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Thread 'Theme For an Unmade Film' https://homerecording.com/bbs/threads/theme-for-an-unmade-film.430600/

While working on something else, I started playing a rhythmic two chord pattern. A sliding to B, staying there with staccato stabs, then repeating. Threw in a cheeky G, then an E and kept it on repeat. I knew I would forget it in 5 minutes so quickly put it down with a drumbeat on the BR-800...

I want to say a little bit more about this excellent composition, and why I like it so much. It reminds me of times waiting for the bus for work in the late 90s with The Colour and The Shape and There is Nothing Left To Lose by the Foo Fighters on repeat in my minidisc player. It's got Grohl's...

Love this one. Shades of Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet. The excellent chorus is a more commercial Bob Mould!

That is a big operatic ambitious song. Cleanly recorded. Reminds me of Mansun. That hit he had. As a middle ground suggestion, for the verses couldn't you substitute the busy synth for a gentler string wash, hinting at the chord changes? I like the synth but agree that you can get more...

Possibly not. It's a drum machine, programmed with ins, verse patterns, and fills so it depends which ones I chose at the time that seemed to fit.

Yes, mixed on headphones. I always check on external monitors after that, and adjust as necessary. Do you mean the bass alone is low, or the low end on the other instruments? I'm conscious of bass, so always listening for it. What are the problems with using headphones?

One what?

Right, that new chorus is excellent. While the original wasn't bad, this one is leaps and bounds better. Shows what a difference it can make, and how limitless are the melody possibilities over the same chord structure. Good one. The verse after that first chorus now has lyrics and comes in...

Have you replaced it into the original post? I like this too. You should leave both versions up, for comparison and so we can see the progress. The instrumental from 1:50 on is too sparse. It needs more to be going on there to keep it interesting. Could be as little as one instrument more...

Thanks all. I'll take a look at the drums. It's always a balancing act, isn't it? Being a guitarist first, I am constantly fighting my instinct to hit the volume button on the guitars. But I try to do everything to serve the song, and was shocked when I first realised that it was the drums...

Thanks man! When you say retro, what were you thinking? 90s or 60s! Be good to know how the song feels to others. I hear it as one thing in my head, but it always comes out different when recording. Just realised it only goes over 4 minutes because of the outro, and that starts before the 3...

Dane Same happens with my second hand unit. Was yours new?

This one was fully completed using the Boss BR-800 digital portastudio. No external effects apart from the in built ones, and the internal drum machine. Managed to to just keep it at 4 minutes, which is rare for me. Especially as I am a big fan of that elusive perfect 3 minute pop song...

Love this. There's a bit of My Sweet Lord in there, a bit of Seasons in the Sun, and a bit of Afternoon Delight. Early seventies. Sounds like a proper song. Keep at it and finish it.