I usually work on a song "for weeks?" To get it as good as I can get it. 

Tonight I decided to crap one out? I set out to do this earlier today.

So I picked an old Bluegrass tune by one of my favorite bands, "the Seldom Scene" They didn't write it, it was actually written by Paul Overstreet. But I've always loved it? And I thought it was something I could push out in an evening.

My goal was 2 hours? It took 4. But that included the production plans, the performances (guitar, dobro, and mandolin + the vocals) 

It's imperfect? But it's got soul :-) 

Nothing in a box? It's just me, and it's a bit raw, no metronome? Just me and the wooden instruments, 

The guitar
The dobro
And the mandolin
And some vocals. All recorded tonight. 

*Recently added holophone track (it's down in the mix...)

*the holophone is a make believe instrument from Futurama.        

:-) I hope it helps make your day better. 

It's at the top; "Walking Shoes"

https://soundcloud.com/rockinrobby

So this is as close as I can get to a live performance. It's actually the 1st remix posted based on my own critiques.. It's nice to be able to look at the wave? I have Soundforge where I do that after I export it from Sonar. I recommend it? But there are other programs that do a good job as well. 

But I recorded it "this evening?" using Sonar. Fun stuff :-) Because again, it was essentially a live recording.  And done start to finish in 4 hours :-)

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Very nice Robby. Nice and clean. The mix sounds open and airy and suits the song very well. You must have been up late!

Regards,
Dan

Nice stuff, Robby. Needs a standup bass. Send it over and I'll add one if you'd like.

Nice version.. sounds good

Great ol' sad song... very nice... Love the sound of all the strings..
Vocals are excellent as always... Well done Robby...

Great cover!  You have to love a song with a dobro and a mandolin in it.  I'm with Scotty. . . a stand up bass would of sounded nice to help hold the low end of the mix.  I really like the raw vibe the mix has.  If I had to nit-pick the mix. . . I would back the verb/delay off the vocals a smidge.  The verb gives it a more studio polished sound and takes away from that live vibe IMO.  Outstanding job for a 4 hour production!  KUDOS!


Kev