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Blue on Red #606316 07/13/20 12:58 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	This is a new song that Danny Jackson wrote and we worked it up at the studio here. As you recall, Danny was a drummer in several bands I was in. I really like the groove on this one. It's also the first time in a long time that I have used a sax and refrained from playing a lead part on the guitar. Hope you enjoy it. Blue on Red The Band: Bass: 1417 Drums: Nashville Pop 8ths B3: 2784 Piano: 1726 Sax: 587 DJ: Lead vox HH: harmony vox and guitar Comments appreciated. Last edited by Guitarhacker; 07/13/20 01:44 PM. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606367 07/14/20 01:32 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,353 York, England ROG Veteran
ROG Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,353 York, England	Hi Herb, Loved this one - what a great blues-rock feel. That sax is ridiculously good. A wonderful backing track that really trucks along and provides an excellent bed for the super vocal and harmony. Could have been a Southside Johnny track. I need to listen to that again. ROG. Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606372 07/14/20 01:55 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 7,029 Rustyspoon# Veteran
Rustyspoon# Veteran Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 7,029	Herb, Nice rocker with solid drive! Sax sounds and sits very well in the mix. Enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing. Misha. P.S. I think mix is a bit hot in places, but it might be just me.

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606391 07/14/20 03:26 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,787 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,787 Florida	Herb & Danny, A rockin' track. Overall, the mix is good. The drums, bass and guitar sound good. The vocal is good. You list yourself doing harmonies, but I can't really hear any. Seems like this song could use full harmonies all over the place. Might be the loudest thing I've ever heard on Soundcloud. 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606394 07/14/20 03:40 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,006 Maryland TuneMonger Veteran
TuneMonger Veteran Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,006 Maryland	Liked it a lot, sort of a countrified Bob Seger. Well done. Windows 11, Intel Core I5 10400, 16 gig ram, Scarlett 2i2, Sony Acid Music Studio 10, BIAB 2020 UltraPlus Pak

Re: Blue on Red ROG #606444 07/14/20 07:28 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: ROG Hi Herb, Loved this one - what a great blues-rock feel. That sax is ridiculously good. A wonderful backing track that really trucks along and provides an excellent bed for the super vocal and harmony. Could have been a Southside Johnny track. I need to listen to that again. ROG. Glad to hear that you really like this. To be honest, I'm blown away by the high quality of the sax myself. PG gives us some good stuff in their software. Feel free to listen as many times as is necessary. I don't mind a bit. Thanks for listening. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606515 07/14/20 01:50 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 5,617 United States Torrey Bliss Veteran
Torrey Bliss Veteran Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 5,617 United States	Sweet blues rock Herb, really well put together! I don't think it would hurt to split that solo section with guitar and sax both! I found myself waiting for it to come in! Nice work here for sure! Thanks, T https://torreybliss.bandcamp.com/

Re: Blue on Red Rustyspoon# #606563 07/15/20 02:00 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon# Herb, Nice rocker with solid drive! Sax sounds and sits very well in the mix. Enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing. Misha. P.S. I think mix is a bit hot in places, but it might be just me. I agree with you.... man I love the groove on this. Glad you liked it too. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red floyd jane #606564 07/15/20 02:06 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: floyd jane Herb & Danny, A rockin' track. Overall, the mix is good. The drums, bass and guitar sound good. The vocal is good. You list yourself doing harmonies, but I can't really hear any. Seems like this song could use full harmonies all over the place. Might be the loudest thing I've ever heard on Soundcloud. Hey, I'm glad you commented on this and like it. Yeah, the mix.... I kept the BGV low on purpose. You can hear the harmony on the chorus because that's the only place it is present. Could I have bumped it a bit? Sure.... but I didn't want them to be clearly heard. Just in the same was as there are 4 additional lead vocal tracks. I comped the best of the 4 tracks into the lead and then used the original 4 as doublers. Low and wide. I was thinking you had commented on the sax levels too but you might have edited that so no problemo. Loudest think on Soundcloud...... hummmmmmm.... I didn't really do anything that I don't normally do to this mix. Got me on that one... no clue. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red TuneMonger #606565 07/15/20 02:07 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: TuneMonger Liked it a lot, sort of a countrified Bob Seger. Well done. Countrified Bob Seger.... that sounds like a mighty fine compliment to me. Glad you liked it a lot. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Torrey Bliss #606566 07/15/20 02:11 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss Sweet blues rock Herb, really well put together! I don't think it would hurt to split that solo section with guitar and sax both! I found myself waiting for it to come in! Nice work here for sure! Thanks, T You know, I actually played around with the idea of playing a guitar solo in there, splitting it, as you mentioned, with the sax. BUT.... I really didn't think it added to the song and if something doesn't make the song better, I resist the temptation to put it in there. My thoughts and efforts were to 1.... split it into 2 parts..... 2 trade licks with the sax. IN the end.... I just let the sax play it all since it sounded so good and I rarely use sax..... Thanks for the comments, and we're glad you like the song. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606568 07/15/20 02:13 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,670 Northeastern USA rsdean Veteran
rsdean Veteran Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,670 Northeastern USA	Herb, Love the country-rock feel of this. Outstanding vocal. The sax was an inspired choice - just great! Bob Robert S. Dean - SoundCloud Song Channel

