Set Me Free

[Douglas Kirby]

Hi Everybody,

This is a track from "The Westerly Sessions Volume III" that I just remixed and polished up.  As always, any comments and critiques are welcome, and thanks for listening.

Here it is:

https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14113173

 

[jack c.]

bass and guitars are a bit out of tune and ya needs to tighten up song feel.jack c.

[Douglas Kirby]

2 hours ago, jack c. said:

bass and guitars are a bit out of tune and ya needs to tighten up song feel.jack c.

Thanks for the crits Jack - I gave it another listen and agreed with you regarding tuning - it sounds like the acoustic guitar is a bit out of tune - so I laid down a new acoustic rhythm track to clean up the tuning issue - thanks for your ears. I think it sounds better now.

[Paul Bush]

Hi Doug, I really liked the guitar tone and the harmonies did the trick

[mark skinner]

Nice "live" feel on this one Douglas. Very cool song and I especially liked the drum mix. I felt like I was in the drum booth. Enjoyed it ..  mark

[Douglas Kirby]

20 hours ago, Paul Bush said:

Hi Doug, I really liked the guitar tone and the harmonies did the trick

Thanks for listening Paul - I appreciate it.

[Douglas Kirby]

40 minutes ago, mark skinner said:

Nice "live" feel on this one Douglas. Very cool song and I especially liked the drum mix. I felt like I was in the drum booth. Enjoyed it ..  mark

Thanks Mark - regarding the drums, it's AD2 and I have the BT Limiter (the one that came with Sonar) on the drum bus - I was just looking to add a bit more volume to it. I tweaked it until it sounded right to me.

[bjornpdx]

Sounds good, Doug.  Your songs always have the professional touch to them.

-Bjorn

[antler]

Hi Doug. Sounds good to me. I like the changes in sonic texture between the different song sections - how the prechorus opens up with the arpeggiated chords; and the crunchy chords in the chorus.

[Old Joad]

Yeah, I like it a lot?  I don't know if you care but I was listening through my big mixing machine and you could really boost up the volume if you wanted?

here is a shot I took. You still have a lot of head room.

 

Never mind one of my cords died, you are in the sweet spot..?

 

Edited December 16, 2021 by Old Joad

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/15/2021 at 1:20 AM, bjornpdx said:

Sounds good, Doug.  Your songs always have the professional touch to them.

-Bjorn

Thanks for the kind words Bjorn.

[Douglas Kirby]

18 hours ago, antler said:

Hi Doug. Sounds good to me. I like the changes in sonic texture between the different song sections - how the prechorus opens up with the arpeggiated chords; and the crunchy chords in the chorus.

Thanks for the comments - I appreciate your ears.

[Douglas Kirby]

15 hours ago, Old Joad said:

Yeah, I like it a lot?  I don't know if you care but I was listening through my big mixing machine and you could really boost up the volume if you wanted?

here is a shot I took. You still have a lot of head room.

 

Never mind one of my cords died, you are in the sweet spot..?

 

Hey - thanks for showing me that - the mix levels looked like they were where they should be when I exported my stereo mix to mp3 - I'm not sure if that could be an issue with SoundClick.

[Old Joad]

I don't know about  soundclick but this is the perfect volume for YouTube?

[David Sprouse]

I listened on really cheap speakers and it sounded great.  Vox was perhaps too loud.

[ABull]

Hey Douglas, another good demo of a good song -- really like the guitar tones on this and how the chorus melody/feel stands out from the verses.  Good job on this -- well recorded  -- Allan.

[Makke]

Well performed nice song.  I liked the rhythm and sounds. Good job!

[freddy j]

Very nice and well performed!  The match between the vocal melodies and the guitar rhythms really set this song off well -- IMHO!

[DeeringAmps]

Another good one Doug!

t

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/16/2021 at 12:15 PM, Old Joad said:

I don't know about  soundclick but this is the perfect volume for YouTube?

Thanks - I might try my next song on BandLab or SoundCloud to compare.

Edited December 18, 2021 by Douglas Kirby