What I've been up to (includes an early mix)...

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    PostedTuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 10 AMByShannon LewisTaggedNo tags
    Sorry I haven't been a very faithful blogger lately...  it seems like almost all I have seen lately is this...


    Don't get me wrong... I'm am NOT complaining.  Love it!

    Here's a sample of an early mix from the c.d. - Hope you like!


    You'll be hearing back from me soon... until then, BACK TO WORK!
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    On 12/1/2009 10:05 PM, Wisdom Moon said...Cool! Did you do all the instruments?
    On 12/1/2009 10:14 PM, Dave Pierson said...EXCELLENT!! Nice work, Shannon!
    On 12/1/2009 10:41 PM, Shannon Lewis said...Hey Wisdom!  I wrote the song, played acoustic, one of the 3 electrics (the more "Beatle-esque, clean toned, "chiming", picked guitar), produced, & engineered it.  The rest of the instruments are distributed among my rotating cast of 'regular' musicians (ie., friends) that I play with.  Why?  Like?  Dislike?  Hear something that needs changed?
    On 12/2/2009 1:42 AM, Nick Brissey said...I can't hear anything. I'm on a mac.  Is there anything I can do to fix this?
    On 12/2/2009 5:34 AM, Shannon Lewis said...Maybe refresh you screen?  Press "play"?  Turn up your computer's volume?  I'm not sure, man... so many possible factors.  Is anyone else having trouble hearing it?
    On 12/3/2009 4:35 PM, Alvin Fernando said...Hey Shannon, this stuff sounds pretty sweet. I loved the whole song, especially the bridge. When I make music I love hearing what people's suggestions are, even if I don't necessarily change anything, so here are my two suggestions... I would turn up the vox during the bridge so people could hear more of the words. Secondly, the bass line around 20 seconds kinda threw me off, where you start singing "Where is the kingdom?". Idk if that was one of those things that sound better after you listen to it more...but for listening to it only once, it caught me off guard. Awesome song though, i'm surprised I haven't seen this website before. Good work man.
    On 12/3/2009 9:15 PM, Shannon Lewis said...Glad to have you here Alvin, and your thoughts are welcome.  I've already made another mix, and subtley shifted the bass-line a few milliseconds to sit tighter with the drums, but yeah - that was on purpose: I was growing to hate the monotony the the straight forward driving rhythm, so I wanted to break up the middle of the verse.  I will def. take your suggestion on the bridge, for sure.  I'll mess with that as soon as I'm through recording Cyle's keys/vocals on "Wandering Heart" tonight.  Thanks for stopping by, and dude - we miss having you down here.  Move back, soon!
    On 12/4/2009 1:04 AM, Alvin Fernando said...Awesome, thanks for taking my opinions into consideration man. I totally understand breaking up the drive and adding more of a groove, especially from a bass players perspective. Ahhh "Wandering Heart" is my jam... I loved playing that with you nate, and mckendree live. And, I'll work on moving back too Haha ;)
    On 12/4/2009 10:24 AM, Shannon Lewis said...I'm sitting here mixing "Wandering Heart" as I type this. ;-)
    On 12/13/2009 8:59 AM, Fred McKinnon said...Strange, I'm on a Mac (firefox) and can't find a play button either, seems like this has happened before.  That's what you get for using Windows technology to drive your blog (haha!)     
    On 12/13/2009 10:40 AM, Shannon Lewis said...I'm using a Mac w/ Firefox & it looks fine...
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