Another week another song

[Clivey]

Hardtimes Soft Petals, by Clivey MacDougall

5 track album

cliveymacdougall.bandcamp.com

This one" thoughts of you "is kind of a political statement about a struggle with city development company grrrr
And is close to being the title song. Another few to do then I will remix s few and call a halt. .

 

[Profusia]

Long wait for the sax solo - but worth it!

 

[Clivey]

You are way too kind. I did wee remix and lost 80% of sax. Not convinced about the number at all and may rewrite it completely , but thats the fun of baking .

 

[Clivey]

For anybody interested in the process.here's the ist rough mix of my newest Album number . Standin in the dark.

Clivey Macdougall

Clive MacDougall. Most recent works as of 2020. Please visit the 'thoughts of Leith' Blue on Shock archive and the end of the wire on soundcloud.com. Google #Jazz #Latin #thoughtsOfLeith #blueOnShock

www.soundclick.com

 

[Clivey]

Hardtimes Soft Petals, by Clivey MacDougall

5 track album

cliveymacdougall.bandcamp.com

This one is called wee guy and this is the Ist rough mix. No middle as such may drop either a tenor or guitar in or leave it not sure. It makes me smile though so job done.

 

[Ivan]

For anybody interested in the process.here's the ist rough mix of my newest Album number . Standin in the dark.

Clivey Macdougall

Clive MacDougall. Most recent works as of 2020. Please visit the 'thoughts of Leith' Blue on Shock archive and the end of the wire on soundcloud.com. Google #Jazz #Latin #thoughtsOfLeith #blueOnShock

www.soundclick.com

Another ball of energy

 

[Clivey]

Thanks for the listen guys.
Ain't it great that the tech gives everyone the freedom to speak out through their music .however humble our efforts.

 

[Clivey]

This one is called gig economy 2nd from top, really really ist mix down of rough job.I haven't really thought out middle yet but that's the fun I suppose.
It will go on my" thoughts of Leith" album soon.

Clivey Macdougall

Clive MacDougall. Most recent works as of 2020. Please visit the 'thoughts of Leith' Blue on Shock archive and the end of the wire on soundcloud.com. Google #Jazz #Latin #thoughtsOfLeith #blueOnShock

www.soundclick.com

 

[TimboSax]

Nice one Clivey, enjoyed listening to those

 

[Clivey]

@TimboSax. thanks for listens and gentle comments, did redo and its now on the "thoughts of leith" album. The old laptop really straining to do these multitracked vox Thanks Heavens for ASIO4All

 

[MikeMorrell]

I really like the sax solo but - to my ear - the mix was a bit strange. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned but on this and other tracks, the mix IHMO
seems to filter out the mid-tone frequencies. So the drums/bass come though but less resonant than they might have been. Both the voice and the sax have the high-frequency tones but lack the mid-tones that I'd normally associate with voice/sax.

Anyway, your sax solo was great!

Mike

Hardtimes Soft Petals, by Clivey MacDougall

5 track album

cliveymacdougall.bandcamp.com

This one" thoughts of you "is kind of a political statement about a struggle with city development company grrrr
And is close to being the title song. Another few to do then I will remix s few and call a halt. .

 

[TimboSax]

@TimboSax. thanks for listens and gentle comments, did redo and its now on the "thoughts of leith" album. The old laptop really straining to do these multitracked vox Thanks Heavens for ASIO4All

I used to use it all the time! I picked up a Focusrite interface a while back and the drivers for that are excellent. I was able to record the band using the full 8 channels at once on my laptop. Now all we've got to do is learn to play properly

 

[Clivey]

I really like the sax solo but - to my ear - the mix was a bit strange. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned but on this and other tracks, the mix IHMO
seems to filter out the mid-tone frequencies. So the drums/bass come though but less resonant than they might have been. Both the voice and the sax have the high-frequency tones but lack the mid-tones that I'd normally associate with voice/sax.

Anyway, your sax solo was great!

Mike

Thanks for the listens and comments.
Re mix. I deliberately mixed for ear and headphones and small speakers. Have not had chance to listen on monitor reference style speakers and probably won't. If I ever were to commit it to magnetic tape CD or vinyl then I would either get it done or redo myself. At the mo it's an exercise in self expression.

 

[Clivey]

For anybody interested in the process and progress or perhaps looking forward to having a bash themselves.
Literally just of computer 1st rough mix not finished writing it actually

This one is called stop looking back and will go to the thoughts of Leith album soon.

Clivey Macdougall

Clive MacDougall. Most recent works as of 2020. Please visit the 'thoughts of Leith' Blue on Shock archive and the end of the wire on soundcloud.com. Google #Jazz #Latin #thoughtsOfLeith #blueOnShock

www.soundclick.com

 

[Ivan]

For anybody interested in the process and progress or perhaps looking forward to having a bash themselves.
Literally just of computer 1st rough mix not finished writing it actually

This one is called stop looking back and will go to the thoughts of Leith album soon.

Clivey Macdougall

Clive MacDougall. Most recent works as of 2020. Please visit the 'thoughts of Leith' Blue on Shock archive and the end of the wire on soundcloud.com. Google #Jazz #Latin #thoughtsOfLeith #blueOnShock

www.soundclick.com

Upbeat

 

[Clivey]

I'm such a punk. I need to redo vox and could remix the thing endlessly but we'll see.

 

[Ivan]

I'm such a punk. I need to redo vox and could remix the thing endlessly but we'll see.

Wall to wall good sax in that one

 

[Clivey]

I put the 1st final ,tee hee on.

Hardtimes Soft Petals, by Clivey MacDougall

5 track album

cliveymacdougall.bandcamp.com

It's called Stop lookn bk

 

[Clivey]

Latest number, first mixdown rough vox. content provider. No sax or woodwind yet or needed perhaps we,ll see.

Clivey Macdougall

Clive MacDougall. Most recent works as of 2020. Please visit the 'thoughts of Leith' Blue on Shock archive and the end of the wire on soundcloud.com. Google #Jazz #Latin #thoughtsOfLeith #blueOnShock

www.soundclick.com

 

[Ivan]

Latest number, first mixdown rough vox. content provider. No sax or woodwind yet or needed perhaps we,ll see.

Dipping toes in the sea. Over in Portobello perhaps