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Sounds great, Alan. Always a pleasure to listen to your compositions.
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Originally Posted By: TuneMonger
Hey Al,

I noticed the hard-panned guitar right away, but I really like it and don't know why it isn't done more often. As others have said, this sounds like it's ready for a vocal! Good work, I'm working on a straight blues myself right now, getting back to my roots as it were.



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Glad you liked it and the arrangement. Good luck with your travel back to your musical roots!

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Originally Posted By: rsdean
Alan,

This sounds great. I think the arrangement and mix is excellent. Love the track selection.

Bob



Thanks so much, Bob! Thanks for y90ur time and very nice words!

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Originally Posted By: BabuMusic
Hi, Al!! The Blues is meant to be played loud. A friend of mine plays pedal steel, but, man, you got this guy to rock out some good blues. Great Blues. Love the baritone too --heck the whole band is just perfect. Yes, I like the space the panned guitars provide. Really fun Blues progression. That was definitely two hours well spent, Al.



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Many thanks, my friend! Pedal steel is my all time favorite instrument. there's hardly a feeling/mood it can't capture. Thanks for the very nice input. Take care.

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Originally Posted By: Ghostgum
Impressive. Pity that I have only two thumbs to elevate - this production deserves more.


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Thanks so much! That's awfully nice of you to say. Uh ... check eBay. They might have a couple of thumbs for sale!

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Originally Posted By: Rick Hansen
Nice flow and perfect dynamics, you got this one perfect. Thanks for posting, I just stopped in to drop one of my tunes and decided to listen to your song, glad I did. Great listen.

Rick



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Thanks for dropping in for a listen. I appreciate all those really nice comments! I'll be headed over to your song in just a bit. Looking forward to it.

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Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
We liked the mix and the soundstage it presents - would not change a thing.

The lap steep was a good choice.
Those licks have a very melodic feel.

And as always with you the chord progression and arrangement are top notch.

Enjoyed it!

J&B






Hey Folks ...

Glad this one sets okay in your ears. I've always been a pedal steel fan. but this lap steel RT quickly persuaded it can rock, too! Thanks for the visit and kind words.

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Originally Posted By: Deej56
Alan,

Wow, you did this in two hours? Jeez, it's sad how long it takes me to do a song . . . and they never sound as clean and complete as this one does. Outstanding tune. Nicely done!

All my best to you,

Deej



Hi Deej ...

Yep - just under two hours. Being a caretaker for a wife with dementia and keeping the house running is a full time job - have to use my time as efficiently as possible. Actually most of my posts (the few with vocals take a bit longer) are done, inception to posting on Soundcloud, in 6 hours or less, usually about 4 hours.

Glad ya liked it. Thanks for letting me know!

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Originally Posted By: MarioD
Alan this is some fantastic blues!

Super choice of instruments that were blended together perfectly.

Loved it

PS - I doesn't need a singer!




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Always a pleasure when you stop in for a visit. We guys closing in on the octogenarian category gotta stick together!

Nice to hear it all works for you. Thanks for the super feedback.

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Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
2 hours huh! Alan, that would have taken me a couple of days to put together! You are one of the absolute best at using realtracks and making them work in a super cohesive manner! Thanks, Torrey




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You really are much too kind! And I thank you very much for the sup[port and great feedback. if you were using nothing but BIAB tools, I'm sure you could have done this at least as quickly as I did - probably sound better, too! Take care ...

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Originally Posted By: NigelSpiers
Hi Alan,

No the guitars are panned just right - typically in a busy mix you would pan L/R around 35 to 40.

Best Regards
Nigel



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Hope all is well in NZ. And many thanks for the very kind feedback. Sure do appreciate it!

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Originally Posted By: PROJECT M
Hi Al
Sounds really great
The mastering service is really cool
I already used it when I didn't know what to do ;-)
Sehr gute Arbeit, Al
Viele Grüße
Andi ;-)



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Ich danke dir so viel!

Thank you very much!

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Originally Posted By: Leon1
Sounds great, Alan. Always a pleasure to listen to your compositions.
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Thank you very much. And the pleasure goes both ways! Best to you ...

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Great feel, I got in and enjoyed the ride. very nice, Thanks for sharing

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Really cool progression and arrangement. Enjoyed this from start to finish.

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Wow..... really good jam.

The lap steel really reminded me of David Lindley and the tone he had on Jackson Brown's Running on Empty album.

Yeah, that jam worked well for me. Nicely done.

EDIT: regarding the panning of guitars. On my speakers, I couldn't really tell much about the panning. The only time panning too far is a problem is if the playback mode is mono and it's not a combination of the 2 channels.

On practically all my songs I tend to put the rhythm guitars 100% right or left, generally with 2 guitars and each recorded uniquely. No cloning. My latest song is a good example of that. Rhythm guitars are close but not exactly the same and they are panned 100% opposite each other. This gives a very wide and full sound to those instruments. You can also do this with say a piano and a guitar playing a rhythm part. It balances the stereo spread or sound stage. I saw something about mixing recently that confirmed what I have been doing. The individual was saying that you shouldn't be afraid to commit to hard panning. I also do the same thing on vocals to thicken them up. Again.... I did this on my last song. The panned vox are considerably lower in the mix than the main vox. Harmonies are around 50% IIRC in that song. I wanted them to blend more rather than stand apart.

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Sounds good in the cans. Leave it alone and do it again on the next one.

Regarding loud: As long as you don't compress the crap out of it, which it looks like you didn't.... let it roll. I'd rather have a loud mix with dynamics in it any day over something weak sounding. Whatever you did.... it worked.

I caught a brief glimpse of "Jackie Blue" in there towards the end.

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Al,
That is some sweet, fast work with Biab.
Panning sounds right to me and the lap steel zips around the brain beautifully.
Enjoyed!

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Alan,

another great listen.

The mix is really good.

You are a BIAB Pro!!

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I rarely use a steel guitar, usually it just doesn't sound right... but in this song it is the star, works really well. I had to try that one in one of my WIP blues rock songs and seems to be a good fit. And you can always trust on that baritone guitar. Great mix, the drums rock hard. Beautifully working chord progression, as always, no cheatin'.

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I like the mix and the instrumentation.

And no, you can't pan the rhythm guitars too far left and right, they are supposed to live out there.
100% left, 100% right and balance with levels to taste. Instant wide stereo field in 2 minutes.

The song is pretty cool with the very good arrangement. I could see it working well with vocals, but it also works very well on its own.

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