Take 2

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Thanks,

All the replies, were more than kind!! I went into the studio and started over from the beggining. Chriss suggested I start a new thread, so I did.

Hope you like this one better, I do.

Song: Long Ago 2

http://www.nowhereradio.com/gt/singles

twist,

I took what you said to heart, upped the tempo, cut a little high off the guitar, and upped the guitar level.

thanks

participant,

Not intensionally trying to sound like JT, just my monotone self.

I took off all final eq on take two, this should thiken up the drums and smooth the bass, I hope.

Thanks for the listen.

theon,

Good to see you're still around, good ears, critique duely noted, take 2 better levels on bass and guit.

thanks

chrisharris,

Thanks for the more than kind praise, love to listen to your stuff, makes me want to play my acoustic more.

Thanks

Toki987,

Thanks for the listen, second take should be more to everyones liking. Glad to hear your critique, appreciate it.

Thanks

Jamal Bucket,

This song has allways stuck with me as one of my favorite sad songs, I love sad songs. Guitar leves is up on take 2.

David,

Thaks much, glad yo liked it!!

mixmkr,

You got it, I sped it up the second go round.

dtb,

Thanks for the listen, glad you enjoyed it!!

Guernica,

I'm not worthy, one star is my limit. Overdose!! Must call 911!!

Thanks so much!!

GT
 
Hey there:

thanks for starting the new thread. Your performance is a ton better in this one. Very very very nice.

But now I'm getting a lot of distortion on the vocal?

[edit] - don't hate me, LOL. It's there.
 
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chrisharris said:
Hey there:

thanks for starting the new thread. Your performance is a ton better in this one. Very very very nice.

But now I'm getting a lot of distortion on the vocal?

[edit] - don't hate me, LOL. It's there.
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chriss,

I'd hate not knowing, thanks for the info. I put it back in with 10% reduction in recorded wav volume. That should clean it up completely.

If you would be so kind go back and listen to the Long Ago 3, and let me know if it's clean on your end.

Ever gratefull,

GT
 
Very nice recording GT.

Guitar seemed a little out of tune here and there...maybe finger pressure or arm pressure on the neck. Guitar could have maybe used some verb.

Vocals were nice and I liked their place in the mix. However, they sound very constrained...maybe work on mic & mouth placement...maybe even a different mic. Vocals could have stood some reverb as well for meat (not with an obvious trail or anything).

Good work! Mix was very nice!

Slackmaster 2000
 
Hey GT - The only reason I hated saying something about the distortion is b/c I assumed it was on the vocal track (i.e., that you had tracked distortion). But yeah, I'll always tell ya' if I hear it. :D

Man, HUUUUGE improvement. I'm not hearing the distortion. There are still a couple of places where the vocal peeks it head up a bit too much (like on "NOT" @ :13 seconds), but it's minor in my opinion. Do you use any compression on your vocals?

Hey man, you passed the "Mike" test, which means that my 2 yr. old crawled up in my lap and listened to this loop for about :20 minutes. He clapped after every run. :D :D And don't take this lightly, lol...his ears are oddly sensitive. When he runs out of the room on one of my tunes, I know I need to cut some of the mids and harshness out of it... (I'm totally serious, here). The older he gets, the better my mixes get. COINCIDENCE???? I think not.

Anyway, sounds good to me. Maybe others will find problems, but to me, this is downright loopable. :D
 
GT,

I think I missed the first go around of this one, so I don't have anything to compare it too..........but it sounds good man.

Very well mixed......no harsh spots at all.......very smooth. Great vocal and acoustic tones.

Solidly done
 
Nice job...GT. I also didn't hear the first one but this version sounds good. Nice guitar work and nice vocals too. This is indeed a beautiful tune and I think you did a nice job on it. I'm a bit jealous of the vocals.
 
Slack,

Very good to hear from you. I didn't notice the out of tuneness on the guitar as being a problem. I do wish acoustics had adjustible saddles, then fine tuning would be possible.

Yeah, my voice, my voice needs much work. I don't sing nearly enough. Prractice, practice practice.

I agree, constrained, absolutely correct. Still trying to find that happy place, between too constrained, and too unconstrained.

I've also wondered what a new mic might do, but I allway go back to putting full blame on my voice.

What mic would you recomend?

I did use a final reverb, allmost thought it was too much, but you say you couldn't hear it. Weird, try another listen.

chris,

Thanks man, you've been the greatest help on this tune. I allways kind of feel like my stuff is trivial persuit.

