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Thanks Wookiee!

I'm in the process of remixing my second solo album which was released in 2013. The album was recorded initially using Sonar X3. I opened the project in CBB and none of my third party plugins loaded. I decided to remix this track but only using the Pro Channel and the the plugins that came with Cakewalk. (Eq, compression, reverb etc) Guitar was recorded the old school way (miced up Marshall) using an MI Audio Crunchbox. The video was shot in standard definition back then so I tried the upscaling feature in Vegas to HD as a test and then re edited the video as well. It's come out much better than I expected. It also makes me think that maybe less is more regarding amount of third party plugins installed on my system.

Thanks so much for your comments Gary! Regarding the video, I use 3 Sony NX30 HD video cameras. I set them up before tracking to show various angles. I therefore end up with about 25 different video tracks of the various instruments which I then edit into a final production. Cheers!

Thanks for your comments! Yes, I agree about the ads! I don't mind an ad at the beginning of a song but not in the middle.

Thanks for the comments Freddy! Larry loves what he does! As long as he's playing, he's happy!

Thanks Paulo. I do enjoy longer songs in general and I agree about Part 1 but I think that it would have made it just a bit too long. Cheers!

Thanks Andy! Part 2 is Larry’s favourite feel. He's a big Santana fan.

Thanks KS! Thanks for the comments Nigel! We're having a heatwave in Joburg!

Thanks for your comment Jack!

My second collaboration with my good friend Alan Petersen. This song will be included on my upcoming fifth solo instrumental album. The song is in two parts with the second being very much in the Latin rock feel. This production was recorded and mixed with Cakewalk. The sessions were videoed and then edited in Magix Vegas. I used 10 mics to record the drums, bass was recorded directly via the Kemper Rack, guitars were also recorded directly with the Kemper. Piano was played on the Yamaha P45 using the Rhodes patch. Acoustic guitar was an Ibanez Artwood. There were a few VSTs used for the “ambient” synth sounds. My only regret was that I was unable to film the recording of the percussion tracks. Look forward to any feedback. Thanks!

Thanks so much for your comments Paul! Camel and Alan Parsons are both huge influences so I'll take that as a massive compliment. Cheers!

Thanks for the comments John! I'm glad to hear that it sounds good with headphones. I'll have to check it out.

Thanks Mark! I've recorded 4 solo instrumental albums (all 4 released on cd) and have now started my 5th. All four albums have had a mixture of clean and higher gain crunchy gtrs. I have found though that as time goes on my productions seem to have less crunch and more clean playing. Not sure why, maybe it's what I prefer to listen to these days. If there was a song of mine that is a favourite regarding the cleaner gtr tones it would be this one from my third album. Cheers!

Thanks Hook! Chhers!

Thanks 53!

Thanks Mark! Much appreciated!

Thanks for the comments Nigel!

Thanks for listening and commenting, Jack.

This is the first track for my next album. This song was a collaboration between an old school buddy and myself. Alan is a good friend from our school days where we played together in a band back in the 70's. Our old school band had a reunion in March this year where we recorded one of our songs. The song was written in 1973. After the reunion Alan and I decided to start writing together and this song is the result. Hope you enjoy.

Thanks Bapu! Sorry to hear about your singer. Really sad.

Thanks for the comments treesha! I'm sorry for your loss. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!

Thanks Keith! Yes, it was a wonderful experience. It's something that we plan to do again in the future.

Thanks Shawn! Cheers!

Thanks noynekker! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the comments Mark! It was one of those "if we don't do it now, we'll never do it".