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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 16:46:43
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hey Sunny - there some weird stuff going on with the Soundcloud upload - what format did you upload? Mp3/Wave? 16/24 bit?
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 18:14:53
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Strange. Just tried the link. Works now. Would you mind trying again?
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 18:20:02
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good stuff Sunny - vocals sound great -
still the problem there with like a 'gargling' effect. The reason I ask is that I have had the same problem with Soundcloud with low bit rate files. 24 bit - no problem.
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 18:37:53
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Ah ok. It is a 16 bit MP3. Let me try to upload a 24 bit wave.
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Re:If I were a carpenter
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 19:02:26
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Hey the playing is sweet and the mix spot on nice work!!
Peace Ben
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 19:07:55
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You chose a good tune to cover. Your vocal is very emotive and convincing. Well done.
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Re:If I were a carpenter
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 21:32:22
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Hey Sunny
GREAT cover, love your vocal delivery. The mix has a nice live analog vibe. The more I listen to this the more your vocal reminds me of Pete Townshend. KUDOS!
Kev
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/18 21:43:36
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I haven't heard this song is decades. Great job! Sounds so good! THANKS!!!
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/20 17:41:58
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Hi Sunny,
I'd forgotten what a great song this is. Excellent job on the mix and vocal!
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Re:If I were a carpenter
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/21 23:10:36
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I haven't heard this for ages either. Really nice job on the vocals and playing and mix! :)
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/11/22 00:00:50
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That was great. nice Job. Love your voice in this song
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/12/08 08:30:24
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/12/08 08:54:43
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It sounds great.
I'd dig in and get some more bass out of the guitar.
I'd move the shaker back just a tiny little bit... just turn it down a bit.
Maybe go for for less phase efx on your voice... and find a nice sweet reverb to glue everything together.
The song is so well done overall that if I was engineering for you I'd work to inspire you to try a few re takes on the very few phrases where you vocal tuning is stretched to the point where you sound uncomfortable. I'd just work on those as we ID'd them and it'd be worth it to see you smile. :-)
I don't know how it works for you... but the next song that auto plays for me on the Soundcloud site after your songs is "Big Scotia" by Hasse Krebs. If you have a chance to compare that back to back to your song you should immediately hear the way that cut has a deep authoritative bass tonal resonance coming off the guitar strings.
It's a "sonorance" type effect and it makes that cut sound "pro".
You can have that too!!!
Great stuff.
Just trying to offer some ideas of how another person might mix it.
all the best,
mike
PS wow I get to listen to Daryl's Simplicity in the stream... it's gonna be a great day.
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/12/10 08:51:30
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nice job... the guitar sounds good.
it sounds like you are straining to hit the high notes... I would either figure out a new original melody line there or lower the key a few steps to put the highs in the comfort/power range while keeping the lows out of the basement. I would also pitch correct the vox to pin the note to the pitch.
Some reverb would really help to blend it together as has been mentioned.
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Re:If I were a carpenter
2012/12/10 12:13:37
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I don't always agree with Herb, but he is usually right on a lot of the mix crits. In this case I have to agree with him that more space and some vocal changes would help. Maybe even taking the songs down a half step will help.
I like the song and with a few minor corrections it will be there.
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