Walking in Jerusalem

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I like it.

Not totally polished and in-you-face, but those singers are off the hook and the vocal recording has a certain warmth to it.
 
nice overall sound.
I loved the acoustic warmth but thought that it wasn't fully captured. How are you miking the git? It is a tad in want of some treble but, has a wonderful warmth and sincerity. The lead vox was well sung and I admire the phrasing. It is intimate, as it should be, but it gets lost in the mix at times. Maybe push it up a tad or otherwise set it apart.
Great complimentary backups! Nice git work and a very flowing song. The whole text and arrangment carries quite balanced and pleasing.
Damn cool tune. Smooth, simple and full. you can write and play for sure.

Theron.
 
I thought the timing between the vocals and between the vocals and the guitars was somewhat hesitant to fall into the great simple groove that you got going on through most of it.

You can zig while they zag.
You can zag while they do likewise and vice versa.
But if you zig while they waffle and zag, Oh My! :eek:

Nice tune in any case and a nice thick, warm sound on the recording.
 
This tune reminded me of going to church with my folks years ago. A nice memory. The only thing I have a comment on is the levels; sometimes vocals get lost in the mix. The bassline in the vocals was hard to hear. The guitars were really nice, but I kinda feel if the vocals were brought up then the guitars' individuality through out the song might get lost. Sorry, I don't have any suggestions on how to fix that, I'm still learning myself... I really enjoyed listening to this tune though...


Vice
 
Thanks for your time and replies!

I had a strange problem with this that I think I figured out, and that is it maxed out the CPU during multitracking. Then I realized it's doing a stereo track, every track (duh!) OK, so now I know about not doing that. Anyway, I had to mute a bunch of tracks to do some of the harmonies, and the main vocal dropped out of the chorus in a couple of places. Nothing a new punch track can't fix.

The guitar is plugged in direct to a Mackie board, and then into a vanilla SBLive card in my Dell. I'm using n-track (which is fabulous) and seem to be on rung #2 of a long learning ladder.

I can tweak the guitar a little in the mix with a parametric EQ, but I'm cutting off a whole bunch of low frequency as it is. I've been using some reverb on each track (probably gobbling up CPU as well) and have been toying with more wild reverb on some of the backing vocals, but generally trying to be conservative with it. The bass vocal sounds tentative because I was tentative when I sung it! Need to do more of this...

drstawl - People have been trying to get me to use a click track and I haven't been doing it. (sigh). Too much work! I'll try to be better...

Thanks again, all!:cool:
 
Cool tune! I'm a fan of that finger-picking ragtime style of guitar and I liked the background vocals. The only real issue I have is with the timing. It really fluctuates a lot. Half-beats keep getting dropped here and there. You should try using a click track and do this song again. It would be so cool if it were in time. If by click track you mean a metronome, I personally prefer to use a drum beat that fits the song even if I'm gonna use no drums in the final mix. It helps me keep the feel better than a metronome track. I'm serious, do it again with the timing issue straightened out and you'll have a really cool song that folk'll add to their listening list. :)
 
Lt. Bob said:
Cool tune! I'm a fan of that finger-picking ragtime style of guitar and I liked the background vocals. The only real issue I have is with the timing. It really fluctuates a lot. Half-beats keep getting dropped here and there. You should try using a click track and do this song again. It would be so cool if it were in time. If by click track you mean a metronome, I personally prefer to use a drum beat that fits the song even if I'm gonna use no drums in the final mix. It helps me keep the feel better than a metronome track. I'm serious, do it again with the timing issue straightened out and you'll have a really cool song that folk'll add to their listening list. :)
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my feelings exactly....
 
cool tune.... there is a warmness to the recording that I like.. I agree with the previous comments on some minor timing issues....This is not what I normally listen to, but I can tell a good tune no matter what the style.... good tune.
 
>People have been trying to get me to use a click track and I haven't been doing it. (sigh). Too much work!

Not really a click track: only if you're gonna use this Tom Waits freeform phrasing it would sound fan-friggin'tastic if most or all of these licks were decided on in advance and done together.

While you might consider this approach, "canned" I think, "estate bottled" would be a more appropriate term.

But a sensible middle ground (Middle Earth?) is the trusty metronome. Especially if it's Swiss! OK- so I know it's Chinese.
I won't hold that against you..... :)
 
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Actually, n-track's got a pretty nice setup using a midi drum beat, but I haven't figured out how to adjust the rate in any predictable fashion. Yet...



In the meantime, I fooled with it a bit, cleaned up the ending, added a track and so forth. The new version is on the NoWhereRadio page.
 
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It's all been said above. But you're definately on the road to righteousness. It has that Doc & Merle feel going on. Keep trying. You're almost there.:cool:
 
I agree with all of the above but just wanted to say that the recording is just great. It has to be, considering how good it sounds on low-fi.

Gitfiddle
 
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