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Registering your work with the copyright office creates a legal presumption that you are the creator of the work. This means that someone who challenges the origins of the work must overcome that legal presumption with lots of very convincing evidence. The contesting party then becomes the one...

Witm8, your voice really isn't bad at all. You can sing on key, and your voice has a musical quality about it (which I suppose covers a lot of territory, since Joe Cocker's voice also had a "musical quality", at least to me). I'm also kind of shy about singing in public, unless other people...

That's a great interview, thanks so much for posting it. I think I understood what he was getting at, and now all those "little grey cells" are starting to work overtime. I've doubled vocals before, but find that it's hard work because I'm something less than a natural singer. I once was...

Well, sorry, but I was IMPRESSED! Great vocal work, and a pretty tight performance. For sure, do more!

The song is good. I would raise the vocals a little in the mix, because a lot of words are slipping under the guitar and disappearing. I don't know what your studio's capabilities are (mine are slightly better than stoneage), but there are parts where doubling the vocals, or maybe even doing...

I've added my revised mix to the first post of this thread. It may not be quite there yet, but I'm sure it's better. I brought the brass section down significantly, and I did do a 5K boost of the vocals. Of course, since the vocals are part of the "canned" music (vocals, keyboards, drums and...

Re the vocals, you and rayc nailed it. Laura's background was in musical theatre, and she was the lead singer in a band I was in at the time. Pat Benatar was big at that point in time, and we did a lot of Benatar stuff, which she handled really well. She would probably do well with...

Hey guys, thanks so much for this! I'm taking notes like crazy, and I think I'll try to modify the mix (probably not tonight; I'm virtually dead on my feet). The stereo mix tape I used was a 1st generation off of the stereo master, so it's not ideal. I still haven't found the stereo master...

Lost in her Cave -- it sets a mood, but doesn't really go anywhere with it. At the end I was waiting for more, but it was all gone. Liked the synth sounds (pong-effect was OK by me), and the vocals were smooth but artificial (I guess this is what you were going for?). It sounds like an...

That's really nicely done, Swarm; a tight, clean sound. While vocals would be nice over the top, I gather you're going for more of a "dance-beat" sound, and one could certainly dance to this. What are you using for the drum tracks?

A CHILD OF THE CITY -- Revised mix Some many years ago, I recorded a number of songs at Sage & Sound Recording Studio in Hollywood. I’m linking one of those songs for critique, and it requires a couple of bits of “backstory”. (“A Child of the City”) First, we recorded the basic tracks of...

Finally crawled out from under the cold that's had its boot on my neck (nose?) for the last four days, and I'm catching up. I really liked both songs. I used to do a yearly Christmas CD that I'd send out instead of Christmas cards, but just got too busy. And it was never as good as what I...

Listening to your sample, and putting aside clipping and other recording deficits, I sense that she's holding back her voice, almost as if she's trying to sing quietly. I'm guessing that that is due to lack of confidence, and yes, embarrassment at having to sing in front of another human being...

That is a REALLY interesting song. I listened to it three times, and I think that there are only three things which I might change, if it was my song. When you transit from the slow opening beat to the hyperbeat (!!), I have trouble sorting out that beat right away, and it tends to sound a...

Boy, the vocals really make this song GO. Great harmonies. And I love the "Aqualung" vocal sequence after the instrumental break. I can't really offer much in the way of criticism, except to tell myself to go and try to do likewise. . .:)