Original Dark Folk Song : "I Won't Change"

[Greg_L]

kcearl writes and records all of my music. i just take credit for it.

 

[robgreen]

Rob- Thank you again for your helpful comments! I really appreciate you taking the time to listen to my stuff.

I'm actually doing separate tracking this time. Do you think the vocals should be louder? I was trying to keep them a bit balanced with the guitar.

I checked out Damien last time when you mentioned him. I agree that I am trying to do something similar to him. I definitely notice that his vocals are much crisper than mine. I think I have to work on the enunciation a bit.

I was just listening to : YouTube - Medication - Damien Jurado . It's interesting the way this is mixed with all the guitar on the L and the vocals on the R. Pretty unusual and slightly uncomfortable listening.

I also Youtube'ed my vid : YouTube - "I Won't Change" - Original Sad Song . I find that people that are into lyrics (myself included) enjoy the song more when they read the lyrics too. Hard to always understand what is being sung when not reading along. (Maybe also has to do with enunciation or volume level on the vocals.)

I also agree that this is a big improvement on my previous stuff. I really feel that I am growing a lot and a good part of that has been from the helpful comments on these boards. So thank you all once again.

Yeah, I meant I thought it was too unbalanced the other way ie. the guitar was too quiet and the vocals too out in front initially. Agree the harmonica lines need more definition. Even if you're still struggling to do the guitar and vocals separately, I reckon you should be able to layer the harmonica on top after you've done them. That way you can work on pasting in your best takes, practising over without having to re-record the whole song if you don't like em and getting them stronger.

Depends how you want to approach recording, but I'd really spend time planning out your songs so that you know the structure inside out and that will pay out when you come to record. You'll know how much space to leave for the harmonica or other instruments and as you get used to planning out the structure more, it should start getting easier to track the different parts separately.

Sorry, forgot I'd already recommended Damien Jurado to you. I am neither him nor his agent, I promise

 

[kcearl]

Thanks KC. Nice to hear from you again.

For the guitar, you mean when picking to pick more of the B and E string? Or do you mean something in the mixing process? What do you mean by "cuts in the lower mids"?

The problem I'm facing with the Harmonica currently is that I can only use it for small bridges essentially. I'm not really skilled enough yet to do a full solo.

if your not comfortable doing a larger part with the harmonic just leave it out..or keep practising..or leave it in lol This is all the beginning so just have fun with it..

The low mid frequencies are part of your EQing process during mixing...but I think you said you record all at once didnt you? I think eventually thats a habit you'll have to break if you want you mixes to improve, or you're going to have to be spot on at the tracking

but really so long as youre enjoying it go for it, it definitely sounds better each time and thats a good thing (btw after two years thats still whats going on)

kcearl writes and records all of my music. i just take credit for it.

Im missing last months royalty check..no $$$ no rock

 

[oneguy]

No I recorded the guitar and vocals separately. So I can play with it.

Did you have a chance to check out the second song?