Lynn Wilson

20 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

I always think of you as a singer and forget that you're also great on the guitar. You have a cool voc delay which worked well except there were a couple of places where the tail was maybe too long eg around 2:00
Nice job on this song Lynn. I really like it.

Thanks Bjorn for you kind words.  I'll check out the spot around 2:00 and take care of it.  Btw, the f/x is "ghost reverb" from Wave's H-Reverb.  I'd been looking for an opportunity to use it.

7 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Lynn

Like this and a great job - vocals and guitars really cool

And 7/8 not easy to make it sound this good

Nigel

 

Thank you, Nigel.  This really boosts my confidence in this ditty.  I forgot to mention that I was also inspired, in part, by Miles Davis and Sun Ra.

Open up your tempo view (alt-shift-5, or view menu) and fix it from there.

I've always liked odd time signatures in music.  I guess it comes from all the Frank Zappa and King Crimson I've listened to over the years.  This song grew from the opening guitar riff which is in 7/8.  I just happen to have a slew of drum beats in 7/8 so I stayed in that time signature for the rest of the song.  My question is:  does it work or does it sound too disjointed?  Plus, my usual questions about the mix.  I'd love your feedback, and I thank you in advance.  It can be found here:  https://soundclick.com/r/s8e65s

Breverb (which came with CW) and H-Reverb by Waves are pretty good.  Melda makes a free convolution reverb that's low on resources but big on quality.

Charlie, welcome to the forum if you're a new member.  This is a clever song with cool lyrics about an American icon that, perhaps, is no longer as appreciated as she should be.  I like the delay on your vocal, however, it is mixed in so much that it makes the words harder to understand.  I suggest that you try mixing the delay about half as much, and I think you'll find that it will do the job and make the words more clear.  Also, I think the instruments could come up a little in the mix to give it more punch or impact.  What works for me is the island-like vibe which could be a little more vibrant, but is colorful nonetheless.  With a few adjustments, this could easily be a gem!

Somehow, I'm not surprised by this.  Surf guitar and rock-a-billy guitar have common cousins.  The Ventures "Walk, Don't Run" was the first song that I ever played in public when I was in the 8th grade.  I grew up with a '65 Strat and a '66 Fender Super Reverb, so this rings close to home for me.  Oh darn, now I'm getting all nostalgic.  Carry on

Brilliant!  So consistent!

Gary, your vocal on this lovely tune is terrific!  In fact, I think it carries the song.  You've received some good advice, so I'll not add any more.  You are truly a polished singer, and I always enjoy your professionalism.  Kudos!

Well done, Wookie!  I, too, like the drums, though I can hear it with Latin or Celtic percussion, too.  One of the benefits of SD3 is that it can be mapped to play AD2 beats, so if you have a number of Midipacks from AD2, they sound great using SD3 samples.  Keep up the good work! 

Douglas, I think I could pick your voice out of a crowded room, and I mean that as a compliment!  You found your niche, and you make the most of it.  It's always fun to just let the player go on after the first song.

Your songs, mixing, and video work always amaze me, and this is no exception.  The 21st century Starship!

Tim, this is a beautiful, haunting melody that speaks to me!  I listened at low volume, so the mix sounded pretty well balanced to me.  I applaud your prolific songwriting these days.  It's not easy to keep up.

I've always thought that you have a Paul Simon quality in your voice and songwriting.  This is a terrific song, and you continue to be one of our shining lights.

This is the first thing I heard this morning, and I love it!  The mix sounds balanced and polished on my system, and I love the vocal and lyrics.  Good songwriting, Lee!  Hope to hear more from you.

On 8/9/2020 at 8:05 PM, David Sprouse said:

You could copyright that scale you use.  I love the tone from the guitar.  Your songs are so unique, yet the same time they are genre-defining. Great stuff.

David, you are too kind!  I'm currently trying to copyright the alphabet, but having unexpected delays.  I'll get around to the scale eventually   The guitar track is my old Strat played through the latest version of S-Gear.  Thanks again.

On 8/8/2020 at 12:36 PM, daryl1968 said:

Sorry, late to this.

Sounds great here. Mix has plenty of space - wow that guitar sounds fabulous. 

Thank you very much, Daryl!  You're never too late when you come with kind words!  (or, otherwise)

I've always loved your songs and videos, and this ranks up there with your best.  You're a very good advertisement for Kemper!  Makes my mouth water.

Thank you, Steve, you're never too late!  Good to hear from you.

Here's a quick solution for me when tracks get buried or lost in the mix:  pull everything down by 10 to 20 dbs, then push up the tracks that are buried to where they are plenty loud.  Finally, bring everything else up one by one until you get what you want.  Once everything is balanced, you can bring the entire mix up in proportion to where you want it.  There's so much headroom in digital recording that you won't be anywhere near the bottom end of the signal to noise ratio by lowering the volume of your mix.  In the days of tape recorders, 60db of s/n ratio was the standard for excellence, and some of today's converters are almost twice that much.

This is a fabulous tribute to a great civil rights leader!  This should be at the top of the list.  The video is just perfect for this song, so congratulations all the way around!

It's not easy to be consistently good, but you make it look easy.  Congratulations on another excellent song, my friend!

I missed this one, too, but I'm glad I finally caught up to it.  This may inspire me to try another instrumental because I have so many VSTs waiting to be explored.  As one said above, you're a damn good composer!  You put just the right amount of textures and layers in this to put me in a mood!  Good job.

Makes sense.  Thanks, Steve.

Several days ago, I posted a problem about CW crashing when I closed a project.  I created a crash dump file and sent it in, and it was received and acknowledged by CW tech.  This has continued to happen since the latest update to the early access version (2020.07), and it happens on any project, and it happens every time.  The work-around is to open a new project before closing one, or to keep one project open (though minimized) at all times.

I just started noticing that the start menu no longer updates itself.  That is, it no longer remembers the last project that I opened and saved.  The list of projects that comes up are several weeks old and don't include the latest projects that I've worked on.  As I've already sent a dump file related to this, I'll defer that action for now, but I'm curious if anyone else has had a recent problem with the start menu like mine.  I just want to know if it's my system or not.  Thanks for your time.

When I close my eyes and listen to this, I feel right in the middle of it all.  I love music like this, and this is quite an achievement!  The strings do sound great, as Bjorn says, but I would have liked to have heard the waves 😢;)