Crazy Is Enough --- New song :p

[FoulPhil]

Here's another new song. I don't really know what else to do to most of my songs mix and production wise. So, I've just been following the formula I came to with you guys help on the last songs I posted. Let me know what you think

 

[TripleM]

I notice your songs tend to start kind of abruptly. They go from 0 to 1,000,000 immediately. I think it might sound cool, if there was a count in, or a guitar lick, or something to start things off.

Anyway, it didn't sound too bad. The tone on things sounds pretty nice. Everything is well performed.

The big thing to me that I'd work on is to work on give instruments/vocals space. It's like everything is playing constantly, and struggling to be the center of attention. The song gets crowded. I think, with the good sound quality you get, that if you could just "sparse it up a bit" things would sound much better.

 

[FoulPhil]

I notice your songs tend to start kind of abruptly. They go from 0 to 1,000,000 immediately. I think it might sound cool, if there was a count in, or a guitar lick, or something to start things off.

Anyway, it didn't sound too bad. The tone on things sounds pretty nice. Everything is well performed.

The big thing to me that I'd work on is to work on give instruments/vocals space. It's like everything is playing constantly, and struggling to be the center of attention. The song gets crowded. I think, with the good sound quality you get, that if you could just "sparse it up a bit" things would sound much better.

I don't know how to do that. Should I turn all the music down or something? lol I guess I could try writing some short little intros.

 

[TripleM]

I don't know how to do that. Should I turn all the music down or something? lol I guess I could try writing some short little intros.

I'm thinking more along the lines of the parts you're playing, and not having full-on chords playing all the time. Try some individual string picking. Or some short stuccato type cords playing back beats. That kind of stuff.

 

[Robus]

This is my favorite one so far. Good song, great singing. I dig "sea of love" part. As usual I'm going to suggest thinning out the midrange, giving the lead vocal more space, and bringing down the guitars panned left and right. You've got a bunch of things tripping over each other in the midrange--guitars, voice, bass. Despite all that, good tune and performance as always Phil.

 

[FoulPhil]

This is my favorite one so far. Good song, great singing. I dig "sea of love" part. As usual I'm going to suggest thinning out the midrange, giving the lead vocal more space, and bringing down the guitars panned left and right. You've got a bunch of things tripping over each other in the midrange--guitars, voice, bass. Despite all that, good tune and performance as always Phil.

This one is a sort of love song So, I put some bad boy shit in there to keep it from getting too mushy lol. I'll probably try turning down all the guitars 1DB and see if that clears it up a little.

 

[Robus]

Come on Phil. Embrace your sappy side.

 

[dobro]

Here's another new song. I don't really know what else to do to most of my songs mix and production wise. So, I've just been following the formula I came to with you guys help on the last songs I posted. Let me know what you think

Everything I do rubs you wrong.

Sounds really good - even the shitkicker LF does a good job.

...and an endless supply of beer
Maybe we'll sail away across the sea of love

Ha!

Nice mix.

 

[Bruthish]

Man, you got old country/David Allan Coe thing nailed. GREAT song writing/composing. Good hook. Your mixes have improved a lot. Again I say, you found your calling in this genre.

I do tend to agree with Triple. It does sound a little cluttered but I think its coming from the right guitar. First try turning it down. If that doesn't do it, re-track it without sustaining the chords during the verses only. That way it will give the listener a clue that "this is where the verse starts" when playing it and gives a bigger build when the chorus kicks in. Palm mute the strings or single notes pick it. There just needs to be more of a variety between verse and chorus.

Again, GREAT job. Keep it up

 

[dobro]

I do tend to agree with Triple. It does sound a little cluttered but I think its coming from the right guitar. First try turning it down. If that doesn't do it, re-track it without sustaining the chords during the verses only. That way it will give the listener a clue that "this is where the verse starts" when playing it and gives a bigger build when the chorus kicks in.

I think you're on to something here, but I can't quite imagine it. Lemme see...you're saying that if the verse part was either a sort of Johnny Cash single note picked part, or a palm-muted thing, it would be more subdued and controlled and then the full strummed part would help the chorus be bigger. Is that it?

 

[Bruthish]

I think you're on to something here, but I can't quite imagine it. Lemme see...you're saying that if the verse part was either a sort of Johnny Cash single note picked part, or a palm-muted thing, it would be more subdued and controlled and then the full strummed part would help the chorus be bigger. Is that it?

