Rainy Days

It's been like 2 months since we had any rain. 109* in Dallas today. My water bill for the new grass was $864 last month.

I originally wrote this tune back in 2019 when practicing drone lines with double stops, so I decided to put it up for this week's mix since it seemed fitting.

I still would like to be tighter on the drums and get a softer pick attack and smoother fingering for neck pickup leads. I truncated a verse and chorus to get to the lead quickly.

This one is same as before -- "less is more". No EQ on guitars just the Kemper flanger and delay on rhythm with Left dirty and Right clean. Bass has a small amount of distortion and mid boost EQ with some reverb. I did the tape drive on the Master again and did a slight "smiley face" cut on the Master mids.

I think I am learning.

Quote from Per

You're getting a much louder sounding mix now and better balance which is good progress.

You could help your rhythmc tightness if you pick a drum pattern with 8th note hi-hat in there. This will give you a better guide than following the snare or kick. The high-hat is good to follow because it generally gives you the actual beats. Also putting that in there will up the urgency and energy.

Thanks Per! You were right about me needing to attempt 1 mix per week. I'm learning much faster.

Quote from waraba

great efforts Larry & good lead tone.

Thanks a million, Renaud! I've been waiting forever for someone to comment on my tone!