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606597 07/15/20 06:33 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,987 Texas City, Texas Steve Young Expert
Steve Young Expert Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,987 Texas City, Texas	Really nice! Like the groove. I couldn't help when you got to the "doctor, doctor, doctor..." parts to think this is a rocked up, blues-ed up, rebelled up echo of Nilsson's Lime In The Coconut (just the chorus). You did a really good job on this. The sax did fit in real well. I do agree with Torrey, your nice, tasteful guitar licks would have fit in well with some trade-offs with the sax. Really enjoyed this. Steve Steve Young Music "In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." - Robert Schumann

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606606 07/15/20 08:18 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,964 Winston Salem, NC USA Jim Fogle Veteran
Jim Fogle Veteran Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 10,964 Winston Salem, NC USA	Herb, Like the song, like the singing, like the sax but boy it sure sounds LOUD. Jim Fogle - 2026 BiaB (Build 1224) RB (Build 7) - Ultra+ PAK DAWs: Cakewalk Sonar - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8 Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home

Re: Blue on Red rsdean #606710 07/16/20 03:55 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: rsdean Herb, Love the country-rock feel of this. Outstanding vocal. The sax was an inspired choice - just great! Bob Thanks for listening. Danny was actually the one who suggested the sax... He said he could hear a sax playing the intro..... it fell into place from there. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Steve Young #606712 07/16/20 04:00 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: Steve Young Really nice! Like the groove. I couldn't help when you got to the "doctor, doctor, doctor..." parts to think this is a rocked up, blues-ed up, rebelled up echo of Nilsson's Lime In The Coconut (just the chorus). You did a really good job on this. The sax did fit in real well. I do agree with Torrey, your nice, tasteful guitar licks would have fit in well with some trade-offs with the sax. Really enjoyed this. Steve I hear what you're saying.... I was thinking more like this>> Thanks.... Maybe on the next one I'll throw some licks in there..... You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Jim Fogle #606713 07/16/20 04:01 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: Jim Fogle Herb, Like the song, like the singing, like the sax but boy it sure sounds LOUD. Another vote for loud..... hmmmmmmm... I'll have to figure out what I'm doing right, because, it's not bricked and slammed. Glad you like the song, the singing, the sax. Me too. Last edited by Guitarhacker; 07/16/20 04:02 AM. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606725 07/16/20 06:19 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 2,547 United Kingdom musician17 Veteran
musician17 Veteran Joined: May 2018 Posts: 2,547 United Kingdom	Great job! The sax is superb. The rest is a wonderful groove - do they call this ska? I'm useless at styles and their labels, so forgive me if I'm talking rubbish (what's new? haha). And yes, it's a tad loud, but I just lowered the volume on my notebook - an easy fix ;-) Love it. Had me tapping my feet from beginning to end. My website

Re: Blue on Red Guitarhacker #606774 07/16/20 03:30 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,081 jptjptjpt Expert
jptjptjpt Expert Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,081	Good rocker. Nice guitar playing. Well played by the band. My music can be heard at: The Cracks

Re: Blue on Red musician17 #606847 07/17/20 05:08 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker OP Veteran
OP Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,720 Middlesex, NC	Originally Posted By: musician17 Great job! The sax is superb. The rest is a wonderful groove - do they call this ska? I'm useless at styles and their labels, so forgive me if I'm talking rubbish (what's new? haha). And yes, it's a tad loud, but I just lowered the volume on my notebook - an easy fix ;-) Love it. Had me tapping my feet from beginning to end. The style is Jeans pop country blues. I believe Ska is more closely aligned with reggae as far as the feel goes. It's amazing how that volume control works huh? Glad you liked it and took a listen. Thanks You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

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