Come Back - What About Jim! - FIXED

I could not hear any details or dynamics. I had all my speakers turned up.
the drums and rhythm came through and barely the lead.
was someone singing?
I can't comment further because the volume is too low.

Someone else just pointed out that it was real quiet. It seemed louder to me when I cut it. I think it lost something when I converted it from DVD and then put the title and credits on. I think there was a setting where I should have had the recording volume higher. I'll have to fix it and then re-post it.

OK, I fixed the issue with the low volume. Comments are welcome.

http://www.youtube.com/user/WhatAboutJim

I can hear it better. I don't understand the structure of the song. kinda twelve bar, but the stop around 5:00 throws me as there is no set up for it and it did not add to the dynamic.kinda noodling, kinda different sounding, kinda, the same old thing sounding...I am not trying to be negative, but this does not light my board.
I am trying to figure out why.
I can tell you guys were digging it. I understand that really well. maybe I had to be there.

That's cool. Maybe we're just not very good. We're starting this a bit late in life. About a year ago we got real excited just by playing the same chord at the same time. I was looking for feedback because it felt like kind of an improv breakthrough for us. these three clips were all between songs or getting warmed up at the beginning of the night. I guess we have farther to go than we thought. Thanks for the honest feedback.

Jim

improv and jamming is the best fun with a group. the little moments and discoveries are tops and energizing. I am glad you guys are experiencing that. I have tons of recordings of me and my old mates jamming. we often stumbled on a cover mid stream and go for it. huge grins and great licks...until I hear the playback. yow. but hey, that is fine...I did remember that we were having the time of our life; that matters.
eventually, we picked out the rough gems and rehearsed them. it got better.
so you guys have some rough gems, is all I am saying.
work that break through and continue getting into it , as the video shows so well.

Oh nooo Strats :cry: In joke between me and Jonesey LOL clearly a jam and having fun, full of fluffs and stuff but that's what jamming is about. The more you do the better they get and have you noticed they always get louder as you go on LOL

Keep on rocking,

Gerry

LOL to the Strats comment.

It's definitely rough, but we are always looking for areas to improve. So we really appreciate the feedback.

Thanks,

Jim

Jim

Finally got a chance to listen to your videos. I know you want feedback, so I will tell you what I honestly think of each one.

Are You Ready?- Starts out ok, but not a lot of energy, especially the drummer. The rhythm guitar was pretty good, the lead guitarist seemed a little inhibited at first. But... at about 2:50 into the song all of you kicked in together. You guys have what good bands have, an almost instinctual communication, nobody has to say a thing. From that point on the song was much better, more energy from every player. You guys even looked like you were starting to relax and have fun.

My advice: Play like that from the beginning. If the band is having fun, so will the listeners. :D

Come Back Blues- This song has a nice groove to it. I like the tone of the guitars. The only problem is I couldn't hear your wife singing, I think I maybe heard her once. So, gotta get those vocals out in front of all the instruments. But the instrument mix was good as for each instrument and drums having the correct volumes.

After The Dream- I like the rhythm guitar tone of that Les Paul. 8) This song has a colorful Blues sound to it, nice. Again, couldn't hear your wife though. I did hear you about 2:45 on the mic, so perhaps your wife just wasn't projecting.

Overall everything was pretty good for a jam. All songs were a bit long and repetative. So, shorten the songs up, write some good lyrics. Your wife needs to get right on the mic and project, vocals should be foremost. Learn some covers, it is nearly impossible for a band that plays all originals to get gigs unless you are 18 years old. Learn some very simple songs that your wife sings very well. When she sings, the band needs to come down so the vocals can be heard. During the solos you can kick it up.

Just stick together and have fun. Learn as many very simple songs as possible, take more time working on more complex songs. You guys will be alright. :D

Jim

Finally got a chance to listen to your videos. I know you want feedback, so I will tell you what I honestly think of each one.

Are You Ready?- Starts out ok, but not a lot of energy, especially the drummer. The rhythm guitar was pretty good, the lead guitarist seemed a little inhibited at first. But... at about 2:50 into the song all of you kicked in together. You guys have what good bands have, an almost instinctual communication, nobody has to say a thing. From that point on the song was much better, more energy from every player. You guys even looked like you were starting to relax and have fun.

My advice: Play like that from the beginning. If the band is having fun, so will the listeners. :D

Come Back Blues- This song has a nice groove to it. I like the tone of the guitars. The only problem is I couldn't hear your wife singing, I think I maybe heard her once. So, gotta get those vocals out in front of all the instruments. But the instrument mix was good as for each instrument and drums having the correct volumes.

After The Dream- I like the rhythm guitar tone of that Les Paul. 8) This song has a colorful Blues sound to it, nice. Again, couldn't hear your wife though. I did hear you about 2:45 on the mic, so perhaps your wife just wasn't projecting.

Overall everything was pretty good for a jam. All songs were a bit long and repetative. So, shorten the songs up, write some good lyrics. Your wife needs to get right on the mic and project, vocals should be foremost. Learn some covers, it is nearly impossible for a band that plays all originals to get gigs unless you are 18 years old. Learn some very simple songs that your wife sings very well. When she sings, the band needs to come down so the vocals can be heard. During the solos you can kick it up.

Just stick together and have fun. Learn as many very simple songs as possible, take more time working on more complex songs. You guys will be alright. :D

Wes,

Thank you for the feedback. I really appreciate you taking the time to evaluate each clip.

We mostly do play covers (Eagles, CCR, Buddy Guy, GNR, Dylan, Soul Asylum and more). We also have a few originals that we throw in, but those weren't them. Those were really just us noodling before and between some of our songs during a practice. I just thought that as rough as they are, there was something interesting in them, that perhaps could become something if we could figure out how to work them out. As dog mentioned, there really isn't much structure to some of them.

Oh yeah, and she's not singing. She's actually experimenting with a harmonica. She's just playing real quiet and there are no FOH speakers on. We have monitors and amps. So, the only speakers pointed at the camera mic are from the amps.

We did an outside party this past week-end and we have a barn party we're doing next Saturday. I'll post some clips when I get a chance so you can hear how we sound with some of the stuff we use in our sets. We're still learning, but we have fun. We had a guy call to ask when we were playing again so he could "catch us." That was real cool, because we feel like we're still learning. We're just starting, but I think we are getting better.

Thanks again for the feedback. I really appreciate it!

Jim