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Great tune Emeric! The acoustic guitar sound was very good. Great guitar work in general!
Like a lot of the posts, I think that you should do the lead vocals over and add some sort of backgound vocals (see my next post for more on this). Personally, I would go for a more emotion filled take, groaning, screaming, let it rip! Climax (more) with your vocals along with the music.
If you're recording yourself, you may want to work harder on your headphone mix and recording levels during the "high energy" parts. During the "high energy" parts, you sound like you're afraid of really pushing your voice for fear of "peaking" on the recorder or because your vocals in the headphones is too loud (causing you to think that it's loud enough). I could be wrong. I would trade off a higher level for the ability to really "belt" the song out. That is, record at a lower level so you could really "push it" during the loud parts OR you may also want to record the soft parts separately from the loud parts. That way, you could have two different settings that optimizes your recording levels for each type.
I must say that it's very easy to criticize, but either way, you've got a good song on your hands. If you're intending on commercial release, you may want to have a long mix (like the one that you played for us) and a radio mix (~3:30). 5 minutes is too long for radio. I hope that this helps. Great job!
Rev E
Like a lot of the posts, I think that you should do the lead vocals over and add some sort of backgound vocals (see my next post for more on this). Personally, I would go for a more emotion filled take, groaning, screaming, let it rip! Climax (more) with your vocals along with the music.
If you're recording yourself, you may want to work harder on your headphone mix and recording levels during the "high energy" parts. During the "high energy" parts, you sound like you're afraid of really pushing your voice for fear of "peaking" on the recorder or because your vocals in the headphones is too loud (causing you to think that it's loud enough). I could be wrong. I would trade off a higher level for the ability to really "belt" the song out. That is, record at a lower level so you could really "push it" during the loud parts OR you may also want to record the soft parts separately from the loud parts. That way, you could have two different settings that optimizes your recording levels for each type.
I must say that it's very easy to criticize, but either way, you've got a good song on your hands. If you're intending on commercial release, you may want to have a long mix (like the one that you played for us) and a radio mix (~3:30). 5 minutes is too long for radio. I hope that this helps. Great job!
Rev E
