Q, for the record, on the album material i engineer NOTHING. I let the guys who do it for a living do the engineer work. So what you hear on this are MY feeble attempts at doing what I watch them do. It is ok, but when I get to post a final copy of one of our real songs, you'll see the difference.
Hmmm, I really dont like skynyrd. I thought it sounded much more like an Allman Bros tune myself. The Tuesdays gone song is in a completely different time signature. I could name you a hindred country songs that it sounds more like than Tuesdays Gone. If I had to call it a ripoff, I'd say a Train ripoff...it has more of their elements in it. I'm trying to sing Tuesdays Gone to it, and it can't be done. If you go off chords alone, it's really more like Runaround by Blues Traveller. As for the solo, well thats just my limited ability, and the reason I have a lead guitar player in my band who is a seasoned pro with 3 gold and 2 platinum records under his belt already with a #1 charting band.
Anyways, like I said before, these are my personal engineering practices, and not songs on my album. And don't worry, I write my own songs, and get paid well to do it!
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