garybrun

Another Jesse special.
R2D2 gets his pocket picked 🙂

13 minutes ago, Andrew Ball said:

Oh man, this is hairs on the back of the neck stuff. Gary that is a drop-dead gorgeous performance - I should think #ProudDad doesn't even come close to the emotions you must feel seeing your kids perform that live - I know I would be in pieces. I loved it: hot, cold, dry or wet - you can serve that to me any way you choose and you'll get no crits from me.

However, do listen to the folks one here who - unlike me - actually know what they're talking about when it comes to mixing. FWIW I listened to the dry and the modified mix and the modd'ed one was definitely a little more balanced to my ears in terms of the ratio of piano to vocal.

Beautiful stuff

Andy

Thanks Andy for the listen.
I always take all of the advice on board and I am very appreciative of it too.
I have learnt so much here over the years.

2 hours ago, daryl1968 said:

wowzer Gary - you should be proud - lovely voice and playing.

I agree with Tom, the piano is too hot (listening to dry mix).  The mids are actually painful to listen to and completely eat up all the eq space. Try a big eq scoop and automating the volume on the louder sections 

Thanks Daryl.
How does it sound on the Soundcloud update at the bottom?

6 hours ago, Lynn said:

Gary, you produce some of the most professional recordings around, and this is no exception.  Not surprisingly, any of those 3 versions would stand and its own.  If you hear a de-essing problem, you have better ears than me, however, reverb might tend to exaggerate a de-essing problem (if you can hear it).  The good news is that talent apparently runs in your family, congratulations!

HI Lynn.
Thanks for taking the time to listen and for the extremely kind comments.
If you look back on my work a few years ago the improvement has come with feedback from the good members of this forum, so those comments are high praise indeed.
Most of my work has been in "live sound" so the crossover has not been that difficult.

Once again thank you.
For those who are just starting...  there is a lot of information on here from good and talented people.
Whom mean well and are willing to help you hone this amazing craft.
I myself take all the criticism and suggestions I can take as too get better.

I look forward to watching and hearing how we all develop.

God Bless,

Gary

13 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

Welp, I don't think you have a deess problem, I think you have a midrange piano problem. You might volume automate the piano mids down when she is singing. That is a show stopping vocal.

On the piano solo, you can hear the midrange problem, and is the piano compressed a fair bit? You might back off on that to keep the piano more dynamic.

Killer diller!!! Great performance, and the sparse mix is a great choice here.

 

cheers,

-Tom

 

 

I have tried to implement your suggestion Tom.
Thoughts please?

http://www.garybrun.com/wedding/em_modified.wav

If anybody would like to have ago here are the original tracks with nothing added.

http://www.garybrun.com/wedding/tracks.zip

I find piano really hard to mix.

9 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

Welp, I don't think you have a deess problem, I think you have a midrange piano problem. You might volume automate the piano mids down when she is singing. That is a show stopping vocal.

On the piano solo, you can hear the midrange problem, and is the piano compressed a fair bit? You might back off on that to keep the piano more dynamic.

Killer diller!!! Great performance, and the sparse mix is a great choice here.

 

cheers,

-Tom

 

 

Thanks a lot Tom.
Will look at it again and check compression and post another for you evaluation.

I must say I really appreciate this site and learn a lot.

15 hours ago, congalocke said:

That's really good, I wasn't sure I heard the first phrase correctly but I'm glad that blues are universal no matter where you wind up leaving everything. 😉

Thank you for taking the time to listen.

1 hour ago, DeeringAmps said:

Bjorn, Martin and Gary have said it all.
Really beautiful!
If the "dry" version is not de-essed; Leave It Alone!
If it is; Leave It Alone!
Take a listen to some Carrie Underwood, there's plenty of "harsh esses" there.
Again, simply gorgeous.

Tom

BTW, I get decent results with FAbFilter ProDS.

Thanks for that...
I have de-essed both of the files the best I could.

I am working on a recording off my  daughter and son who played at a wedding.  (proud dad)
But I can not seem to get the de-ess correct without taking away from the vocal.


Here are two versions... a little dryer mix.

http://www.garybrun.com/wedding/dry.wav

Http://www.garybrun.com/wedding/remember.wav  more ambiance.

Thanks in advance people.

New mix with peoples suggestions.

Gary

Very nice.
I can hear the snow falling...   (I live in the land of snow)  🙂

Would make a great backing track for a scene of a movie.

Thanks guys for watching and listening.
Appreciated.

Very nice composition and beautiful images.
 

Very nice.

Beautiful piece of music.
Very nice.

I would lower personally the strings in some parts a little to let the piano and others cut through a little more.

Sorry but the link doesnt work for me.

Nice dance track and a clean mix.
I work mostly with video and this would make a great technological backing track for corporate use.

Great song.
I agree a Phil Collins style vocal.

The vocal is a little bright on my Focals...  but it doesnt take away from a great song.

Loved it.
Well done...  🙂

You done it again Jessie!!
This is one of the clearest productions I have heard from you.
It is what it is 🙂

Kept thinking my old phone was ringing in the beginning.
Slight touch of Pink Floyd... but VERY VERY Jessie.
Keep em coming.

Gary
 

BRILLIANT!

Hi Tom.
Is that a felt piano?
Love the bass groove.

Nice guitar solo would be sweet!
Bongos (if thats what they are)  could come up more.
Also electronic toms.

Liked this  ... well done.

Toe tapper Freddy.
Well played.

Very nice.
wishing you  Joyous Christmas too.

Some how the kinks come to mind to me.  🙂

I always find it quite hard when commenting on peoples songs because we dont know how we come across, as a know it all or maybe hurt someones feelings.
I myself would like people to  rip the pants of my stuff... cause that how we learn and improve.

As I state many times we all paint different pictures and are influenced greatly by the music we have grown up with and are used to hearing.
Modern music in the charts today is so tight and to the grid and mostly perfect pitch and I think thats why it doesn't have such a large appeal.
How many real superstars are there today...  not many I would say... here today and gone tomorrow.



Good work and quite a nostalgic track.

Very nice Bjørn.
Would to love hear it by a guitar player..  I reckon they add some real feeling to it.  (not that it isnt there in the VSTs)  I mean a human effect.