Rusty Bullets by Manslick | Manslick Road | Free Listening on SoundCloud
All comments welcome.
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All comments welcome.
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The opening guitar riff is a bit awkward, sounds punched in, and is louder than the remaining guitar.
Hey strat - thanks for the comments.Nice tune-The opening guitar riff is a bit awkward, sounds punched in, and is louder than the remaining guitar. Once the tune gets going the guitar sounds good. Vocal mix is good. Kind or weird to me not having the bass for the first half of the song, though that's not mix related...Some of the drum sounds seem strange to me-the muted ride cymbal pinging-i hear some other special effects type sounds-again not mix related. I think your mix is fine, i just find some of the arrangement and sound choices a bit unusual and distracting. Lyrics are depressing but it's a well written song!
The kick at the the start seems out of place. I agree its strange when the bass comes in. Also agree the muted ride is weird. The synth note at the end hangs on too long, and that intro guitar (few notes) definitely too loud.
Good writing, just think this would benefit from a more 'conventional' arrangement.
That's the first thing I noticed too.
Around 1:13, when the vocal switches to the "working man" line, the noise floor shoots way up. Did you track that vocal differently? Same with "shut up" around 1:50. (Also... is this a "Mommy Said" rewrite?)
I think the synth is a good touch. Seems like it's going for a steel guitar vibe but sounds more like a theremin. (Good choice. Theremins are great. Steel's suck)
Thanks for the feedback mjbphotos.
Where would you bring in the bass?
Really, I need advice on how to make this not so boring.
Only Dylan can pull that off.
Bring the drums and bass in after the ring-a-dingding'
Oh! It's the ride. Between the vocal inflection changing and the ride coming in, it just sounds noisier.Hmm noise floor. Maybe my compressor let go too soon. IDK. The vocal is one take. Are you hearing my furnace roaring? Damn that thing!
Oh! It's the ride. Between the vocal inflection changing and the ride coming in, it just sounds noisier.
It has that MOR feel. To make it "less boring" as you called it, you'd have to stray from that MOR formula. Use some unique sounds, rhythms, etc. The mix sounds pretty good. The acoustic is a little bright and thin, drums are thin and the programming sounds like an after thought. The vocal is nice. Since it's the best part, I'd highlight that and ditch the programmed drums and put in some unique percussion. Do it by hand maybe. Or if you're good at bass let that carry the rhythm section and ditch percussion all together (ala Van Morrison on Astral Weeks where the bass drives the rhythm). That kind of arrangement would make it more interesting for sure.
On my setup, the kick was very clicky, I wasn't getting much bottom-end roundness to the mix. I agree something is awkward during the opening. No probs with the acoustic tone or snare, or the vocals for that matter.