Classic Grass Colab w/Scotty **Final remix2 - 6/29**

Always liked this tune :-) It's at the top; MFer!

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**6/20, numerous changes from 1st till now. This includes a dobro at the end to help fill it out as the piano and mando stop there. I'm done with it for now and will be moving on. It was a lot of fun though! And again special thanks to Scotty.



**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... 

**6/29, I still wasn't happy with some of the compression and EQ so I made multiple changes... to me it sounds better? Either way I'm done with it this time for sure :-) I sang one for Janet she's finishing up that's going to be pretty cool. And I have my son next week so won't be doing much in the studio, but after that I'll get back in there and work on one of my oldies that hasn't been recorded yet.

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...

This is great, Robby.  Train whistles, cool piano, great drums, a pretty darn good fiddler, etc., etc.  Still can't get over your voice, although I've heard it once or twice before.  :) 

May the circle be unbroken. Robby as hillbilly (and I mean that in the most flattering sense), and a very credible one at that. The grass is bluer...........? A ton of fun

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

Guitarhacker


nice tune.... this takes me back to Roanoke Virginia.... up on the blue ridge parkway back in the 80's with my VW bug and an 8-track player and this cassette.

Good music.... good cover.

Thanks Hacker, it was a lot of fun to do. And here he is ladies and gentlemen, 80s Herb, complete with a cold one and long hair! :-)

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 :)

Janet


This is great, Robby.  Train whistles, cool piano, great drums, a pretty darn good fiddler, etc., etc.  Still can't get over your voice, although I've heard it once or twice before.  :) 

Janet, you know I always work on impressing YOU with my piano :-) If I succeeded even in a small way? I consider it a huge success :-) The original version of course did not have piano, so in my version, it's purely my interpretation of what should have been there? But I really enjoyed the piano. I'm getting better at it... the piano took me 2 days or so I think? I'm glad you liked everything. 


Thank you for listening, and for commenting.

no idea, but it sounds pretty damn professional to me, some great picking and a-fiddling, could be a little 'bigger' soundwise, but very very well balanced.

Edited, two times? I know.. I know.

Hey, Robby,

Very cool spin on this classic bluegrass cover, buddy.

Those vocal harmonies are really sweet!  Excellent job on all of the instrumental performances, I love the banjo and slide, and Scotty's fiddle sounds dynamite.

The mix sounds really good, especially for how much is going on throughout the song.  My only very minor suggestion would be to maybe bring your killer good vocals up just a notch, to float them over the dense mix a little bit more.  That's just my own personal preference.  When you've got the perfect voice for this song like you do, why not feature it just a little bit more?

Really nice work, Robby!
Bob

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

Greetings, Rik

This was a treat.  Killer arrangement and bass playin' was fabulous.  Scotty's fiddles had my speakers smokin'.
Nice harmonies and the guitar lines were very classy.

Beautiful.

Nice bass, Robby! Looks similar to my 5-string Ibanez pictured above.

Ha!
I have a Fender Jazz fretless bass and it still has lines on the neck.

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