mark skinner

Cool , Headphone/laptop listen sounds good. On the fence about the vox volume. Some sections sound a little hot. Maybe just the high harmony ?? . I thought the bass sat pretty well. Out of curiostity , have to tried a test mix on Sound Click? I for one would like to hear your opinion. Only you know exactly what your material sounded like "before" the upload. I think it sounds better than SoundCloud. I know the streaming rate is higher. mark

Great immersive mix , (headphone/laptop listen). IReally like the bass guitar in this one. All of the low end sounds Great. Fantastic video as well. You captured the magic of being a child Nicely. I'm going to have to pick up the LP from Itunes to play in our car. Enjoyed it .. mark

SubVibe , Cool song and the structure was Very creative. I absolutely Loved the section with the chord change and horn solo. Nice jazz sound coming across. Enjoyed it .. mark

Great job Steve. That looked and sounded like quite a production ! I really enjoyed the visuals and I am for sure going to look up the old stop action original flic. I enjoyed the light and very Beatleish sound of this . Enjoyed it .. mark

Got this in my Email a while back. I recently had to refer to it for a screen that I needed while editing a vocal track. I thought it might be a Good one for this section of the forum . mark

@bjornpdx , @Old Joad , @Alper Karamahmutoglu , @Wookiee. Thanks guys for the listen and Great comments. I'm calling this one done and surrendered as I have no plans on officially releasing covers . This was done for my own pleasure and a learning experience. @steve@baselines.com , I appreciate your comment and will for sure keep it in mind the next time I use my Tak LTd in a song. I did keep grabbing the highs and cutting the lows in that track. I too wasn't very satisfied with it , and I had a hard time getting it to sit well in the mix. I had a "high strung" acoustic guitar on the right side . I was hoping the middle electric guitar even thing up a little. Anyway .. Thank You All.. mark

That was some Fantasic vocal control. Impressive how the vibrato was timed on different phrases. Great job on the instrument tracking as well. There were some spots that I thought the backing could have been brought up a little .. Enjoyed this Very impressive cover .. mark

Screen size and resolution is also worth conidering. I've got CbB on Asus with a fairly small screen. I just use it for playing around when I'm away from my DAW PC . (and for offline activation). Lots of the CbB controls can't be seen on it without messing around with the resolution controls. Then everything becomes hard to see because of small size of the visuals. ms

Wayne , Very cool and Creative song. I totally agree with @equality about the break. Very unusual but worked Great in this song. It kind of invoked a sense of confususion and mood swing . I thought the backing guitar tones were Steller and very well played. If I was mixing this , I think I would experiment a little more with the vocal FX 😁 Looking forward to the next version. mark

Thanks Guys for the listens and comments. I'm calling this one "done" and surrendering. Special thanks to @garybrun for offering to remaster it. I sent him seperate files of the instrument full mix and a seperate soloed mix of the vocals. I never really know how loud to process my own vocal tracks. It was nice to have a competant person make that decision for me. As usual I think he did another Great job on a mix/master. Thanks .. mark

Thanks @KSband , @freddy j , @DeeringAmps . Thanks guys for the Great comments. I've been tweeking things and the link now reflects my last changes. Guitars were narrowed in towards center. I widened the mix so much they were spread out a little too much. @noynekker helped with that decision. I carried it a little further in this mix. Reverbs were boosted a good bit. I think what helped most was moving most of my bass track a 1/4 bar downstream. It played better on the offbeat. I'm going to give it a rest , but there will be a new master coming before long. Thanks .. mark

Bruce , You've sure got some great energy flowing in this one. I Love the harmony in your chorus tracks and that changeup around the 2 min. and the 2:45 marks. Killer bass tack as well. No crits or suggestions from me .. I'll bet you enjoyed grabbing the faders instead of the mouse .. Loved it .. mark

David , I'm going thru the same problem with the kick/bass and low end on a song that I've already posted. I'm not much of a bass player.. I tend to play on the heavy hittting 1 beat. I just slid my bass and kick track next to each other and realized I've got Way too many spots competing with each other. I slid "most" of my bass track down stream a 1/4 beat to the downbeat. The problem was nearly 100% solved. Not sure if this is related "at all" to your song , but there were a few spots I've listened to in yours where I think it would help. I got Tired as well with fighting with EQ and plugins. best of luck .. ms

Killer song ! You did a Fantastic job on the vocals and acoustic guitar around the outro. I'm kinda on the fence about the intro EQ. Listening on laptop with somewhat hyped bass headphones. The low end does get a little confusing in some spots , but in the chorus(s) I thought the bass guitar came thru a lot better. I downloaded and will check it out further on my monitors in the morning. Mainly .. just to hear it again. I'm sure you've listened to this a thousand times. I normally have to get away from one for a while to get a grasp of what is bothering me about it. I recently found a proQ preset for bass that helps a lot for situations like you think you have. Loved the song .. mark

Excellant ! Always loved this song . Used to do it in an acoustic band but with no synth. Synth tracks were Real nice ! Very nice job on the lead vox. Tone did a wonderful job with the vocal shadowing and harmony. If I were to make any changes .. I would balance the voices a little bit. I think yours needs to be more up front with Tone a little further under you.. Fantastic cover ! I Really enjoyed the first listen of probably many more. mark

@jack c. , Thanks Jack. In my younger years I actually could fake a Crosby song .. @noynekker , Thank You for the suggestions. 👌Exactically what I was wanting , especially early in the mixing process. The mix now reflects changes you suggested. Fairly small impact , but it sounds much more balanced to me. @equality , I appreciate the comment. Hopefully the changes will elevate it a little .. mark

Hello , here's a cover of one of my favorite David Crosby songs I've always wanted to attempt. It's still a work in progress so any help for improvement is welcomed. Thanks for the listen and for any crits or comments. Thanks .. mark https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14827461

Hey SubVibe , I love the structure of this one. All the changes are Very Nice and flow to the next sections perfectly. I really liked the different vocal deliveries. It almost sounds like 2 different singers that work very well together. I Really enjoyed this one .. mark

Give this free vst a shot. I use it all the time without any issues especially on guitars. ms https://polyversemusic.com/products/wider/

Very Nice .. You've got a smooth flow going here. It's very easy to get into the relaxing groove. Excellant mix and master .. Enjoyed it .. mark

Chrome is my default browser. This is the "first" time I've had problems , Never a problem before. I did read in the release notes after updating my laptop , that the new product center now includes CbB. ?? I'll try again and make sure my firewall settings didn't get changed during my last MS update. I'll probably wait until I finish the project I'm on now. Thanks .. mark

It won't let me. Using the help menu I get the same results... I get about a one sec. spinner but nothing else ever happens. Check my OP. I closed and reopened CbB several times and rebooted the pc. I did another "offline" but , I was really wanting to get the update that just came out . Thanks .. mark

So .. I'm into another reactivate cycle. Last time I did it offline and picked up the countdown screen again . I brought everything to the house for internet service this time. I immediately got a "sign in to Bandlab" message instead of the normal reactivate toast. Clicking on sign in to Bandlab does Nothing. Going to the help menu and clicking sign in to Bandlab does Nothing. What am I missing this time around ? mark

That was one hell of a production ! As soon as the guitars started , I was taken back to a living room of a girlfriends house. Hypnotized and staring at the needle moving on the album. Time warp .. Fantastic guitar work and vocals. Enjoyed it .. mark

Awesome writing Steve ! Loved the entire production .. mark