'Sensing Sarah' My new original.

Clint,
 
This song has a cool, slinky pop-rock groove, with a late 70's vibe. Great guitar tone and sound.The song is real good and has a classic feel. The vocals are smooth and well recorded. 
 
Good stuff.
 
Cheers,
 
Bert

I love your usual slow groovy drums and guitars, as always.  The EP is a particularly sweet addition on this one.  Nice!

Thanks, Michael. That is the Southern Soul kit from Toontrack, played by Randy Treadway on an Octapad. I hope everyone feels free to critique the mix. (it helps a lot!) I know the playing could be better (as always), but we were going for a live feel. The recording was quick and sloppy, but I spent a lot of time editing and mixing.
 

nice clint!
 
agree with bert,
on the influences shaking the 70's groove,

eagles, boz scaggs,

it's a cool laid back vibe,
nice performances, in the pocket.
 
the drum kit sounds good,
though i want to hear more high end across the whole kit;
from about 2khz up, and especially around 8-10k,
it sounds dull to me.
 
i don't know if this has been 'mastered' or not,
because that alone, could fix the frequency imbalance,
because it needs more presence,
but without adding any harsh.
 
i think the guitar solos would sound better with LESS gain (think jay graydon on 'peg'),
seems a bit too hot for the sound of the song as a whole,
but well played, wouldn't change any of the actual performance

batsbrew
nice clint!
 
agree with bert,
on the influences shaking the 70's groove,

eagles, boz scaggs,

it's a cool laid back vibe,
nice performances, in the pocket.
 
the drum kit sounds good,
though i want to hear more high end across the whole kit;
from about 2khz up, and especially around 8-10k,
it sounds dull to me.
 
i don't know if this has been 'mastered' or not,
because that alone, could fix the frequency imbalance,
because it needs more presence,
but without adding any harsh.
 
i think the guitar solos would sound better with LESS gain (think jay graydon on 'peg'),
seems a bit too hot for the sound of the song as a whole,
but well played, wouldn't change any of the actual performance

Ya know...that's almost exactly where I made a EQ cut in the drums, and I was thinking the same thing about the guitars. Too much gain. This has only been mastered by me and will be easily fixed. My drummer has some ideas too...I told him to wait until I have enough for a proper cd when I can master the whole and we will make some more changes then.
Good ears Bat. Thanks for the ideas.

I love this one, Clint.  Everything about it, mix, instruments, vocals and the feel of the song overall.  

beautiful guitars, vocals I thought
could not get a mix this good, still making some suggestions purely hoping they help you.
the freqs under say 60Hz sound a hair quiet to my ears.
would take off a hair of the snare reverb tail/decay
would choose a simpler kickdrum pattern for the start and Sensing Sarah part, on 1 and 3 and then on 1 and 3 AND..
just a super simple rock pattern would be my choice to add some groove/dance to the start.
Would keep the current kick patterns for the parts the singer is.
Then for the Sensing Sarah part maybe hats and closing them befor 2 and 4 or someting.
Just to add some separation between the guitar theme part and vocal part, and to put an accent on Sensing Sarah and giving it something warm/special or so (maybe brushes, or some synth pad...or percussion..)
Really Great song !!!
 

would swap the mid filter for a bell cut, if there's too much sub..
really like to try tweak this song (as a training for me, and maybe you'd like it), if you're interested please let me know.
wouterschijns@hotmail.com

Love the tune and performances. Mix sounded top shelf too.

Hey guys, just sign up for a free DropBox account! It works great for large file sizes.  You should try it.

Thanks! I added a YouTube link. YouTube sounds a little better I think.

Clint,
 
Sounds really good to me.  I like the song a lot too.  Mix is good, nothing that can't be tweaked during the mastering process, i.e. a little more 8-10k, etc...   Reminds me a bit of the Eagles......
 
Regards

emeraldsoul
I listened to the YouTube version . . .
 
Clint, I don't think Sarah's going anywhere if you keep writing and mixing songs as well as this. Really really well done.
 
Love the Snare!
 
There are sections where the ride cymbal plays a lot but it's a very static pattern. You might throw a triplet in there once in a while on the bar.
 
The very end cymbal got squashed a little, you might look at that.
 
Did I miss a bridge? Then it WOULD be cool '70's in all its glory!
 
Holy cow, great song, love the mix, no crits from me there.
 
cheers,
-Tom

Thanks for the comments and for listening! I did think about adding a bridge, but it was already getting a bit long and I didn't want to cut what was there. As far as the ride goes...I kind of left all drum decisions up to my drummer Randy. He's a minimalist by nature. I had to lobby pretty hard for the crashes that are in there!

just tuned in on time for a new Clint Martin original...
Cool tune with a nice flow! Great performance and mix translates really well over here!
I think all tweaks would be just a matter of taste.
 
Best regards,
Daniel

Well, He used an Octapad with Kick and Hi hat pedals to record through EZ Drummer 2 and we used the new Southern Soul EZX...so I did have the piano roll to make his timing sound like Neil Peart! Hahaha! He was actually very, very close and I didn't fix much. I try to leave the velocities alone as much as possible for example. We were not going for perfect.