Freddy J
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Rye Whiskey
Since it is still allergy season, I have not been able to record any vocals --- so, I went back to the old working files and dragged out this number. I believe it might have been the second number that I submitted to this forum (way back when). I was a newbie and the mix and recording was pretty awful but you all were very kind with your suggestions and I cleaned it up and got it to sounding a bit better. However, it still needed work. So, I have worked on it again and even re-recorded a couple of tracks (not vocals -- aaachoo). I am too lazy to re-record the whole thing but hopefully these changes will make it acceptable. I came across a reference about this song in a book "Music And Dance In Florida" that mentioned this song as a favourite song of Florida's "Cracker" cowboys. A few people have recorded this song (e.g., Tex Ritter and Woody Guthrie). Each version sounded different from each other. Search as I did, I could not find a composer of this song. Several sources listed it as a "traditional" song. So, like a lot of Blues songs, I guest somebody came up with the original song and the song traveled around the country. Musicians in each location to which it traveled undoubtedly changed, added, and/or dropped verses and probably changed the original melody and the "somebody" that came up with the song was lost. Anyway, I came up with the music for my own version and this is what I am stuck with. Any further suggestions, that you may have, would be appreciated and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks. Rye Whiskey http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=963481
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Leizer
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/03/30 17:57:37
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Good work, I liked the vocals a lot. A lot of it is good already. I like the mix, I would have decreased the 50-ish delay a tiny bit. The song gets a bit static after a while because everyone playing all the time. Maybe let the nice vocals come forward first round with muting the guitar fills there?
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/03/30 22:42:21
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Nice cover. I like the mix you've created here. Good job!
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/03/31 07:54:51
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I like Rye Whiskey  but I do not drink  nice tune, well played perhaps a dB or 2 on the vocal just to bring it forward a little more in the opening verse. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/03/31 11:40:39
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Hi Freddy, fun tune, quite a toetapper even for a teetotaller like me.I would like the lead guitar a bit louder and it sounds a bit dry, slap on a bucket-o-verb ; )
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/04/04 17:48:49
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Great, I'll have that in my head the rest of the day. Sounds pretty good overall IMO, as the style calls for. Though I do agree with Leizer that bringing parts in and out a bit could help build more dynamics and allow the vocals to shine through. Then again, this is rye whisky... 
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Freddy J
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/04/10 18:55:43
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Leiezr, Scotty, John, Rik, and Steve. Thanks to you all for listening. Each of you had great suggestions and I appreciate them all. I was going for a kind of county folk song for this number (that's why I did not include drums). In retrospect, this was a dumb thought --- they didn't have electric guitars back in the old Florida Cracker days. So, I will make some changes and bring more into the 21st century (sans drums) -- including your suggestions.
Thanks again!!!
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Re: Rye Whiskey
2016/04/10 19:27:37
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Hi Freddy , I heard your song when you first posted it and I'm listening to it again right now .. Yeah , a cool tune and I like your version  You did the song Justice . I just got to be careful bro , I gave up the booze over 32 years ago . Not even a drop since then …As far as your tune goes , Yeah , play this one in a bar the club owner will love you, and all the folks in the club are gonna go nuts … By the end of the set you will have 5 or 6 drinks on top of your amp ….How do I know this ?  all the best , Kenny
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