Thanks, Paul!! I really appreciate it!

haha you’re right, this one is my ‘tough tele’ with a very beefy neck! 😅

Thanks Jesse!! Really appreciate it! haha I definitely wasn’t taking an acoustic out into that snow. This Tele is pretty bulletproof, thankfully 😅. Hope all is well!!
Joe

Thanks so much, Dana!! I really appreciate it – i’ve learned so much from your courses and livestreams!! This was a fun video and track to make! Cheers and thanks again for all,
Joe

Hi all! I wanted to share the finished version of this song! It’s on streaming platforms and I also recorded a video for it: https://youtu.be/l39W-4OfZLo?si=S7b8SgYRnHAwpUR0

Hope you all are well and cheers!!
Joe Robinson

Awesome thread here! Thanks for the question, Nate and for the awesome answer, Dana! Going to check out the ADPTR plug – have always wondered about how to anticipate the way the streaming services (and socials) crunch the audio.

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Thanks so much, Jesse!!

Thank you so much, Dana!!! I really appreciated your help with this track!!! Giving it the warm-hug treatment really brought it together. Thank you!!

Joe

Wanted to share that I finished this track and it is now out! Thanks so much for the help and suggestions!!

I created a video for it, too!

https://youtu.be/w-g72BzzE3U

Thanks for posting! Sorry I missed this call!!

Thanks for the suggestions @shimmerisland !! Really appreciate it and agreed, I think the bridge could use a scene change of some kind!

Thank you so much Dana!! That would be amazing!! I’ll send you a DM now!

Those are such good suggestions @JLew !! Thank you!! I really appreciate it. It’s a great point with the keys competing for frequency space, I hadn’t really spent much time thinking of the right keyboard sound but I think a more organic patch would be much better. Listening back with fresh ears I am hearing certain words disappear at the…

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Hi @dana & MP friends – I wanted to share this song, I would really appreciate any feedback on the mix or production.

I played all the instruments including bass & drums, which is not my forte, but good fun – one thing I’m finding to be tricky is getting the bass / low end to sit just right. I’m playing a Hofner with flatwounds, it’s quite…

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Thanks so much, Jesse!!

Thanks for the update Dana, so glad you and your home are not in the fire path.

Thanks for sharing @jlew ! I’ve seen a couple of IG clips of you going out on the rowboat, so cool you do that! I’d love to connect next time i’m in New York. Look forward to hearing the tracks from Alaska.

I’ve been thinking about Dana a lot this past week during the fires, sure hope they are safe. Hard to imagine what it is like there at the moment.

Thanks Jesse, would love to know which size system you are using for location recording!

Thanks so much, Jesse!!

Happy new year, Jesse and big cheers!!

Thanks Dana!! I will check out that livestream!

Thanks so much Dana!! That’s so nice to know you listened to the album! Hope you are having a nice holiday season!! Appreciate the info RE the Goal Zero battery!! Take care and best for the new year!

Ah cheers Paul! The algorithm will likely keep serving you videos – sorry about that!! You likely know more about me than most having watched those videos!! Best for the new year and cheers, Joe

Thank you so much Dana!!! Your comments really improved this recording a ton – thank you!! Such a good observation about the Tom’s! Listening with fresh ears I hear exactly what you mean, and I think I will tweak the guitar volume rides a little. The hug-treatment really glued it all together. Thanks so much again!

Joe

Since it is the season, i’ll share my Christmas album here – this was recorded with batteries / solar in a lakeside Quebec cabin. I was unexpectedly stuck in Canada for 3 months in 2021 trying to sort out my wife’s K1 VISA – I put the time to use by arranging and recording this project. I sourced a pair of DPA 4011 mics and a Bryston mic pre…

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Gosh this is an incredible project!! The compositions, performances and recordings – videos too! How epic and i’m so glad to know about this album, I will enjoy it. Thanks for all the work that went into creating these masterpieces!! It makes me want to record in nature more, what a great idea for a musical project, endless field. Love…

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Thank you Paul!! It’s really great to have connected with Jesse here!!

Thanks Dana & Jesse!!

Really amazing technology, Paul!! Thanks for sharing your experiments!

Thanks again for the great feedback, Dana! I re-worked this mix and think it is feeling a lot better. Attached is the new version, based on these suggestions – thank you again!

Joe

Thanks Jesse!! Great suggestions and I appreciate it! That’s a great point with the second guitar competing a little – i’ll experiment with the placement of it.

