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One Woman Man
A new tune featuring Dave Adkins on Drums, Keys, Guitars, and Lead Vox... This is my first studio production using the new DW drum Kit & dbx expander/gates... all crits & comments welcome... Thanks... Edit: Remix, added more BG-harmony, re-eq'd everything... "One Woman Man" http://www.soundclick.com/TanTon
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/22 14:43:32
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The lyric is very good, It. The tune is catchy, I'd like to hear it up about 10 BPM. Thats just me though. The mix is right on the money, as is the playing of every one. I could hear every thing well. Sounds pro to me
Cheers, Terry
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/22 19:54:26
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Hey FRANK GREAT production and tune. Money well spent on the DW's IMO. I'm listening on computer speakers so I really can't help you much on the mix. During the body of the song I couldn't hear if Dave was playing side stick or brushes on the snare. If Dave was doing one of those two it was hard to hear in the mix. During the chrous when he was hitting the head of the snare it was spot on sounding. Frank, I don't know what kind of mic's your using but AKG has a new rhythm pack that I hear isn't bad for the money. AKG RHYTHM PACK http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=619609&Q=&is=REG&A=details LATER Kev
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/22 20:07:38
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This has all the elements of a good Nashville recording. The vibe that I get is that this was a fun song to record. That comes through real well. I think the nuts and bolts of this song are just right. Way to go.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/22 20:15:44
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I like it Frank. I can't make serious mix comments. It's loud! The LVX are maybe a smidgen too out front. And that lead guitar is pretty bright! But again, I'm on the notebook speakers... I'm going to try do something about that by next week so I can listen in the cans.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/22 21:13:47
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Thanks for listening and commenting Terry, Kev and Lynn...
Kev... I'm using the CAD TSM411's on the toms and a larger CAD on the kick... Sure SM57 on the snare... Toms are gated with the quad dbx274, and the kick & snare have the dbx266XL compressor/gates inserted... I'm micing the cymbals with a couple of old sony ecm22p condensers... lots of tweeking... its a process...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/22 23:37:48
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The lyric is very good, It. The tune is catchy, I'd like to hear it up about 10 BPM. Thats just me though. The mix is right on the money, as is the playing of every one. I could hear every thing well. Sounds pro to me
Cheers, Terry
This is'nt my regular genre, but I totally agree...10BPM would be good, then use that sweet guitar tone on an extended chicken pickin solo. Nice work.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 08:50:13
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 11:10:22
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Very nice , I'm digging this sound !  Drums too soft depends on how you like it I guess but for me it works for this tune . Good one ! Radio
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 12:12:40
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I like it Frank. I can't make serious mix comments. It's loud! The LVX are maybe a smidgen too out front. And that lead guitar is pretty bright! But again, I'm on the notebook speakers... I'm going to try do something about that by next week so I can listen in the cans.
I have no idea how this sounds in the "cans"... The only time I use headphones is when I'm singing or playing acoustic in the control room... and even then I can't wait to get them off... Thanks for checkin' in Robby...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 12:51:30
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Terry, Rimshot, Radio... thanks for listentng... I agree, drums and bg-vocals could come up , and the compressed Tele is shrill... Re-mix to follow...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 12:58:35
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Love the tune Frank. David does a great job all around. Were you guys cloned at birth or somethin?
As far as the mix (on a laptop), to me everything sounds too compressed (maybe not the voc) and that lead guit is way compressed and very bright and loud. I always like more drums. They seem pretty soft in this.
I love the chicken pickin country fills. Wonderful. They just bite my head off.
All that said, and as I said, I'll say again. I'm on a lappy. Just sayin:)
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 19:24:12
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I think the tempo is just right. imho. The production, instruments and vocals sound great on the monitors. I guess I don't have a good enough ear to know if something's overcompressed. It has a very clean sound and everything fits from left to right. Maybe I'll listen in earphones. I now have great earphones and great monitors, compared to what I had last year. Even I sound better on them. LOL!
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 19:42:20
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Hi Frank,
As always, I never seem to agree with the majority of comments people make...so don't ever listen to me. :)
I think the mix was quite good all across the board other than two critical things.
1. I definitely hear a bit too much sub low going on that just didn't sound right for this type of material. It's controlled sub low, so you did good there...but to me, it just seems a bit too low endy for this tune. Keep in mind, it's not a bad/improper low end...it's just extra sub in there that was just a wrong choice for the material in MY opinion.
2. During the guitar solo, there are a few little clicks going on...so something is clipping somewhere. It seems to happen when you really attack a note.
I felt the tempo was fine, drums were fine...soft works for this tune. If there are rim shots in the beginning before the drums totally kick in, it's tough to hear them. Sometimes more of a drum presence isn't the right call in a tune like this. It's subjective really. All of it is. But to me, I'd definitely at least have a listen for the two things I mentioned because I felt they were the most important to talk about....at least from my end. Great job man!
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/23 20:37:54
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hi frank great song i love your mixes everything sounds pro to me drums are fine thanks for sharing eric
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/24 16:05:43
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Danny Danzi
Hi Frank,
As always, I never seem to agree with the majority of comments people make...so don't ever listen to me. :)
I think the mix was quite good all across the board other than two critical things.
