Ocean Blvd.

[KSband]

https://www.bandlab.com/studedude/ocean-blvd-056f10e3?revId=56af8177-df68-ec11-94f6-a04a5e79a6b8

 

My latest original composition, using Yamaha classical and Glarry fretless jazz bass, SI strings. 

[Larry T.]

Hello Kurt....very nice composition, playing, arrangement, mix....love the sound of fretless bass....very, very nice voicings of the SI Strings there....enjoyed it very much especially as i see that you are using 8gb of ram as i do....when we get our 32 or 64gb's watch out world, lol!!....the only thing i noticed was a slight background buzz which i get as well on certain audio interface recorded instruments....i'm guessing it was the fretless bass?? ????

[KSband]

I had not noticed that, thanks for checking it out. 

[KSband]

I just solo'ed the bass and rhythm tracks and I can't hear it. There is a slight hum on the bass but it's subtle. I think your system must emphasize the frequency more than mine.

[Larry T.]

14 minutes ago, KurtS said:

I just solo'ed the bass and rhythm tracks and I can't hear it. There is a slight hum on the bass but it's subtle. I think your system must emphasize the frequency more than mine.

it starts at 0:13 very subtle, not really noticeable at all unless a person is doing what we do on a DAW 

Edited December 29, 2021 by Larry T.

[Paul Bush]

Hi this was lovely , i have a real problem with recording acoustic guitars , but you seem to have nailed it great sound nice composition .

[KSband]

Thanks Paul!  I have a hard time too. I can't tell you how many times I rerecorded this trying to get a good clean track. 

[mark skinner]

 I agree with Paul , you did an Excellent job of capturing the Yamaha. This is a Very nice relaxing instrumental. The only thing I would do it is , fade the very last guitar part out a Lot longer. It goes out a little too abruptly to let it exhale and rest. Great Job !   mark

[KSband]

Thanks for listening Mark,  I'll check out that ending. 

[jack c.]

beautiful and haunting.nice chord changes.when strings come in put in the band drums,bass.jack c.

[PhonoBrainer]

That was really nice and mellow. The fretless has a good tone and I didn't hear any bass humm thing, but I did notice a bit of air/slight hiss in the beginning when the two guitars were featured, it comes and goes, like some real-room takes were being comped together. Nothing bad about that, of course!!! You might check 2:28 - the air is there, and then it's gone.  But you might get some upper-high eq curved off at maybe 15kHz and above, just to see if that "air" disappears.

Or not. The point is, very clean guitar takes indeed inside a nice composition.

cheers,

-Tom

[KSband]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Jack, I tried to find drums that worked with this but every pattern sounded terrible so decided to leave it out.

Tom, must be my old ears I can't hear any of it, I'll try cutting off some of the really high frequency.  

[KSband]

Is it the fingers sliding across the strings? I do hear that, can't get rid of it without killing the tone of the guitar. I think I'll re- record the first part of the song and see if I can play it cleaner.

[PhonoBrainer]

No, I liked the amount of finger slides I could hear! If you have an eq with a good live visual waveform display (fabfilter pro-q 3 or equivalent) you might watch the upper eq area, above 10 kHz? Starting at 2:25 . . . I bet around 2:28 you'll see a bunch of high frequency drop off.

Good luck, very nice tune!

[AndyB01]

Very nicely played, I also got a slight degree of hiss but only noticed at the end when it completely disappeared. Don't edit out the finger slides and string squeaks, I love it when I can hear a guitarist showcasing their technique - especially on gut strings.

I preferred the arpeggio to the strummed/ string section (I found the strings a little too strong in the mix) but that's just my personal preference.

All round good job.

Andy

[David Sprouse]

Loved your melody on this.  It builds nicely.    your yahama sounds great as usual.

[KSband]

Thanks for the comments Andy and David, appreciate the listen. I'll do some fine tuning and post an update when I can get to it.

[Tim Smith]

Well, I would have a tough time getting guitar takes this clean. You have my respect here. Nice job on this!

[DeeringAmps]

This is first rate all around. Really liked the Glarry!
And the SI strings worked nicely, not bad for a "freebie" huh?

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[bjornpdx]

I played this one three times back to back and liked it more each time. Just beautiful. I wanted to hear that last note at the end linger a bit longer like Mark said above.
-Bjorn