That's exactly what I am saying. However, its just an observation and personal taste. What he has sounds good, I just think that its full throttle the whole song with not much change. Kick the verse back some and have the big chorus.

 

[FoulPhil]

Come on Phil. Embrace your sappy side.

lol F that

Everything I do rubs you wrong.

Sounds really good - even the shitkicker LF does a good job.

...and an endless supply of beer
Maybe we'll sail away across the sea of love

Ha!

Nice mix.

Thanks for listening . What's a shitkicker LF though?

Man, you got old country/David Allan Coe thing nailed. GREAT song writing/composing. Good hook. Your mixes have improved a lot. Again I say, you found your calling in this genre.

I do tend to agree with Triple. It does sound a little cluttered but I think its coming from the right guitar. First try turning it down. If that doesn't do it, re-track it without sustaining the chords during the verses only. That way it will give the listener a clue that "this is where the verse starts" when playing it and gives a bigger build when the chorus kicks in. Palm mute the strings or single notes pick it. There just needs to be more of a variety between verse and chorus.

Again, GREAT job. Keep it up

Well I have plenty of time to change it up a bit. I can write some fancy intros. I have a lot of other songs I'm working on and I think I need to be careful that they don't all have the same shit going on from song to song. The same kind of riffs and picking etc. I don't think they all sound the same though, so far. Some are more of a classic/southern rock style.

As it turns out I ended up with a shit ton of songs because I started writing this stuff last year and it took me for ever to figure out how to sing right lol. Only problem is my bass is out of commission. So, I'm taking my time until I can get it working or get a new one.

 

[mjbphotos]

I get what the others say about 'cluttered' somehow, and think if you try to bring the playing of the electric rhythm on the right down a bit in the verse it might do it. Part of the clutter might also be that the acoustic guitar (on the left) is not playing a smooth rhythm, but is also doing some 'chugging', so the two guitars doing this, plus the leectric licks thrown in are fudging up the vocal - made it hard for me to pay attention to the lyrics.

 

[FoulPhil]

I get what the others say about 'cluttered' somehow, and think if you try to bring the playing of the electric rhythm on the right down a bit in the verse it might do it. Part of the clutter might also be that the acoustic guitar (on the left) is not playing a smooth rhythm, but is also doing some 'chugging', so the two guitars doing this, plus the leectric licks thrown in are fudging up the vocal - made it hard for me to pay attention to the lyrics.

I will work on that. Keep in mind the electric licks are in between the vocals. When there's a break in the vocals comes the little lickz thing. I probably need to take some time to re-work the electric rhythm during the verses and turn the all guitars down a little. I'll try that and see if it works when I get some spare time

 

[Crycookie]

I tend to agree with the right guitar seemingly to be a bit too present while the vocals seem further away ,particularly during the chorus. For the guitar solo, the right guitar seems to fit well as it is though. Overall it is a great song though

 

[dobro]

Thanks for listening . What's a shitkicker LF though?

Low frequency. Big bottom bass. I usually don't like this much bass in relation to music like this, but I think it works on this one.

 

[FoulPhil]

I tend to agree with the right guitar seemingly to be a bit too present while the vocals seem further away ,particularly during the chorus. For the guitar solo, the right guitar seems to fit well as it is though. Overall it is a great song though

Thank you for the nice comments. I'm taking a little break to go at it with fresh ears next week lol

Low frequency. Big bottom bass. I usually don't like this much bass in relation to music like this, but I think it works on this one.

I see. I'm not really sure how it should be. I'm just trying to get it to sound as good as I can. Which isn't very good, but it might be good enough once I work out some bugs

 

[rayc]

Very cool FP.
The snare seems exaggeratedly panned in my h/phones & the beginning was a bit abrupt but otherwise it's cool.

 

[FoulPhil]

Very cool FP.
The snare seems exaggeratedly panned in my h/phones & the beginning was a bit abrupt but otherwise it's cool.

Thanks, Rayc. I'll work on it

 

[ido1957]

I suffer from the "constant strumming" syndrome myself and have tried to remedy that - not sure if I have succeeded though
The bass hit me hard in the beginning but after a few bars it sort of became a non issue. I thought the overall balance was good - I liked where the vocals sat personally - any louder and they would probably pop out a bit. Do I here ball straining harmonies throughout ?? Man that's high...
The lyrics are going to stick with me - excellent!