1. I definitely hear a bit too much sub low going on that just didn't sound right for this type of material. It's controlled sub low, so you did good there...but to me, it just seems a bit too low endy for this tune. Keep in mind, it's not a bad/improper low end...it's just extra sub in there that was just a wrong choice for the material in MY opinion.
2. During the guitar solo, there are a few little clicks going on...so something is clipping somewhere. It seems to happen when you really attack a note.
I felt the tempo was fine, drums were fine...soft works for this tune. If there are rim shots in the beginning before the drums totally kick in, it's tough to hear them. Sometimes more of a drum presence isn't the right call in a tune like this. It's subjective really. All of it is. But to me, I'd definitely at least have a listen for the two things I mentioned because I felt they were the most important to talk about....at least from my end. Great job man!
-Danny
Thanks Danny... as usual you were spot on... I just uploaded a re-mix, added more BG-harmony, re-eq'd everything... I also left the old mix for compairison... Thanks again everyone for all the great feedback... "One Woman Man (new mix)" http://www.soundclick.com/TanTon
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/24 18:30:37
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Good song, Frank, and, as usual, the performances were excellent.
Maybe it's just me or the pc speakers I was listening on, but the mix overall felt a mite bright to me, the guitar in particular. Seeing as I was already on your Soundclick page, I listened to a piece of 'The Stage' for comparison, and it (the mix) sounded like 'warmer' to me. Is this making any sense? I don't know how else to describe it, but, this being a soft-ish ballad, it just felt like it should have felt warmer or more intimate... just my opinion or taste, whatever we call it.
Still, an excellent job and a good listen.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/24 19:11:40
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Hey Frank! I only listened to the new mix. everything sounds great to me on that one! really good production, I like the balance of everything. good work!
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/25 06:52:06
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Hey Frank!
Nice work on this. Nice performances all around by both of you.
My ears could be deceiving me, but the drums and bass seem to lack definition. The guitar fills are very bright and edgy and could use a bit of EQ taming IMO.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/25 15:09:21
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timidi
Love the tune Frank. David does a great job all around. Were you guys cloned at birth or somethin?
As far as the mix (on a laptop), to me everything sounds too compressed (maybe not the voc) and that lead guit is way compressed and very bright and loud. I always like more drums. They seem pretty soft in this.
I love the chicken pickin country fills. Wonderful. They just bite my head off.
All that said, and as I said, I'll say again. I'm on a lappy. Just sayin:)
yeah, Dave & I have played music together off & on for over 45 years... some folks are saying were starting to look alike... not really a good thing for either of us...  check out the new mix when you get a chance... Thanks...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/25 15:18:22
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Enjoyed this. The new mix sounded better on my laptop than the old one. I couldn't decide if other commenters were right about it needing a 10bpm increase - it sounds good just as it is.
Cheers,
Terry.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/25 15:45:42
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Frank,
Mush better mix! Good job. All sound good - especially the vocals.
I really like the song.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/26 08:37:57
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Much better. Love the bvox. The guit still takes my attention away from the song because of it's sonic character. Funny how you and Dave have morphed into each other.....
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/26 09:40:32
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The vocal needs more compression and presence, on the cans I had a hard time following it against that twangy guitar.
I would think to beef up the lower mids to combat some of the brightness/thinness others have mentioned.
Love the song, btw...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/26 11:48:27
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Sounds fantastic Frank. Love the rolling along feel, the 'Twin Peaks' low trem gtr, the Jerry Donahue style lead guitar and the Hammond is perfectly judged to herald the choruses.
I did notice some excessive brightness or clipping in the gtr solo as Danny mentioned.
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/26 12:06:41
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I've only listended to the latest mix but that's stellar! well done! This could easily be released. The song is cool and it sounds great IMO The old mix just came on while I was typing this. Yup, helluva re-work. the latest mix sound much improved. Still a kick ass and well played song in both version, tho 
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/27 09:13:43
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Sounds fantastic Frank. Love the rolling along feel, the 'Twin Peaks' low trem gtr, the Jerry Donahue style lead guitar and the Hammond is perfectly judged to herald the choruses.
I did notice some excessive brightness or clipping in the gtr solo as Danny mentioned.
Thanks James... that "Twin Peaks" part was played on my old "Danelectro Baritone"... I should use it more often... Thanks to everyone that listened & commented... this forum is such a wonderful resource because of all of you...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/27 09:53:35
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Hi Frank,
Great tune and production! Love the guitar licks and the tremolo guitar part. Sounds like this should be on the radio, to me...
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/28 19:33:15
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Hi Frank,
Good tune. Superb playing.
I like the new mix pretty much, but I like the sound of the voice and the main guitar better in the old mix. They both sound a bit harsh in the new mix. The balance and the energy is better in the new mix, but not the sound on these 2 things, IMO.
Very enjoyable tune Frank.
Peace,
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Re:One Woman Man (with live drums)
2012/02/28 19:51:23
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Awesome, sounds Cd ready, great tune and performances.
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