Another new monitor, new song thread

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I've had my new monitors about a month now but haven't had a chance to mix on them until now. Life keeps getting in the way of music. Here is the link. www.nowhereradio.com/gregkat The song is "want" Any comments would be helpful.

Greg
 
good tune

good tune, I dig the strings... the mix sounds pretty good over here except that the vocals are a bit too low.. I would bring up the vocals because they are very good imop.. I have the same problem, but your voice is actually good so I would turn them up.. Mainly in the beginning... a little Elvis Costello in your voice I think..

good tune, turn up the vocals..

sam
 
Thanks for the kind words sabbath. I always seem to do that with my vocals. To me, I felt they were a bit too loud. When I record other people they always want me to pull their vocal down and I always say trust me.

Greg
 
Really good tune Greg.I REALLY like your voice and I agree with Sab,the vocal needs to come up a little or maybe EQ them a little bit to make them cut through the mix.

Nice melody and I like the way you used all the different guitar parts.It all works really well.

The rhythm section sort of has a "Toad The Wet Sprocket" feel to it.It has an airy sound to it that I dig.

Nice job.;)
 
sounds pretty decent to me, Like its almost there but not quite

The vocal level sounds nice as it is, and the singer's voice is decent.

overall, a decent effort.

funk on!
 
This sounds very good to me. I think the vox levels are good in the "larger"sections but could come up maybe a db in the verses. I'm still adjusting to new monitors as well. But this is a VERY good sounding song to me. Nice job to all those involved.
 
BTW, I really dig the strings at the end, from the point they enter through the point they take over. Nice touch.
 
Nice song. I liked the progression and intrumentation. Vocals are excelent (if not a tad too low) and the ending is quite moody and fitting.


Great job!

Theron.
 
Nice song, I really liked the vocal delay effect at the start of the verses. Overall it sounds very good.

There is something I can't put my finger on though, the vocals seem loud enough but just don't cut through sometimes.

The singing is excellent!

Paul
 
Thanks to everyone for the compliments. SLuiCe, I think your right, I will try a slight boost in the verses. I'm surprised no one has asked what the new monitors are. Dynaudio Bm6a's, I upgraded from Event 20/20 bas. Although I really liked the Events, I couldn't be more pleased with the Dynaudios. It seems like no more guesswork especially in the low end.

Greg
 
the song just takes off at 1:28...and continues on. I love the high vocal parts(where you do the octave jumps). just great. bottom end seems fine to me too.

the strings are nicely done, written, etc. but there is a dissonance that is not similar to the rest of the song. ...whether that is intentional or not [I'd like to know!]. I'd prefer something a little 'gentler' on my mind (and not the Glen Cambell stuff, thank you...as fine a guitar player he is.....where am I going with this:confused: :eek: )
 
wow!!!!!!

great tune!

your voice is superb my man, i'd have to get kicked in the nads to go that high, and i would still sound like a cat in a vice! im green with envy

peace

rick:eek:
 
I like the mixing. Maybe the sound lacks some mid-range stuff, like some nice keyboard sweep. The drums are mixed very good and all the instruments sound good. The singing is good too. The song sounds like a basic pop song. It does have its moments. I'm not too keen of the constant "behind" drum beat. I mean, it works, but not when the whole song is based on it, I think. But what do I know :D ?
 
mixmkr, I know the part you are referring to though I don't think it is real dissonance. The song is in C and the string quartet part are still in C. The beating you hear is the viola and cello a half step from each other that is emphasized by a similar sample loop. It bothered me a little also but I liked the tension so I left it alone.

fenderlikingood, Yeah it is kinda high, I did three takes and that was it, My voice was shot for the rest of the day.

CrankyOne, I can see how the "off" snare can get a little tiresome. I tried to break it up with the toms in the chorus section. The drum rhythm was copped sort of from Radioheads' "knives out"

Thanks for listening,

Greg
 
gregkat said:
mixmkr, I know the part you are referring to though I don't think it is real dissonance. The song is in C and the string quartet part are still in C. The beating you hear is the viola and cello a half step from each other that is emphasized by a similar sample loop. It bothered me a little also but I liked the tension so I left it alone.
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aaah...so there IS someone who frequents here who is INTENTIONALLY writing with minor seconds....or are those flat 9's? for shame, for shame, for shame...:eek:
:D :D :D
 
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