"Stay"

[bats brew]

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/stay

an introspective funk boogie written after my mum passed.
 

recorded using sonar 6 pro

[jack c.]

great simply.nice harmony.peter gabriel voice tones.jack c.sorry bout your mum.what plugins do ya use?

[bats brew]

11 minutes ago, jack c. said:

great simply.nice harmony.peter gabriel voice tones.jack c.sorry bout your mum.what plugins do ya use?

thanks jack!

plugins, hm, only channel eq and some waves plugs for delay.

guitars had delay/verbs on them from the POD XT i used to do the parts with.

bass was straight in.

the drum track was just a little drum machine set for some cheesy straight groove...i think it was a ZOOM 123.

 

 

voice is a AT4033 into a A Designs Audio MP-1 preamp, into a DBX MC-6 compressor, and into the soundcard.

Mastered elsewhere...

Edited April 29, 2022 by batsbrew

[jack c.]

19 hours ago, batsbrew said:

plugins,

thanks mate.jack c.

[bats brew]

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[bats brew]

Stay

i see, a bolt of lightning
in the sky
the energy, it covers me, i wouldn't lie

i want to hold it, 
want to breathe it
let it take me away

mystery of the beating heart,
holds us at sway
i'm gonna pray for another day
stay

all the roads lead up the canyon
to a higher place
away from the rat's race
look at my face, look at my face
i'm smiling

the air is thinner
but the mind is clearer
and all that came before
has come nearer
stay

[bats brew]

Bumpin

[bats brew]

bump for bump monday

[markno999]

Nice one Bat.   I would bring up the LV on the verses a little bit.    

Really like the funky groove, not easy to get multi parts working together like that.

Regards

[bats brew]

19 hours ago, markno999 said:

Nice one Bat.   I would bring up the LV on the verses a little bit.    

Really like the funky groove, not easy to get multi parts working together like that.

Regards

alright mark!! you and jack c....

 

you know, i played with vocal levels a lot,

i think where they are is just right.

you listen on cans? or speakers?

in the cans, it's really floating in the middle, and is very clear, i guess i favor can mixing because it seems most people listen on ear buds these days.

but yea, it's just a subjective decision, to make the listener draw in deeper to the music, to hear the vocals. they are part of the music, really, as by design.

 

i appreciate your comments, and thanks for listening

[markno999]

Bat - Was listening on my Klipsch computer speakers.   Level sounds OK on headphones.

[bats brew]

1 hour ago, markno999 said:

Bat - Was listening on my Klipsch computer speakers.   Level sounds OK on headphones.

yea, those little speakers are not bad, but they mostly all sound  kind of thin... really any 'computer' speaker,

if i made the vox sound good on those, they'd be too loud.

 

i hate recordings where the vox just sits on top of everything, but that's just me.

i like a certain level of blend...

a lot of the classic rock tunes i like, the vox is almost buried... but i kind of like that.

hate modern pop mixes.

well, hate's a heavy word..

i mean hate hate hate.

LOL

Edited May 12, 2022 by batsbrew
clarity