Finding Our Way

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Hey guys! This is the second self-composed single I am working on in my one-man-band project.

This is all single-tracked by myself, written and performed by myself as well. Tracked in Cubase 5, with lots of Waves plug-ins/other miscellaneous things. My main PC right now is a Dell all-in-one desktop, it's a Core i3 with 4GB of RAM....... it's super slow. I'm going to be upgrading within the month, so I will be doing tons of research between now and then.

Anyways, on to the song! All feedback is appreciated, please be brutally honest, and remember that I do not consider myself an amazing vocalist - I purely write stuff like this to expand my knowledge of recording/mixing/mastering. I have a couple really awesome projects lined up this summer with some super talented vocalists that I can't wait to share with all of you!

 
Not bad man. Sounds pretty damn good. The song itself is quite moving. Like where you are going with the production.

Piano seems to jump out at me in the mix like it doesn't fit. The guitars are a bit thin. Kick drum does not sit right. The sample is odd to me.

The vocals are actually the one thing I don't have anything to nit about.

Good stuff man. :)
 
Oh, and how are the potatoes out there? lol! Just kidding man.

:drunk:
 
jimmys69 said:
Not bad man. Sounds pretty damn good. The song itself is quite moving. Like where you are going with the production.

Piano seems to jump out at me in the mix like it doesn't fit. The guitars are a bit thin. Kick drum does not sit right. The sample is odd to me.

The vocals are actually the one thing I don't have anything to nit about.

Good stuff man. :)
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Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Listening to it again, I totally agree with you on the piano. I am going to play with it and try to blend it some more.

Could you possibly get a little more specific with the kick? I can hunt around for some different samples, does it just sound a little heavy?

Haha, the potatoes are awesome btw :)
 
I am actually not sure the kick is the only issue itself. It may have more to do with the lack of bass guitar in the tune. Either way, there is a gap in the mix and the kick drum is not doing it on its own. It sticks out as unpleasant to me. Maybe a more natural 'beater on head' sounding kick would fit the tune better. Just stating what I hear here.

The song is quite cool man. Not in any way trying to offend.

I will take bacon, sour cream and cheddar on my potato thanks! lol!
 
No offense taken at all sir! Just wanted to get some direction which you have provided and I appreciate it lots. I will dive into it more tomorrow and see if I can't fill out the bottom end a bit more! Like I said thanks so much for the feedback :)
 
I didn't think it was too bad. I thought it was well sung.

In the first section, I thought the piano was louder than the vocal. To me the vocal should be in front of the piano. That first section was a bit loud. At about the one minute mark, the song kicks in with drums. But there is no "umph" there because the song was already too loud.

The kick sound is a little bit woofy.

Other than those things, I thought it was pretty good.
 
the vocals are bright, the piano is definitely distracting and needs some automation or at the very least sidechain compression to turn it down in the right parts. The drums are too quiet balance wise and not snappy enough, especially the snare in the upper mids. The other thing I noticed is that the kick and bass guitar are clashing because they are pretty much in the same frequency range which is partly why it sounds muddy
 
I'd like to hear a little more attack and bounce to the kick, but it could be a genre thing. Not a fan of the effect (is it across the whole master bus?) between 2:25 and 2:50, and during that time the drums are pretty close to being buried.

Strong sounding song though, other performances seem solid. I thought the vocals were pretty good..
 
Vocals sound OK to me. I think the piano pulled down a little wouldn't hurt and some roll off on it at the bottom to get some of the rumble out. I do like how it stands out, just a bit much, so don't pull it down too much.

Your break @:57 seems like it could have been a little longer, really was a good contrast, just seemed too short.

Nice effort.
 
Slip a de esser in before the reverb.
New drum samples and a real bass guitar would help heaps.
This gets a little loud in spots.
Good song.
 
Alright. Finally set aside some time to take in feedback and re-mix. Thank you all for your opinions and compliments, I appreciate it all very much.

Let me know what you think of the new version. The next step is real bass, hopefully soon.

 
Cool song! Definitely great tone to your voice, very fitting for the genre. This mix is definitely better than the last one.
 
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