80's power ballad

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heheh. Listened to both tracks. This is totally my era (well, was!)

Concentrating on "Dont say good Night". I love where you're going with this, though still needs work. You may want to consider changing one or two of the melody lines as they are simply out of tune eg. "you know I need you around". To be honest (and please take this as a compliment) If I was you with a range and good sounding voice like that I would seriously consider investing in some singing lessons to adress some of the tuning and timing problems as you have the potential to be great.

The Acoustic and the Piano gell well together and overall you have achieved the sort of sound you're looking for. When the electric guitar Kicks in though, its sticks out like a sore thumb. 2 suggestions: 1, pull it back in the mix and 2, try double tracking it. Do the take twice and pan the two separate takes hard Left and Right (dont use the same recording as with the same signal coming out of both sides, you wont achieve anything. It'll still sound mono (unless of course you slow one side down etc etc but I'll not go into that)). This way you'll achieve the impact of the guitar coming into the song and you'll also increase the stereo spread giving a much fuller sound without the need for all that level!

All in all though, good effort!!

Cheers
Dee
 
Hey, nice work. Nice components all round. They just need some work to all connect together to make this a cracker song.

I agree with the last poster. Great voice but needs some pitch work. Can you not hear yourself properly while tracking perhaps? (I had lots of problems getting appropriate headphone feeds to hear my actual pitch. Maybe you have the same thing going on.) Also the guitar crashing in on the song like that needs some attention.

At the end of the song your phrasing could be improved -- it sounded like you were rushing to finish :) cramming in stuff like:
"Coz I don't wanna face the night alone"
when something like "Coz I couldn't face the night alone" might fit better (slightly different meaning of course).

Have fun
aspiring
 
Fair playing on the piano.. This is a very sincere song, isn't it? But the piano sound itself is not the best. Vocals are pitchy and tentative. The drums.. well, they could use a little work. Guitars kick in and don't gel, although they are in tune and playing appropriate chords. I suspect this is just a mixing issue. The solo is pretty good, but dosen't fade well into the next section. Perhaps the song is too sincere for it's own good.

As something to listen back to, in order to hear yourself making mistakes you don't want to make again, this track is invaluable.

As a vocalist, I have got some real dogs at home, and I won't post them for you here. But suffice it to say I learned to do what I was good at and leave the rest for more talented individuals - most great singers I know aren't great at everything.

You have a good range, and it's clear you're a good singer, but you lack the control to pass easily from your chest voice to your head voice. Practice will make this easier, but the lack of popularity power ballads currently enjoy will make the chances of debuting this technique vanishingly small. Anyway, scales scales scales. Sing them up and down your range and find your transfer spot and nail switching back and forth at volume. Avoid the glory notes with the wide vibrato, it is very very cheesy.

Thanks for posting this, and don't be discouraged. Keep it coming.

-Casey
 
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