Some real drums (particularly snare and cymbal) would turn it in to a much better song, which is already pretty strong to begin with.

Nice steel. Good blend and balance. Good mixing/panning, etc.
 
ALL RIIIIIIIIGGGHHHTTT!!!!!!

COOOOOOOOOOOL....

SOMEBODY GAVE ME A STAR!!!!!!


YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS...


:D

:D

oh, wait.

:D

hehehe...damned critics.

:D

Thanks, Crawdad. The structure's been a little mangled since I edited out a bridge, another (different) chorus, and some other stuff to get it under 10 minutes...I'm starting to lose a little faith in the importance of structure anyway. GET TO THE HOOK...STAY THERE, THEN REPEAT LIKE MAD UNTIL THE SONG BURNS ITSELF OUT LIKE AN ATMOSPHERIC METEORITE!!! But seriously, I would sincerely appreciate some tips, b/c I'm sure I'll re-record it like I do just about everything...(so I WILL write - I need arrangement tips, BIGTIME).

Lt. Bob - Good ear, man. I'd gotten some comments about the vox being too loud, so (since I don't have the tracks anymore), I cut the whole thing b/w 2-4K before adding the steel. The vocal hasn't been changed otherwise, but I might throw a few more mids back in.

Chess - Thanks for the listen...Hell, after the cool experience I had with getting a voluntary steel player on this track...I'm gonna' try to pimp ALL my songs out to drummers.

____________________________________________

THANKS A TON FOR THE STAR!!!!! YEEEEESSSSSS....I'LL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOREVER.

:D

keep posting,
-chris
 
This is one of those songs that the pedal steel was real easy to add. Good songs are like that! :D Excellent job Chris.

I'm new at online collaboration so I'm sort of puzzled about the sync problem. I converted the MP3 to a wav, then used the BR8 wav conversion software to get the file to my machine. Then I added the steel track and reversed the process to convert the track to an MP3 file. So that's four file conversions. Given the fact that I started with an MP3 file, is there any different process that I could have used to eliminate the sync problem?

I've added a track to one of MKG's songs (Made My Bed) but for that one I just mixed the steel and the original file to an MP3, so there was no problem.

I'm baffled. Do sync problems just come with the territory?

Later,
Earl

P.S. This is a great site, there are a lot of cool and talanted musicians hangin' out here.
 
I like the vocals on this one and you did some nice playing on this. On my machine the lows were a little bit too out front, but it may just be the lo-fi machine (damn computers)...

I couldn't tell where the edit was.

The only feedback I have may be to bring up the drums a bit in the mix.

Overall you did a nice job on this. I threw a few more stars at ya ... this is better than a 1 rating for sure.

Good job!
 
Boydrj - Thanks for the nod. Although, I think this thing was drawing more attention with the old "One Star Bandit" hangin' around - I mean, just look at it....300 views and ONE STAR; Kinda' like "THIS MUST BE THE WORST SOUNDING PIECE OF CRAP EVER TO HIT THE INTERNET...I GOTTA' HEAR IT!!!" ...like a bad car wreck-you just gotta' look.

Hey "E Beau" - Great name, Earl. I guess you read all your fan mail. :p

As far as the syncronization problems, keep in mind that you also tracked the steel by listening to my song, which had already been converted into an MP3 once. When I got yours back, I put it in a session with the original wav file, which was probably slightly different than the MP3 I've got posted. Bottom line is that as long as software is being used to convert between formats, I don't think there's much you can do about it...but it's a very small price to pay for something as cool as what you did to this song.

Thanks again, and WELCOME NEWBIE (oh yeah, we're gonna' be playing in H-Town in September...you GOTTA' come to the show and let me pour about 100 free beers down ya'...almost like getting PAID!!!)


:D
-chris
 
What some of us have been doing is mailing cd's to each other. That way it stays wave all the way. For example, crawdad sent me a rhythm track for me to put horns on. The rhythm track can be Mp3 'cause it's only there for syncing purposes. Once I got the section and the solos done, I mailed him a cd with each horn part panned right and the rhythm panned left. Then he would record the tracks to his machine..use the rhythm track to sync it up...delete the unneeded rhythm track leaving him with a sax part in sync. For a 3-piece section I would do this one time for each of the parts. For an example you can check out Life Number Nine at http://www.nowhereradio.com/wondercow/singles
It's crawdad's song and I'm doing all the horn parts, he's doing everything else. We just mailed cd's so it would have as good a sound as possible. But if you use this method even with Mp3's, you're actually not converting that much 'cause the rhythm track isn't used....it's just for syncing.
BTW......welcome to the board E Beau, I imagine you're gonna be in big demand here. :)
 
But if you use this method even with Mp3's, you're actually not converting that much 'cause the rhythm track isn't used....it's just for syncing.
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Guernica used this method when cutting a bass git track for me. It worked very well. Wave files are certainly preferable but, his/this method was easy for my simple internet and recording head to understand and it sounded decent with all the flexibility for mixing as well.

Of course, it help alot that he tracked his bass so well.

Emeric had a different way via internet download useing zipped wave files that worked wonderfully as well. Again, the tracking was the core but, the :exchange of tracks" options are wide and suited to almost all needs, desires and restrictions..........

"who asked you?".........:)
 
Hi Chris.

I'm listening to "Our song" and I think it's a great song with a very very catchy chorus.

I didn't like the drums very much mainly because they sound a bit unnatural, specially the hi-hats.

Greatly played and singed, man you sing great! And those harmonies! Great stuff. IMHO the vox is a bit high ind I would cut the low freqs a bit.

I think the steel made it sound better too. I think I heard the edit but as Bob said it's very, very smooth.

Overall, I think it's really great. Congratulations, man.
 
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