Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon#
Frank,
Excellent tune! Well played & produced. Nice vocals!
Thank you for sharing.

Misha.


Misha, thanks for the listen and encouragement.

Originally Posted By: CaptainMoto
This is right up my alley.
I like it.

Good vibe, I like the driving guitar riff, all the instruments sound great!

I think the main vocal could be brightened up just a tad.

moto


Moto, thanks for the listen. That guitar riff, I added a few bars at the beginning so it could play by itself and be highlighted.

In that version you heard, the vocals are brightened up quite a bit in the individual track and there is some brightening in the Master channel. I like to tread lightly for a natural sound. I attached images of the brightening I did and did notice something, on the vox I have one eq before compression, I usually use two eqs, the high pass filter before compression, and the brightening after compression. I'll go back and change that and see what happens.

Originally Posted By: rayc
That's pretty cool.
Nice mix and the vocal sits perfectly in it.
Well done on the drum programming...it sounds pretty natural.

I did read somewhere that PG Music would rather not have their performers named outside the forums.


Ray, thanks for the listen. Drum programming was an overstatement, not sure what term to use. EZdrummer midi drum grooves come in style folders with a bunch of variations and fills and intros. You put them together in a timeline in chunks, sometimes the chunks are 1 bar, often 4 bars, 9 bars, 12 bars etc. They are performed by studio musicians and are not quantized, sort of like super midi. I spill these into a track as midi and from there I modify, often by subtraction, sometimes addition like cymbal hits. Once you get the hang of it, you can really customize it to fit a song.

I edited the video to remove the credit of the BIAB artist. Feels strange to not give credit.

Originally Posted By: NigelSpiers
Hi Frank,

Yes this is right up my alley also.

It has a very cool swamp blues figure/backing which then moves into an Eagles country bridge and chorus with vocal harmonies.

I don't think these harmonies are necessary - just stick with your voice which sounds fine.

I like the way you also break the song up with a vocals only section later in the song - top marks. Many a song writer on this forum could take note of this desire to entertain the audience.

Excellent effort - look forward to hearing more of your songs.

Best Regards
Nigel


Thanks for the listen Nigel. I have to say that I like harmonies in this style of tune, I think it's idiomatic to the genre especially on the acapella break near the end of the tune (not completely acapella as there is the sidestick and kick on the downbeats, I'd still call it acapella though.)

Originally Posted By: BabuMusic
Wow, The Eagles have landed. This is an amazing production, Frank & Keith. Excellent choices on the multi-mando, too. Love the dynamics and the chorus really elevates the thrill. Masterful write.


Thanks for the listen. That BIAB solo came from a Resonator guitar comping the multi-riff feature.

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Frank

Some tunes from me and my collaborator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGqM6ktMW5ltTnyit1KWPg/videos


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