updated song....

Nicely recorded and mixed. My goodness, you could be Willy Nelson's standin! I like the duet guitars and the stereo spread.

Good job,

Scott

This is great, Herb, but you already know I really like the way you play the guitar! Your voice sounds great on this too. The drums sound pretty good too--wow that ending was cool! There's something about them I think could be improved, but I don't know enough about it to say what it is. But I like the beat.

Yes, that IS painstaking! I thought you said you added jamstix to this?

Yes, that IS painstaking! I thought you said you added jamstix to this?

I did...in a way. The beats were programmed years ago with CW8. I sent the midi track output to JS2 and it simply played the instrument. (jazz kit) with EQ & compressor in JS2.

Very nice. Very nice. Willy Nelson mixed with Neil Young.

Cheers
Shad

Muchas Gracias to all for your comments.

Many people have told me about the Willie thing. I like his phrasing, and general attitude about life and music. When I sing at church, somebody always comes up to me and says..." Did anyone ever tell you, that you sound like Willie Nelson?"
I must have really freaked out my highschool guidance councilor when she asked me what I wanted to do..as a career, and I told her I wanted to be a musician like Neil Young. She just stared at me...cause that was not on her list of viable careers.

As soon as I heard this I realized that I'd heard some of your other material. You have a very strong vocal identity - and yes, I agree with the others, there is a Neil Young texture in there. Well done.

Hey Hacker,

I really like this tune for a few reasons. I saw you like the Outlaws. Me too. I always thought that western flavor made them unique with the more popular southern rockers. I can hear a tid bit of a variation of hurry sundown in the beat. What I really like is the way the lyrical content of the song sound over this type of music. It gives a unique feel and imagery to the song as a whole. And of course, nice guitar work.

rhyno

I never realized it had the "Hurry Sundown" Outlaws sound..... I really did enjoy working on this tune.

I like the darker mood to this song by the use of minor chords and the harmonies on the guitars.

I am not a drummer. I played drums in school but quit before SR High. I played in a few bands where the drummer was very loud and ....I think maybe the drums could have been a bit lower in the mix...not to much lower...just a db or so.

Seminole Wind is probably my favorite John Anderson song.....that's a comliment to be compared to that song. Thanks...

On the drums, I use a great little program called Jamstix which pretty much plays for me. The drums on this song were programmed by me a few years back and then I used JS2 to play the midi track. Jamstix is a phenominal drum program for people like me who know what I want to hear but don't know enough necessarrily to get it down in a track. JS2 does all the heavy lifting for me. If I had not already tracked the midi drums..JS2 whould have done it for me....

On my SC site...the jazz jam is a tune that JS2 tracked for me. I told JS2 to used drummer "charlie" play a smooth jazz style, and do it on a jazz drum kit. If you listen, you can hear Charlie playing leading the beat in a few places and lagging in a few others ...just like a real drummer in a jazz band might do.

BTW: I don't get any bonus points for this....but ...right now jamstix is running a sale on JS2. Free demo's are downloadable too. at www.rayzoon.com

I hear a slight country twist that sounds really cool, and looove that bass. Nice lyrics and vocals sound great, but would like to hear them just a little bit more, sound slightly buried to me. Good stuff!!

Duane