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TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

I got a resonator last year and finally got around to recording a track with it.

This song has lyrics but I have been too lazy to mix them but plan to add them soon.

Jamstix of course makes this so much easier and fun.

https://www.reverbnation.com/brianblevins/song/31420441-dance-any-dance

I hope you like it.

This is also the first tune I used my Kemper on since getting it. The only electric guitar part is the solo which is the Kemper.

Brian

Knopf_ · Jamologist Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Posts: 158

Very nice song and very good Jamstix work. I couldn't understand the lyrics, though Razz

Coincidently, after a conversation, tonight my wife wanted to know exactly the lyrics of "Money for Nothing", as she didn't know the story behind the song. By seeing the video she asked if the main riff was played with the guitar from the image, the resonator. Oh no, it is not that, that is a beautiful instrument called resonator. Let's hear a couple of songs with it. She knew and likes Romeo and Juliet, but didn't know that it was played with that kind of strange guitar. It was my perfect pretext for hearing some more Dire Straits songs and seeing Mr. Buttoner playing some pieces.

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Hi Brian,
Not a criticism since I'm not a Country music listener but the lead tone for the solo is way too hi-gain and compressed for the song I feel. Definitely needs more picking dynamics. The playing is good but it feels like it was tacked on almost as an afterthought the way it is sitting in the mix instead of being where the song was building towards. Again, just my opinion.

Knopf_ · Jamologist Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Posts: 158

Hello a_zimuth:

when you say “solo” do you mean the drive part at almost the end or the multiple solo parts with the resonator? I am not native English speaker (as you can note) and had never used the word tacked. If I understand well its use here in mix context it is what I feel with the resonator parts, where one can hear maybe too much detail of the instrument and it is “over imposed” to the rest instead of mixed. With the drive solo I don’t feel that too much.

But, as the mix has no lyrics yet, I guess Brian hasn’t reached yet a final mix of the whole song. When the voice enters, one must rebalance other things, too.

These are constructive critics of course.

TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

i will probably redo that part with less gain.

i found an awesome free Cornford profile and used it because i loved the sound but like you said a_zimuth. a bit too much.

i am going to find a tone similar to what Brent Mason used in this song around 2:10 to see if that works better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEHp2ACnsgQ

still dirty but much cleaner.

TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

Knopf_

i will do a re-balance once i get the vocals ready.

that reso part is way too up front in the mix for vocals.

thanks to both of you for losing and providing constructions and objective ideas.

brian

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Hi Knopf,

Actually I was referring to the electric Guitar solo towards the end of the song and after having just gone back to listen to it again, I retract my "tacked on" statement. It is very well constructed and fits well. I still feel that the electric Guitar tone is far too "Metal sounding" for this type of song. The playing is very good as I said, if you're reading this Brian.

"Tacked on" as I used it refers to something that was added, in a less than ideal manner, to an object at the last minute because that "something" was unintentionally overlooked during creating the object.

Your English is better than a lot of the people I encounter in the US every day and infinitely better than my German. Laughing

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

he has an AXE-FX here but he used to play Cornfords. he may still.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2llLs4D5PA

what a great player. so much taste and feel IMO.

i also agree with you about how poorly people use the English language sometimes.

i need to PM you ask about WTH is going on with Amelia.

brian

Knopf_ · Jamologist Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Posts: 158

TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

Azimuth · Moderator & Beta Team Joined: 19 Nov 2010 Posts: 2131

TheSystem · Grand Master Jam Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 294

I added the Ld Vox track so the person who sang it can listen for tuning issues.

I also redid the solo with a cleaner albeit still dirty sound. It is a 65 BF profile.

https://www.reverbnation.com/brianblevins/song/31420441-dance-any-premix-ld-vox-only

Once the Ld Vox kinks are done, I will do the same for the BGV and then mix it.

I am doing these as demos only for shopping.

Brian

PS. It is really just a silly song.