Kevin Walsh

1 hour ago, jack c. said:

rock on.voice is real fine zz top.jack c.

Thanks, jack. Hey, I wouldn't steal it if it didn't sound so great, so not my fault really.

2 hours ago, Wookiee said:

@Kevin Walsh No comment on the vox as it is better than my Leatha ones.    Mix sounds reasonable here, interesting retro sounding song. 

Thanks for listening, wookie, always appreciated.

I know I've been dropping quite a few tunes on here lately, but it seems I'm on a productivity roll and I figure if I keep going I'm going to do something good eventually. So here's "That Thing." I'm looking for any kind of feedback, particularly on mix and eq. Vocals were tough and I'm still not happy with them but I can't tell if it's an eq or a performance problem (though my money is on the latter.) 

Anyway, thanks in advance for critiquing.

Once you hear it, you can't not hear it. It was the in-hole pickup cable jack swinging around and clacking against the guitar while I played. 

Sure, I'll do that, thanks! Watch for a pm later.

Well, you guys are dead right. The acoustic track has a boatload of banging on wood going on in there. I have to re-record the verse parts to get it out of there. Thanks for turning your good ears to the problem!

Gary did some really nice work with one of mine, I learned a lot from studying his choices. I may have another for you soon Gary!

Here's another that I think is ready for some critique, Sugarland. Your feedback is welcome. 

11 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

I'm not good with "genres" so I'll not try to put a finger on it.
As KS said:

+1 to that, and

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Thanks for giving it a whirl and taking the time to comment!

11 hours ago, KSband said:

Very cool man. It's very different sounding from you usual stuff, in a good way. Really creative.

Thanks so much!

There are  certainly lot of choices online. Epiphone, SX, Harley Benton, Squier, Reverend, Cort, and many others, all brands with very good beginner offerings. I am partial to Epiphones and Squiers since those are what I started with and they have very well-built guitars based on iconic designs for very reasonable prices. Unlike many folks here I like online shopping for guitars, mostly because for the longest time there weren't many brick and mortar choices available. If you stick to well-respected retailers such as Sweetwater or GC/Musicians Friend or Zzounds the return policies are very liberal. I've shipped back quite a few guitars that didn't make the grade and always ended up with a good one.

Have fun finding your first axe! Mine was a Squier Affinity Strat (circa 1999). I had it for many years and it went through all kinds of mod projects great and small as I learned what tones I liked and what I didn't.  The neck and body on those guitars are usually first rate, so mine were still original when I donated it to a church about two years ago. Loved that guitar. 

4 hours ago, Pathfinder said:

Never use the SM58b or 57 for vocals. Only the Stellar CM5.  did try the Shure SM7B-returned it to sweetwater. 

I really like the SM-57  for vocals. 

If you don't mind building your own, check out MicrophoneParts.com. I LOVE my T-12.  It's a JFET mic with transformer meant to fill the same space as a C12 et al. Here's the product page. There are links to some reviews there too which go into the build process. .

T-12: DIY Studio Microphone Kit – Microphone-Parts.com

The solo at the end was certainly worth waiting for! This mix passes the crappy phone speaker test with flying colors. Great guitar work as always. Vocals have a Yes-esque anthemic quality that I really dig.  Always great stuff from you and this is no exception.

21 hours ago, Bapu said:

Thanks!

On 4/11/2022 at 7:46 AM, AndyB01 said:

So many genres at once in here - great production - really well done. 

Andy

Thank you, Andy!

On 4/11/2022 at 3:55 AM, Wookiee said:

Whatever you intended you ended with something quite acceptable Kevin, the whole piece worked for me and the mix worked well here on my Events.

Thank you Wookie, your work was a major motivation for trying this, so your approval is a big deal for me. 

On 4/10/2022 at 5:12 PM, PhonoBrainer said:

I like it, like a darker Beach Boys? You could hang a lot on this but as is it has a driving psychedelic vibe that you can't tell if it's angsty or not. Pretty special territory. Kudos on the vocals and bgv's, nailed it. nice vocal delays . . .

great mix as well!

 

cheers,

-Tom

 

Thanks, Tom! We of the Dark Beach Boys Academy appreciate your input.

I agree with Larry and I would only add that this is a pretty awesome piece. Great playing wonderful sound and the bass tones are so tasty. But those drums!

Worthy of an Oscar!

35 minutes ago, John Vere said:

Big thumbs up. Lots of creative stuff and great soundscape. Awsome guitar work too. 

Thanks for taking the time, John!

3 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Kevin - i really like this, a lot in fact

You've got a great track going here - as Jesse said drums and Bass sound spot on

Guitar solo 1.42 fabulous

This is just a great track

Love it

Nigel

 

 

Thank you. Nigel,  I'm  thrilled you liked it and thanks for the feedback!

6 hours ago, mark skinner said:

Extremely good job on the vocals and main break. I think one thing it ended up as is being somewhat "punk" even with the synth.  I'd like to hear it with horns ..   I'm not sure the short lead section at 2:36 was inline with the feel of the rest of the song up to that point. ??      Fantastic job exploring ..   mark

Cool, I'm punk!

Rats, mark you caught me on that guitar bit. I thought about redoing it but thought, nah.

thanks for the critique!

8 hours ago, Jesse Screed said:

really like the drums, and the bass at the beginning

to me, this really kicks *****.

really really kicks *****

Thank you Jesse always great to hear from you!

I've listened to many wonderful synth-based songs, everything from ambience to trance to dance and I've always wanted to try my hand at it.  So I started this song.

It ended up as, well, something else, I'm not sure what. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear your critiques on the song in all it's aspects. Thank you in advance!