Stage 2 **Wakin Up**

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Some good gtr playin, reminds me of SRV. The high hat was too crisp and stood out too much in spots mainly in the begining when you went from open to close. The vocs need more warmth.
Other than that a great blues song.
Myx
 
I third the mellowing on the hat's.:D

very nice guitar playing........excellent tone.
 
are the drums samples? it sounds very not realy. very mechanical that is.

high hat jeezus - it kills my ears. haha. mellow that out, or just make it mad quieter (the half open high hat mainly).

guitars sound cool, vox are aight too.

mostly durms needs to be fixed.
 
vocals, vocals, vocals 'little richard'

Bass is pretty darn heavy, and maybe it should be, but it's really 'pumpin'.

I have to concentrate and yes, struggle to understand the vocals, especially in the beginning.

I have really noticed almost all of us warm up after the first line or two and 'catch our snap' vocally and start to produce a more consistent level, get in the groove.

IMHO you should always rehearse the song once or twice, all the way through before beginning a vocal session, and 'loop-rehearse' the first 16 bars of vocal a few times also.

The mic you are using does not flatter your voice, it's ok. But you are in a little bit of a box, compared to the more wide open verby sound of the guitar. Perhaps a little more verb, and of course you would have to bring the instrument levels down at that point, because any effects on the voice will make it more challenging to understand the words.

Imagine running all the instruments to one bus, and compressing that bus. Run the vocal to it's own seperate bus, compare the meters. If the instrument bus's meters are the same as the vocal, the instruments are in fact much, much louder than the vocal.

Sounds like the top, is rolled off of your voice, there could be much more presence in your voice. Intonation is right on, pronunciation is great ... song is cool ...

Your vocal shines near the top of the range in this song ... let it out, let it shine ... at the top, and there is a lot of blues in the upper registers of the human voice, use it.

Say 'sheeeeeiiiiit', hear the resonance in the sinuses and on the tip of your nose ... when we think and feel, and say ... sheeeeeeyuht ... that's feelin blue huh ? ;-)

Listen to how Little Richard is mixed, this is how this particular vocal by you should be treated IMHO.

Grating, getting under our skin. It's very, very vinyl. It could be.

I'd like to hear some affirmation in the backup vocals when you write them.

a-no-thudayyyyy ... a-no-thudayyyyy ... a-no-thudayyyyy , three part with a low, low bass voice on the last presentation of the backups ... to really conrast with what you are doing fairly 'nasally'.

Good groove, I've had it rolling on repeat about 4-times now ... kewl mon
 
Cool tune Heavy,

Guitars sound really good.

The vocal sounds like it needs to come up a little.
I like the way you eq'd it,fits the vibe of the song.
Reminds me of some of Greg Allmans stuff.

Seems to me there is too much reverb on the gits in comparison to the vox,which is pretty dry.
I think it's throwing off the overall feel of the mix.
Everything's not in the same room.
JMHOP:)

Good blues writing.

Pete
 
cool voice.. sounds very vintage to my ears.. I don't like the drum sounds.. the vocal reminds me of an early Fogerty type voice.. the vocals sound a bit distorted.. not sure if it was intentional.. cool..
 
I agree with what was said about your voice being "vintage", that best describes what i'm sensing. It totally does remind me of something that would be on a Fogerty or Creedence album, like the lost cut or something.

Very nice blue guitar tones on that guitar and sweet leads.
 
Vintage voice

Kind of a Fogerty thing going on. Guitars are nice but overshadow the vocals too much for my liking. The bass could definitely come up.
 
A lot to chew on

Myx62 - I will work on a new drum font for this.
sae - Motion seconded :)
powderfinger - Motion thirded and CARRIED :D
shackrock - (Note to self) Got to fix HI Hats
studioviols - Your posts are as intense as some poster's music. A lot of good advice here. You have a way of keeping us honest and trying harder.
muzeman - Greg Allman......:cool:
B.SABBATH - Fogerty :confused:
Khompewtur - Fogerty :)
sloop - Fogerty:D
 
Hevy: I am listening to the tune as I type. You have a great sense of groove. It is very soothing, exciting, and rocking! I am no technician, so I can't offer opinions worth a dime on that end. I love your lead phrasing and the groove. Keep it coming. When is your cd coming out? Walter
 
Hey Hevy,
.....coooool tune man. I really like the compressed and thinner vocs in this. They really bring the tune together, and place it in a specific genre.... .....and Yeah, definitely fogerty and CCR. I like the guit tone and playing.... ....cool!

..definitely a fun listen here!!
gw/5
 
good tune. I like the feel and dig this stuff too. You gettin gooder on the drums man, lil more tweakin. Guitar is nice and fat compared what you were doing earlier. Smoother vocals. Nice delivery.
 
Walter Tore - I will keep it coming, thanks to you and the others on this board I am almost constantly inspired.
Guernica - Thanks very much, Fogerty
Toki987 - I agree, little more drum tweeking required, thanks Tok

THERE, I put a new drum track in!!!!!!!!!

Dan
 
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Hey HevyD47Ca


Bet you though this thread would just disappear. Man I Love Old School Blues. You hit the nail on the head.

I'd swear this was recorded back in Muddy Rivers day.

It's got a LIVE...lo-fi sound to it. I don't think I wopuld like it near as much hi-fi.

Also listened to your other stuff and I love it.

Wouldn't change a thing
 
Just getting around to this one...

I dig your vocal, I think it fits the mood of the song well, and you have a good voice for blues.

Very nice guitar playing. During the solo, though, it sounds like the solo guitar is fighting the rhythm for space. Maybe it is the verb being used, not sure.

Nice bass sound. The one drawback is the drum sound...it sounds very "drum-machine" like and kind of takes away from the feel of the song. It needs a bit of a more human feel, imho, but otherwise I think you have done this song justice.

OVerall nice job!

:D
 
Dan,

I really enjoyed the track!

I didn't hear the earlier incarnations of the mix so I don't know what changes have been made that are good or bad for comparison,

As mentioned, there is a piercing honk in the main vocal and it does have that classic SUN records sound of a slapped back vox but, perhaps a slight attenuation of 2 db around the 2.5 khz range would smooth that out a bit.

There is as well, a bit of mud in the bottom end which may be fixable with some tweaking of the overall eq of the stereo track.

It sounds almost like it might be a monitoring issue where the speakers are tricking you a bit as you are mixing but when you play it on other systems, the character of the sound may be changing on you.

I would try and re-do the house eq on your monitors to get them to sound right with a similar type of professional recording from say the Downchild blue's Band or the Fabulous Thunderbirds and get their stuff to sound right on your speakers and then go back and re-master this track with that house eq.

Nice track over all. I liked the performance very much!

Cheers! :)
 
Hey, how'd I miss this the first time around?

I don't have a lot to add, but I did want to say that except for the aforementioned cymbal problem, this has a very cool sonic vibe. I'd ease off the high end on the vox just a touch, and lay off just a little of the verb on the guitar.

I kinda like the rest of the drums. Just do something about that high hat and the high end of the vox and things are looking good here.

Cheers,
Chris
 
DustyJack
Come on Buddy............I think you mean Muddy Waters:D
IF you do, then I DON'T deserve that, but thanks.

boydrj I'm going to reTrak the whole thing.With this one I like the song but the mix has a way to go:)

Ghost of FM I have a bunch of my originals here Buddy:
http://www.artistcollaboration.com/~hevyd47ca/

groucho Thanks man glad you got to hear this still unfinished mix:D
 
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