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Post by jack1982 on Feb 3, 2023 10:54:10 GMT -6
Here's my version of the Tesla song. I think I'm finally done messing around with the production lol.
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Post by wannaplayblues on Feb 4, 2023 5:42:56 GMT -6
Outstanding dude!!! Loved every moment of it!
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Post by jack1982 on Feb 4, 2023 7:13:42 GMT -6
Thanks so much WPB! Appreciate it
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Post by bluesbruce on Feb 4, 2023 10:01:47 GMT -6
Wow, Jack that's epical - both in terms of playing and in terms of production. Excellently done! I really appreciate the layering of guitar parts that you demonstrate in your videos - really gives a demonstration of how these professional recordings are done, and I feel that is educational to me.
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Post by Phil on Feb 4, 2023 14:19:54 GMT -6
I'm not familiar with this group or this song but you did a stellar job, Jack.
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Post by jack1982 on Feb 5, 2023 7:31:44 GMT -6
Thanks so much guys! Bruce, yeah all those layered guitars are a ton of work lol. Especially with the production - you've got the acoustic playing the main riff, but then you start strumming chords which is louder, so you have to drop the volume. At the same time two additional guitars come in and you have to get the volume levels set so they're noticeable but not overwhelming, then two more come in, you've got to mess around with the EQ on all of them so they don't get (too) muddy. That lead guitar in the last chorus starts on the neck pickup, then goes to the bridge, then it's both pickups etc. Especially where I'm using both pickups, that doesn't sound very good at all if you listen to it by itself, but put in the mix with everything else it fits in pretty well. And then there's listening back to it for about a week and "oh that really bugs me, I gotta fix that" in about 100 different places
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Post by wannaplayblues on Feb 5, 2023 8:42:03 GMT -6
Thanks so much guys! Bruce, yeah all those layered guitars are a ton of work lol. Especially with the production - you've got the acoustic playing the main riff, but then you start strumming chords which is louder, so you have to drop the volume. At the same time two additional guitars come in and you have to get the volume levels set so they're noticeable but not overwhelming, then two more come in, you've got to mess around with the EQ on all of them so they don't get (too) muddy. That lead guitar in the last chorus starts on the neck pickup, then goes to the bridge, then it's both pickups etc. Especially where I'm using both pickups, that doesn't sound very good at all if you listen to it by itself, but put in the mix with everything else it fits in pretty well. And then there's listening back to it for about a week and "oh that really bugs me, I gotta fix that" in about 100 different places Do you ever hard-pan tracks left and right? I sometimes finds this works well to balance the overall sound but not need to turn down too much volume on a single track. It can also help to make the arrangement sound like it's in separate spaces in the room, which is quite nice.
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Post by jack1982 on Feb 5, 2023 9:00:09 GMT -6
Thanks so much guys! Bruce, yeah all those layered guitars are a ton of work lol. Especially with the production - you've got the acoustic playing the main riff, but then you start strumming chords which is louder, so you have to drop the volume. At the same time two additional guitars come in and you have to get the volume levels set so they're noticeable but not overwhelming, then two more come in, you've got to mess around with the EQ on all of them so they don't get (too) muddy. That lead guitar in the last chorus starts on the neck pickup, then goes to the bridge, then it's both pickups etc. Especially where I'm using both pickups, that doesn't sound very good at all if you listen to it by itself, but put in the mix with everything else it fits in pretty well. And then there's listening back to it for about a week and "oh that really bugs me, I gotta fix that" in about 100 different places Do you ever hard-pan tracks left and right? I sometimes finds this works well to balance the overall sound but not need to turn down too much volume on a single track. It can also help to make the arrangement sound like it's in separate spaces in the room, which is quite nice. Oh yeah, the acoustic was done with two mic's, panned 20% left and right. The clean electrics are hard left and right, and the distorted electrics (I only did one video, but there's two of them) are about 50% left and right. I got into the double-tracking stuff with the Randy Rhoads songs, even though they're playing the same thing, they'll never be perfectly in sync with one another and it produces a very nice stereo sound.
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