Green Sleeves (2012) ((fixed a few issues))

Nice work GH. Good mix.
Kev

All right, Greensleeves was ready for an update.  I applaud you for thinking outside the box and making this your own.  The whole production is top notch!  Cheers

Herb,
 
Great job.   Really well done.   Guitars are awesome.
 
Regards

Can't go wrong with one of the greatest melodies of all time! Love the organ and the harmonized double lead guitars. A little spring reverb would give the first verse a nice surf vibe. Not wild about the piano...maybe try rolling some low end off it, as it sounds a little muddy. Everything else is nicely balanced, good clarity and definition.

"Robbie:..... hummmmm  my favorite western star no doubt.  "


Something about the production gave me a soundtrack vibe from one of those old spaghetti westerns, but I like those? I think that shot was from "A fist full of dollars."

Now that's cool!  Always love to hear you play the guitar/s and this is no exception.  The piano sounds pretty cool too.  Check the timing at :58-1:00 on a few chords.  The whole mix sounds great!  :) 

I love that 'Hank Marvin' style take on the melody at the beginning I also like the way you've switched the guitars around during the song some really nice changes in tones.
 
That organ sound is to die for, I'm not wild about the piano sound it seems to want knocking back into the background more perhaps some verb to give it some distance from the listener as well as taking it down a few db.
 
A really good take on an olde English folk tune.  I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Good Queen Bess gazes over the prairie, lights a cheroot, loosens her pistol and mutters "Cummon you Spaniard punks, make my day"! I am sure this is exactly how the composer wanted Greensleeves to sound, but could not find an electric socket to plug in his lute! Herb - a truly great piece of music.

Malcolmb:  reading that was almost as fun as recording the song.

Daryl1968: Thank you.

The Band19


Fist full of dollars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mk_sUPtYjw

"You see my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it..."

The Band19

+1000000.  Exactly what came into my head after about three seconds.  Merry Christmas, Herb.

I like this Herb, really nice interpretation of a classic, nicely recorded to. Glad you have fixed the piano part, it was the weak link. Good job!

Bibs

Those parts sound better, Herb.  

I almost hesitate to say anything else, cause I can't really put my finger on it, but maybe lower the velocity on the keys?  And many of the chords seem just milliseconds behind the beat, like you're hesitating.  That could possibly be two easy fixes with the mouse.  I was going to say that in each chord, every note has a different velocity, but since you actually played it and didn't input it with the mouse, then they probably do anyway, so that's not it.  Anyway, that's just being picky and one of the few things I can sorta sound like I know what I'm talking about.  The whole thing sounds great.  :)  

Thanks Bibs, Philz, Janet & Dave.

On the piano parts.... it was played in by hand (mostly except for some limited editing) The keyboard I use is one of those really old, non-weighted Yamaha DX-27S synths. light touch, heavy touch doesn't matter because it's not touch sensitive.  Most of the velocity is at 60. I edited a few places manually and those went in at 100 so I changed them to a much lower number. 

I have a radio shack something or other in the attic which I think has touch sensitivity but is still non-weighted. I have considered selling both and buying a weighted, touch sensitive keyboard. 

On the hesitation aspect. I basically redid the track using the piano midi solo as the foundation. The 16th staccato  intro and other places where it occurs in the song were quantized to nail them to the beat. They had a tendency to drift noticeably before. 

I'm listening to this solo as I write this..... I hear, in a few places the very very slight "behind the beat" start of the chords and notes in a few places.  I do know that I went through this last night before I reposted this updated version with the midi in Staff view to look at the music. In quite a few places the chord that was supposed to be on beat 1 in a given measure was actually about 1/32nd late...maybe 1/64th. I dragged a bunch of them to the 1. I also fixed other lagging notes in the same way. 

Even though you drag a note to the 1.... there is still a hidden factor that may come into play.  In staff and PRV (I'm guessing on PRV) a note may show as being on 1, either naturally or dragged there..... BUT.... it's actual location may be at 1:058. That note would look like it's on 1:00 but unless it was edited in the note properties window, one would not know that. That small delay is noticeable to people who are listening for it.... but to the average listener, it goes mostly unnoticed. 

I have to work on another tune today so I will explore that detail on this song to see if that is what is still happening there....