I love the stereo spread on the acoustic. What'd you do there? Doesn't sound like it's doubled... stereo mic'ed? Killer tone on the drum loops. Guernica's bass kicks a not insignificant amount of ass. Some of the vocs are a little pitchy is spots... the bar is raised due to the overall quality.
I really like this dry. Ya know, I got into this habit where I started reaching for the EQs, and comps, and reverbs on tracks before I even sat down and spent a few minutes getting a dry push mix. It's a vocal track, so you compress it.. that's what you do to vocal tracks. This song provides yet another reminder to me: don't do that! Compress because the levels aren't as even as I want them. EQ because I hear something in there that needs a cut/boost. But don't just throw stuff in there just because.
Excellent song, excellent recording. Killer job in the tracking stage. This is a benchmark.
ashulman. thanks for commenting. the vocals need some serious work. especially the lead. i'm gonna redo it completely and possibly have a friend of mine (who actually is a singer) track it as well.
fprod. i think i'm gonna stay dry from now on and hand off to someone else once the effecting is being done. i'm just not good at effects. and i'm gonna stick with trying to do the best job i can at just tracking for now.
pglewis. when you got a job and a family having the time to do anything 'right' is just so difficult. i posted this before i was happy with the vocals but that bass guitar track really made this come to life so i just had to get some reactions.
the guitar was stereo mic'ed with a couple of B1's in a small soundproof room (http://www.johnlsayers.com/Studio/Pages/Eric_henry.htm). i'm barely capable of playing a guitar part once, let alone twice so i use two mics instead.
