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'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
Hi all, Here's a new version of 'The Headless Cross' from my Weirdstone project. Tim came to stay in January and we managed to get 2 songs recorded, here's the first; https://app.box.com/s/yr8vkmxxl9ct3s7p7cag (or via the player on my website - see link in sig) Tim wrote the lyrics, sang and played acoustic guitar, I did the rest.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 13:13:13
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Sounds good but seems short. Is this finished?
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 13:45:42
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Noice vershun Jaymes.
Thanks Ed. (thought the thread was invisible for a bit there)
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 13:47:41
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Sounds good but seems short. Is this finished?
Peace and Blessings, John
Thanks John. Yes, it's finished.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 13:53:09
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Hi James The link to the Box address is being blocked and I can see no version playable on your Web site. The block would appear to have something to do with certificates 
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 13:56:43
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Hi James The link to the Box address is being blocked and I can see no version playable on your Web site.
The block would appear to have something to do with certificates
Box is streaming fine here John. The player is at the bottom of the homepage on my site, just click through the tracks, it's the 5th track (after 'Shuttlingslow')
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 19:23:50
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Love it. All of it. There is something "big" or "grand" about the sound of it yet the instrumentation is sparse and tasteful. You make us wait for the vocal and then you deliver. I can see this as an accompaniment to Excalibur or something along those lines. Well done.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/15 19:57:48
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Jeez Louise, this has such an epic feel! I feel like I'm waiting for battle. Great job.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 05:56:36
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I like this James and Tim ,
I will have to give this a listen during the day when I can turn it up ….
Kenny
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 08:05:14
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Love it. All of it. There is something "big" or "grand" about the sound of it yet the instrumentation is sparse and tasteful. You make us wait for the vocal and then you deliver. I can see this as an accompaniment to Excalibur or something along those lines. Well done.
Thanks so much Manny, that's exactly the feel we were hoping for. Good to see you btw.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 08:43:34
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loved that tune.... the guitar with the synth was a perfect match.
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2014/02/16 10:31:39
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Lynn
Jeez Louise, this has such an epic feel! I feel like I'm waiting for battle. Great job.
Thanks Lynn! 
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 11:02:39
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Hi James, I remember an earlier version wich I liked very much. This one is more epic, for me a little bit too epic. Acoustic guitar sounds very direct, I'm missing a sense of space. Just my tuppence ; ) Very nice tune, well done.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 13:51:42
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Finally got a chance to listen interesting I found the accoustic a little forward but other than that it was good.
Regards your box link for me I am getting this problem, with both IE and Chrome.
There is a problem with this website's security certificate.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 14:11:16
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Don't know how I missed this one. Oh :-) It's only a day old so I don't feel too bad. That guitar sounds beautiful, can you please find out the particulars? The guitar (type) how it was recorded and how it is treated? It's a beautiful Celtic tune, and Tim is one of my favorite singers. "I'd have the legends know, I held the line..." Beautiful writing..
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2014/02/16 15:00:49
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kennywtelejazz
I like this James and Tim ,
I will have to give this a listen during the day when I can turn it up ….
Kenny
Thanks Kenny, crank it up..
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 15:01:50
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Guitarhacker
loved that tune.... the guitar with the synth was a perfect match.
Thanks a lot Herb 
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2014/02/16 15:03:34
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Rikkie
Hi James, I remember an earlier version wich I liked very much. This one is more epic, for me a little bit too epic. Acoustic guitar sounds very direct, I'm missing a sense of space. Just my tuppence ; ) Very nice tune, well done.
Rik
Thank Rik. It's nice that you remember the earlier version. That had some problems in as much as the vocals and guitar were recorded on the same track, and not to a click, so I had a lot of trouble adding instruments to it, and also getting the mix to sound cohesive.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/16 15:04:36
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Wookiee
Finally got a chance to listen interesting I found the accoustic a little forward but other than that it was good.
Regards your box link for me I am getting this problem, with both IE and Chrome.
There is a problem with this website's security certificate.
Thanks John. I've opened the link in Firefox and IE, no problems or certificate warnings, so don't know what to suggest there.
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2014/02/16 15:09:00
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Don't know how I missed this one. Oh :-) It's only a day old so I don't feel too bad. That guitar sounds beautiful, can you please find out the particulars? The guitar (type) how it was recorded and how it is treated? It's a beautiful Celtic tune, and Tim is one of my favorite singers. "I'd have the legends know, I held the line..." Beautiful writing..
Thanks Robby, hoped/thought you might like this one. Tim's guitar, a Dave King handmade dreadnought, was recorded DI from the K&K pickup into my Boss BR-8 (set to the tuner channel, so no colouration), and into Sonar via the M-Audio 24/96, then I just added a little Sonitus reverb. I like that lyric too, gives me the shivers.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/17 14:15:34
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this is sweet.
i like that it does not feel rushed, but does not feel slow either....
the solo guitar sounds a bit direct.... like a piezo.....
would love to hear it blended with a mic as well......
the tone is really sweet tho.
nice vocal performance. the reverb is tasteful.
sound like you have a plosive and compression issue at 2:39 on 'i'd HAVE......." and again at 2:44
if you were singing into a compressor, it's there..
but if it's on mixdown (or mastering) you can fix that.
really nice tune.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/17 18:03:05
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Great James, you know I really like your work. Epic is certainly the word I think.
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2014/02/17 20:13:00
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Real nice James. Production is great. Always a pleasure to hear Tim sing. Who is Tim W. anyway.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/17 21:52:30
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Spectacular! It sounds "finished" but it could have gone much longer, too. Thanks James.
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2014/02/18 03:06:54
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this is sweet.
i like that it does not feel rushed, but does not feel slow either....
the solo guitar sounds a bit direct.... like a piezo.....
would love to hear it blended with a mic as well......
the tone is really sweet tho.
nice vocal performance. the reverb is tasteful.
sound like you have a plosive and compression issue at 2:39 on 'i'd HAVE......." and again at 2:44
if you were singing into a compressor, it's there..
but if it's on mixdown (or mastering) you can fix that.
really nice tune.
Thanks Gonzo! Yep, the guitar is DI-d from a K&K pickup. The only mic at my disposal is a cheap condenser, and it doesn't do any guitar justice. I'll check out that plosive/compression issue, thanks again.
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Re: 'The Headless Cross' (featuring Tim Wilkinson)
2014/02/18 03:07:57
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Great James, you know I really like your work. Epic is certainly the word I think.
Thank you very much Wayne!
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2014/02/18 03:40:18
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Gorgeous!
Regards,
Dan
Thanks Dan!
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2014/02/18 03:42:45
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Real nice James. Production is great. Always a pleasure to hear Tim sing. Who is Tim W. anyway.
Thank you kindly Tim. Tim W is my friend of some 45 years now, here he is; http://www.magpiechatter.co.uk/solo
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