Ronnie and the Rockits

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   https://www.facebook.com/Ronnie-The-Roc … 329218146/

Had a listen, some good sounds in there.  I bet you have lots of fun together performing.  Is Ronnie the main vocalist that I could hear?  3 guitarists, 1 drummer  and lead singer? Awesome Grah1, must be so much fun.

Laugh Lots ... Forgive Much ...  Love one another     
Covers and some Originals found over there    ------- >    https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan

good to see you are doing some lesser known 60s songs     

Graham

Sounded great - loved the songs except - knocking on Heavens door. Thought the timing or voicing of the lyrics was off.
Still-  it is awesome you and the boys can do this.. Great sound - lots of fun - I am jealous !

Jim     

Graham

How long does it take to get a band to be able to nail a song completely ?  If you are adding nine songs it must take quite a bit of practice and tweaking.
Have you been playing together a long time.

I ask you these questions bc I know it takes me a long time just to remember the lyrics

and as to my critique of the song, I am an expert on bad timing and voicing bc all my songs are that way      

I am looking forward to your new posts on the songs !  Once again , I AM SOOOO JEALOUS - I wish I had the talent to be a performer.

Jim     

Not sure if you're looking for comments on the musicianship or the recordings; but the singer needs to control his mic a bit better; I can hear a load of plosives in "Tamborine Man" (sometimes a wind shield can stop these, even a stocking over a piece of wire frame can keep his mouth a bit further from the mic). There are some mixing issues in "Knocking" in a couple of places; I'm presuming that's a guy singing falsetto for the backing, as he's delivering strongly in some parts, but fading in others ... personally with a vocal like that, I'd usually double it and pan it in extreme left and right mixes. They also need to decide if they are following the chord progression or the melody, as it seems to be a mix of both. During the second solo, with the guitar, the band seems undecided if they are going all in, and the rhythm guitar goes louder, but the rest of the band stays the same volume. It sounds as if the bass player wants to get there, but is being held back by the drummer. It also would have been good to add some 'ooh's and 'ahh's in there to reinforce the sound. I haven't heard "Never get over you before", and it started out strong, there was a point which could have done with some extra instrumentation (around the middle of the song), like a solo or something. There's also something with the drummers cymbal or high-hat I couldn't quite put my finger on, sounded like he had a sizzle in there.

In all three songs the musicianship sounds ok, everything sounds reasonably tight, apart from sections of the dynamics, but that;'s something I find comes with working together for a long time, particularly with bass and drums, I guess my main questions would be about whom these recordings are for? If it's a demo to sell yourself to a publican, I reckon you'll get the gig, if it's memories for the band and punters, you'll be ok there as well. If it's for a release, then there are areas to improve.

Hope that was helpful in some way; also hope I picked the right three songs, as I saw you have a couple of others on sound cloud with the same date.

Please keep going and posting new songs, most of the stuff I mention is easily fixable, and it's always different in a live setting compared to recordings!!

Cheers

Richard     

Agree!! just need to find a way to use it.