VD mix

[James HE]

OK so it's valetines day and I thought I'd share this one with you all. Consider it a VD gift.

I finished this yesterday and I thought the timing would be good to post today!
(I wrote this like 6 months ago- don't you guys be thinkin a wrote a song just for some girly girl or something)

 

[drstawl]

I liked the tune, but Marilyn was disappointed that the tuning wasn't standard.
Seemed about 1/4 step sharp....
That dissonance thing reminded me of
Zep's Gallows Pole.
And if you're gonna be doing a VD mix- always
use some protection.

 

[S8-N]

Didnt work for me. Is it a Real Audio file???

 

[James HE]

drstawl- yeah the tunings kinda wierd. We actually recorded it a down near a whole step- not intentionally- we just forgot to check. So when I over-dubbed the guitar(s) (again) I sped it up to normal pitch- which was a little too fast so I slowed it back down just a bit to track the vocal and for the mix-down- so in the mix The bass and drums are sped up, the guitar is slowed down, and the vocals are at the right speed- I should make it easy on myself next time and friggin tune to 440!! (and also wear some protection!)

It's a MP3 file so I don't know why it didn't work for you S8-n.

 

[GT]

Hey James,

Love the way it drones. Bass and guitar compliment each other nicely. Did you play all the parts? Makes me want real drums.

 

[monty]

Sounds pretty good James. Took a while to download and then I listened to it a couple of times but couldn't save it to hard disk. Sometimes I can save a song and sometimes I can't. why is that? Anyone?

 

[bobbo]

Very clear and crispy. Good recording and mix, like you know how to make the instruments sound good and all, something I am trying to figure out with my setup.
Nice groove to the song, I liked it. I think you have good vocals and at the right volume, nice and warm, good mix of them.

 

[James HE]

GT- no, i didn't play all the parts, just the guitar and voice. This is my band "Three Labor Nothing" (3LN)

bobo- thanks! I'm lucky that my drummer has a really sweet sounding kit and that we record in a VERY HUGE room. (think 40'x20'x15') my dad had his tractor in there that day. I used a 57 on the kick an AT-41HE on the snare (both were routed through a dbx226) and for overheads two crappy CAD-22's. The bass (early 70's P-bass) is direct through a GK head. and the guitar is a 57 pointed right at the center of the cone of my Mesa DC-3. I recorded the vocal with the AT-41HE. I record with very little EQ on my Tascam 424 (i concentrate on mic placement), and if I get it right, I don't use it much on mix-down either. I try to let the room come through.

[This message has been edited by James HE (edited 02-15-2000).]

 

[gibs]

Dig the dissonance..nice counter to the trad jazz feel...clean recording and excellent vocal...gibs

 

[Layth]

Monty, I've noticed that too with Media Player but if you can't save it just go to the windows folder in your C: drive and open up the "Temporary Internet Files" folder and look for a type MP3 file. You should find one fitting the description you just played. Then just right click on the name of the file and choose copy, then paste into what ever folder you like by right clicking again (choose paste). This is what you do if your using Internet Explorer. If you use Netscape you have to look in your program folder find Netscape and drill down until you find your user folder open that and look in your Cache folder then do the same thing (right click ect)

Layth

 

[monty]

Layth...Ya I looked in the temp internet folder but saw nothing of relative size. I dunno, there are so many variables between each persons machine and the settings and whatnot. I guess I should just record the songs to cassette since I don't really want to use up my hard drive space anyway. I thank you for your response.

 

[Fishmed]

Very nice song. It has a hint of Zeplin.

 

[CMiller]

The tune has a a real old style sound to the recording. It's cool. My only complaints are that the bass guitar becomes almost unbearable around the 1:57 mark. Also, the cymbols are a little loud. Nothing the Gods of Recording wouldn't let you into Heaven for! Good job.