The overdrive is baked in because I was using a 5-watt champ and a borrowed Les Paul, which is not the kind of guitar I’m used to. It was blowing up a little too much. But I boosted the…

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Thank you so much Dana!!! This is incredibly helpful. I love the Nir Felder tracks and am now hearing that this piece could really use the ‘warm hug’ treatment.

The guitar was recorded live and I was using a 5w champ – it was blowing up a little too much. I did boost the top end a ton with some Trident EQ because it was a Coles mic on the amp…

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Thanks so much Jesse!! This is the video I made for it, which features the guitar I used for the recording, it’s a Maton I’ve been playing since 2011, nicely worn in and I love the way it plays. TE has been a huge influence on me, especially in a song like this!! https://youtu.be/YxYQTbJQyYY

Thanks Dana! That’s really impressive you’ve built this with WP, I’ve heard that can involve a lot of moving pieces! Look forward to chatting and cheers! Joe

Really cool to hear this Paul! I think I am understanding you used one of those new AI separation tools – sounds amazing, the new version is very punchy and fresh sounding! Sounds like your buddies were real characters! When my brother and sister were about 14 and 10 they had a band and played the Ventures version of this tune. It went…

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Hi MP – I have a recording to share, would love any feedback on the mix. This was recorded live in the studio with a 4 piece combo a few years ago, and I am finally getting around to finishing it. The session was filmed so i’ll be editing the video next. You might notice it is mixed by a guitar player 😅 because the guitar is pretty loud. …

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Thanks Dana!! I am using Kajabi – it’s changed my life, honestly. I was creating courses for TrueFire and Udemy before I branched out on my own and it’s really been an amazing journey and has given me a lot of freedom. My wife teaches illustration on YouTube (her channel is ‘Genevieve’s Design Studio’) – she has courses too, so we’re very much…

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Thanks Dana!!! I really appreciate it!

I have often wondered how to LR balance a stereo acoustic guitar, because the body side of the guitar is so much louder when recording. Sometimes I use a matched pair of DPA’s and when close miking I have to gain up the fretboard side 10db or so! I guess having pretty evenly mixed levels is what would…

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Thanks Paul – I really dig this!! The extra grit and larger soundstage with the reverb is very cool!

Hi MP friends! I have a solo guitar piece attached. Would love any feedback on this recording, but would also love to know if you have preferred ways of stereo miking a solo guitar performance like this. Here I am using two tube LDC’s in blumlein, which to me sounds very natural.

I have a long list of solo pieces i’m hoping to re-record and…

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This is amazing music @nate !!! Thanks for sharing @dana – love the tracks on the Disco page and the Happy recording is really spectacular! I have an unfinished song in 5/4, you’ve inspired me to pull it to the top of the pile! It would be really fun to collaborate, let’s keep in touch!

Great to connect with you, Nathaniel!!!

Thanks so much for the reply Dana!!! I’m going to dig out some little desktop speakers!!
Cheers and thanks for all the help!
Joe

Thank you so much Dana!! I had a blast mixing this with the Chaos to Clarity protocol you laid out. That is a really great workflow.

For the video I used the Fab Filter Pro L-2 to bring up the level. During the mix I was trying to keep the peaks under that 6db buffer and it did feel pretty quiet.

RE Stereo Width – I have Keyscape Wurli and…

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Hi Jesse – this track is so beautiful and I found it really inspiring!! I have a song i’m trying to write for my son, he just turned 1. I have some nice verses but am still searching for the right chorus. The way you’ve crafted this song is masterful!! Kudos and thanks for sharing it!!

I also wanted to let you and Dana know – it is so cool…

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Hi MP friends, Dana gave me some really helpful feedback on my last mix of this song. After pulling all the faders to zero and using the ‘chaos to clarity’ protocol, it is feeling way better.

Would love to hear any mix suggestions or thoughts before I put this to bed and get another song rolling along. Thank you!

Mp3 is attached and here is…

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Nice one Jeremy! Dana’s suggestion of voc down & beat up seems on point to me!! Overall I felt the chorus popped more than the last version – really cool track!!

Really cool track, Jeremy!! I was drawn right into the chords and groove, and was smiling at the cool vocal ad libs and other ear candy. I don’t want to send you in mixing circles, but I was wanting to hear the vocals more, especially the beginning of the chorus / title of the song. Just listening on earbuds. Cheers and all the best with…

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Thanks for taking a listen, Jeremy!!