Did not know this song has hit the public domain.

Super cool arrangement and great singing.

On the arrangement it might have been nice to layer an acoustic into the rhythm guitar as it gives a bit of percussion on a drumless track. Other than that good stuff.

Did not know this song has hit the public domain. Super cool arrangement and great singing. On the arrangement it might have been nice to layer an acoustic into the rhythm guitar as it gives a bit of percussion on a drumless track. Other than that good stuff.

I also didn't know this had entered the public domain.  Your wife has a good voice.  A nice rendition.  Arrangement sounds good to me.  Maaaaaybe I wouldn't have minded some extra element coming in on the last verse like another guitar or some bongos or something, but it sounds good as is.  It sounds like you kept the instrumentation fairly true to what would have been in use at the time, which is cool, but if you were breaking that rule some smooth synth tones or string sounds could be a nice addition, too.

I also didn't know this had entered the public domain. Your wife has a good voice. A nice rendition. Arrangement sounds good to me. Maaaaaybe I wouldn't have minded some extra element coming in on the last verse like another guitar or some bongos or something, but it sounds good as is. It sounds like you kept the instrumentation fairly true to what would have been in use at the time, which is cool, but if you were breaking that rule some smooth synth tones or string sounds could be a nice addition, too.

This is so sweet! As always I'm pretty impressed with your guitar chops, these aren't your typical campfire chords. Your wife did a great job too, she has a lovely voice which really suits the song. She really picked the perfect terrible stage name, haha!

As for constructive criticism: maybe have the dry vocal more up so it's in front of everything else, and have the guitars go into the same reverb as the vocal so they blend a bit more. Right now it feels like the vocal is a bit further back in the room, while the guitars are pretty close. Lead guitar could be a bit up in volume too. Otherwise a super nice open mix. Love the sparse percussion and the live performance feel of it all.

This is so sweet! As always I'm pretty impressed with your guitar chops, these aren't your typical campfire chords. Your wife did a great job too, she has a lovely voice which really suits the song. She really picked the perfect terrible stage name, haha! As for constructive criticism: maybe have the dry vocal more up so it's in front of everything else, and have the guitars go into the same reverb as the vocal so they blend a bit more. Right now it feels like the vocal is a bit further back in the room, while the guitars are pretty close. Lead guitar could be a bit up in volume too. Otherwise a super nice open mix. Love the sparse percussion and the live performance feel of it all.

lovely! such a great song, and this is a really nice version. well done to DJ Fancy Pants on the vocal too, this is not an easy song to sing. 

lovely! such a great song, and this is a really nice version. well done to DJ Fancy Pants on the vocal too, this is not an easy song to sing. <3

Thank you! The acoustic is a good idea. I've struggled to mix electric and acoustic guitars in a way that the acoustic doesn't either take over or disappear, but based on some reference tracks I've listened to, maybe disappearing is fine?

Thank you! My wife was insecure about her performance on this one, so hearing this from you (and others) made her day. And this is a good note on arrangement. I def still hear myself struggling with layering. Good thing there's another half a year to try things

Thank you! My wife laughed at you calling it the "perfect terrible stage name." And thank you for the mixing notes. This might be the dread "guitarist's mix" I need to fight. (I've saw in other synth spaces folks talk about using multiple reverbs in one track, so I thought I'd try it. Maybe a live non-electronic track was not the best place to experiment with that )

Thank you! Happy to have another person join my DJ Fancy Pants fan club

[quote=NickLong]Did not know this song has hit the public domain. Super cool arrangement and great singing. On the arrangement it might have been nice to layer an acoustic into the rhythm guitar as it gives a bit of percussion on a drumless track. Other than that good stuff.[/quote] Thank you! The acoustic is a good idea. I've struggled to mix electric and acoustic guitars in a way that the acoustic doesn't either take over or disappear, but based on some reference tracks I've listened to, maybe disappearing is fine? [quote=Cosmic Cairns]I also didn't know this had entered the public domain. Your wife has a good voice. A nice rendition. Arrangement sounds good to me. Maaaaaybe I wouldn't have minded some extra element coming in on the last verse like another guitar or some bongos or something, but it sounds good as is. It sounds like you kept the instrumentation fairly true to what would have been in use at the time, which is cool, but if you were breaking that rule some smooth synth tones or string sounds could be a nice addition, too.[/quote] Thank you! My wife was insecure about her performance on this one, so hearing this from you (and others) made her day. And this is a good note on arrangement. I def still hear myself struggling with layering. Good thing there's another half a year to try things [quote=Dustsucker]This is so sweet! As always I'm pretty impressed with your guitar chops, these aren't your typical campfire chords. Your wife did a great job too, she has a lovely voice which really suits the song. She really picked the perfect terrible stage name, haha! As for constructive criticism: maybe have the dry vocal more up so it's in front of everything else, and have the guitars go into the same reverb as the vocal so they blend a bit more. Right now it feels like the vocal is a bit further back in the room, while the guitars are pretty close. Lead guitar could be a bit up in volume too. Otherwise a super nice open mix. Love the sparse percussion and the live performance feel of it all.[/quote] Thank you! My wife laughed at you calling it the "perfect terrible stage name." And thank you for the mixing notes. This might be the dread "guitarist's mix" I need to fight. (I've saw in other synth spaces folks talk about using multiple reverbs in one track, so I thought I'd try it. Maybe a live non-electronic track was not the best place to experiment with that :D ) [quote=jwh]lovely! such a great song, and this is a really nice version. well done to DJ Fancy Pants on the vocal too, this is not an easy song to sing. <3[/quote] Thank you! Happy to have another person join my DJ Fancy Pants fan club

I would say think of it more like another percussion layer.
It's not so much hearing it as it giving the electric a bit more snap.

I would say think of it more like another percussion layer. It's not so much hearing it as it giving the electric a bit more snap.

That makes sense. Like double-layering a snare

[quote=NickLong]I would say think of it more like another percussion layer. It's not so much hearing it as it giving the electric a bit more snap.[/quote] That makes sense. Like double-layering a snare