Always On My Mind - Cover

  The music is Spot on, but the vox just isn't what I like to hear in this tune. Either way. Two thumbs up!


Bobby

I really like this!  The vox are far better than Willie's. They just have too much verb on them.

Great classic country song. It's so cool to be able to play with people across the internet.

Not to bad of a job on the mix. Good points already pointed out. The thing I noticed was the singer.... needs more emotion, and less reverb/FX.  To much reverb takes away the intimate feeling from a vocal. Not enough and it's to dry and in your face... so finding the right amount is critical.

The way I try (notice the use of the word TRY) to do it is I solo the vox and run it dry.... then I increase the verb level until I hear it..... then I either leave it there or more commonly back it off a few clicks. When it gets added into the mix, that tiny bit of reverb is often more then enough.....

I don't want to say we 'argued', let's say, 'discussed in great length', the reverb. I agree it's heavy, but he liked it so I left it. :)

Thanks for all the input. So far I think this is my best mastering job, but I agree, it still could use some TLC. One thing is the bass. It sounds perfect on my HS-80m's, and on my home stereo, but can barely be heard in my truck which usually accentuates the low end. That one has me scratchin' my head. :)

Thanks for the feedback. :)

I like this alot! Great job guys. Can't say or offer anything to improve it.

I love this song and you did a great job on it.  :-)

Beagle


Hey, bub!  I've been thinking about doing a cover of this myself and here you've beat me to it!

Honestly Reece, I hear this tune a bit of a different way than it was performed on vocals. Believe it or not I might be able to sing this tune. Maybe I will be able to try. We shall see.  I don't hear this as Willie singing it, I hear it as Elvis Singing it. I know I'm going to catch crap over the versions, but the thing is : THIS IS BUB'S VERSION, so we shall see.

Just my opinion. Stop Dogging me dude! <-------- I know your not but I've always wanted to say that.

Bobby

hey Bub
musically pretty good, if a little 'stiff'! not a huge fan of the acoustic, there's too much plectrum sound on it, i'd mix that a little further back - and given the amount of verb on the rest of the tune, this is one instrument that could take a bit more!
 the drums get a little muffled as the tune goes along, i'd take some of the verb off them, and try to eq them into the mix a bit more.
 the electric guitars are very good. bass is fine at the start, again it disappears a little as the full instrumentation comes in.
i like the vocals, but at the beginning, the start and cut-off of each clip is really noticeable - either the gate is too fast or the clips are physically cut. a shorter verb would help that.

so this is very good, just needs a little more work on the mix side.

Beagle


Hey, bub!  I've been thinking about doing a cover of this myself and here you've beat me to it!

I like the acoustic and electric and vox on this, but I'm not fond of the piano sound at all.  a better soundfont for the piano would be much better.

I'm limited to True Piano, and Dim Pro. This was True Piano, I think I'll try some of the Dim Pro ones.

 and the piano is almost a little stiff - did you quantize it?

Nope, I couldn't on this one because I actually played along with the original and the timing was way off. It sounded really stiff when I originally tried to do my own drum track. :) This must mean my timing is superb. :)

the bass is almost non-existent in the mix in places - it needs to cut thru the mix more.  in fact the low end is a little lacking all around.

I had a heck of a time with the bass on this one and I don't know why. I'm redoing it now. I loaded the project in to X1 and I'm giving it the royal treatment with the Pro Chanel.

drums are pretty good, but I can't lock in on the kick.  it's buried probably by the bass- you should carve out some areas in the mix for the bass and EQ so they can punch through.

The drums are identical to the original because everything I did on my own just didn't sound right. All of that changed when I re-recorded the bass so I'll concentrate more on that at remix time. I agree with you though, on the (my) original I can definitely hear how it's lacking now when I zone in on it and listen more carefully.

one more thing about the mix - the acoustic's pick sound is pretty prominent in the mix as well.  I wouldn't ever remove the sound completely because it adds character to the recording, but you might want to EQ that down a little because I think it's a little too hot in the mix.

That's another thing I struggled with, but this song is so hard to play in time with the drums that I can't bring myself to redo the acoustic. It sounded dead when I EQ'd the pick-clicking out so this was the compromise. Now that I've got it in X1 with the Pro Chanel I may be able to work on that with a bit more success.

really good work on this, tho.  excellent rendition!

Thanks! A lot of work went in to this. I'm thankful for all the feedback and I'll definately work on this some more. I'm pumped now that I got it transferred in to X1.

thepogue


getting an error??

bummer.....

I just checked and the link is working ok for me.

Box.net get's a little funny sometimes, especially when uploading. Try again. :)