"Ghosting" Chuck Berry, McCartney, and the Beach Boys.

[manning]

chaps..
this is very very nearly there mates imho.
very well done. 
gimme a day to think on it will ya ??
mebe a malibu radio stn will play it. 

btw..re doggie..sadly has gone blind.
we were told by the vet after lotsa testing.
but other than that very healthy.
apparently it can happen in airedales.
so weve been given lotsa pointers on how to make life easier for doggie.
god bless.

[manning]

sorry for being back late to this.
my wife n i with advice from vets
(plus a great net site called blinddog..)
are teaching our doggie a new volcab n its working well.

re malibu.
i really like the idea of the lick tradeing tween oren
n mario. in the lead breaks. great idea.
only optional idea i hear was instead of orens low licks,
mebe see how the current licks sound an octave higher sorta idea ??
oren..could you try the current licks an octave higher ??
my only other comment is here the vocs seem clearer at start of song
than the last verse vocs ?? not an ego thing..
just suggesting the last verse vocs be brought out a bit ??
god bless n huge respect to all.

[folderol]

btw..re doggie..sadly has gone blind.
we were told by the vet after lotsa testing.
but other than that very healthy.
apparently it can happen in airedales.
so weve been given lotsa pointers on how to make life easier for doggie.
god bless.

Get another dog - seriously!
My family used to breed Border Collies, and we've had them go either blind or deaf but otherwise be quite healthy. It is amazing to watch the other dogs in the 'family' pick up on this and start to assist the disabled one.

[Oren]

...i really like the idea of the lick tradeing tween oren
n mario. in the lead breaks. great idea.
only optional idea i hear was instead of orens low licks,
mebe see how the current licks sound an octave higher sorta idea ??
oren..could you try the current licks an octave higher ??
my only other comment is here the vocs seem clearer at start of song
than the last verse vocs ?? not an ego thing..
just suggesting the last verse vocs be brought out a bit ??...

Gotcha.
Give the vocals more presence toward the end of the song.
Try the "strat" licks an octave higher where they interact with Mario.
 ...can do....

[Oren]

Mario's guitar has more top end.
Ed's vocal is boosted in the last half of the song.
A different approach to my guitar additions.(I did a lot - we can nuke those portions that don't serve the song...)

Schweet!

[kara]

Mario's guitar has more top end.

Yes, this puts it in the mix where it should be

Ed's vocal is boosted in the last half of the song.

Small change but you can realy feel it, good job here

A different approach to my guitar additions.(I did a lot - we can nuke those portions that don't serve the song...)

I personally wouldn't nuke anything, the goal was to make a live performance wasn't it ?

k

[offthewall]

    Keeps on getting better 

Particularly from 3:00 onwards .... 
my old arthritis knees almost got up to dance there !! 

 
James

[MarioD]

GREAT MIX OREN 

Personally I would not change a thing 

PS – I really love the way your guitar work compliments my leads at the 3:05 mark.  Super job on that!

[manning]

i'm easy mates.
n happy to go along with the group.
tho' i still hear in me 'ead in the two lead areas, orens licks an octave higher,
cos i think they might stand out better.
mebe try a test of such ??
but mebe i'm just hearing it differently.

[Oren]

n happy to go along with the group.
tho' i still hear in me 'ead in the two lead areas, orens licks an octave higher,
cos i think they might stand out better.
mebe try a test of such ??

Ed,

I had a go at the higher pitched melody guitar, and could not make it sound convincing - just too far from my own style of playing, too much of a stretch. It ended up sounding strained and artificial.
 Now I remember why I never tried for a carreer as a session player...

Can we focus on discarding those portions of my existing guitar action that don't work?

Once that's sorted, and the levels and tonal signature of each instrument sound right, I'd like to apply a bit of "concert delay" to the whole package to see how you all like it....

[folderol]

Once that's sorted, and the levels and tonal signature of each instrument sound right, I'd like to apply a bit of "concert delay" to the whole package to see how you all like it....

'concert delay'...
Isn't that what you get when some idiot at the front of the queue has the wrong tickets and is arguing black-is-white with a long-suffering box office lady?

[Oren]

'concert delay'...
Isn't that what you get when some idiot at the front of the queue has the wrong tickets and is arguing black-is-white with a long-suffering box office lady?

 ... Where I come from, we call that "asking for an introduction of boot leather to butt". This maneuver would not likely work in more civilized times and places...

[Oren]

A preliminary mix with guitar trimmed up and instruments EQed.

 The whole instrumental mix (minus bass guitar, to keep it solid) is duplicated, panned hard left and right, left delayed slightly, right delayed twice that.
 Hopefully a concert ambience resulted - you be the judge...

Recommendations for additional tweaks are invited.

[manning]

Oren...
it sounds good here.
gimme a day to think on it if thats ok mate.
so i can go thru in detail.
sorry the octave higher didnt work out mate.
twas just an idea.

[folderol]

I would say it's 'done' now. Any more cooking is liable to spoil it