Yep I hear you Adi and would have said the same. But hey the chins not down but the brow is mighty furrowed. The show goes on regardless. 
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Maggie
What doesn’t kill you !! Equilibrium restored, certainly after the feedback. Hey one of those things but I’d rather they not happen 20 minutes to showtime !! Thanks regards the vox, I love the 2nd song and its easy to immerse yourself into and that helps the deliver. Outside had quite a few challenges and that high part and the expression of it needed a bit of work but was a good exercise for pushing boundaries !
Cheers
Toby
Cheers Byron, as you can see I took a different route to the originals and a graunchy 57 Champ tone on Outside sounded cool. Found that a swine to sync the rhythm and vox. Did you find it like that when you covered it, it took me ages to get it in time ? IBA is just a great song, so chuffed to finally sing and plat it. Oh for your reference as I recall you had issues with the Key, these were both 1/2 step down.
Thank you my dear friend. Yes that hunt can be a frustration but what a pleasure when you find that sweet set up ! Happy with this one for sure. The Open Mic was last night, so the video has not been released yet. Due to the problems on audio that had to be a last minute DI on Vox and Guitar but at least I had the Mustang effect stored for use. Would have been a disaster if I’d gone the amp sim route !
Thanks for listening Leo.
As others have said - as a newbie on the OM audience - I thought it sounded good live. I can see the difference with the hindsight of the above recordings which are great! But live over zoom - I enjoyed the performance and the atmosphere and the music more than enough! 
Invitation from me as well - I tend to listen to live music on twitch most evenings from 8pm UK time so am more than happy to swap that out to listen to a zoom call of live music (or sound checks) 
I have to say Toby, I thought your performance was spot on. Maybe you’re being too self critical?
Then again, I suppose we all are.
I enjoyed your set though.
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Yeah i quite liked it! 
I honestly cant remember lol, i think i had my guitar tuned down below a half step if i recall.
If I recall you went further than a tone ! Great songs though !
Al/Stefan
Thanks for that guys at least the recordings here shows how it was meant to be. But on reflection, given how quickly I reconfigured everything as the event started rolling out and manage to get some sound out when called to the stage, I can’t complain. It was looking at lot worse at one point.
Now if I had put that out at our first Open Mic I would have been more than happy. Once you two start recording more frequently, you’ll find that you will want to raise the bar each time and maybe delve into the black art of mixing. And that’s when the self critique arises and you make comparisons with your last mix. Its the recording equivalent of GAS. I don’t know what its called but there are many who suffer and we look to Roman, Kasper, LBro and Leo etc and aspire to their mastering skills. Like normal GAS its infectious, so be warned. 
Anyway, problem resolved so off to up date the other thread. Thanks Al for the kind offer !
Cheers
Toby
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Hi Toby not sure if it’s me but I don’t seem to be able to play the videos. It’s telling me they’ve been removed…that said I am away visiting my daughter in Liverpool so it may be the apartment wifi (although all else seems okay). I will take a look back later.
Shoot !! I did some housekeeping last night and removed 30 odd OM VI takes from YT. I may have goofed. On the case ! 
Temporary glitch folks. I’ll let you know when the new links have been dropped in. Sorry.
Hey, that’s my stomping ground!
If you’re ever up and want a place to crash, gimme a shout 
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OK problems resolved. Just some over zealous housekeeping. I’m just hoping this is the fully edited dry run cuts, without the mid point self analysis !!
I thought it was Brian and thanks for the offer…we’ll have to catch a coffee if you’re around next time I’m up. Will probably be in May when I collect her for the summer.
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Yes I can watch and listen now and it sounds very good Toby…vocal particularly strong on this…that said from a live performance perspective I don’t think it was significantly impacted on the OM. I think it’s the difference between you knowing what you wanted and knowing you couldn’t deliver it.
Very true and knowing I made a complete mare of the first verse of Outside and stumbled into the first few bars. Seeing the mic clipping didn’t help, so I know the adrenaline was pushing the vocals, let alone not hearing clearly what was going on ! An interesting experience I will not be in a rush to repeat ! Thx for the listen.
Sounded good TJ! You are nailing these rock strummers. Well done sir!
Great job Toby, those were both great.