Redlight ft. coupla Cakewalk Allstars

Naturally, I'm looking for lotsa criticism, but I think the rest of the gang is really just havin a good time! Hopefully, this will be the first of many.....
 
Redlight ------> http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=818577
 
Will (Juju Bug) Stratton - Guitars
Warren Willingham - Bass Guitar
Gary Dugan - Piano
Mark Cline - Lead Guitar
Darren Matthes - Drums                 
John Vestman - Mix
John Bragg - Administration
Princess - Vocals
 
 

Very nice.

My only crits are the guitars seem panned too far left and right and on my speakers the bottom end EQ could be rolled off a little, back off on the reverb a touch.

Good vocals, timing and accuracy.  Nice tune, nice arrangement.  I like the tune right after that one too!

Daryl

paulo




Only one question - what kind of noise does an administration make ? I don't know so I can't tell if he's playing it well or not. ;)

hehe...idk either.

Thanks Paulo...Daryl...Phil,

I agree about the verb, pan mix is somewhat to taste, I guess, but I will let them know.

Right on!

This was the first collab for this group and we recorded backwards. It does have varying genres, which I admit I was hesitant at first. Now, I think the assortment of playing styles and the performances give it it's own originality (and it's still pop, yay!).

What a teriffic song and great performance by all.  Did you write this number??  The vocals are wonderful and I appreciate the fact that they did not overpower the song (as seems to be the trend in so much commercial music now).  I agree with Phil that I would have liked to hear the lead guitar panned a bit more center but that is a very minor nit.  This is indeed an all-star collaboration that ended up creating an excellent number.  BTW, I thought the administration sounded great :).
 
Freddy J

Hi Allstars. Nice volume,clarity and separation. Great song. Excellent performances all around. Pretty vox. Nice and confident too.

Mark

Mark- Steelers?  Well 2 yrs ago they beat my Cards and this year my Bears lost to GB.  I gotta go GB just to save face! :-(
I hadn't thought of it being mixed genres, I'll bet the "administration" should have told us. LOL Thanks for the comments.  This is going to Afghanistan where Will is protecting all of us.  He likes crits.

Janet-  Dena and Will wrote this.  They work kinda like Mark and I do.  Will sends music to Dena then she does lyrics, arrangement, vocals, and all the stuff she does so well.  It was a treat to have Elton Dugan contribute.  Thanks!!

Freddy- Great, now the administration wants a raise!  :-)  Again, Dena is on long shifts so I'm helping her with response.  I have been off for awhile and see you have a tune up here.  Hopefully I can listen to tunes today.  I miss it!  Dena and Will (and the rest of us) appreciate you taking the time and helping with your suggestions.  Thanks, BluesDude!

Herb- As I said on a comment up there a bit, Dena And Will are the writers.  Read the comment to Janet about 2 up.  I have been fortunate to contribute on a new tune that is coming up someday.  What a treat to work with all of my friends from up here!

THE ADMINISTRATOR....I have no idea what John B's official title is or exactly what he does, but I TOTALLY LOOOOOVE having him around. IDK if he's the' Go to Guy' or accounting or HR or statistics or coach or coproducer or manager. He's just there for us! Trust me, everyone needs a lil' JBL (John Bragg Love) in their musical ensemble.

Thanks for the comments, everyone! It was great fun playing on this track.

Darren (drums)

Nice to have you posting again, Dena and you brought a bunch of strangers talent  to the mix! Really Sweet Tune with a bite! Great playing and singing all around! Great job all!

now that was fun.

It was great fun and an honor to play with all the fine musicians on this track!

Listening on the Ultrasones...

First off, I love the song: sounds really well written, and you sang it real fine. I really love the first 30 seconds, when I thought this was one of the best things I have heard on the forum in quite some time. The piano was absolutely terrific. Then....

• Drums sound great, but the snare is just too heavy for the verses. It is even a bit heavy for the chorus when the guitars come in. The hats are also on the same side (on the right? Is Darren a lefty?) as the lead, so they clash freq-wise, and are way out of balance volume-wise.
• +1 on the reverb on the vocal issue. Sounds like there is both a slap echo and a longer plate, but the plate is too short and too big, if you know what I mean.
• bass is kinda indistinct some of the time. Warren, you played the heck out of it, but when everyone is going with you, it gets a little lost and muddy.
• the "coming around" line 2:00 needs some more 2 pole filter on it to separate it from the lead vocal
• bgvox also needs some eq job to also separate them from the lead vocal
• lyrically, there a ton of great ideas, but they just don't seem to tie together all that well.  I listened four times and I am not sure the connection between the rain, the redlight, the guy, the leather. Individually, like I said, great, but there almost sounds like there was a unifying verse that got dropped (made me think of the Elton John  song "Daniel," where the last verse, which actually makes sense out of the whole tune, got dumped, and should have been left in.)

I can't wait for more GARY!!!!! LOVE YOUZ, MARK!!!