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Posted By: Sergio Guarneri Christmas lights - 12/06/14 07:30 PM
Hi,

here's a new Christmas song

"Christmas lights"

C_SWEET_STY

518 Bass El. Pop
Real drums nashville 16^2
Hi-q 005-02 Piano El.
368 Acoustic guitar
Hi-q 049-01 String ensemble

Merry Christmas to everybody
https://soundcloud.com/sergio-guarneri/christmas-lights
Posted By: floyd jane Re: Christmas lights - 12/06/14 07:41 PM
A good listen, Sergio.

I think your guitar needs to come up some in the mix. It's kind of "tucked in" with everything else.

fj
Posted By: dani48 Re: Christmas lights - 12/06/14 08:17 PM
Hi, Sergio !:))


I happen to be weak for
nice Christmas tunes
and your tune is no
exception ! A very nice
tune so gently and sensitively
played !:))


Merry Christmas Sergio !:))

Cheers
Dani
Posted By: cubanpete Re: Christmas lights - 12/07/14 05:02 PM
Nice tune overall, I agree with Floyd, the lead guitar could be a tad louder.

Bon Natale

Mike B.
Posted By: F.M.M. Re: Christmas lights - 12/07/14 06:35 PM
hi Sergio. really like this great job all of it I think guitar could come up a tad thanks for sharing eric
Posted By: Guitarhacker Re: Christmas lights - 12/08/14 10:13 AM
Ditto.... yeah, bring the guitar up about 6 db... it's really buried in the mix.

The tune is nice.... it has a nice flow and chord progression.
Posted By: Charlie Fogle Re: Christmas lights - 12/08/14 10:27 AM
I really like this one a lot. Very mellow. Nice arrangement and choice of instruments.

Thanks for posting.


Charlie
Posted By: Greg Johnson Re: Christmas lights - 12/08/14 06:19 PM
Agree with the others. Sweet tune!! Guitar could come up a little. It might be interesting to play with the processing a bit too-a bit of distortion/reverb? Really nice work! Take care. Greg
Posted By: Janice & Bud Re: Christmas lights - 12/09/14 01:21 PM
Outstanding playing and arrangement.
Two good reasons to raise the gain a
bit on the guitar!

A very cool and enjoyable listen.

J&B
Posted By: Pat Marr Re: Christmas lights - 12/09/14 01:44 PM
the playing style in these real tracks really work well with the chords you've chosen for the song. The intro was very nice.

I liked when the strings came in... and those HiQ strings sound AWESOME! Good choice!
I also heard brass near the end, but there was no mention of brass real tracks or MIDI in your list. The brass sounded very good, and now I'm curious to know what you used so I can use it too.

Sounds like you played the guitar part... so my next questions would be:

what kind of guitar?
what effects did you use?
direct connection? or mic on the amp?

The break in the middle where only the rhodes piano plays was an interesting break in the pattern. I found myself wondering if it was the ending, then your wall of sound came back for a grand finale! Innovative ending!

Thanks for posting! That was a fun and interesting listen!
Posted By: Sergio Guarneri Re: Christmas lights - 12/09/14 03:49 PM

Hi Pat

the guitar is a Fender Stratocaster Highway One
connected to pc by an external mixer.
For this song I used Vandal VST - clean sound
The brass vst is not in BiB.

Hello and thanks.
Posted By: Scott C Re: Christmas lights - 12/09/14 04:55 PM
Excellent tune. Loved your guitar work... Strings a really nice touch
Posted By: MarioD Re: Christmas lights - 12/12/14 08:11 PM
Yes this is excellent! Those Strats are very versatile are they not!

I agree that the guitar has to come up a bit; you have great chops why not show them off?
Posted By: Jim Fogle Re: Christmas lights - 12/14/14 10:07 PM
Sergio,

Well played and constructed song. Nice, mellow listen.
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