mark skinner

Fantastic performance ! I loved the tempo change around the 3 min. mark and the chord voicings. You also did a great job capturing the sound , I felt like I was sitting on the bench while listening. Very impressive .. mark

@David Sprouse I used the 6 skinny strings from a 12 string set , octave up from normal 6 string tuning except for the B and high E. (Nashville tuning) . Then a full capo on the 2nd fret and a partial capo on the 4th fret covering the A,D,G strings. Shub sells these and can be put on backwards to cover different strings. It works out a little better than lowering these skinny strings to create the same raised up DADGAD tuning I used. Minor tuning adjustments can be a little problem with 2 capoes holding the strings down , but worth the effort. mark

@KurtS I Totally agree with you. I used Sound Center flute , It's Bad but the TTS was worse. The ocarina only made it a little more listenable. I'm going to delete the tracks , but wont bump the song back up afterwards.. mark

I added combo ocarina/flute tracks to the early section and did some minor panning . The link now reflects the changes. Thank You for listening and your wonderful comments .. mark

I normally delete my track in SC , upload the new one with exact title etc.. The link looks the same and CbB used to accept it without doing Any editing in the post. I can't just replace the wav in SC with the free version , and haven't been able to edit the link in CbB. I just put in a new link to "High Strung" and it pushed the "can't find track" screen down. It will eventually disappear. Sometimes it won't accept the new link at all and I'll end up with several "can't find" screens. Changing from embed to link sometimes solves it. I am using the "share" button at SC , ctrl c the link, ctrl v to paste it in the original post with edit open. I must be doing something wrong at SC. There is a "copy link" button that I haven't gotten to work in the past. I think it's fairly new and probably my problem .. mark

What is the proper way to delete a link to a song , and replace it with a remix link. Sometimes it works flawlessly for me. Sometimes I end up with those "Oops couldn't find that track" Sometimes it fixes itself or maybe a forum moderator is fixing it for me ?? Thanks mark

Very Cool ! Congrats. I searched the internet today for "his" music. He's more than a tutorial producer , he's a Fantastic writer and musician in his own right. Keep up the Great work .. mark

Beautiful. Every time you post , your vocals get more and more refined. Amazing .. mark

Craig , welcome back. This is a Powerful well written and performed song and it's time is Now. If you were from Alabama I would swear you were singing about @Tommy Tuberville , another m.*.*.a. politician that makes me feel embarrassed to be from this state. The maniacs are out in full force Fantastic production mark

Thanks to All for your comments. @KurtS I was also thinking of a high Irish type flute/whistle in there somewhere. There's a pretty big section that repeats early in the song . Perhaps I'll try it there. @CSW I'm using a single AT3035 at the 12th fret. @Paul Bush the guitar tone was pretty easy to get. It was high passed and multiband comped on the remaining low freq's. Mids were also scooped using an EQ preset in the pro channel . A lot of videos you see about setting a guitar up for Nashville tuning recommend a small parlor guitar or even a backpacker. I think a full sized guitar like the dreadnought I used sounds 10 times better. There are some massive reverbs panned and coming in and out that also helped the tones. @noynekker I just looked up and listened to a lot of Bruce Cockburn. Wow , I take that as a huge compliment. Thank You again .. mark

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Hello , here's a Very minimal project using a high strung acoustic as the Main instrument (instead of being used for reinforcement). I used TTS analog drums and deleted all my bass guitar parts except for one section. I used both of my bass guitars and every bass vsti I have , and found them All very distracting with the guitars. I used 2 capo's on the guitar putting it in a raised dadgad tuning. Any suggestions are welcomed especially on overall EQ. Thanks .. mark

Lee , this one was worth the wait ! Great guitar work , I loved the bridge and the fade out. I think sometimes a break is in order to reload. Very well written , performed and mixed.. mark

Wonderful bass lines , and great tone on the guitar , you have a very nice "touch" for nylon . Very impressive .. mark

Larry , Very nice and relaxing , and nice guitar work. I think it could be a little shorter but .. there's No Way I could have posted my first project. Looking forward to more .. mark

Very Powerful song ! Fantastic job on all the vocals. I thought that was also a very nice use of the harmonica. Nothing seemed over done or lacking. Great job , loved it .. mark

Robin and Craig , the link to your song isn't working .. -- ...

Very cool song Jesse ! Loved all the instrumentation. I did think the real dry vocal sections could use a tiny bit of room verb. Enjoyed it .. mark

Very impressive.. This was a Fantastic production and sounds like a Lot of work went into it. Start to end , I enjoyed everything about it.. Thanks .. mark

Well composed and Very original , this one is definitely yours alone. I don't understand how you came up with this diversion from the style you normally post. Chaos in a great way. I got it .. mark

Outstanding ! I really like the way you trail off the low ending phrases in your vocals. Great guitar work and thought I heard a banjo in there mixed low. I think you got a little Springsteen vibe in there as well. Great song. mark

Nice one , I've Loved the violin productions you've posted in the past. The work you put into them really comes thru as a real instrument performance. Again .. Highly impressive . mark

Yeah Kent , welcome . If you've ever been active on another forum , You'll soon find this one is like a breath of fresh air. Most of us are old timers and not really into music production as a business being the main goal. Later .. mark

Turn everything else down and raise the volume with your interface until you get the right balance. The effects aren't recorded in the track , that way you can adjust them or delete them at will. If you ever do a "bounce to tracks" it will then bake them in unless you change some settings. The easy way to solve your problem is to have the output of the vocal track you are recording sent to your interface instead of "master". You can then just turn down your master and use your interface volume and the master fader to get the balance you need. When you're done , change your vocal tracks output back to the master bus and raise it back up. ms

Rex , totally agree with johnbee , Great harmony work as well. The bendy guitar worked Very nicely . I believe the bass can sound even better with a little EQ work (highs) , and eventually a little de essing on the main vox , if you don't lose the "air" when doing it. This was very nice and relaxing , I knew I would like it when the very first vocal phrase came in. Lovely .. mark