ZZ Top cover of Rough Boy

[Rockybottom]

Hope this link to dropbox works as my soundcloud account is full. Let me know if it won't link.

Had to record alot of tracks as there are drums, multiple guitars, synth , vocals, bass etc and I lost my mojo part way trough and left it for a few months.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pln2zhbp7x9vcbe/Rough Boy ZZ Top.wav?dl=0

 

[Many Moons]

Hey Rocky. I hadn't heard this song before, and was expecting some 'Gimme All Your Lovin' type of stuff. So you can imagine my surprise when I hit the play button!! That was a pleasant listen, although if I had to be honest, the drums didn't do it for me......,at all. They just don't fit. (at least to my ear) As I said, the rest of the song was a pleasant listen. I like your voice, it reminds me of Neil Young.

Well done.

 

[Rockybottom]

Hey Rocky. I hadn't heard this song before, and was expecting some 'Gimme All Your Lovin' type of stuff. So you can imagine my surprise when I hit the play button!! That was a pleasant listen, although if I had to be honest, the drums didn't do it for me......,at all. They just don't fit. (at least to my ear) As I said, the rest of the song was a pleasant listen. I like your voice, it reminds me of Neil Young.

Well done.

Thanks for the comments. I certainly take the Neil Young comment as a compliment. The drums came straight off the approved music , maybe I mixed it with them a bit too much to the front and that didn't do it for you. Thanks again. Always like to get comments of all kinds as others always hear things differently ...

 

[artyman]

Great sounding track Phil, though it doesn't sound like you. See you at Driffield in a couple of weeks.

 

[Rockybottom]

Great sounding track Phil, though it doesn't sound like you. See you at Driffield in a couple of weeks.

Been looking at the mastered mix on this and realised it sounds completely different on differing systems i.e. laptop, earphones, headphones, studio speakers...The vocals are a complex multitrack mix and seem to have been affected bu the multiple compression of mastering then export as MPEG then saving to dropbox. Might try a few alternative mixes...

 

[BigMike]

Yes, compression during the mastering stage can sometimes alter various frequencies more than others, have you got a multi-band compressor that you can solo the different frequency bands with? That can sometimes highlight which parts don't really need much compression. But great song and well done.

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

I have never heard the song before-I like it - pretty good production---but I do think the drums were a little distracting volume wise---it is not that they didn't match, just they were a little to much up front...