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A very cool tune, Herb. Great soloing. And it sounds just great. Enjoyed the listen a lot.

Cheers, Stefan
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What do you mean, 'The guitar's out of tune'?


Stefan... Glad you like it. Yeah, you won't believe how many people record guitars and don't tune up to start and then don't bother to tweek it during a session.


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Herb, great playing and brilliant over the top arrangement and production. Wow! Tom


Tom... Thank you for the kind words.


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Excellent guitar work and a nice arrangement. The bass sounds big and full without being boom-y. The synths are nice.

A terrific listen (at low volume). A cool rock version of the song.


At loud volume (or "cranked up") as you suggest, the drum mix overpowers the rest of the instruments.
I'm all for big, loud drums (I'm sure you know that).
But it seems like you are cranking the EQ on the high end to attempt to achieve that.
The snare gets big, but the high EQ on it takes it "up out of the mix".
It is really "drawing attention to itself" - taking the ear away from the guitars and synths.
It needs some warmth to be supportive to the guitars.
The when the cymbals start in at 1:25 they REALLY take over - nearly drowning out everything else.
That happens again at 3:53.


Floyd... Glad you like the low volume listen. I actually am aware of the thrash on the drums..It happens in the thrash drum track when BB hits the "green". I have it pulled down and EQ'd rounded off.... should have heard it straight up at "0dB". I played years ago with a drummer who rode his cymbals all the time. He destroyed his cymbals constantly. Back to the track.

Glad you liked it in spite of the cymbals.


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Taking a quote from DM... "Oh, wow man"...
Seriously... great job Herb!
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Jim... Glad you liked it too. I try to do different things from time to time. I might be entering a "use more synths" phase. Never can tell.


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"Guitarhacker"...

There's nothing like familiar Christmas "evergreens" to riff on during the holiday season! Your composition has a big, spacious orchestral rock sound that is a bit downbeat in tone, which contrasts in an intriguing and memorable way with our typical expectation of reveling in Christmas "cheer". The drums track has a big, bopping rhythmic footprint that cuts a path through your song as big as a four-lane highway. I thought the brief intro was haunting and classical-sounding, not to mention unexpected.

Got some serious attitude and bluesy, hardcore swagger going on with the guitars, too. Definitely a new, gutsy kind of musical take on the Christmas songbook!

Jammin' the season away,

LOREN


Loren... Yeah, I like to play around with the old classics this time of year. Rock them up, add some irreverence, play them out of the box of expectations. Hardcore swagger.... I like that. Thanks for coming to listen and staying to comment.

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