Barry Seymour

Stream of consciousness here... all just my humble opinions... Nice shuffle, I love the sound of the lead guitar. Cymbal hits seem a bit much between lines of the verse. Chorus feels a little crowded. Maybe separate things a bit sonically, leave a bit more space to breathe? (EQ them differently, pan them?) Again, a little more cymbal than I'd like. I like the languid vibe of the singing. Maybe mix it down just a tiny tad. Lead guitar solo sounds good, but a touch loud. Blend it a bit more? Ooooh. NICE FLUTE. Nice fade out... maybe linger a bit longer?? Love the song! Great work.

Not just great playing, but stellar sound quality on the piano. Nice stuff!

Another one where I had entirely too much fun. Some of my best guitar work. ? Features my friend Mike Matthews on harp, bg vocals and commentary. Gear: Electro-Voice ND 457 microphone (80s Vintage!) Behringer Xenyx USB mixer Fender Strats on rhythm, Tele on slide lead Peavey bass VSTs include Toletnikov for mastering, TH3 for guitar effects Constructive criticism welcome. Let me know what you think, thanks!

Here's the final mix. I know the guitar sound is inconsistent with the vocal sound, but darnit, I like that sound! Vocal clipping throughout, along with a few tiny lyric tweaks.

Thanks for that feedback, I really appreciate it. Yes, the lead guitar is swampy (I fell in love with the sound as soon as I stumbled upon it), but I left the lead vocal dry ala Dave Edmunds / Rockpile. But hmmm... I guess that could be seen as a bit of cognitive dissonance ... what setup would let a band sound like that? I'll have to ponder a bit on that. I'll check out the section from 1:21 - 1:23. Again, thanks for the feedback; very in-depth and intelligent. I appreciate it!

Here's Mix #2: EDIT: This is the final mix.

I discovered the clipping as well, will fix. Thanks!

This is a drive-by mugging. But I mean that in a good way. Let me know what you think. It's rough, and raw, but I like it that way.

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone!

I manually doubled the guitar on the melody lines. Tele in one channel, Strat in the other. No stereo or expander effects. All the solos were the Strat.

Drums are just the built in drum machine, plus some latin percussion instruments. I used TDR Koletnikov on those tracks, I think. Why do you ask?

I wrote and recorded this little ditty a long time ago with my drummer buddy Tony Lehotsky. The recording was awful, but his drumming was inspired and the tune was good. This crossed my mind a week ago and I thought I'd try to recreate it. Sounds MUCH better! Feedback welcome.

Here's the second mix...

Skynrd?!? What the heck? LOL. I actually thought the lead guitar started to sound like early 70s Moody Blues there, but I think I see what you're saying. I do like LS's crunchy guitar sound. Thanks for the kind words. Where in Michigan are you from? (Plus your profile picture gives me a chuckle.)

The intro is an in-joke. This is actually autobiographical; my first band in the early 70s was a seven piece rock band with horns, we were big fans of Chicago. Note also the lick from 'Smoke on the Water' in there. More bass, less kick. I think you're right.

Good points, I'll look into it. Question: I mixed the voice with more treble than usual; on some of my systems, it sounds like the voice is too out front, sounds separate from the rest of the mix. Any thoughts on that?

I just dropped BOTH shoes on this one. (EDIT: This is the final mix.)

Okay, one more time.

Everything fits together like an old pair of slippers on my feet, very nice mix! Great playing, great song.

I like the bass too. However, it sounds to me like the voice is all alone in the center and everything else is off to the far left or far right. Perhaps something to fill it in a bit? Either add something or add some supplementary separation to the vocals? Very nice song, great playing!

I have to echo others on the drums - could do with a little deeper sound, make it sound more authoritative. Not heavy or hard, just a richer tone. Might be nice to give it more motion and growth as the song progresses; maybe background vocals, or a slight boost to the percussion. Very smooth integration of everything else! Nice mix!

Very ethereal; almost a Moody Blues mellotron feel in places. Very evocative.

The bass seems to fill up the bottom, almost to the point of distortion; it kinds of crowds things. It also sounds like there's a hissing in the background, but not like tape hiss... hard to identify. I'd also see if you could move the plucked background guitar to the sides; it seems like it's competing with the lead vocal for attention. Nice how the second guitar comes in during the chorus, giving it some depth and motion. I like the song!

I had posted here that I replaced ASIO4ALL with WASAPI, but it turns out WASAPI introduced a slight latency into the recording process. I literally had to nudge my clips a tiny bit to the left to make them correct. Back to ASIO4ALL and it's correct.

I had posted here that I replaced ASIO4ALL with WASAPI, but it turns out WASAPI introduced a slight latency into the recording process. I literally had to nudge my clips a tiny bit to the left to make them correct. Back to ASIO4ALL and it's correct.