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03-20-2015, 07:47 AM
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Low Fi Country cornpone
Old country tune I wrote but couldn't sing. Got a guy by the name of Mark Staab to do the lyrics and melody. Tried to go low fi on this one.
Mark: lead vocs, lyrics, melody
Me: bass, acoustic, harms
Steel&Fiddles: looped samples--chopped up and tuned to the chords. There's a bit of pitch and stretching, but hardly noticeable in Reaper (and low fi-ness).
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...AboveFINAL.mp3
STEREO version:
https://app.box.com/s/nq0pcqv96s2kbq7h8t0j0sbutked2s2r
I have no shame.
Last edited by sammydix; 03-28-2015 at 03:19 PM.
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03-20-2015, 07:58 AM
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That sounds great. You've got real talent.
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03-20-2015, 09:14 AM
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I really liked that!
ONly thing (I thought stood out) in a not ideal way was some of the drum fills.
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03-20-2015, 09:31 AM
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fantastic Sam! you never cease to amaze me! this is really good, and i'd love to talk more with you offline about how you got that steel guitar and fiddle to sound so nice.
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03-20-2015, 09:32 AM
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those words and tune work pretty good, I think....
...although i was sure, for an instant or two, that the line was gonna be "I wont need yourPICKUP TRUCK"... the premise being, "I wont need your truck cause now I got these silver wings'....
whatever, bob wills and the texas playboys are spinning fast enough to llight Cleveland
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03-20-2015, 09:48 AM
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This is fuckin' GREAT!
Tune... arrangement... mix... what can I say, 'cept "Wish I was there when it all went down."
Edit: I forgot: "... vocal... groove and STEEL.".
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03-20-2015, 09:56 AM
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Great as always, but damn unexpected! You really nailed that old pre vinyl sound.
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03-20-2015, 10:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 13lues
That sounds great. You've got real talent.
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thx 13lues. the music was easy, but i was pretty happy with what Mark brought to it.
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03-20-2015, 10:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arbogast
I really liked that!
ONly thing (I thought stood out) in a not ideal way was some of the drum fills.
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I knew those drums were pretty hokey at the start and kept saying "i've gotta change this, i gotta changed this." then got lazy and left them.
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03-20-2015, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mschuster
fantastic Sam! you never cease to amaze me! this is really good, and i'd love to talk more with you offline about how you got that steel guitar and fiddle to sound so nice.
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hey Mark. it was just a bunch of random loops that I chopped to measures, re-arranged, then re-pitched to synch with my guitar chords. I let the chopped edges fade a bit more than usual to sound "seamless."
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03-20-2015, 10:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flickervetigo
those words and tune work pretty good, I think....
...although i was sure, for an instant or two, that the line was gonna be "I wont need yourPICKUP TRUCK"... the premise being, "I wont need your truck cause now I got these silver wings'....
whatever, bob wills and the texas playboys are spinning fast enough to llight Cleveland
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i decided if BW was what it was, then I may as well take it all the way. Thanks Flick.
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03-20-2015, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ReaperMadness
This is fuckin' GREAT!
Tune... arrangement... mix... what can I say, 'cept "Wish I was there when it all went down."
Edit: I forgot: "... vocal... groove and STEEL.".
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Well, RM, now I know...
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03-20-2015, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by msundh
Great as always, but damn unexpected! You really nailed that old pre vinyl sound.
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I should be doing some death metal next.
thanks man.
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03-20-2015, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by msundh
Great as always, but damn unexpected! You really nailed that old pre vinyl sound.
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I used Izotope's free Vinyl plugin for that and some purposely bad 2bus eq'ing. only time you can get away with it.
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03-20-2015, 11:07 AM
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really, I had to break out in a laugh when I read your posting, but because of me not because of you ... if you want to, I tell you in a PM ...
that tune is really great. thats a stomp a can play in the barn at the monthly dancing.
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03-20-2015, 11:07 AM
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I'm not convinced you needed to go lo fi...
your ears are probably better than mine, but I cant hear any reason, in the original hi fi version, to degrade the fiddle and steel...
...it's just that they sound so good in hi fi
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03-20-2015, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by whiteaxxxe
really, I had to break out in a laugh when I read your posting, but because of me not because of you ... if you want to, I tell you in a PM ...
that tune is really great. thats a stomp a can play in the barn at the monthly dancing.
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PM'd. hey, gotta have a sense of humor! thanks Axxxe.
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03-20-2015, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by flickervetigo
I'm not convinced you needed to go lo fi...
your ears are probably better than mine, but I cant hear any reason, in the original hi fi version, to degrade the fiddle and steel...
