A New (Old) song by Coco!!!!! Any inputs???
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Posted on Oct 25, 2005 10:55 am
cocofromscotland
Hello!
Member Since: Jan 12, 2004
Hey Guys
It's been a while since I was online proper though I am getting back to it now!!
Anyway, greetings to ye ALL - good to see new faces and good to see old ones kickin aboot!!!
As the title says, Ive been reworking my old song called "Independence"...I have now done what MANY of you said before i.e. "bring it home" at the end...
So, if anyone fancies having a wee listen, especially to the end and letting me know yer thoughts overall, I'd be MOST grateful.
Here's the link- select HIFI (sorry guys, havent LO-FI'd it yet) ...
(Look for the title "Independence")
www.badmartini.co.uk/index.php?n=6&id=6
Cheers folkies...and, its GOOD to be back!!
Cheers
Coco.
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Oct 25, 2005 11:30 am Good to hear from again man...
Listening now...sounds great! Love the way you bring it home! It that the new Les Paul screamin' out the hot hot licks? It gives it what it really needs! Great work!
Did you re-record the whole song, or just overdub the new stuff?
Jim
Oct 25, 2005 11:35 am good to see ya too coco!
*listening on my 1" 'consumer' monitors ยง=oD
i didn't have to change the volume on them...so overall level sounds good to me. *cranks 'em up anyway* the vocal reverb is a bit 'sharp' or 'edgy' i'd cut the highs on just the reverb (try the "Q" in filters (eq) as an insert after the reverb)....i wasn't really happy with the 'dampening' knob on reverb A. hehe i'm gettin' used to Cubase now, wierd.
i'd throw some ghost notes on the high hats on the 8th notes "ands" use a velosity between 1 and 40, if you sequenced the drums, and it'll really add a sense of 'humanism' to the drums. (although i donno if it'd be worth goooin' all the way back and reexporting again)
*second listen*
i like the fade in with the drums, that was pretty cool...and that 'hiss' after the snare (is that just the snare verb?) is really complementry to the feel of the song. as far as the ending goes, i'd do a fade out from 4:20 to 4:37....on my christmas album that i'm almost finished with (which might sell 250,000 copies to a resteraunt chain, but that's another story!) my boss kept reaming me for not gettin' to the point and ending the song....i had fadeouts that were over a minute and a half long!...hehe it does feel like the song is just truddling along (i just made that word up).
good song though, and the snare verb that's perfectly timed with the song is really what i'm left with in my head....even as "Let It Go" is playing. i'm gonna keep your player gooin'
cheers
wyd
Oct 26, 2005 08:10 am Cheers Jim and WYD...I appreciate the listens guys.
Jim, aye - good to be aroond again. No time I have had of late but more I have now so happy I am!! (too much Yoda speak there huh!!) hehe.
Aye, that was the LP...lovin it man...lovin it. The sound is immense, especially in the band, it just cuts thru like hell which is cool...I just added the extra parts on top of the old song, remixed and viola!!
WYD, again thanks to you too bud. As always, ye have many good points and always with the detail which is very handy my man....very handy.
I'll take a wee listen again and see where I can tweak...I think I will indeed look at the fade out too....cheers bud.
Oh aye, and I hope yer album goes well...if it does and you make millions, chuck yer auld pal fi Scotland a nice new Les Paul Custom eh! heehehhe...
Cheers guys...always appreciated.
Coco.
Oct 26, 2005 08:25 am Busts out the ciggy. lighter
*waves from side to side*
Piano sounds niice.
I'm loving that les paul tone coco, I'm glad you've joined the gibbo side.
I would say that vocals sound a bit 'boxy' for my taste. Maybe a bit of a cut in the low mids?
Agree with wyd that the verb' is a bit sharp.
Love the fade in/out!
I'm gonna keep the playlist rolling. Its 1:20 am here coco! If my mum asks, your music was keeping me up.
"Dont cry, Don't cry, Don't cry, you and I will never die"
Oct 26, 2005 08:27 am CS, put that out or I am telling your mom.
Oct 26, 2005 08:33 am lmao! If I get grounded don't expect me to extend my subscription to HRC!
Oct 26, 2005 08:37 am We don't want no stinking juvenile delinquents in HRC Pro anyway, punk.
Oct 26, 2005 08:44 am Jevenile delinquent!? I'm part of the new wave of sound engineers buddy. You old timers are on you're way out. hehe
Oct 26, 2005 08:48 am uh huh, keep saying it, maybe people will actually believe it someday...
wow, old timer at 38...I'm crushed.
Oct 26, 2005 08:54 am Sorry dB, I'll try to make future posts more demoralising : )
Oct 26, 2005 08:57 am :)
Oct 26, 2005 12:19 pm oOOooOOhhhhh!
i told my dad a few years back that we wouldn't need drummers very much longer!
haha
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Oct 26, 2005 02:25 pm Excellent coco, the LP is sounding great, nice solo's! Really nice sound on the piano. I think the mix sounds really good, though the bass seems a little weak to my ears. I like the way you brought everything in and faded out works well for the song.
