this is what happens when a blues player drinks moonshine

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if you play this backwards it says beat yer ole lady and drink pabst blue ribbon.
i know the mix aint real good but i had a lot of fun doing this one.(and several shots of crenshaw county moonshine.yeeeeee haaaawwww!that shit will make ya slap yo momma.)
the song title is moonshine.

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Hey there Brotherman!!!

Okay, first the good. I dig the git work a lot. Man, you're playing some off tonic shit that's very VERY cool.

Criticism(s) - Turn the vocals up NOW. I need to hear them. The whole mix is suffering from a lack of clarity...I think the kick may be too loud, because it's actually obscuring the vocal...but it's driving the song...maybe it's not too loud. I dunno...I wanna' revote after you turn the vocal up.

Dude, this is cool, but you need to get the vocal on top a LOT more. sounds like you mixed it like an instrument instead of a voice. It also sounds like there's just NO MIDS in the voice, but that may really just be a volume thing.

Damn, there's some cool guitar work in here.

GET THE VOX UP NOW!!!!
(still love whiskerbiscuit, btw).

Keep going,
Chris
 
Crawdad's long lost brother? Wouldn't be surprised :) Sounds like a heckuva lot of fun...

mix? There's a mix? :) Just funning...

Just pan those tracks a bit... everything's in the middle... That would make a big difference...

Don't stop drinkin' :p
 
Alright, I love this! Sound quality-wise it really resembles a lot of the 50s blues stuff I dig, which is to say it isn't mixed with an eye toward the type of clarity modern stuff tends to employ, but it works great for this tune.

The only 2 things I'd change are 1) bring the voice up a bit as noted above. and 2) that drum machine! I think you'd do better with a wooden spoon and a soup ladle banging on the kitchen table than the drum machine, just because it stands out as being highly synthetic-sounding when everything else on the track is so dirty and home-grown sounding (those are compliments, by the way..:))

love it,
Chris
 
Now Chris said it sounded like no mids in the voice and to me it sounds like all there is is mids. I agree the voice needs to come up. It's way too middy sounding to me. Also I'd like to hear that Scruggs style guitar up a bit too....it should be helping the kick drive the song. Pretty cool.....YEE---haw!!!!!!!!
 
groucho said:
Alright, I love this! Sound quality-wise it really resembles a lot of the 50s blues stuff I dig, which is to say it isn't mixed with an eye toward the type of clarity modern stuff tends to employ, but it works great for this tune.

The only 2 things I'd change are 1) bring the voice up a bit as noted above. and 2) that drum machine! I think you'd do better with a wooden spoon and a soup ladle banging on the kitchen table than the drum machine, just because it stands out as being highly synthetic-sounding when everything else on the track is so dirty and home-grown sounding (those are compliments, by the way..:))

love it,
Chris
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i recorded this about 6 mos ago.imade the mistake of pinging my rythym guitar(the open d thing)and drums onto the same trackand thats why the stereo placement is screwy.
ihad the basic idea down(guitar over the cut time drum thing)and a bud of mine showed up with some moonshine.well we got to drinking that shit and he decides he wants to do some vox.
one shitty recording later,all i get outta that fuck is the pig call(intro)and one hell of a hang over!!!lmao! had to do the rest myself as he passed out on me.
anyway, im learning a little more every day,thanks to this site and the input of folks like you.thanks!!

btw,soon i will be upgradeing my equipment and i am gonna try the spoon thing.it fucking brilliant!!

sheppard
 
hehehe....man this is so "pickin and a grinnin".!!!
nice fingering goin on there,,,cool.
im not a country fan....but i HAVE to listen to the guy who recorded "whiskerbuiscut"....fuck i love that song.
this voice is perfect for this....i hate the drums...sorry.




dig it man
jamal.
 
:) moonshine, yeah, let's drink. cool picking. good recording. this is really good stuff. more, more.

dtb
 
Where can I get some of this shine? :D

This sounds a lot like a Jerry Reed tune. I agree--turn the vocals up! I like the overall swampy feel and I was digging the lyrics that I could make out.

I was a little mystified on the changes--not the chords but when they change. I guess Lighnin' Hopkins said it best: "Lightnin' change when Lightin' wanna change!"

If you have to do a remake to get everything the way you want, it would be worth it. A fun tune!
 
I second the Jerry Reed comment.

My biggest problem (besides the drum machine) is that you can't seem to consistently count to four. Must be those damn schools in Alabama :D.

Check your PM, dude.
 
Hey Sheppard, this is cool man! Never drank any shine, but i've had my share of homebrew:) . Good stuff man..keep-um coming!
 
this song started as a solo thing on acoustic guitar.it only started taking on the country sound when things got added.it was originally a blues sorta thing.
i do hear the timing problems and am planning to redo this song from scratch.
pg,very cool the way you added the live drums.howd you do that?i dont hear the drum machine anymore.(and glad of it)after i redo it ,could you do it again?
 
What I did with the drums was play about 20 seconds along with the tune, take 2 solid measures, and paste-paste-paste in Vegas Pro. I'm not a good enough drummer to play the whole tune tight, but I'm good enough to get a couple of decent measures. The drum machine is still in there but since I was playing the exact same beat, you can't really hear it.

With the count, I didn't mean timing issues. I hear some out of time stuff, sure... but it works with the tune IMO. I mean, it's inspired by moonshine. What I meant was that some of the measures in the changes are 5 beats long. I was originally going to alternate double hits on the snare, but that didn't work when the 5/4 measures came along.

Anyway, I'd be glad to do it again if you redo it. I need the practice.
 
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