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  1. Measuring up my small upstairs (and cramped) home studio for re-decorating and new furniture, I noticed a bit of laminate floor lifting.

    Fast forward an hour or so, I've stripped everything out, dismantled the desk and lifted the flooring, only to find a rad valve has had a slow leak for what must have been weeks. 🙈

    I've lifted and dried the laminate and luckily the underlay has saved the floorboards. Plumber coming next week to assess the damage and hopefully fix (my DiY is not bad but I don't do plumbing - much too messy if it goes wrong).

    Ah well, guess I won't be making any music for few weeks.

    At least it was caught in good time. So the moral is, do look down every once in a while to make sure your feet are still dry. 😂

    Andy

  2. Good job on this Keith, enjoyed it.

    I never knew Hotlegs became 10cc and I was a massive 10cc fan. How Dare You is still one of the finest albums ever recorded IMHO.

    Andy

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  3. Very nice, I agree with @garybrun maybe the instruments could come up a touch or drop the vocals off by a dB or two; but you did a fine job on this either way. Kudos all round.

    Andy

  4. I like the slightly dark undertone and the arrangement, my only minor crit is I am not a huge fan of the instrument at around 2:30 (is it a pad)? It just seemed a little out of place with being such a high register, but this is just a matter of taste and doesn't mean you should change it.

    Overall really nice job.

    Andy

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  5. I enjoyed this, very much of its time - both lyrically and musically. Could it be enhanced and improved with a few tweaks here and there - probably. Should you go there or leave it as it is - debatable?

    It is all panned fairly centrally to my ears, so some separation might help, as would a double-tracked and panned rhythm guitar track, but don't duplicate the existing one; record another take and pan them.

    Or leave it as is and call it done - your call.

    Nice job either way.

    Andy

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  6. On 12/28/2024 at 10:12 AM, Wookiee said:

    @craigb I will try, but the WiFi is crap in my bit of the hospital, and it won't let me login to the hospital WiFi. 

    Welcome to NHS IT - having audited plenty of that in a past life I'm surprised you're not still on a dial-up connection; ISDN if you're lucky. 😂

    Keep your spirits up - you're in great hands - as a heart surgeon I used to play cricket with once told me, it's just a bit of plumbing... 

    ATB for the op and I'm sure you'll be fine and ace the recovery.

    Andy

  7. I upgraded a non compliant i7 7700 that has a TPM a year or more back and it's been running like dream ever since. Can't remember the method I used now - might have been the reg hack - but install was a cinch. I also get the Win 11 updates - despite being 'unsupported' - more Microshaft scaremongering I'm glad I took no notice of.

    Just back everything up first - including a full export of your registry.

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    2 hours ago, bats brew said:

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    I do higher voicings, and layer them, so I can get 'faux' 12 string sounds sometimes.

    I've got 3 rhythm parts going at the same time, and the 3rd one is doing high parts, I'm sure that's what you are hearing.

    Ah that explains it, those Taylors are sweet guitars. I used to have a 314CE but I traded it for a T5z. The latter is a lovely instrument - and definitely more versatile - but it can't reproduce that sweet acoustic tone I used to get from the 314. The T5z body sensor pickup amplifies way too much string squeak for my taste, so I rarely use that setting. 

    Thanks for the extra details - always helps to understand the process a little.

    Andy

  9. Wow Mark, that's one tough song to cover. I remember when this was first released, it was like nothing else around at the time and I've always really liked it.

    I think you nailed it, the percussion and guitar work is top notch and the backing vocals work really well. No crits on the lead vocal for me - I'm super impressed.

    Andy

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  10. I'm going to respectfully disagree ever so slightly with @Jim Fogle (although his comments are most definitely valid). I quite like the long intro and I also like the long pauses between phrases - but - I think it needs to build and get busier as the song progresses; then you can row it back again at the end.

    But hey Rex, if I could write, perform and produce a song to even ten percent of this calibre I'd be over the moon.

    It's a beautiful piece of work.

    Merry Christmas 

    Andy

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