baby tombstones

[dobro]

The only thing I would suggest is when the song goes into the musical break in the middle, and there are no vocals, I think it could use a little more volume. It would sound fuller and fill up the space better and give a more dramatic crescendo before dropping when the vocals come back in.

I'll try it and see what it sounds like, jimistone - thanks very much.

I'm hating the brushes. Sounds like static and it's not fun to hear all song long. That's just me.

It's not just you - it's me too. I haven't found a way to get a better definition on the brushes sound without the 'static' feel. I should just ante up for a snare drum and do it right.

Trish's voice doubling is not doing anything for me. I love her voice, and I'm cool with double tracking, but I'd like one of the doubled tracks to be subtle underneath whichever track you determine to be the main one.

That's a third approach I hadn't thought of. I'll try it. When I originally put the two voices up together, I was aiming at a charming variation of the 'creepy singing girls' thing you get in some horror movies. I didn't want a creepy sound, but I wanted a sound that indicated that something wasn't quite right. I love the vulnerability in Trish's voice, so that worked for that. But I thought the two voices worked even better for that. I've tried it both ways (two voices, one voice) and I know which one I prefer. But I'll try your suggestion as well and make a final decision.

Thanks for listening. That's what I really hope for here - that somebody notices their first impressions and shares them. I'm never looking for a comprehensive mix review, just those first main impressions about whatever sticks out. Thanks.

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Pretty cool.

I like the doubled and hard-panned oohs for Frits, but dropping her to a single take when she's on lead does sound good. I might lower her in the mix a bit at that point though

The bongo brush solo felt a bit out of place.

I'm also hearing a lot of what sounds like pops and smacks on the vocal takes.

Very cool song though. Very calming in a dark kind of way.

 

[dobro]

Pretty cool.

I like the doubled and hard-panned oohs for Frits, but dropping her to a single take when she's on lead does sound good. I might lower her in the mix a bit at that point though

The bongo brush solo felt a bit out of place.

I'm also hearing a lot of what sounds like pops and smacks on the vocal takes.

Very cool song though. Very calming in a dark kind of way.

Look, I appreciate your comments, but that last one made my day. 'Very calming in a dark kind of way' is exactly what this song is about for me. Yeah, yeah, I know that everybody gets out of a song what they get out of a song, and no two people are alike, but it's gratifying when somebody who hears my stuff is on the same page as me. Thanks.

 

[dobro]

Trish's voice doubling is not doing anything for me. I love her voice, and I'm cool with double tracking, but I'd like one of the doubled tracks to be subtle underneath whichever track you determine to be the main one.

Like this, it's fearless. Bleak as Portishead. Makes the word 'darkness' seem more important. Cheers, Greg.

 

[Crazy Luke]

Good "roots" music. Question for forum: On doubled guitars, I'll pan the two takes hard right and left, but for doubled vocal takes, I just dip one -6 dB or so under the other in the middle, right? Here, dobro is going against the norm for effect?

 

[dobro]

Whoa! Good ears! For the version I posted here, I panned the doubled vocal 20 degrees off the main vocal (which is at center), and about 10 dB quieter than the main vocal. But 'going against the norm'? Nah. There is no norm lol.

 

[rayc]

Latest is cool. I liked the original withy the full double.
Trish's voice has a very endearing quality to it.
It contrasts well with your world weary but kooky vox.
Lovely song...
rock me gently in your concrete mixer and settle me on the river bed.
Lovely song.

 

[Tadpui]

I listened to this last week but I guess that I forgot to comment...

Listening to the original version. Great stuff, I really dig your sense of songwriting.

On the doubled FTG vocals, I actually like it. But I'd be curious to hear it if you picked one, made it the dominant one, compressed the other one heavily and blended it back in at a low level. Then you'd have a dominant vocal that would be beefed up/doubled by a more subtle and less dynamic underlying track. But that's only if you're in the mood to futz with it...I like a little doubled vocal sometimes.

Re: the brushed snare. Is there much compression on that snare track? If so, see what happens if you reduce or eliminate it altogether. Then the brush sound might be less prominent compared to the snare hits. That would push the brushed sound into the background a bit more and make it less distracting.

 

[dobro]

I listened to this last week but I guess that I forgot to comment...

Listening to the original version. Great stuff, I really dig your sense of songwriting.

On the doubled FTG vocals, I actually like it. But I'd be curious to hear it if you picked one, made it the dominant one, compressed the other one heavily and blended it back in at a low level. Then you'd have a dominant vocal that would be beefed up/doubled by a more subtle and less dynamic underlying track. But that's only if you're in the mood to futz with it...I like a little doubled vocal sometimes.

Re: the brushed snare. Is there much compression on that snare track? If so, see what happens if you reduce or eliminate it altogether. Then the brush sound might be less prominent compared to the snare hits. That would push the brushed sound into the background a bit more and make it less distracting.

That might sound something like this:



Except for the brushed sound, of course.

 

[ido1957]

Good tune - well written and I agree with what VHS said about it. I'm going to pick the single vocal for FTG - but it's hard to pick as they are both cool.
I know you're not using the same mic but it would be cool if you could increase the proximity effect on her track, or bass maybe, to sort of match your tone which is a little more intimate (just my preference).
I heard a bunch of hiss at the beginning and end - is that mic noise? It seemed to be inaudible during the song though. The brushes are what they are - I'd take em down a hair. That faster guitar part is way cool...