Michigan Girl (Country)-Updated 10 21 12

nice for a short and sweet quick demo. 

the guitar sounds pretty good. it has a nashville "acoustic brushing" sound to it.  Light and airy. 

The chord after "on the west coast " sounds a bit strange.... in all places it occurs.... the bass note is not in compliance with the chord. 

good job. 

Mike, this song has a lot of potential, and your demo is nice and tasty.  The acoustic is well recorded, though, on the bright side.  The part lends itself to double tracking and panning opposite each other, but the volume would have to come down a bit.  Your singer has a nice voice, and she could use a light touch of a limiter in spots to catch those peaks.  As I hear it now, there's a lot happening in the center of the stereo spectrum, but not so much on the sides.  The song seems a bit long, but if it was fleshed out and carefully arranged, it could really shine and the length wouldn't be so noticable.  All in all, considering the time you put into this project, you are on the road to success.

Hi Mike,
It's a nice song....I think needs some mids...the guitar is a bit too present in the upper frequency spectrum around 4K and it could probably be doubled and panned out wide. I'd grab a reference track to A/B with. I think Sugarlands "Joey" has an example of acoustic guitar with the sound that you're thinking of (tho that might be a 12 string)....your track is more strummed than that one but I think it has the right acoustic guitar sound. Might be a good song to listen to for drum production ideas as well.

Incidentally, what mics are you using?

Dean

Im working on the mids, I do have the guitar turned up in the 4k so backig it down and working on some other areas in the mids. Good song for ref (Sugarland-Love 'em).

Im a low budget home project as far as equipment.

Using AKG 220 and CO2 mics, the only others I currently have are an Audix I5, Shure 56's, Akg D112.  They seem to be doing okay for catching this level of recording but I would love to upgrade to better quality once I learn the recording/mixing side alot better 

Thanks for the comments

I happen to like that chord and bass Herb talks about.

good stuff Mike - a ton of commercial promise with the song, especially with the University crowd.
I also like the bass note with the chord (sorry Herb)

Hiya Kev,
Good to be back.
Been out doing live shows on a mono PA System (No Panning ability), hence the sound has followed me back into recording
Good place to get back on track and get my eyes and ears back on track.
I think she is planning on working in some picking/lead areas as well as some vocal harmonizing, which might be where some of the length comes into play. Ill have to wait and see what she comes up with. Shes young and I want her to have all the say in the layout, but being able to throw in suggestions from the outside.
Thanks

Janet

So, farting around is what it takes to be better at the bass?  Thanks for the tip!  :)  

   Well I think it worked anyway LOL   Thanks Janet

daryl1968


good stuff Mike - a ton of commercial promise with the song, especially with the University crowd.
I also like the bass note with the chord (sorry Herb)

Sorry I missed ya Daryl,
Yeh I hope she makes something good out of it.  Its wonderful to see a persons face light up never having heard anything other than her voice with acoustic guitar and to go something that looks promising with everything else added. I just hope I can do her good with something to go off of (whether just an idea put down, a demo, or ???)


I did get that questionable note sorted out I think. It was just one of those things you listen to so much ya miss it. I do think its better now though. (Thanks Herb  )

Nice voice and a very nice melody too! The track sounds a bit too compressed when the chorus comes in. I would add some instruments in the mid range because it is kind of empty there.

I can't believe you recorded this in 2 and a half hours... I take 2 and a half hours on a good dump? A week is really fast for me. I really like your singer. She's just a tiny bit off in just a few spots, but it's really just "chacter" for the song. Just a natural full voice with a wonderful colorful character. The guitars on this one may be high passed a bit too much. They could use some more body down there at 200-400K. Or you need something else there to fill it out like a piano, or something.

Robbie-Thanks - I made some more EQ adj, not sure if its the one currently up. Kinda waiting until I get some more work done on it. All the suggestions are working out pretty good for it so far I think.

Thanks Bob!!!-Nice to be back and the welcoming that you everyone gives. Thanks for the listen and comments.