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"Trailer Park Living" - blues
This is an old C&W song my wife used to do in NYC. She's done 2 rock blues versions w/ different bands, but this seems to be the definative version. I'm ... adapting it for my more electronic band rm101 w/ more effects. However, the players wanted a straight version - here it is.
On the soundcoud site in my sig.
As always, interested in your takes/suggestions.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 01:15:57
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Cool road house blues.. kinda what I would expect travelling the outskirts of Yuma (which I have done). Too much verb on the voice, and I find the vocal mix a bit sharp at times. I would prefer a warmer, more intimate treatment. Performance wise, she is a bit stiff for the first minute, then settles down and grows more confident as the song goes on. I would, if I were still working on this, do a retake or two to get the beginning as confident as the end.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 09:47:11
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Thanks Foxwolfen. I'll see about doing another vocal take. It is squat in her range so when she starts to bellow it out, it is loud. Hard to get intimate w/ that. She does this one live a lot (tho w/ a rock band and more, well, rocky) and decided this version was one to experiment on. so I may need 2 more takes - close and far. Except she doesn't really do it the same way twice.
Thanks for the idea, tho.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 09:51:26
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 09:51:43
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Good stuff AT. Your wife can really belt it out and those guitar tones were sweet.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 10:48:51
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twisted6s - haven't seen anything from you lately. But I don't check her regularly. Still doing the R&B stuff.
Thanks Starise. When it is in her range.... Next up for her is a version of PJ's "this is love." I may have to record that from the next room ;-)
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 12:05:43
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Mmm, like that. Love those guitar tones, menacing and greasy. Agree about the reverb on the voice, a little too much perhaps. Great voice though.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 19:08:26
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I've got 2 versions going - one for the players and another version w/ big time effects on guitar and more "electronic" sounding. Drying up the vocals a little (and filtering the bottom some more) helped on that version. It should be good on the "dry" version.
Thanks all for the ears, even if you aren't Romans.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 19:30:25
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Hi At,
I like the guitar tones and styling. Nice.
The singing is real nice too. I'm second guessing the reverb... I agree that there's too much and I also think it's not the right reverb patch. I think there must be a better patch that places the vocal in the context of the song and makes it seem to gel a bit more. I'm not saying I know what it is, but I bet you will when you find it.
If I were mixing I think I'd try pushing the low end on the vocals while looking for an up front growling sort of tonality.
A lot of women blues singers had a sweet smooth tone but this particular song seems to suggest a growler type delivery.
The production is excellent overall.
Thanks for sharing.
best regards,
mike
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 20:01:34
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Thanks Mike. She didn't really do growly, so I'll see what I can get from it.
Ya with the reverb, I just went to a series of plate impulses. I'll check out some more.
Thanks for the listen.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 20:22:41
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I like everything about this tune - love the vocals.
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Re:"Trailer Park Living" - blues
2012/12/18 22:46:22
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Yeah, I like this too... sounds real...
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