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Well, I've been a member of the DUC for awhile but I've never posted anything. I am using a digi 001 and some monitors and that's about it.
Here's a very rough demo of a song I performed everything on (except the percussion). It's a bit on the "dark" side lyrically...kind of about being indoctrinated with religion as a kid and the confusion it caused later in life. Anyways, a friend of mine in LA has been experiencing success as a producer and I sent it to him with the intent of him producing the song, so I didn't put much effort in mixing it. Regardless, I'd be curious to hear how I could improve the mix. Also, listen to the last part of the second verse--does anyone think I should fix the phrasing or does it work?
anyways, enough of my psycho-babble, the song is "deception":
http://www.frontiernet.net/~cbates3/

btw-I've enjoyed listening to everyone's stuff...esp. roy howell

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Heyy have another recording, this one from a highschool concert band...have a listen

http://www.lastounce.com/LOTR.mp3

Nick

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wow.. its been a while since ive been here, due to lack of internet..
but im back online so ill toss one up that i did earlier this year..
its called flapper baby
right click and download should work..

and roy, i've lost your email through the move (why i havnet got back to you in a while)
shoot me one and ill update you on 'comin home'

it should be about ready to post here..

later
tim

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Guit4Brains- Guit4Brains,
Man, I'm so impressed with both tracks on your site(reposted above). 'RES' is as smooth as silk...very nice jazz piece (just what I needed to hear right now). And 'deception' is just an excellent song...I love the chords, the way it builds, and the mix too. I wasn't listening closely for lyric content yet(though what I got sounds great), so I can't suggest anything on the phrasing you mentioned for now. But suffice to say, overall, I love both pieces.
Great job, IMO...
-Roy

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metaltim,
I emailed you at the 'tcw5457' address......looking forward to hearing 'Comin Home'.
-Roy

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Thanks!! I know everyone on this forum says this but a compliment from you holds some weight. Just an FYI, the RES jazz thing was a cool session I fell into....music for this exhibit company. I have vacillated from jazz to rock in the last 15 years...kind of a "jack of all trades"...at the time I did that, I was a bit out of shape. I thought it'd be easy because it was based on a I-IV-V with some variation. It wasn't. It was a good thing he sent me the session and I could have multiple takes because I'm not sure in my present state if I could of pulled that off high pressure.
Just a point of interest: I changed the drums in the second verse without redoing the bass. I was able to pull it off by sidechaining a compressor on the bass track to the kick. Tightened it up a bit.

Take care and I'll be listening...

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Guit4Brains,
Guitars sound GREAT! Very clear and bright. What mics were you using on that? Setup please for the new guys. Drums are on a good placement too. Are they mic'd or samples? I like the autotune effect, but I am not sure if it is intentional? are you using it for a slight vibrato effect or trying to tune the voice? Kinda cool, but stands out at times to be honest. Gets a male Cher sound on some of the verses. I am typing as I listen to it. I like the delay. Fills it out and a good trick to use for sure. I dig the voice... Cool clean vib to it... The autotune hits too hard for my tastes starting at 4:00 and some change. The snare souds good man. Nice big verb on that guy. I would even try to double the guitars with another strummed one and set it far back in the mix to panned har dwith a slight delay to fill it some more. Sounds great though. TAYLOR??? Going direct as well or just mic'd?

Good job man! Keep it up...

- Doc

BTW: Did I mention that I like the song, just not a huge fan of the Autotuned voice, but it kinda sounds cool. Maybe slightly overdone? Just opinion, not trying to over critique.....

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Autotune...ha, yes...but only on a few pieces. Actually, I had never used it and I downloaded the demo because I liked the vocal take and the sound, just couldn't live with a few parts. That's probably why the "Cher" thing is present, my lack of experience. I think I might send up some more songs for you guys to check out, minus-autotune.
The acoustic is a Taylor and I am using a Shure Ksm-32 with a blue-berry mic cable (I hear a difference). The amp is my old 77 Marshall 100w head with re-issue greenbacks (mic ksm32 as well). I used a 67 tele with tom anderson pickups and used this for the ry and slide guitar. The bass is an acoustic bass which I ran through a mic, not direct. The drums are loops, a combination of one hits and time-compressed expanded full loops. My friend played percussion.
Thanks for listening....

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...actually, now that I think about it, I may have also ran the Taylor direct.

Also, on one of the drum loops, I used the block fish compressor (digital fish phones) via the fxpansion vst to rtas wrapper. In fact, I'm surprised I don't hear more about about d.f.p.s, they make great plugs and they're free.
"Mastered" in Wavelab using the L1 limiter and a multi-band compressor.

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Soundtrack

What's up everyone. This board rules!!!

Dan