First Timer - Please Critique Harshly - 16 Tons

[HesBigInGermany]

Hello All,

This should be a croud-pleaser. Here's my first attempt at digital recording/mixing. It's a cover of Tennesse Ernie Ford's "16 Tons". It's campy, it's sinister, it's ballsy. If you don't love it, I'll eat my hat. No - really.

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=306394&T=6416

I want harsh critiques: too much reverb! muted vocals! lousy amateur! - and so on. It's 1.80MB, so it'll download quick.

Thanks!

Lake Blues

He's Big In Germany

 

[lumbago]

The link to your track isn't visible to those people who don't register at the hosting site.

Try posting it on a normal website.

 

[HesBigInGermany]

RE: First Timer - Please Critique Harshly - 16 Tons Reply to Thread

The link is invisible? Whaddya mean - "normal" website? A little help, please. I'm in IT so no pedantics, please.

 

[Purge]

Yup, he's right. Songs don't show up unless you register.

 

[HesBigInGermany]

Okay,

Thanks for the feedback! Here's an alternate download site:

Just in case the above link is invisible, here it is w/o hyperlink:

This is a 160kbps MP3 file at 3.00MB

Thanks,
Tom

 

[HesBigInGermany]

Ahem - without hyperlink:

<pre>http://www.geocities.com/covander/ThomasMurray_16Tons.mp3</pre>

For my next trick . . .

 

[schenkerguy]

"Unable to process request" ..... "page unavailable"....

 

[Disposable]

"Unable to process request" ..... "page unavailable"....

From Geocities... You have to right click and "Save As..."
Else you'll get that error page.

 

[Disposable]

As to the recording...
The only thing that really irked me was the delay effect on the vocals.
It got really annoying, really fast.
I think it should have been used a bit more judiciously (only as an accent)

 

[HesBigInGermany]

Thank you for the feedback, Disposable. I had trouble compressing the vocals - some parts came out kinda soggy. So I thought "why not flesh them out a bit?" But now I can hear what you mean. I was trying to avoid sounding "vintage" and I just went too far in that direction. Maybe I should try to make it sound a little less "produced?"

Please, keep it coming! Is the percussion too "canned?" Vocals too nasal? I don't know enough yet to learn from my own mistakes. Please point them out for me! Constructively, si'l voux plait.

Thanks!

Tom