Remix of "Walking in Jerusalem"

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interesting....

some of the vocal panning (esp. the "background voices") was getting to me a bit in the headphones...but all in all i like it.

my uncles have an a capella gospel group called dedication in the nashville area...they did a really great version of the song several years ago...so, I was already pretty familiar with it, enjoyable.
 
Ok- I've heard all three versions and this last one is the best.
My only complaint on this one was the slap of harsh reverb on the fadeout of the vocal ending. I'd turn off or down the reverb before I started the fadeout.
 
Hello Tree,
Checked out yer tune. Didn't catch the other mixes but..."Ay laik bery, bery mash. Ees laik how you Americans peoples say, one helluva godamn you bet" What's your recipe for getting that acoustic guitar sound? Do you do all the voices? How about updating the lyrics to something like- "Running for shelter in Jerusalem, just like Mustafá"...Well, forget that last thought, just another one of my hairbrained ideas.:D
el jordo
 
Great sounding tune. Nice clean and crisp. Only thing I can say is, and maybe this was the effect you were seeking, but the vocal levels vary a lot, as if the vocalist was dancing to the music around the mic and not keeping a reasonably consistant space. The parts themselves and the performance are great though. Nice job.
That one thing might just be me though. It's a style I don't really write or record. Just a thought.
 
Thanks. I did all the voices and the guitar was run directly into a mixing board (Mackie stage mixer) and then tape outs to an SBlive card in the PC. I used n-track for everything. I eq the hell out of the guitar to make the bottom end disappear. What is left has a nice fluid feel and an edge to it. It's a big Taylor with all kinds of boom.

The vocals need compression, and that's still on the list of things to learn. I've been fooling around with volume envelopes and realized I was doing a manual compression of every spike in nine or ten tracks. Ouch. Time to learn the compressor. Time to get an Echo Mona. Time to get... (oh, sorry).

Everytime I get a mix done, I'm already thinking about the next arrangement. For instance, now I want to redo this from scratch; open with a cranking instrumental chorus break, then launch into three verses separated only by choruses. One more short instrumental, then modulate from E to F# and do multiple choruses to an a capella ending.

This is a bad sign. I think I'm getting addicted.:D
Thanks again, folks.
 
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>I eq the hell out of the guitar to make the bottom end disappear. What is left has a nice fluid feel and an edge to it. It's a big Taylor with all kinds of boom.

I deal with boom all the time with Marilyn, an Epiphone EJ-200 and if you just back up a tad it gets better The Rodents and the 4033 both seem to work best from >12" away.
If you can back up some mics away from the boomy area of that Taylor (shouldn't have to go far- that guitar didn't have any funky boomy artifacts that I remember!!!!!) and do less processing after the fact I think you'll be ahead of the game.

My main point would be to trust the sound of that guitar by itself.
 
Hey treeline..

you've helped me in the past and this is the first time i've heard your music...

nice work...I like the flow of your playing and vocals..:)

and a boomy taylor? surely not!! lol...:D

what model do you have?

I played a 714CE for 3 hours the other nite..i think i'm gonna have to break down and crack open the wallet..hehe..

what mics do you use for guitar and vocal?

peace,

CDT

;)
 
Hey, CDT

Thanks!

The guitar is a Taylor 815C, about ten years old. Connectivity is through a b-band internal preamp with an internal condenser mic on a gooseneck. There's also an undersaddle transducer, but that's muted on the recordings. I'm also experimenting with an SM57 at the sweet spot (about the octave - 14th fret) but I move around a lot...:D
 
That was a good job, Tree!


Are you doing all the vocals yourself?
I really dug the looseness of the background vocals.

The bluesy lead work was very tasty, and I know when you pass on you have left me that Taylor in your will.

I agree with the levels on the vocals fluctuating.
You MUST have been boogi'n round the room while recording the vocals.


Nice, Treeline!!!

VI
 
awesome...those 815's are sweet taylors...

i've been using the $99 marshall v67m from mars and man..it does a nice job imho....

what i do is this:

on my seagull s6+ i have an emg acs soundhole pu..

so i blend that pu and a clip-on audio tech condenser and then used the v67m out about 15" from the 9th fret.....all 3 signals recorded at once...then blend and pan to taste...i like to record dry BTW..

i recorded some things the other nite this way and sang into the v67 for a live demo..i did it on an old tascam 424 portastudio and was very happy with the results..once i get the tunes down i'll do the same thing in ntrack..

anyway..again, nice work!:D
 
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