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On 5/8/2024 at 5:00 PM, Sal Sorice said:

Great guitar and percussion work! I love A Minor....

Thanks for the comments!

On 5/7/2024 at 7:20 PM, Kevin Walsh said:

Killer track!

Thanks Kevin!

23 hours ago, jack c. said:

well done.jack c

Thanks Jack!

On 5/7/2024 at 2:01 PM, garybrun said:

Very nice.
 

Thanks, Gary!

This track was released on my second solo album Living for the Moment in 2013. We shot a lot of video during the recordings and I decided to share one of the tracks on a guitar forum back then. I mentioned that I used the MI Audio Crunchbox for the guitar tones. I was using Sonar Platinum back then.

The next day I received an email from MI Audio asking if I was interested in becoming a representative for the company. I obviously jumped at the chance. I used their effect pedals exclusively for the longest time. I eventually moved on to the Kemper but only after making profiles of all my favourite MI Audio effect pedals.

I still think that their products have stood the test of time as far as analogue effects go.

So as mentioned before, this track was recorded using the MI Audio Crunchbox and a clean Marshall JCM2000 TSL.

On 3/31/2024 at 4:44 PM, AndyB01 said:

Right in my wheelhouse this Peter, sounds and looks terrific.

Enjoyed the listen.

Andy

Thanks for the comments Andy!

On 3/31/2024 at 11:03 AM, Max Arwood said:

Very nice!

Thanks Max!

On 3/31/2024 at 4:42 PM, Wookiee said:

Nice

 

Thanks Wookiee!

On 3/27/2024 at 3:33 AM, jwnicholson78 said:

Sounds great, and I really enjoyed the video too.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff! Thanks for subscribing!

On 3/31/2024 at 10:20 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Peter

Liked this a lot - excellent playing all round and I thought the mix was just right

Excellent

Nigel

 

Thanks Nigel!

Cheers!

Congrats Nigel! Richly deserved!

On 3/21/2024 at 3:10 PM, DeeringAmps said:

Great stuff here Peter. Really enjoyed it.
Left my "like" and comments over at YouTube, noticed that some others had as well (y'all know who you are or are not on that one).

t

just a note: back on your Take Me Home thread I asked about the cymbals. I can hear them now, finally broke down and got some hearing-aids...

Thanks Tom! Excellent news!

On 3/26/2024 at 4:16 PM, KSband said:

Great rockin' track, enjoyed it! It sounds great, on my headphones the crunch rhythm is  over powering the lead a bit, I don't know if the rhythm is slightly loud or the lead could be a little more up front. Love your playing.

Thanks for your comments! Yes, I prefer the solo guitar to a bit "in the mix" instead of upfront. I like the backing guitars giving the track more power.

Cheers!

23 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

Yep! Too often I jump on the “next best thing”. When I should just learn the tools I have. (sub “we” for “I” if you like)

Really enjoyed this. Especially Larry, man can he drum!

Hearing the cymbals better now…

Left my like and comment on YouTube…

t

 

Spot on Tom! We're always looking for that "silver bullet" to make things sound better. Yep, I don't know what I would do without Larry!

23 hours ago, Wookiee said:

Not bad    

(I did leave an expanded comment on YouTube.)

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.

On 3/19/2024 at 11:30 AM, garybrun said:

Hi Pete.
Great tracks and great mixing skills too.
Sounds fantastic on my Focal Trio 6.

Everything is very clear and has its own space... especially the percussion side of things.  (I would struggle with that myself).
Guitar tones are excellent.  (I bought the Kemper for my son and his Sandberg bass... amazing piece of kit).
Reverb is perfect too.
Too be honest I cant find any constructive criticism for this mix.

Regarding video..  you have some skills there too.
What cameras are you using?

I use Premiere.
Had Vegas years ago.. but then beta tested for Adobe for a number of years and stuck to that.

Anyway.. lot of effort has gone into that production and it sounds great.
Well done.

 

Gary

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!

On 3/12/2024 at 9:24 PM, Old Joad said:

Beautifully played, love the whole thing.

The one thing that is not in your control, but sucked was the stupid commercial that popped up in the middle of the of the song.?

I left my comments on your YOUTUBE channel.

 

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.

On 3/12/2024 at 4:11 PM, freddy j said:

Great number  -- both parts one and two --  lead by a great composition and great performances by all involved.  Part one was very pleasant and enjoyable and I also enjoyed the uptempo Latin tinged sounds of part 2.  I also enjoyed the video particularly the immediate introduction with the time piece running fast and the the person in slow motion.  You can always tell when a drummer is having a good time and enjoying themself.  It looked like the drummer in your video was certainly enjoying himself.

Well done!

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

On 3/10/2024 at 3:39 PM, paulo said:

Sounds great all round (lappy speakers) . No crits here other than that I wouldn't have minded at all if Part 1 had been longer.

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!

On 3/10/2024 at 12:23 PM, AndyB01 said:

Oh yes - great work - love the bossa feel of part two. This has definitely improved my mood this morning.

Great song title btw (private joke - I wrote one a few years ago with the same name - very different groove and feel mind you and most definitely not in this league) ??

Larry stole the show (again)!

Looking forward to the album.

Andy

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

On 3/4/2024 at 7:54 PM, KSband said:

Nice Santana kinda song. Great playing.

Thanks KS!

On 3/10/2024 at 10:36 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi - great playing and I love that Guitar tone

I enjoyed this a lot

Great listen on a bright Cape Town Sunday  morning!!

Nigel

 

Thanks for the comments Nigel!

We're having a heatwave in Joburg!

On 3/4/2024 at 6:59 PM, jack c. said:

beautiful sounds,tones,song.jack c

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!

On 11/13/2023 at 10:53 PM, Paul Bush said:

Great stuff reminds me a littel of the snow goose  by Camel at first then ..a bit of alan Parsons all in a positive way lovely guitar tones  that les paul came out so smooth with some great licks ..whats not to like .. loved this .cheers P

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!