Hi Gary,
Thanks for taking the time to listen & for your comments.
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The next thing that strikes me is the 'thinness' of the sound. The best way I can describe this is that it sounds like some of those YouTube videos that were taken with an inexpensive video camera about 30-40' back from the stage.



That's exactly the sound I was looking for!
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Listen to the difference between this and 'Higher Ground' which is billed as 'Live.' I'm assuming that the person who did the sound mixing on this was able to balance the music properly, and get the sound you wanted.




Higher Ground was done with everything straight into the board. No mics. No background noise. That's why it sounds so much cleaner.