mark skinner

I Love the vocals in this one. There's a few spots where the harmony choices remind me of the group "Yes". I think this is one of your best ones. As far as the drums , it seemed to me like from 2:23 to the end , it was more apparent they needed some phat. Great song .. mark edit: I missed the response from Kevin Walsh about the "Yes" reference. I guess it is Confirmed and a Really good thing. I also searched for the instrumental version with no luck.. I was just curious how you transformed it into this Great mix that sounds like it was written with the vocals in mind. Different title ?? Thanks .. mark

Mix 3 is now a much "wider" mix and also has a lot better interaction between the L/R channels. Mix 2 sounds Way too narrow now. I don't know what I was thinking.. Thanks Gary. I'm toying with some electric parts but I'm satisfied with this mix for now. Thanks for all the comments and advice. mark

@Makke and @Bajan Blue Thanks for the nice comments , means a lot to me. @garybrun Good call. My L/R main guitars are set at 44% the lead and mandolins are narrower. I'll for sure see how far I can widen the mix and still sound good with headphones. Thanks .. mark

@John Vere Thanks for the compliment! What I Really like about Grisman's music is the jazz like fiddle he mixes in with the bluegrass sounds. I may try and play one again someday. @jack c. Thanks , I know you're a great Funk artist yourself. @KSband I Really Appreciate the input. I've been trying key changes but Nothing is working. This morning I re recorded the second lead section that was a copy of the first one. That seemed to help break it up a "little". I also dropped the first cowbell rest , panned the lead acoustic and mandolin closer to center. The link now reflects changes I made. This is now "Mix 2". Thank You for listening and commenting mark

@noynekker Thanks Bruce. I Always appreciate your input. I absolutely Love playing mandolin. I'm not a Real player and the only time I pick it up is when I'm recording. I added it after deleting electric guitar and keys. As far as the cowbell I tried first for silence , but wanted more. This was originally about a 2 min. instrumental and the only one we ever did when I played in a duo doing the harmony band thing. I had to dig thru a lot of dormant brain cells trying to reproduce the song. It's hard for me to make direction changes when in an alternate tuning. I'm sure I'll make a few changes. Thanks mark

@Larry T. @Kevin Walsh , Thanks guys for commenting. I agree with you Larry about some more variation in the structure. As usual I ran out of steam about half way thru and started repeating sections with minor variations. Kevin the drums were AD2 with a TTS cowbell. It was hard to keep the bass from sounding like it was strung with a piece of barbed wire. I was tuned a half step low And in dropped D. Anyway .. Thank You .. mark

Hello , here's a new instrumental based on one I wrote 40 years ago. It has now transformed into an "Acoustic Funk" song featuring my Takamine , mandolin and Ibanez bass. Any help on this one will be Greatly appreciated. Mix 3 is now "wider" and added a backing electric track. Thanks for your time .. mark

I didn't know Chris Rock could sing that well. Very Creative ! I think you're on to something here for future YouTube audio/video shorts. There's a world of new material to choose from .. Enjoyed it .. mark

Lee , Great job on a fun sounding song . The years are flying by now , and I still don't feel any older. I absolutely Loved the way you ended the song. Nice harmony. Happy Birthday .. mark

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

Clint , Very Solid track. I thought it was pretty unusual the way you sang it but it worked Nice. The drums and bass laid a great bed to play against. Tasty guitar work .. enjoyed it .. mark

Kurt , I looked at Bias FX and a few more after listening to your song. I've found that most of the great tones I've been wanting to reproduce seem to be coming from high end pedal boards. I was surprised to hear this was FX. I could probably do a better job with TH3 than I have in the past. One question is do you use a centered stereo track for breaks like in this one ? Also forgot to mention I'm a big fan of the fretless. Thanks .. mark

Kurt , Loved the tone and reverb on the horn that comes in on the right side of the mix . The guitar tone was Awesome and I really liked the "bite" you got on the attacks. I Really need some more tools for electric guitar processing. Thanks for the nice listen .. mark

Very Nice Andy .. I Really liked the laid back "living on the Island" feel. I see why he had a nice following in Bermuda. I thought the your vocals were very impressive. Enjoyed it .. mark

Beautiful Jane. Young heart , old soul. I believe you and the Messiah will always get along .. mark

Bruce , Absolutely Fantastic ! You guys make a Great team. I can't believe the quality of your vocals. I especially like the short falsetto parts. My mix suggestions would be that I think you need some de-essing. It seems a little more apparent in the early part of the song. I also think you need a volume boost from 1:49 to 2:16. This section could use a little more drive on some of the instruments until the vocals come back in. Incredible Song and Production ! This is one of the Best I've heard here. mark

@Don CobbI installed it via flash drive on an off line pc. It went to C\program Files\VST plugins\Bitsonic\keyzone classic .dll Have you checked the plugin Mgnr. to see if it's excluded ? (VSTI instruments). I've used it on a couple of projects , sounds decent. Good luck .. mark

I thought you did a Very Good job with this song. The vocals were very impressive in this nice mix. I recently watched a video (from somewhere) and it showed some major record labels and publishing company's that actually had a team of "listeners" seeking out copywrite violations on different platforms along with their AI. Enjoyed the song .. mark

Great immigrant song . I think it's the Native Americans who should have built a wall.. I used to own a syncaset but seems like it was a Teak. Still own an Tascam 8 track cassette recorder and a suitcase full of tapes. Nice job bringing life back to your old but still relevant song . Enjoyed it .. mark

I Really like the light hearted smooth feel of this song. Great lyrics/Great writing ! Reminded me a little of some early works by Stephen Bishop. Very Nice .. mark

Kevin , Great track ! I loved the vocal doubling using the low voice , and the airy delay/verb treatment you used. (??) Lovely bass line as well. Enjoyed it .. mark

Treesha , Big difference with the new bass track. If I were to do anything else it would be to reduce it a little bit and pull a tiny bit of the lows out of it. The kick is losing a little power. Great improvement on the overall mix , Very Good Job.. mark

Very Nice Tom ! I Really liked the feel of it. Great cymbal intro as well and it started off Real Strong . I can't wait to hear what else you do with it. Loved it .. mark

Very Clean mix. I Really like the energy in this song. Great job ! ms

Paul , I've had this problem several times when trying to (using edit) remove a song and replace it with a new mix. If your song title is exactly the same , sometimes you can replace the song on Soundcloud and Cakewalk can still find it without editing anything in CbB. After removing a song , it seems like using a "link" to your song always works as it should. "embed" is where the problem comes up for me and I get the "can't find song". If you leave it that way , it will eventually properly imbed the song. Sometimes it's 24 hrs. later. I still haven't figured it out . mark