Barry Seymour

This is a very appealing song. Nice background vocals. The mix seems a little hot, a little harsh. Everything feels right in my face. Bass could be up more. Lead 12-String needs a little tuning. I like it, though!

I've never revised a song or a recording so much as this one! Perversely, as soon as you add vocals, for some reason mixing becomes a lot harder. I'd love some advice on this; including but not limited to lyrics, mixing, etc... New bits here - me fumbling around on piano. Thank God for quantizing! ? https://soundcloud.com/barry-seymour/starting-out-again-alone-mix-1/s-q6ggAZfeohm Edit: Final Mix Here! https://soundcloud.com/barry-seymour/starting-out-again-alone?in=barry-seymour/sets/nice-hat

I wanted that big, trebly 'Telecaster in a canyon' sound. Thanks for the kind words.

I thought about that, it's a good point, but I think the last verse - 'first one out the door' - does the trick too. Thanks for the feedback, though....

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Very kind, thanks.

Another new one...

Final mix! Thanks, everyone, for the input!

He has a separate four-track digital recorder, I'm not sure of the details. But it starts out in sync, then falls behind a bit, then catches up, etc. It's not him - he's provided a full mixed MP3 with my tracks and his playing and it's fine. But his raw WAV files don't sync up. He's going to get Cakewalk and buy a USB digital audio mixer / interface; then we'll see.

They sync up to each other - but not to anything else in the entire project. :'-(

I continue to have syncing problems with the live drummer tracks. :-'( I'm sticking with the digital drums for now; I've added extra percussion to give it some variety. I think this is ready for release. Let me know what y'all think.. EDIT: Final Mix.

WAV, but he recorded it in Audacity. He sent me an mp3 of all of it and it sounded fine, but when he gave me four tracks of miked drums, it all fell apart. I tried freezing all my tracks to ease the load on my laptop's CPU, but no luck. I'm mystified.

I'm actually getting some weirdness here. My drummer provided four tracks, one from each of his four mics. He sent me an mp3 of him playing along and it sounded fine, but when I drop the four separated tracks into the project they're all over the place - the tempo is not consistent and there is no groove, no pocket. I tried freezing all audio tracks, no improvement. Any ideas what might be happening?

Funny you should mention that, I did start out with the intent to emulate Billy Gibbons. The track was already so busy, something simple was called for. But in the end I found myself sliding into and then outright stealing the lick from "Green River." I added in delay to that part because, well, the title. Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for the kind words on the bass. I have no beer to steal. As for stealing my girlfriend, don't tell my wife. LOL

The bass *is* live; that's me. My drummer is in Northern California and is getting over a bout of moving gravel. ? I hope to have something from him very soon. What 'quotes' are you referring to?

I'm thinking I'll remove the Creedence guitar at the end and replace it with something more in line with the rest of the song. Thoughts?

This is a demo - I hope to have an actual drummer play on this one in a later mix. That said, the song is rather schizophrenic... Let me know what you think, thanks. EDIT: Replaced with the final mix. Thanks everyone for the input!

Very kind, thanks.

Thank you most kindly.

Very kind, thank you.

Sorry for any broken links above. It's time to cut and print. FINAL MIX. Thanks, everyone, for all your input.

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I did turn the strings down; the song is already so busy, I was worried about them cluttering things up. I also wanted them to be felt rather than heard, but whether I achieved that (or whether that was even a good idea) I am not sure. And when I look up these synth VSTs I see screen shots of nothing but dials and knobs. It may take me a while to grasp all that. I have a weekend coming up... more delving to do...

Good points. As mentioned, it's getting hard to mix well with so many instruments / tracks. Will revisit.

Yeah, that keeps happening. Gotta eliminate the surround sound.