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2016/04/15 18:12:25
kevmsmith81
I recorded a cover of "Okie from Muskogee".  Here it is.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfGY4l-EQYM
2016/04/17 23:16:43
Rimshot
Nice tribute. 

2016/04/18 09:39:50
kevmsmith81
Rimshot
Nice tribute. 



Thanks, much appreciated.  :)
2016/04/18 10:54:34
daryl1968
Hi Kev
I hope you are well mate. I don't know Merle Haggard at all but this sounds like a job well done.
Cheers
2016/04/18 11:59:07
kevinwal
This is a really nice cover with a beautiful, clean sound. Love the harmonies, you have a really nice voice. 
2016/04/18 12:17:33
TheMaartian
kevmsmith81
I recorded a cover of "Okie from Muskogee".  Here it is.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfGY4l-EQYM


Great job, Kev! Good instrumentation. Good vocals (where'd the English accent go?). Good mix. Not mastered too loud!
 
All good!
2016/04/19 05:14:27
kevmsmith81
TheMaartian
kevmsmith81
I recorded a cover of "Okie from Muskogee".  Here it is.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfGY4l-EQYM


Great job, Kev! Good instrumentation. Good vocals (where'd the English accent go?). Good mix. Not mastered too loud!
 
All good!




Thanks all, appreciate the feedback.  
 
I figured a Merle Haggard song (or any country song for that matter) would sound a bit weird in my natural accent! 
 
 
2016/04/19 05:21:46
kloon
Great vocals, nice stereospread in the mix.
Nice one. :)
2016/04/19 05:43:52
kevmsmith81
kloon
Great vocals, nice stereospread in the mix.
Nice one. :)




Thanks!  I tried to emulate how the original did the stereo mix by having two contrasting guitar tracks quite far each side of the mix, and unusually for me I didn't have the drums and bass dead centre (one was a little left, one a little right).  I then used a stereo widening plugin (RescueMK I think) to give it a little more width and thought it worked nicely for this song.  
 
That said, I don't use too many third party plugins as aside from not wanting a plugin menu that's bloated, the plugins supplied with the version of Sonar I've had is so good I don't tend to see the need to go out hunting for more that often.
 
I've recently been doing more in terms of mastering the tracks after I've mixed them (something I'd never really thought about previously), although I don't try to pretend I can replace a dedicated mastering engineer.  It's fine for me doing this as a hobby though, and it's nice to be learning all the time whilst doing this.
2016/04/19 08:25:57
Guitarhacker
Wish I had a dollar for every time I've played that song in the NC honky tonks..... of course we changed up some of the words a bit....and added a cha cha cha ending.
 
Well done.
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