Glad to see you back and doing up some music!
Dan
Oct 26, 2005 07:47 pm Hey Sanders...cheers my man...note to you : QUIT SMOKIN man..its the WORST thing I ever done in my life!!
OK cermon over and cheers for the listen...
Hey OldDog...good to be back man. And, thanks for the listen and comments ... always mucho appreciated. Aye, Im LOVIN the Les Paul, my single most treasured possesion..now Im in a band I get to run it 3 hours thru a Marshall stack every week at band practice which kicks ***!! Yah, lovin it I am...
Cheers guys again...appreciated.
Coco.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 26, 2005 08:14 pm coco, I love the new version. Cripes that LP screams dont it??? Nice simple piano playin as well, doesnt distract from the tune. I'm gonna have to listen a few more times while I catch up on posts from the last few days. Oh heck, I'll just listen to the whole lot again. I gotta oreder me that CD soon.
Check your email, I sent ya something on the personal side.
Oct 26, 2005 08:47 pm not to worry coco, I'm not a smoker, I just have the lighter : )
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 26, 2005 09:15 pm Ya, thats what my kid says as well. :-)
So what exactly is the lighter for then???
Oct 26, 2005 09:26 pm If somebody asks for a light : ) Good conversation starter?
And you can't tell me you haven't pulled out the flame at a gig when the slow songs come on.
I've got mild asthma anyway, and smoking might destroy the benefits of my excercise schedule. haha
Oct 26, 2005 11:38 pm cuz a hot chick might ask for a light ya *******...
Oct 26, 2005 11:57 pm on the nail dB
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 27, 2005 12:00 am Okay, I'll buy that.
And I am not dumb, just slow.
Oct 27, 2005 05:06 am ROTFL. Boys!
Oct 27, 2005 05:18 am My internet connection is too slow. One of my flatmates used up all the bandwidth this month, and now we are going at dialup speed. :-(
The piano DOES sound nice. I actually like the "singing in the tunnel" effect :-)
Makes me want to record more songs with piano in them...
Love the guitar buildup at the end. I'm a romantic at heart and it makes me think of that song by Richard Marx "Hold On to the Nights".
I hope that is not an offensive comparison...
I like it :-)
Oct 27, 2005 04:11 pm Hey Noize
Aye cheers man, I got the email :-D! Sound!!!
And cheers for the listen...the LP does indeed scream my man, top guitar and Im lovin it more than anything I ever bought in my life!!!! Ohhh yeahh..
Sanders..."I believe ye...millions wouldnt" oh aye and dont be telling yer Mom that Im responsible for yer late nights and habbits :-P ! She'll be after me with the shotgun...hehehehe...regards to BM from me...
dragonorchid - cheers for the listen to and Im glad ye liked it...aye, the song is the most mellow I ever wrote...the comparison is all good..I actually like a couple of Marx tracks...just a couple mind :-D !
Cheers guys...
Coco.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 27, 2005 09:10 pm Ya, I loved my LP but alas it was just to dang heavy. So I had me a Firebird custom made. All custom electronics including the pickups and everything. It was a one piece neck through design. He cut that thing out of one big piece of wood. Man I miss Charlie Orr. :-(
Anyway, it was done hardtailed and he cut the neck so thin I could bend it. Nice wide neck though just thin from front to back. Painted it Firemist burgandy, it was beutiful. He pinstriped the name on the headstock as well we called it the Firebitch, as there was nothing like it around in those days. I loved that guitar, even slept with it under my bed even on the road.
Then some jack *** stole it outa my hotel room and I never say it again.
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Oct 28, 2005 03:21 am I was about to buy an LP here pretty quick, but now I'm thinking I'm going to get one them Variax's. I can always borrow my son's LP, sure love the sound of them geetar's though!
Dan
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 28, 2005 07:41 pm Ya, dB sure seems to love his 700 series Variax. I gotta get ove there so I can hear it for myself, although I trust his ears better then my own.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 31, 2005 07:57 pm Nope, bummer.
Nice find though. That one is a bit off on the body shape as it is too rounded on a couple of the corners. Mine was the traditional Firebird shape, all one piece neck through. With 3 custom Humbuckers, bridge pickup slanted and all others straight. The electronics were hard mounted through the body, no mounting plate as on that one. And the headstock on that one is backwards from the traditional Firebird as well. Here is a picture of a real Firebird VIII that mine was modeled after. www.gibson.com/Products/G...Firebird%20VII/ Except for the pickups being open and it being hardtailed as well, no whammy tailpiece. And it was just one volume knob. All the tone adjustments were done via coil tapping switches. The volume knob was located about the middle of where the traditional knobs were, and there was an array of 6 micro switches just below that for turning each pickup on or off, and the coil tap switches. It was also a very metalic burgandy color, although I am sure it got repaint imediatly after it was ripped off.
