Just one more tune on the new record… this one is sort of countrified…
http://warsaw.innova-partners.com/~cburke…ish.mp3
Great…
The song has nice energy to it…
If I were around the mix faders I’d poke up the overheads another crack…
Not too much…
mind you…
Just another crack…
So somebody could slap my fingers…
Bill…
Awesome Chip! Love it! The solo section is cool. The guitar is playing almost exactly what I had briefly noodled around with when things went bonkers here. The song structure and key just kind of steers a guitarist that way I guess.
< two thumbs up
PS Even though I didn’t have vox before, that’s how I ‘heard’ them… weird?
On another listen… I think maybe the interplay between the guitar and fiddle is highlighting the fiddle and burying the guitar a bit. That may be intentional… I don’t know? Is the guitar dude/dudette being bashful? Let that puppy RING man! I love the idea of a call/response thing between the fiddle and guitar but it’d be awesome if they were both a bit err… ‘bolder’… I guess?
Anyway… it’s awesome as is… just food for thought.
D
PS DANG!! IF’N I ONLY HAD A TELE… I can HEAR what belongs in that tune man… (Frustrated in Alabama) < Chick movie? LOL!!!
PPS Note to self; "New mission: Acquire Telecaster. I got’s a Strat, I got’s a two bucker axe, I got’s a “middle of the roader”… a Tele would round things out… I owe myself a Tele. Don’t you think? (If you answer… err… don’t let my wife hear… K? 
Good one Bubba! Nice clean sounding mix. Great quality of voice and nice harmonies. Love the interplay between the fiddle and guitar. I would like to hear the drums a little more prominent, but good job and nice song
What a great song. I love this kinda stuff, Whiskeytown, Jayhawks, Sun Volt, Wilco, and now The Slang. The recording itself is crisp and clean. The harmonies pop. I’m diggin this…
Yes, nice one.
A solid bass sound, what are you playing/recording it thru?
Bubbagump, as always a great song well recorded and splendidly performed. Great vocals. Wonderful.
Quote: (Diogesneez @ Sep. 12 2009, 11:30 PM)
On another listen... I think maybe the interplay between the guitar and fiddle is highlighting the fiddle and burying the guitar a bit. That may be intentional... I don't know? Is the guitar dude/dudette being bashful? Let that puppy RING man! I love the idea of a call/response thing between the fiddle and guitar but it'd be awesome if they were both a bit err... 'bolder'... I guess?
Anyway... it's awesome as is... just food for thought.
D
Are you talking about in the bridge or in general? The bridge, at least the first 4 is tough as the guitar part he laid down is great, but kinda trips over the fiddle. In the rest of the tune I did put it back a bit as I just wanted it to pepper. The whole problem here is mixing on head phones really. My nice mixing room is so close to being complete I can taste it... but until then.... sigh. None of these will go to the ME until that room is done and we get to review every mix on the real monitors.
Pingcat, that is just a bass DI'd and compressed. No EQ, nothing.
Just posted another mix… see what you think. Same link.
I like this one better Bubba. I can hear all the little guitar “bits” better now. Nice.
BTW, that fiddlin’ is HOT bro’… Great job capturing it too.
D
Hi Bubbagump:
I didn’t even listen to the other mix for comparison…
It’s right…
from what I hear…
I’ll do a comparison later…
There appears more EQ separation, between the tracks…
in this version…
Less clutter 
?
Bill…
I finally got a chance to listen to this Bubba…
Great recording - great mix. I’d like to just nit pick on a couple of parts. It’s great the way it is.
The ends of the vocal lines get slightly buried. You knowing the lyric and I not - I had a couple spots of fading lyric line ends. The other is the bass is playing a great tonic for the harmony to follow up and I longed for them to ride the phrase with the bass part.
Great job as usual - I expected nothing less.
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You knowing the lyric and I not - I had a couple spots of fading lyric line ends.
I agree with that assessment as well. Maybe a little volume envelope 'boost'?
D
Great feedback… I will take a look. Thanks guys.
Poppa, can you give me specific times where you are hearing the vocal go poof? Just need a few examples to narrow down what you are referring to.
shoulda known that girl would ? run? phrasing is cool need to hear run a little bit up?
I guess I’ll find out if I’ll ? ? - what happens here is lost on me - is he saying nothing or setting up the chorus with silence? my opinion it needs clarified musically? just a style thing maybe here.?
last one - the first “in the END” well actually the first two in the ends need end up a hair to establish it for me - once I know what he’s singing and it’s established in my head I hear it everytime via the sing-along factor. I’d just draw the diction of the d up a tad on enD. The singer’s diction over all is subtle - I like that styling a lot by the way.
As usual it’s just what I’m hearing - or not hearing…
just caught another in the second verse - I guess I’ll find out if I win? last word of line up ?
Ok, then we have real “Sting” diction issues here.
“Shoulda known that going in”
“I guess I’ll find out if I win.” then echoed by the back up singer “win” <- This is likely a volume envelope tweak.
See, to me it is clear as day… but that is likely because I know the song already…this is good as it is nothing I would have picked up on otherwise. I’ll pass it around to some other folks and see what the concensus is.