Douglas Kirby Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Hi Everybody, This is a brand new track for the album I'm currently working on called "The Westerly Sessions Vol. VII". As always, any comments and critiques are welcome, and thanks for listening. Here it is: https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14231615 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 real good recording job.some voice notes a tad off.again try recording your voice 2 different times as well as background voices and blend..i'd like to hear a fuller tone.jack c. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 background vocals are a nice touch. Again, I like the bluesy guitars. good one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Whatever reverb you have on the lead vocal really works for me. The vocal is exposed, especially in the first verse, and I think that reverb is perfect, what are you using? You might consider a slightly different eq approach with the bass guitar? It's a bit indistinct and a bit, sorry to use this horrible term, "muddy"? Everything else (guitars drums vocals) are super clean and so maybe the bass just sounds swampy in comparison. All of those guitar parts really work well together and I love the parts you played, super cool ideas that don't stop coming. Nice! cheers, -Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Douglas , Nice ! You got some great tones on the strat. I really liked the sweeping effect on the backing guitars . Sounded like the upstrokes were perfectly timed to move to the right side. Was this manually done or an auto pan vst ? Enjoyed it , I believe I could dance to this one (if I could dance).. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 This one goes in my Doug Kirby top 5 hits. Besides the solo guitar playing, I'm always impressed with how you do your accompanying tracks too. Just great. I saw a news report on NPR a while ago where they mentioned Westerly and I thought hey that sounds familiar. It had something to do with giving vaccines in Rhode Island and it featured your town. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 3:43 PM, jack c. said: real good recording job.some voice notes a tad off.again try recording your voice 2 different times as well as background voices and blend..i'd like to hear a fuller tone.jack c. Thanks for your crits Jack - I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 7:16 PM, David Sprouse said: background vocals are a nice touch. Again, I like the bluesy guitars. good one! Hi David - yeah, I thought the BGVs that I added made the song a bit better - thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 8:12 PM, emeraldsoul said: Whatever reverb you have on the lead vocal really works for me. The vocal is exposed, especially in the first verse, and I think that reverb is perfect, what are you using? You might consider a slightly different eq approach with the bass guitar? It's a bit indistinct and a bit, sorry to use this horrible term, "muddy"? Everything else (guitars drums vocals) are super clean and so maybe the bass just sounds swampy in comparison. All of those guitar parts really work well together and I love the parts you played, super cool ideas that don't stop coming. Nice! cheers, -Tom Hi Tom - thanks for listening. You think the bass is a bit muddy - interesting - I'll give the bass another listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 9:03 AM, mark skinner said: Douglas , Nice ! You got some great tones on the strat. I really liked the sweeping effect on the backing guitars . Sounded like the upstrokes were perfectly timed to move to the right side. Was this manually done or an auto pan vst ? Enjoyed it , I believe I could dance to this one (if I could dance).. mark I used TH-U on the backing guitars for the chorus - there's a chorus/phaser effect there and a delay- so it's just by chance that the upstrokes, as you mentioned, are perfectly timed to move to the right side. Thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 5:21 PM, bjornpdx said: This one goes in my Doug Kirby top 5 hits. Besides the solo guitar playing, I'm always impressed with how you do your accompanying tracks too. Just great. I saw a news report on NPR a while ago where they mentioned Westerly and I thought hey that sounds familiar. It had something to do with giving vaccines in Rhode Island and it featured your town. -Bjorn Hi Bjorn - I'm glad you liked this one. Yes, they are giving vaccines in Westerly - I just got my first shot last week, and I'm looking forward to the second shot. Thanks for taking the time to listen to my song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) More Kirby goodness! ?'s almost that "electric sitar" sound on the solo, who made those? t On 4/15/2021 at 5:12 PM, emeraldsoul said: Whatever reverb you have on the lead vocal really works for me evidently Doug's not sharing ? Edited April 22, 2021 by DeeringAmps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 4 hours ago, DeeringAmps said: More Kirby goodness! ?'s almost that "electric sitar" sound on the solo, who made those? t evidently Doug's not sharing ? Hi Tom - thanks for listening. The solo has a chorus/flanger and an auto-wah - courtesy of TH-U. Regarding the verb on the lead vocal - I used the ReMatrix reverb in the ProChannel - I have never used it before and decided to give it a try and came up with something I liked. I usually apply reverb in the FX Bin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makke Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Great rock song with 60/70 vibe. Nice groove on rhythm. Sounds good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Makke said: Great rock song with 60/70 vibe. Nice groove on rhythm. Sounds good. Thanks for listening Markku. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy j Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Love this song Douglas! The rhythmic riff throughout "Lucky Break" is absolutely hypnotic and good. The sounds that you have gotten out of that Strat are excellent. Vocals and BGV's are also excellent! What-the-hey, the whole doggone thing is just terrific! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bush Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Great strat tone , I always add too many instruments to my mixes , I really like te stripped down feel to this great makes everything so clear and transparent clever welll done cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Symmetry Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Enjoyed it Douglas, it has your classic signature sound & vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 23 hours ago, freddy j said: Love this song Douglas! The rhythmic riff throughout "Lucky Break" is absolutely hypnotic and good. The sounds that you have gotten out of that Strat are excellent. Vocals and BGV's are also excellent! What-the-hey, the whole doggone thing is just terrific! Hey Freddy - thanks - I appreciate the compliments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 22 hours ago, Paul Bush said: Great strat tone , I always add too many instruments to my mixes , I really like te stripped down feel to this great makes everything so clear and transparent clever welll done cheers Hi Paul - thanks for listening, and I'm glad you liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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