Guitarhacker
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Oh Come Emmanuel
Something for the Christmas season and spirit.... http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=12993328 The band: Gene Rabbi on B3 organ John Jarvis on piano Wayne Killius on drums Mark Hill on Bass Herb Hartley on all guitars and vocals Enjoy the song.
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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Starise
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/10 12:38:37
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One of my all time favorite Christmas songs and I think you have done it very well. I like this composition, has a country rock feel to it. Great mix and tons of talent!
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/10 12:45:15
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Love the lead playing Herb, beautiful guitar tones. Like Starise, I like this country/rock feel to the song. Well done vocals in the chorus's as well.
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/10 14:45:08
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Tim & Mike.... yeah... one of my favorites as well. I almost scrapped this for a number of reasons.... Thanks for listening and commenting.
Tone courtesy of Mesa Boogie, Fender Tele, and UD. I had the Mesa really low and on the clean channel for this.... I thought it worked well also.
5 tracks on the vox..... lead and 4 harmonies lower and panned wide.
Guitars.... 4 tracks.... 2 rhythm panned 100% opposite and 2 leads.... twins panned about 20%
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/10 23:30:17
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Nice, epic Christmas tune... But now I may have to post mine (which is epicer? It's a classic)
;-) It's a classic. I'm not sure I'm feeling the rockish vibe/lead. But hey? Different people feel different things? (that's what they said after my first long night in prison...) Unfortunately? I felt lots of different things :-( I enjoyed your offering, even though I wasn't a major fan of the production, you can't go wrong with this tune. Merry Christmas Herb Et Al.
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/11 07:13:44
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Glad you enjoyed it Jab19
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/11 11:43:37
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Nice version of a classic , relevant tune. I especially like the harmonies and lead guitar. You guys did a really good job on this. I like the arrangement.
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/12 11:16:26
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nice take on the classic....
i think it has a more americana vibe to it....
guitars sound great.....
i'd love to hear a version where the middle lead guitar solo basically re-stated the vocal melody line,
a simple 'gilmore-ish' type approach.
the last solo section with the harmonies was just right
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/12 21:17:03
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I like the arrangement and playing. The lead guitar solo sounds great. I think the drums sound thin like not enough umph (bottom/low mids). The lead vocal has a harmonic boost on it that could be cleaned up a bit. I don't know what it is but on my system - at medium volume, it sounds like 7K is really boosted. Listening on softer I can't hear it.
Really nice playing.
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/13 20:51:31
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really nice lead work, as usual, herb! subtle organ and pianer.
I hear what Jimmy is saying on the drums and vox.
this is one of my favorite Christmas songs!
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markno999
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/13 22:25:36
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Herb,
Like your take on this traditional Christmas song. The guitar harmonies are really cool and the rock/country feel put a nice twist on the song. Vocals are good. The ending could be tightened up a little (mainly the drums) but I think everything is really well done.
Regards
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gtrpastor
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/14 10:14:18
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Nice job Herb. I like this song a lot, and I like this take on it. An interesting mix of rock/blues with the country-ish vocals. Nice guitar work. Very cool.
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Guitarhacker
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/15 08:04:17
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Thanks to everyone who jumped in and commented.... I was away visiting family in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia over the weekend and was out of touch for the most part with the internet....
I appreciate the comments and observations.
Thanks
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/15 22:47:19
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A very creative arrangement of a great song. Love everything about this - great vocals - all of the playing is really top-notch.
Love it.
Mark (formerly CLEAN) THE PUGTONES
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/16 15:43:28
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Herb,
Always loved this song (our choir used to sing this - even at an early age I realized what a beautiful song it was). Now had the choir rocked it like this - I would have enjoyed it even more. Thanks.
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/17 14:46:36
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Sounds good! As mentioned above the drums are a little thin, but yeah, the guitars sound good. I also like the piano sound a lot, real clear and defined. Harmonies, both vocal and guitar, are also very nice. Good work.
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/18 00:18:22
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Hi Herb ,
Yes , this song has a lot going for it ..a few things off the top of my head .
I enjoyed that this was a collab , there is just something about getting a group of musicians to work together on a tune …IMHO , that automatically brought the song up a few notches ..
Loved the Vox , guitars sounded very good , nice energy throughout the song as it unfolded …
I like that you guys went Classic County Rock …..Amen I don't think I can handle listening to this song done as Musiak
great Job ….as mentioned , the drums were a little light ….the drums need more punch …
even that in itself wasn't a deal breaker …it's real music played by musicians and thats what counts .
Kenny
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Bob Oister
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/18 04:24:13
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Hey, Herb, Really nice work on this cool, stylized cover of a great Christmas song! Great arrangement, I really like the crunchy guitar tones, the solos were cool, especially the double leads at the end, and the vocals and harmonies were excellent. Super job, Herb, great stuff, buddy!  Bob
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Re: Oh Come Emmanuel
2014/12/18 07:43:15
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Mark, Manny, Kenny, Steve, and Bob..... nice to hear some of the "rockers" around here, whose work I enjoy, chiming in.....thanks.....
I'm contemplating some sort of version ...don't have the specifics yet...probably a "next year" project..... Carol of the Bells.....
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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