Eric VB Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Sorry for being AWOL on this thread for a bit. Every time I thought I had a minute to steal to work on this, it got stolen from me! I really want to wrap this up; there's no need for this to be another "Rebuild". There were some issues with both initial mixes. To be fair, I haven't listened to either a whole lot yet. I misplaced one and as I type this I just remembered where I left it -- at home. (I thought I left it at the office. ) I'll reburn my test CD-rw and give them both some critical ear listening time. Thanks everyone for your patience on this project. I know we all want this to be a success. We missed our deadline a bit, and now I'm shooting for ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Ric, I have a "fixed" mix that I'll upload tomorrow. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 As promised last night on dial up... Water Risin\' Bill Mix 3 via the workaday high speed connection upload This mix is essentially the same as the earlier one, with a little more discipline on the kick drum (over-corrected in the earlier mix), and fixing some resonance in the rhythm guitar that I didn't like, + trimming some levels on the lead guitar and vocal to settle them into the ensemble a little better. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Ric? Any impressions on the latest mixes? Furthermore, anybody out here on this project play (or have connections to a player) sax, trumpet, or clarinet? Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Bill - mix sounds great I play xylophone if that helps The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Thank you Nursers, only took three tries The first mix was so off, I never posted it. The second mix over compensated for the problems of the first. The third mix, I'm happy with. A little mastering touch and I think it will be right there. No knock on Matt's mix either. I'd like to hear from Ric. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 This sounds good on my laptop, Bill...gotta listen on a real stereo. I think I like Bunny's drumming on the first half better than mine...it's a little more "rock" versus the traditional shuffle I did. I like the drumming I did on the second half better though...I think it captures the intended peaks and valleys of that section. Just my humble opinion of course. Dave Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeksound Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 you can tell from my mix which drums I thought worked best for each part. I'm hoping to get my new Event ASP8s in soon. If I get them and this song is still in the works, I will remaster it. I will probably remaster it anyway. Listening to it on other systems as oposed to my headphones sounds a little dry. So, are the pittfalss of mixing with cans. I might add a little more verb here and there. I also went pretty soft on the compression as compared to what a lot of poeple do these days. Not to say that's a bad thing:0). All in all I'm pretty happy with the mix I posted and I'll post it again here. If there are any comments on what could be done to improve it I'm all ears. Otherwise I'll just see what little tweaks I can do here and there to make it pop out more. I like what you changed of the vocal in the third mix Bill, It's subtle but it does fit into the mix a little better. Here's my mix again if anyone wants to check it out. Water Risin High Matt\'s Mix I A/B'ed Bill's and mine mixes side by side durring each part of the song and it was a good way to hear the strenghts and weaknesses of both mixes. Might be a good idea to load both up and AB back an d forth. Matt Marcil TweekSound.com My Song Ramp Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 FYI, I had some PM's with Ric this weekend, and he's asked that I change some of the guitar parts (along with some other changes) so we'll have some more work to do on this one. See you soon. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeksound Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Sounds good. I used Daves old drum take and I guess it had a fumble in it. I will have my new Events this Tuesday. I will be waiting for the new guitar parts. Matt Marcil TweekSound.com My Song Ramp Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric VB Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Latest version of the lyrics (by request): Water's Risin' High Verse 1: It was a summer just like any other Storms in the Gulf, but naught to worry 'bout The shrimp were runnin' so good that summer But our old Creole luck had run out Verse 2: The mayor says get out of the city This 'cane's crazy mad and we're dead in her path I can't get myself out of the city Don'cha know I'm too damn poor for that Bridge: The tall Garden oaks they can't help me Big Easy living is hard as hell There's nothing to drink and there's no food to feed me Only lead to eat if I'm found If I'm found Verse 3: The water's risin' high in the city And the water's run dry from the tap The water's so high in this city On the roof I'll be dry but I'm trapped Bridge: instrumental/solo transition to 2nd half 2nd half: Oh what a beautiful day that will be To see our Atlantis rise up from the sea The fragrance of magnolia floating in the air And street bands on the Quarter making sweet sounds, those sweet sounds, once again. Again. We'll have gumbo, jambalaya, and mud bug etouffee Or maybe just hot sauce on red beans and rice Then stroll to the Market and have fresh beignets With cafe au lait and we'll hunger, hunger, no more. No more. Oh what a wonderful day that will be To see our Atlantis rise up from the sea And sit on the balcony on a hot steamy day Watching all the wonderful people of New Orleans walking by © 2006 Eric Van Buren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 So, what's news? The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric VB Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Still working on vocals. Evidently I'm pickier than I thought. Plans are to have something new this week. After that Bill is going to finalize the guitar parts and work his magic on the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Excellent - thanks again for all the work! The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Haven't heard from Ric Still need a final vox apparently. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Well, I'm going to have to take a little heat here...I recommended a vocalist that I thought would work out really well, but it turns out the song is just too low for her range. RBG...you around? Dave Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 OK, I've put down what I think is a decent vocal for this here tune. Here's a rough mix MP3: http://www.ipass.net/davesisk/music/hk/wrh/WaterRisinHigh_DaveVocal.mp3 Eric and Billster...I already have or will PM you the URL to the Shortened WAV file tracks. There are two...a lead and a backup. L8r, Dave Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Dave, I got the tracks. I took a brief listen, and sent a PM to Ric for his impressions, but haven't heard from him Just waiting for a Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Bill: I had PM'ed Eric as well...he responded that he'd listen as soon as he gets back from a trip. On the backup vox track...I was thinking perhaps copy it, do some fairly sizable time-shifting on the copy (maybe 1/2 second or so?), and pan them to different sides, etc. Kind of make the backups appear on different sides at different times like some bizarre echo's or something...maybe EQ'd to sound like AM radio voices? Particularly since I'm doing that backup, it would make it sound more like a different person. I didn't have time to do that myself as an example (I was more focused on just delivering decent tracks ) Also, Eric had some backups on the bridge in the first half of the song...the "Please, please...please help me". I think those would sound really cool with the AM-Radio EQ, copied and panned to different sides as well (probably no noticeable time-shift though...maybe a little delay on one but not the other or something like that). I dunno...just some thoughts. Do with them what you guys think is best... L8r, Dave Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 So - is Eric back from his trip? The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I had a PM from him. He's out there somewhere. He has a line on a singer, but it's not an easy song to sing...There's a certain je ne se qua I think he's having a hard time conveying and capturing. Hopefully we're not beating a dead horse. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 I hope not too The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 Hey Eric, come on out - I've seen you posting elsewhere The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Eric: Any word? Let us know so folks don't think this one is simply dying out... Dave Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 I've just PM'd Eric The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric VB Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Sorry folks ... just got back from nearly 3-week vacation. I have some files to send to Bill. We'll see what happens. Thanks for staying interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Good to hear from you Eric! Do you guys realize yesterday was the one year anniversary of HK? I can't believe we've been working on this for a year. (Starting to feel like a government agency or something ). Let's get this one done, one way or another...the 1 year anniversary seems like a good motivation to bring it to closure. Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Come on guys, you can do it!! Hooper music at http://www.abjconstruction.net/hoop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Excellent! The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billster Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I got a new vocal take from Ric. Once I clear my sinus infection ( ), I'll plug it into the existing mix and go from there. Buy my CD on CD Baby! Bill Hartzell - the website MySpace?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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