...they just sound so good in hi fi
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just the novelty of it and I wanted to try something mono and see if I could still eq for separation.
Besides, I want BW all the way!
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03-20-2015, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by sammydix
....I want BW all the way!
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well, you went too far in my opinion...
I mean, I wouldn't justify degrading the music on the rounds that i was trying to imitate someone I despised from the moment I laid ears on him...
but you're the boss
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03-20-2015, 11:31 AM
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sorry bout that.
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03-23-2015, 04:36 PM
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well...that was different and unexpected. good job with the mono mix dude.
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03-24-2015, 10:19 AM
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i figured if i could separate in mono, then that would improve my regular stereo mixes. first attempt, but I think I'm gonna try that a bit more.
appreciate the drop by.
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03-24-2015, 10:53 AM
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Yes, very nice piece. I like the Bob Wills "jive " you went with. Was that you, or did you borrow Bob's "ahh haa"? Rhythm, drums and overall construction reminded me of some of Tom Waits stuff. Got pretty dense toward the end as you added the honkytonk piano, etc., but it all works well.
Good stuff, thanks for sharing it...
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03-24-2015, 09:52 PM
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This is brilliant Sammy. I like everything about it.
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03-25-2015, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Kihoalu
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Yes, very nice piece. I like the Bob Wills "jive " you went with. Was that you, or did you borrow Bob's "ahh haa"? Rhythm, drums and overall construction reminded me of some of Tom Waits stuff. Got pretty dense toward the end as you added the honkytonk piano, etc., but it all works well.
Good stuff, thanks for sharing it...
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those ahh ha's and other incidentals are all Mark. I think he totally tuned in to what i was going for. thx K.
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03-25-2015, 03:31 PM
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Omg. This is craft - I get my coat.
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03-25-2015, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by NKB
This is brilliant Sammy. I like everything about it.
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this one was a little weird to put together, since i was trying all sorts of stuff I don't normally do, but the learning part was worth it. thx guy.
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03-25-2015, 07:29 PM
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Sammy I love it. Gold.
Others are saying Bob wills.
I'm calling country kinks
It's got that vibe for me
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03-26-2015, 12:57 AM
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It took me til now to listen to this, but put me down as loving it too. I just had a casual listen through small speakers, it all works for me.
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03-26-2015, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jorgen
Omg. This is craft - I get my coat.
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thanks Jorgen, but I don't think I'll be going 'there' again any time soon. Still, it was different for me.
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03-27-2015, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sammydix
I should be doing some death metal next.
thanks man.
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I'm waiting...
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03-27-2015, 12:22 PM
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Sammy, would it be too much work to post a hi fi stereo vesion of this song?
it would be interesting to hear what bob wills might hve sounded like if he were modernized...
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03-27-2015, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Garrick
Sammy I love it. Gold.
Others are saying Bob wills.
I'm calling country kinks
It's got that vibe for me
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thanks so much Garrick. I never noticed it before, but i could picture the Davies doing this.
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03-27-2015, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by hamish
It took me til now to listen to this, but put me down as loving it too. I just had a casual listen through small speakers, it all works for me.
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if it worked thru small speakers, then something must be kinda ok. thx man.
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03-27-2015, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by msundh
I'm waiting...
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I'd have to move to be able to do it. Neighbors would call the cops.
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03-27-2015, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by flickervetigo
Sammy, would it be too much work to post a hi fi stereo vesion of this song?
it would be interesting to hear what bob wills might hve sounded like if he were modernized...
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sure Flick, i'll pull out the project and pan. i'll try to post it tomorrow up in the original thread.
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03-28-2015, 03:19 PM
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added stereo version above just for Flicker.
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03-28-2015, 05:52 PM
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thank you, Sammy
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03-31-2015, 07:52 PM
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Mono
Sounds great... I randomly clicked on the first file and thought...wow... It's in mono... Just like the the old country records... And the scratching on the records... Then I noticed the stereo version too.
Great song - A Little Underground "Death Country" lol - I think I like it better than "Death Metal" A lot of those guys are just so 'serious'
And ... it was recorded with "Reaper" Pretty clever )
Sounds great... I hope I can get my records sounding that good. Just getting going with Reaper again... I bought it quite awhile ago but went out and started playing covers in bars... It' great to be back in my home studio...
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03-31-2015, 08:09 PM
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appreciate that DaveS. if you haven't upgraded in a while, you've got some heavy catching up to do.
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