mark skinner

Nice one. I think you're getting pretty close. My only real crits are the short intro , and the backing vocals coming in at 0:48. I think the intro could be 4 bars longer and built up more. It was just too quiet and rushed leading in to the full vocals. The backing at 48 seemed to be pushed too far back in the mix. Maybe blend in more of the held out backing vocals you used in most of the song in that section. The main vocals and harmony were Very nice. They could be smoothed out and glued to the mix a little better with some further compression. Great song with a fantastic chorus. I Very much enjoyed it .. mark

Colin , I am Totally Amazed at your talent and this production. That was the best 45 minutes I've spent listening to music in years. There was a nice CSN feel to a lot of this that really grabbed me. That was a beautiful tone on the classical guitar as well. Awesome .. mark

Steev , That sounded like "everybody" had a Great time. Very cool collaboration. I'm missing a lot by not having internet in my barn studio. Enjoyed it .. mark

Hey Tom , this was solid. Great job on the vocals and especially the guitars and bass. I loved the breakdown and lead break. I think you nailed it. No overuse of the verbs. Great job .. mark

You've Definitely captured that Honky tonk feel , that took me back. I thought the slide was Real nice , don't hear that much slide from you. I did feel the fluttering effect coming in around 1:46 slammed me away from the live bar feel you had going . It took me a couple of bars to get it back. Anyway that's just my opinion . FANTASTIC playing .. mark

@eric chevrier Thanks my friend , You were actually on top of the list when I said I envy lead guitar players. Your approval means a lot.. mark

John , Nothing but a Giant Feel Good vibe coming from this. You set it up well with the long build up in the beginning , I wouldn't have had that much patience. That was a Beautiful immersive airy mix and I loved the way you build it up the broke it back down. Fantastic synth work. 10+ Thanks .. mark - edit - ps. I try not to read previous comments before posting mine , and didn't here. When the build up ended , I too thought it was worth the wait. ms

Hello again , I did some EQ work and some cut and paste on the beginning of a few of the the cello notes. I think I got back a good bit of the bow attacks. @Barry Seymour Thanks a lot for the comment , I was uploading the remix as you posted. I hope I made some improvement. Thanks .. mark

That was awe inspiring and Very relaxing. You just lowered my blood pressure. Thanks .. mark

That was hauntingly beautiful. Very immersive and stirring. You got some Great tones on the bowed instruments. The simple zooming in video worked Fantastic. I Really enjoyed listening to this one . Very Nice .. mark

@noynekker That's the first time I've been accused of being too smooth , but I Totally agree. I chopped up the tracks quite a bit moving notes and lost a lot of bow attack using fades. I baked them in bouncing to clips and got too far ahead to start undoing. Big lesson learned. Thank You . @garybrun The middle section I used some pretty big fade ins , and It Really sounded more like a volume pedal used on a pedal steel. I thought the same thing . I may try and go for that sound in the future. Thank you for evaluating and your time. @Wookiee I'm researching to grasp the concept of using formants. Thank You for your comments and opinion. I Really appreciate you guys and your help. Thanks .. mark

Here's the latest instrumental I'm trying to finish up , no more in my hold file so , I'm finally caught up. Any crits and suggestions are welcomed. I felt it was a little lacking so I added cello tracks and tried to make them sound like a violin . I played my cello then in melodyne I raised everything up an octave into the viola range. The violin range got weird sounding. I'm not sure about a Lot of things on this one so whatever jumps out at you please don't hold back. I usually play clean electric but it sure was fun doing the overdrive guitar near the end. I Really envy you lead players. I really hope I can learn to pull off this cello/violin thing because I sure canNot play a violin. Thank You .. mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/elevator Link now reflects final remix.

Lynn , there a Lot to like here and too much to mention it all. Great guitar intro , I wanted to hear more of it. Great vocals as well. Enjoyed it .. mark

Jake , I listened on laptop with headphones. On monitors I'm sure there would be much better bleed over. With only a couple of instruments , I think hard panning (or near it) sounds less than ideal with headphones especially if the tracks are pretty dry. Just my opinion . mark

Yeah , I thought for sure it was an E piano. I guess I missed "harp" in the main thread title. Even more impressive now. I've never known a Real harp player. Maybe the EQ boost on the harp Wookie mentioned would help. She's a human metronome .. mark

Jake , I thought the acoustic guitar was Very well recorded. The song sure had a Floydish feel to me. Some reverb from each guitar feeding the opposite side of the spectrum would be nice . It felt too hard panned to me. Still nice .. mark

Very nice. I really liked the overall feel of the song and the main lead guitar melody. I do think the Yamaha could be boosted a DB or so and the lead dropped the same amount. Great song and Very nice performance. Enjoyed it .. mark

Eric , you've sure been on a roll lately . Another Great one. I thought the piano sounded Real nice. Great playing and mix. mark

I Loved the laidback held out vocals and especially the harmony when it hits the minors. This would be a great one with a haunting pedal steel in the breaks. Sounds Great ! mark

Michael , I Really liked the walking bass , it sounded Great. I did think the piano could be a little brighter and less quantized. Overall Very good composition . Enjoyed it .. mark

Link not working Jack ..

@Jack Stoner I guess I'm the exception. I also have and old HP with the same problem. I can actually see it arc from a bundle of wires with the switch hanging out of the case. But .. in fact the switch was the very "Last" thing the tech looked at. They fed power directly (bypassing the switch) and it booted right up and stayed on. Thanks for the comments and the help. mark

The link now reflects a remix. I added notes and made some volume changes in the mix and master. I think it's much better now , Thanks for the direction. Let me know if I missed it. Thank You .. mark

Yeah , I guess when your computer keeps turning on and off , you should check the First thang that turns your computer on and off. yay. ms

Brad , back up all your Sonar projects from your XP machine. They'll open up in CbB. I took a Bunch of old projects from an XP tower running Home studio 7 . Some of the guys playing on these projects are no loner around.. mark