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God's Gonna Cut You Down

Post by Haywire » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:34 am

Hi Taxi friends,
Still got a couple of days to the deadline, so I would appreciate your opinions on my take while I still have time to tweak it.
Thanks a lot!
Chuck

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Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down

Post by playagibson » Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:48 pm

I like it.
The only thing I found was the lead vocal was overpowering the music.
Maybe pull it back a tad.

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Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down

Post by eeoo » Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:32 pm

Dig it Chuck. Maybe more fuzz on the vocals and like Rich said back them off a couple db?

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Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down

Post by cardell » Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:12 pm

I liked that too!

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Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down

Post by pedrocosta » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:26 am

Really nice vibe!
I like it :)
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Re: God's Gonna Cut You Down

Post by Haywire » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:09 am

Thanks a lot guys - took your advice Rich, Ethan - I dialed back the leadvox and put a clothespin on my nose. Hope this works!

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