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I wrote it and played guitar and keys.

LtBob did saxes, bass and hand percussion.

Jake Keenom on drums.

And Jodi Krangle on vocals.



Impressions? Suggestions?
 
Great track!


Lt. Bob's sax really makes this track shine.


Wonder how he records it...
 
Jodi's vocal is similar to Trueeurt's vocals. A bit of softer edge...but similar.

Cool tune!
 
Sounds really good. I like that snare sound. Lead vocals might be either too up front or too dry? Maybe not.

Nice sax Lt. Overall cool tune and nice mix. I like the little marimba seasoning sprinkled here and there.
 
Sounds great. I don't like the vocals, but they sit in the mix well. Everything else is very good.
 
Nice mix dobro... only thing I have, and it could be just me, but I reckon the highest note you're playing on the guitar is a touch sharp - on the "I" in "I thought you'd gone"....

The saxing rocks Lt...
 
Sounds good. I like how you left pretty good space for the vocals. Everything sounds clean.

I get in too many songs for mastering that are just a mash of noise with high end EQed vocals trying to squeeze out!
 
I think you might be right. I might have to retrack it. Maybe I'll just change the effect on it. It's easier. lol

Thanks for the heads up. :thumbs up:
 
Greg_L said:
Is that jake-owa on drums?
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Yeah. He broke my heart, the fucker. He took up drums and he was getting better and better and then his life fell apart and he sold his kit and went away and wouldn't be lured back. No blame, but what a shame.
 
CrowsofFritz said:
Great track!


Lt. Bob's sax really makes this track shine.

Wonder how he records it...
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Yeah, he's a stellar player - he sent me various solos for this one - it was hard to pick one over the others. I used to know how he recorded - he doesn't do digital - he's all old fart school when it comes to recording. I think he's got an HD24. He's fearless when he records - the peaks are right up to the max on this one. lol
 
dobro said:
Yeah. He broke my heart, the fucker. He took up drums and he was getting better and better and then his life fell apart and he sold his kit and went away and wouldn't be lured back. No blame, but what a shame.
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His life is a wreck because he is a total loser.

In any case, I remember several years ago hearing his drums and how they used to be a total disaster. At least he got that sorted out. These drums sound pretty good.
 
And Lt Bob is pure win. Yall should treat him better. I used to treat him bad too, but I saw the error of my ways and have tried to make amends.
 
I see a ton of value in his music. You do kickass punkface stuff and he could *very* well do rock and roll sax on top of something that nudged the genre a bit.
 
dobro said:
I see a ton of value in his music. You do kickass punkface stuff and he could *very* well do rock and roll sax on top of something that nudged the genre a bit.
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Lt Boob is awesome, but I'd have a few problems with something like that:

1) As much as I respect Boob's sax abilities, I generally don't like sax solos and would never have one in my music. I'd have to do something ska-punkish or surfy and have some sax as a rhythm instrument, but I don't foresee that happening anytime soon.

2) My wife plays sax. Not as well as Lt Boob, but if I want to maintain peace in the Gerg house, I'd better use her if I need saxophone. :D
 
Armistice said:
Nice mix dobro... only thing I have, and it could be just me, but I reckon the highest note you're playing on the guitar is a touch sharp - on the "I" in "I thought you'd gone"....

The saxing rocks Lt...
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Okay, I redid the guitar (and tweaked some other stuff). In tune?

 
hey dobro - i defer to others with better ears, but the lead vocal seems way out front, and by quite a bit more than a hair. I am very happy with the level of the bass, as you pushed that up nice and it is big and fat and round like it should be.
 
Hey, thanks for that. Yeah, how do you get a quiet vocal at the bottom of its range to sound intimate and heard in front of a rock band? Ans: you don't. :D
I'm going to work on this for the rest of the weekend and then put it on the shelf for a while. Thanks for the feedback - and yeah, I'm hearing the bass better now too.
 
dobro said:
Hey, thanks for that. Yeah, how do you get a quiet vocal at the bottom of its range to sound intimate and heard in front of a rock band? Ans: you don't. :D
I'm going to work on this for the rest of the weekend and then put it on the shelf for a while. Thanks for the feedback - and yeah, I'm hearing the bass better now too.
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Hey don't get me wrong the vocal was Great with a big G, maybe too compressed (of course usually this is where people reply there was no compression) it was just WAY the heck out front - I mean floating in the center out over the mix.
 
I agree, the vocal was way too big. I say that because if you put a singer next to a sax player, the sax will completely dominate the voice in volume, fullness.. In the mix, it's the other way around. Although recorded OK, the contrast in the way they were put in the mix was odd. The sax section was also very noticeably pulled way back too. Same kind of sound, just a lot less volume, and although I can see why you wouldn't want it as loud at times, that seemed off to me as well.
 
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