Candy

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A hair metal type tune song called Candy written by the singer in the 80’s.  My cover band recorded this in my basement during a rehearsal about 8 years ago.  The intention was to get a half-way decent recording for posterity / fun not really to get a polished mix.  We did 2 takes and I had just learned the tune.  This is the second take.  Very basic recording set-up: SM57's on the guitars, the live lead vocal through an SM58.
 
Before mixing this down I fixed a timing mistake at the end of the song (I played1 and everybody else played somewhere around the “and” of 4).
 
I took the vocal tracks from the first take and crafted a double lead vocal and added it to the second take.
 
I got in touch with the guitar player and he remotely recorded harmonies.  
 
I then re-tracked the drums with my current set-up.  The drums you hear are the drums (i.e., no drummagog).  It is a single take and I didn’t “fix” anything.  There are a couple of places where I know I have to tighten up the timing … I’m not sure if I will address just those places or quantize the whole thing to my original performance (the tempo varies by about 4 bpm throughout the song).
 
The mix is pretty basic.  One guitar panned 90% left and the other panned 90% right until the solo and bridge section where I pan them both to the center.
 
There are some artifacts I cannot get rid of from the lead vocal mic. 
 
This whole thing was a mess and I spent a fair amount of time on it.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Has a good live sound and feel to the mix. I would not do a thing to this other than maybe bring the bass done a tad. Sounds good.
Really cool song. I like it, other than the f word at the end.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Nice and solid.
 
I love that swell just before the break.
 
Magic.
 
 
Thanks for sharing.
 
best regards,
mike

Mesh, John, Mike and Bobby ... thanks so much for stopping by for a listen and taking the time to comment.