You telling me to start a new thread, was very incouraging, very!!

Glad your 2 year old liked it to! Interesting way of testing a mix, untainted ears, may know best.

You da man!!

Powder,

I'm glad you missed the first one, it was way too rushed.

Thanks for the listen!!

Lt. Bob,

Thanks so much, when I think of saxiphone, I allways think of you!!

Don't forget, no sax before a fight. Bet you never heard that before.

Glad you liked the vocals, helps counteract the voices in my head that don't.

GT
 
Hey GT.....

...supernice man!!! Im listening on the comp. speakers here at work. No uglies apparent here at all. very nice.
g w/5
 
Nice peaceful song. Real nice tone on the guitar. Drums are perfect for this type of song.

I notice that the vocal volume tends to drop at the end of phrases. At times it becomes somewhat to hear. Some pitchiness at about 2:16.

Nice one.
 
Soundin' real good GT. I think you've got all the bugs out now.



Twist
 
the bass/dkit glued. Vocal placement is right over top of guitar, like when realtime listening, natural sounding. cool man, nice listen. :)
 
ok i think this one says take"3" ??..maybe i already missed 2.?..

man the first one was so close this sounds better??...im really not a "critical " listener ....damnit if i like the song as a whole its good...leave all that nit pickin to those who can i say......


so again...'I LIKE THIS SONG!!!!..




jamal
 
nice flow. I could take the bass up a smidgen, but as is, is fine too.

you could lush this up I suppose and open it up with some stereo ac gtr and stereo reverb on the vocals. Maybe some light ride cymbals panned too.
 
Nice song. The vocals seemed up front a bit too much on my monitors. Your voice reminds me of Al Stewart. Clean guitar tone.
Myx
 
Nice and clean! Git sounded soooo smooooth!
Brutha', I wish I had HALF your talents on vocs!
The rhytm is sitting d@mn near perfect with the overall flow of this jammie! Only thing I can add is if you up the gain a lil mo' on bass (bein' a bassist, I tend to be more partial to it)This is a real catchy tune, but having trouble trying to burn it on c/d!(that's how much I liked it!):confused: :( :confused:
Guess I'll try to do it at home!

Yeah boy-eeee, this is an outstanding production IMHO!!!!!!!!!
 
I like the lazy flow. Very addictive. Good recording and mixing.

Nice work!
 
What a response!!

Guerrica,

Thanks, I too am reduced to less than perfect speakers (TV).

Every song on this site has TV tone. Do you like TV tone? Me neither!!

TripleM,

It is a peacefull tune, allmost lulliby. Yeah, my voice needs practice, Must sing more.

twist,

Thanks for taking the time to listen to both takes, appreciate it.

Tok,

Thanks, that to me is the best compliment,

I allways try to make recordings as straitforward as possible, small amount of verb, and I only compresed the bass, nothing else.

On the second take, I even removed all final eq, all eq was done during tracking. Sonusman would be proud.

Jamal,

Glad you liked it. I too am not a very critical listener. But I'm really glad that there are critical listeners here, it really helps!!

Most of the criticism I have gotten here has been so right on, it's scarry.

mix,

I concur the bass could have been up a little. I kind of wanted to make the a little more old fashoined, as to where the bass was a bit more invisible. If you know what I mean.

My,

Yeah, even though my first instict was to bury the vocals, I wanted to make sure they were the main part of the song. Just seemed right.

Q,

I don't even know what to say!! I was shooting for clean, glad you heard it. The bass should have been maybe 2db higher. If I only knew then what I know now.

Glad you like the tone of my guitar, I have been working on it for quite awhile. I am trying to achieve a more folk sound, than dreaghdnaut sound. Seems to go better with my voice. Kind of a 3/4 sized guitar tone.

Burn away, I'm very flattered. Hope I don't break the burner.

Thanks again!!

skid,

Lazy flow, perfet descrition.

This is one of those songs, that you can fall asleep while playing it. Next thing you know, you wake up, and it's tomorow.

BTW; For those who care, I played and sang this at the same time, while recording.

Thanks All!!

GT
 
the vocal is a little too loud to my tase, but I probably wouldn't change it if I had voice like that:D
Like Mixmkr said, up the bass a bit.

Good job

AL
 
GT, loved what ya did with this! Sounds really great man. JT, would be very proud. Great voice and playing on this dude...recording sounds very very good to me.
 
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