clintmartin
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A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
Here's a new one I've been working on for awhile. It features my new "Rock Solid" Ez Drummer exp and all my new shiny Fab Filter plugins. Any and all thoughts, ideas or critiques on the mix would be appreciated as always.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/22 20:35:35
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Hey great vibe! I had a hard time hearing the lead though. But of course I'm listening at work with crummy desktop speakers. 
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/22 20:47:00
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Nice warm vibe, great musicianship!
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/22 22:50:46
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Clint,
Nice strat guitar sounds and playing. You did do a great job on this and it sounds pretty awesome. Nice arrangement, instrumentation and mix. Nicely done.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/23 09:26:25
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Sounds great.
I like all the mixing up of the guitar parts and the strong full toned chunky rhythm motif sounded really nice too.
It seems simple, (in a good way) really lively, and very fresh.
Thanks for sharing.
best regards,
mike
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clintmartin
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/23 10:14:58
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Thanks for the comments. The lead is back in the mix on purpose so the rhythm guitars won't get buried. I hope to improve my listening environment in the future...so your thoughts on the overall mix would be a huge help.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/23 10:23:04
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I'm a fan of the idea of keeping the lead in the mix the way you have.
I think sometimes it helps emphasize the quality of the song, as a song, on the whole. You have to have a pretty good song for it to work and I think you made all that happen.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/23 12:10:01
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Very cool Clint... Mix sounds fine to me.. great playin'...
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clintmartin
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/23 21:46:36
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Thanks for taking the time to listen. I hope to get caught up with all of your guys songs and links this weekend. I truly respect the talent on this forum more than any other resource I have.
For the Ez Drummer users I wanted to add that I used the Gretsch set from Rock Solid on this one. I had to change the mix a lot. Toontrack had way too much kick and too much room mic for my taste. Quite a bit of work went into the drums. I'm trying to learn how to do a better job with them.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 12:33:48
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Got me movin'. On my phones this sounds sweet, Clint. Mix seems to work nicely. Great playing!
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 13:24:56
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Hi Clint nice one, great guitar playing, wish the lead guitar was louder and the bass less loud.
Rik
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 13:57:34
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Hey Clint, this is awesome man! Nice lead guitar work in there! I thought the drums sounded really good, all that work paid off. Nice mix too!
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 14:05:02
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Awesome all the way around.
Really tight, spacious mix man!
It was a tad bassy on my end as well, but it sounds great.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 14:20:39
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The first thing that sprung to mind was Jethro Tull.
Sounds well here mix translates well on my Events.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 14:38:14
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Thanks everyone for listening and giving your opinions. I haven't heard this on anything other than my monitors or headphones, so I'll for sure re-check the mix and see if I have too much low end. I'm glad to hear it sounds ok on a phone! I hate those things and trying to get a mix to sound decent is near impossible.
Jethro Tull huh? I haven't thought of that, but now I can hear that too. I've always liked them so that's ok with me! Thanks again.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/25 20:10:51
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Clint - nice - guitar playing is great - love this.
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clintmartin
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/26 16:55:59
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Thanks for taking the time to listen Mark. I do appreciate it.
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/28 19:44:56
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Hi Clint , this sounds fantastic ,  it's just what I need to hear to get some of my elevator music sounds out of my head  guitar sounds great over here in the mix , I got to say I like the overall vibe , very ballsy sounding .. it reminds me a little of Politician ...R Ford or Clapton ...just a little faster paced great job on the mix and playing Kenny
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clintmartin
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Re: A Prelude To September (Original Instrumental)
2013/08/28 23:23:28
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Thanks man! You made my day. I'm a fan of both Robin Ford and Cream. I like elevator music too! Hahaha.
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