Amazing Grace Re-try

[blackcoffeeblues]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ojlnt8nsubas4h/AMAZIGRA.WAV?dl=0

Hopefully this one will work?????
This song has been down here a few times. It is such a great song I thought I would put my version on here.
It is a good song to kiss 2020 good bye....EDIT IT WORKS--this is almost accapelo not much instrument in it at all.

 

[PapaBear]

Nice job

 

[Many Moons]

Now, that brought a smile to my face. Love the gentle ending Dave. Very nice. His grace is indeed amazing.

 

[artyman]

His grace is indeed amazing.

Amen

 

[snarf]

Very nice! It actually reminded me a bit of Don Edwards. If you haven't heard of him, he's a guy from here in TX that I first heard when I was a kid. He's been one of a handful that's been carrying on the cowboy music tradition.

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

Thanks to all of you. I did the guitar and vocal on one take and added the bass later. I am really glad you like it. It is a great song.

 

[CaptainMoto]

That was great !
Nice recording Dave.
A very genuine production.
A good kickoff to a new year.

Am I hearing some harmony or just a double track?, give us the scoop on your recording/mixing.
It turned out very well!

Well done!!!!!

 

[JestMe]

Glad you got the link working. Nicely done... was worth the wait! Thanks

 

[sloslunas]

Very Very nice indeed! Beautiful...

Steve

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

t a double track?

Capn; all I did was --I ran the vocals through my P.A. mic'd my speakers into the Zoom- adjusted the treble and reverb to what I thought sounded the best too me. Guitar through the Zoom-Then added a simple bass track and another vocal track. Everything else was handled
with the faders when I was recording it onto the master track.

Thanks J.M. it is such a great song that I have been singing since my childhood. One of those songs you never get tired of hearing...
Thanks Steve--Happy New Year.

 

[CaptainMoto]

Thanks for the recap Dave.
Interesting how you mic the PA for your vocals.
Bottom line, sounded pretty good.

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

Like "Hard Times" (I did it the same way) there is a little static at the very beginnig that is coming out of the treble setting and going through the speakers. I use one of those HI-$$$$ Squire 100 watt- 4 channel P.A. heads. Through equally exspensive Squire 8"- 4 ohm speakers, they are very hard to find now days, most of them went to the dump a week after they were bought. Yikes but true.

 

[CaptainMoto]

Like "Hard Times" (I did it the same way) there is a little static at the very beginnig that is coming out of the treble setting and going through the speakers. I use one of those HI-$$$$ Squire 100 watt- 4 channel P.A. heads. Through equally exspensive Squire 8"- 4 ohm speakers, they are very hard to find now days, most of them went to the dump a week after they were bought. Yikes but true.

I'm still a little confused on how and why you do that.
Do you record the vocal into the Zoom then play it back through the PA and mic it for a new track?

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

I'm still a little confused on how and why you do that.

I run the vocal into the P.A. set the Treble -Mid-bass and reverb on head, then run the mic from the speakers into the Zoom, the main reason for it is a lot easier FOR ME to dial in the the sound I want 1st---- instead of goofing around with all that EQn--Effects-and all that other stuff. I want to hear the voice I am recording, not a dry run, that I might be able to duplicate. It takes a lot of the guess work out of first instead of last. --it also makes the song a lot easier for me to sing because it gives me more confidence to go to different vocal ranges and phrasing.
I mic the speaker with the Sm-58 several feet behind me, then do the vocal on the SM-57-facing away from the speakers, not much of the sound is coming from the speakers that gets to the SM-57. It's like playing live in front of people vs. playing in the recording room.
I am not all that great at that digital recording thing, if I had the skills like a lot of you guys on here I would probably do it, but I run low on patients when dealing with things I don't know much about,. I like just getting up there and singing the song the best I can---which ain't all that good, more times than not. --You heard my 1st vocals on "Hard Times" pretty damn corase, once I run through the P.A. head It gave you something kind of workable.
That's about the best I can explain it. Maybe some other Blues Brothers are having same problem as me and might want to give it a try. Got nothing to lose.. Later.

 

[CaptainMoto]

OH...OK,
I got it.
You've got two mics going...... 57 into the PA,........... 58 recording the PA output.
You do all the EQ on the PA.
Pretty innovative approach.

 

[BigMike]

Well done, very listenable. You are getting good at this recording stuff.

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

Thanks Mike--I try-but it ain't easy, but when you do a song you Love, it gets a whole lot easier. Thanks again

Capn; you sure you didn't mean PRE_HISTORIC.

 

[CaptainMoto]

Thanks Mike--I try-but it ain't easy, but when you do a song you Love, it gets a whole lot easier. Thanks again

Capn; you sure you didn't mean PRE_HISTORIC.

Nope!
If you look back at the Big recording stars of the passed ( well actually same applies for the new stars) they usually take a different path from the crowd.
You've got a unique recording setup, if it delivers good music, it should not be questioned.

 

[WimVD]

I like both the singing and the playing, Dave. Well done. I enjoyed it.

Wim