Darling Be Home Soon

I Have been working on this one on and off for a bit. It's a cover of a classic John Sebastion tune. I'm learning how to use my different tools. Part of this was recorded with my older Behringer UCA-202 and part of it was done with my new M-audio FW410.

This is the first tune where I record an acoustic guitar. Sorry I haven't had a chance to post a song here in quite a while. All crits are very much welcome. Thanks for your ears.

Darling Be Home Soon

Don't know the song James, but this is a pretty tune. I liked the subtle strings that appeared at 1:35, the 'brass' - not so much Your voice has a pleasing George Harrison quality to it, you should sing more.

James

Have time for one last song , I like the song but the vocals I agree is a bit up and tone in pitch .
Nice song Tap .

Radio

I have to agree.... I hear George in there as well.......

I will have to listen a little more to John Sebastion as well.......

It is a lovely tune.

Clifford

This is a wonderful song – I remember hearing it for the first time (yes, I’m that old) – when that major 7 th chord came in it just broke my heart. It’s great to learn that this music is still being listened to and appreciated. Your recording is rough but it’s great to hear this again. Thanks.

yea...I really enjoyed the tune...I would have liked to hear the horns sustain a bit more to give them a more natural sound...but having them cut off so quickly (as they do) then sound very synthetic...I love your vox pitchniess and all!...very well done!


cool tune..and yes...you need to sing more!

Thanks for your comments.

I'm very humbled as to the George Harrison references to my voice quality! I never considered myself a singer, but I really think I should work at it.  George is one of my all time favorite guitarists and song writers. Syd Barrett was a masterful composer as well ! My Washburn has been problematic and really needs the intonation worked on . It was extremely hard to get it in tune. Fortunately, the chords all reside down in the open position, but I really need to tend to that truss rod. 

I'm still new to the condenser mic and it took may takes to get a decent clarity and level without noise and distortion happening. These were single takes all the way through. I suppose I should learn to use the punch in feature.

I guess I've aged myself. Seems like many don't remember the Lovin Spoonful. I found this video of them doing this song ... Check out the hat on Zal

Darling Be Home Soon - Lovin Spoonful Live ...

Found this one as well ... this one really got me ......

Darling Be Home Soon - Slade Live ???  ---( My, my,  we're all crazy now! )

 Thanks all! I'll be working on my vocals and guitar intonation for sure!

Ahh! I remember when this came out on the radio. I've always love this song. Thanks, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this!

I had never heard this song before, but I like what I'm hearing here. The tuba was a big surprise! Nice work!

Robbie .... If I take it to a Lucifer, I guess I'd have to go down there to Georgia! That's quite a hike from here and I'm not all that interested in a Les Paul made of gold.

I just re-listened to the soundclick version of this and something seems lost in the mp3 translation. I'll have to try to remix this one this weekend.

I'm fi'in (pronounced sort of like fin? it's fixin, but shortened? It's a southern thang...)  to take my Goodall in to have it setup again within the next few weeks. Acoustic guitars are like girlfriends? They have to be handled with care, and they can go out of whack every so often? They're moody and when you go in and out of seasons, you have to "baby them." humidity is the most important thing to keep in mind... I keep O-Hole humidifiers in all of my acoustic instruments in the winter (VERY important...) You have to keep your instrument moist, and I may be going away for a while? So I want to make sure my o-hole is moist and pliable... :-(

a lot of fine comments. i LOVE this! totally retro instrumentation and performance, which may or may not have been the intention, but it works so well. the vocals are spot on, acoustic guitar twanging away, subtle strings and the brass/bass part is inspired!

ha. I was diddling with a J. Sebastian song the other day. they're fun cause they're easy:) Yea...
anyway nice job on this one.

Thanks all for the comments.  I don't think I'll put any real effort into fixing this one. It was really meant to be a platform to get my workflow down with my new gear.

I really appreciate the honest comments on the vocals and will work on getting them better. I should probably try more than just a couple of takes. I guess the vocals are good enough that I should work at them. Also noted is the wide pan on the mix. I did the final mix on headphones this time and opened up the stereo field. I've found in the past that typically that headphones are more sensitive than monitors, so I guess I over did it a tad.

BTW I used TTS-1 for the strings and horns. They seemed decent for what I needed. I probably could have used some better plug-ins but don't currently have any that work better than these right now.

Hey, Jim!  Nothing new to add to the crits - just thought I'd chime in that I liked this cover you've done here!  thanks for sharing!