Home (as close to a capella as I can get)

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Doug H

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Got inspured by all the singing going on and thrught I'd give it a try. That didn't work so I recorded this.

Just a novelty.

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Doug,

Nice tune! I loved the feel and guts you put into it on an emotional level.

I won't lie and tell you your performance was perfect but, the soul you put through all the wires reached me.

Now, I will have to more seriously consider joining in on this trend and go up to the studio and start shattering some stemware!

Cheers! :)
 
very real sounding! great mood.. nice big vocal sound too.. very clear and easy.. it's loud but not harsh.. what do you use for vocals? mic, pre..



dug it Doug! :rolleyes:
 
"Home (as close to a capella as I can get) "

Close enough!


Nice singing Doug, and I loved the song too. What kind of guitar are you using, and how did you mic it? It sounds a bit thin to me, almost like a reso, but not quite.

This song could also be easily done as a full production. Something really lush sounding.


Twist
 
The Ghost of FM
Do it, the more the merrier!
Glad you liked it.

B.SABBATH
Just a b1 into a dmp3 in a small room with some homemade diffusors etc...and I limited the eccesive peaks at the "mastering" stage.
Thanks alot man!

twist
Thanks for checking it out
That's Stella. I was going to mentioned that in the first post but forgot. It's a small steel string with the fret length of a classical where you set the intonation by moving the wooden bridge around with your hand. In other words it's a POS, hence the thin sound.
 
It's been like the phantom HRC around here. :)

I dug this wholeheartedly.

It's raw. It's felt.

I wish for a warmer guitar tone. I wish the harmonies were 3 dB's or more lower (they're stronger than the lead). I wish for a full-on production effort soon because this has sooo much potential it hurts.


Thanks for the song. I'm more than capable of seeing past the production, and I love the music. In fact, the cool thing about this recording is I can actually see you (or at least my image of you, though I've no clue what you really look like) playing this by yourself at home and feeling every note.

...feeling every note...

...feeling every note...

...feeling every note...

That's what matters most.
 
SLuiCe
Thanks man, I think the road ahead is clear to me. Tihten things up and learn to sequence drums lol. Appreciate the listen and the kind words.

B.SABBATH
just to complete the chain, I use an Audiophile 24/96
 
Oh yeah!
this is where I live - I mean - this has CSN influence with the changing meter and the lush harmonies. Recorded right in my face. I agree with Sluice -I can 'see' you singing and playing.

I agree with the other folks - harmonies are too loud - but I do this ALL the time myself, too. When the background sounds that good I just have to turn it up. Usually re-mixing the tune three or four days later helps with that tendency.

Yeah - guitar is a POS - but in this case it adds to the home-grown feel. But I definitely hear this as a full production and I'd consider using that sound as an intro - just my "think-I'm-a-producer-sometimes" opinion.

Really nice tune - and some nice work - very cool.
Thanks for sharing - run this full-blown - I might want to cover this tune.
Milan

(nice pickin' on your 1.5-hour blues, too! I take that back - excellent pickin'!)
 
Good song, agree with others that could be better in a production mix.

Also, I felt the end dragged at the end, maybe add another melody line in there.
 
I'm in 100% agreement with SLuiCe.

This rocks, Doug.
 
MC Gitarz
Thanks!

CSNY were like the faces in Mnt Rushmore to me and many of the music pals of my youth (didn't they have an album cover like that?).

I love Stella :). Right now the strings are pretty old. I'm gonna give her one more chance with a fresh set of phosfer bronses before I bring in the big guns.

It seems I overdid it going for the "big crescendo" of backing vocals at the end. I'm gonna play with that the next time around.

Thanks for checking it out (and the blues tune).

lynx
Ya, I agree. I "hear" a third line in some of the harmonies, like maybe starting in with the 3rd pass, but a not really sure exactly what or how yet.
Thanks for loistening!

Pedullist
Cool man, thanks!
 
Hey I think I heard this at wood stock?:D . Nothing really stuck out to bad for me man, it was to good of a performance and tune..so anything that was out, just flew right past me;) another good one Doug*****
 
very nicely done.........great vocal sounds going on...........

nice live sounding recording doug
 
freshears
heh, :) thanks man!

powderfinger
thanks, the dmp3 (compared to my behringer 802a) is crisp enough that I could tack the underpad back onto the cieling to get rid of that fiirst ugly drywall bounce.
 
well i use a dmp-3 as well...or let me rephrase that NOT as well....



COOL !....some skiddish parts but all in all very cool.


fix the end...



jamal
 
Doug H said:
Got inspured by all the singing going on and thrught I'd give it a try. That didn't work so I recorded this...
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The clinicians have gotten funnier lately.

I like the vocal sound a ton, and I agree with any CSN&Y comparisons...which, to me, is like telling somebody they are a God.

I'm not digging the acoustic...sounds like the strings are dead, and it's a little out of tune, and you were too far away from the mic when you tracked it...just no "ring" in the instrument at all.

Have a nice life,
-c
 
Very nice sound on the vocals. I especially like the change into the "deep" part of the song. That is just beautiful!

Very nice work vocal wise. I know you've heard it before, but CSN definitely comes to mind

Very good work!

:D
 
Jamal Bucket
Thanks!
"fix the end..."
I actually left the chair squeak in there on purpose lol, guess that didn't work out.

And Jamal, you're way to humble, your singing is excellent IMO.

chrisharris
It's great hearing positive things about the vocal tracking.
I'm gonna try micing the accoustic a little closer.
Thanks for the listen and the tip :)
 
boydrj
Just missed ya.
Again, I'm digging all the vocal tracking comments.
Thanks man!
 
Geez, I'm trying to get some tracking done here, and everyone's putting up cool stuff, so I gotta respond...

Doug, you got onea them voices where you can get away with not being absolutely perfect, pitch-wise. It's hard to explain, but some people got so much personality in their voice that they have some pitch leeway, whereas other people sound good mainly because of their pitch control, and not so much the actual quality of their voice.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that whatever "roughness" there was to this didn't really detract from the performance for me. You've got a unique and compelling vocal style, and this shows it off nicely.

Chris
 
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