Wonderful stuff gentlemen - a real toe-tapper for sure

YEEEE HAAAA!

nice work Robby & Scotty! 

I might kick it in the butt just a little harder... and back that limitter out some. It distorted a little on the 2nd Ooooo where it was working pretty hard.

jamesg1213


2nd country tune in a row this afternoon..not my favourite genre, but you do it well Robby. Good vibes are pouring out o' this one Nice job on the walking bass line - perfect! I'm guessing that banjo is done on the keys, 'cos you've mentioned it before. Neat work, it takes a lot to get that feel right.

Thanks James, yeaup, I busted my rear on that stoopid banjo track... It took longer than anything else! Fortunately, I have OCD about music, so I can work on a track "for weeks... Which is how long that banjo took. I tell people (at work) my two big challenges were, 1) I'm not a banjo player, and 2) I don't have a banjo. And they're all like, "well how'd you do it?" and I'm all like, go to youtube and punch in "banjo lesson" you'll get some big redneck named Jethrow showing you "technique..." Then you take the song  you're trying to do, and you slow it down... And play along with it, practice, get things in, speed it up, edit it, and repeat... It can be maddening. At some point you have to just say, it's going to be in the mix, this is good enough, and move on :-) The keys took a few days, and the drums, everything else was a few hours, and lots of mixing... And waiting patiently for "the precious..." which I mixed in when I got it.  Scotty wanted to change a couple of things, he's a perfectionist. But I liked it the way it is, so I put it up.

This sounds really good RobNScotty...Damn fine job if I do say so myself!!!!!!

bapu


Well done Robby. I imagine that is Scotty on the fiddle.

Good call :-) Thanks, I just pulled the bass back .5 on Ozone4's MB Compressor on the bottom band, from 4.7 to 4.2, a small change, but I feel like it sits a little better in the mix.

notnat


Great arrangement Robby... killer fiddle... Scotty?
Harmony is so fine... I'd like to hear more snare... I think it might make the midi banjo more believable... very well done...

:-) Thanks Frank, yeaup that's the Scottster. I did those harmonies like I like my women... "High and tight (and lonesome...) preferably with poor eye sight"

Tap


Great stuff.... For a brief moment I was back in the states! Guess it would have to be Scotty on fiddle. Great Banjo work, though. I seem to recall you having a banjo on something else you posted. Killer slide part :)

:-) Tippity Tap, thanks man, I think we put the tree in country? I'm actually going to add some parts, going to add a dobro at the end, and maybe some more Philz... But tomorrow's Father's day, so we'll be canoeing :-) (my son and I). Happy Father's day to all dads on the Forum!!

Whoa... where do I start with comments here... it was that kinda' great!  I've been meaning to catch this one for days, and finally got there this morning.  Well worth the wait to hear two of my favorite players at their best.

Robby, that banjo had me going for a good part of the tune.  Great job on everything guys.  I'll be back for seconds and maybe even thirds on this one.

The mix has this live and vintage feel.  Now you need some live crowd noise and clapping too.  Great job!

Quot

morenoise


Hi Robby, that's a fun tune, nice one.

Greetings, Rik

Thanks Rik, I have a lot of respect for people who can get up and do live grass... They are world class musicians. My grass grows slowly :-)

timidi


Great work guys. harmonies are spot on. Great fiddle Scotty. And, Robby, I like the banjo:)
Why was I thinkin Pure Prarie League ...?. hmm..

Timmay! Fortunately for me, Eagles and harmonies are in my wheelhouse ;-) Man I love Pure Prairie League! I have Two Lane Highway on vinyl :-) 

kennywtelejazz


Wow this one got me by surprise , as I didn't know what to expect 
two things that make this tune over the top real nice
Robbys voice & Scottys fiddle 
every thing else was good too

Kenny

Thanks Kenny, it was a special treat to get Mr. Campbell. 

**6/22, I just want to say that the people who are really good at this mixing and mastering stuff? My hat it off to you... "Really" And you know who you are. It is the single hardest thing for me. Many things come easily to me? Some I have to work at, but the damn mixing... I mean I do it for days/weeks... I have what will be the final mix up now. I wanted to bring the ass end up a bit more, I kept mixing it in and then out again? It's sitting where I want it now :-) And the vox :-) And that sweet fiddle :-) So much goes in to this...

People who don't do this? Have "no clue..." I have so many compressors and limiters, EQs, panners, wideners, narrowers, exciters all working together... I work in a technical field on the Internet? And I tell the Engineers I work with, what I do on the DAW is "every bit as involved and every bit as deep as what we do in the network, if not more so..."  The secrets behind getting your mix, 1. Loud, 2. Punchy, 3. Clear, 4. Separated, featuring different aspects, like the vocals, a lead instrument like Scotty's fiddle, keeping the punch in the ass end, not over driving anything? Not distorting, it is an art that requires every bit as much talent as anything we do musically IMO...  So many deep rabbit holes. The musician rabbit hole... The production rabbit hole, the engineering rabbit hole. Each deep and wide? Each presenting its own challenges... 

Well I like to think I'm getting better at it :-) I am surrounded by so many talented people who inspire me. I am very very impressed by so many here, if I can impress you, I've accomplished what I've set out to do :-) And believe me when I say, "I work HARD at it..." Really hard, at my craft(s) it's not just a hobby, it is my passion, and my obsession...
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I'm moving off of this project, it was aggressive. I'm working on an original tune I wrote a while back that's never been posted, and a colab with one of my favorite people :-) Look forward to it... It's going to be EPIC!

Peace.

Hey, Robby,

This new second mix REALLY sounds great!!!

Those outstanding vox and harmonies are way easier to hear, and the entire mix seems to have better instrument separation and is much cleaner sounding.  Everything can breathe nicely now in it's own space.

Well worth the extra effort, nice work, buddy! 
Bob