Kainz said:Aah.. back at the forums.
Hmh overall nice here.
- I don't like that acoustic at all. It sounds way too "honky" for me, not even close to being natural. Or then the guitar used just plain sucks big time .
- The "s"es and "t"s of the singer (eg. at 0:40-0:55, whre are his front teeth? ), or does the singer sound like that? (eg. some "speaking problems"; dunno the word heh). Anyway I think the sibilances are somewhat very unnatural. I dunno where the problem is (vocalist's sound, EQ or DeEss?). I would guess it is the "air" EQ and DeEss. Check those please. At the moment I feel the vox being too disturbing and distracting.
I like the drums and electrics (as usual, you really nail those overdrives ).
ragata said:Didn't like the song at all, though
Timothy Lawler said:I like the vocal sound and expression, and the distorted gtr. I think the song has a lot of potential. Personally, ignoring the singer's pitch issues, it's actually quite moving. I can't make out the lyrics for some of it... is this a religious song? Never mind... listening more... it must be.
I'm not hearing any real mixing issues, just arrangement and performance issues so I'll go ahead and blather on about those...
The drums sound good to me, but only when the elec gtr's over them.
I don't like the ac gtr at all. But the main thing about the song that gets to me negatively is the fact that the vocal is flat on the frequently repeated high F# almost every time. Really flat. Sometimes other high notes, but that's the worst and most frequent one. That said, I think the vocal is really well done and expressive when it's not trying to reach so high. When the mix is dense with the elec gtr/drums I don't notice the vocal pitch issue so much.
It's just my own taste, but I think synth strings usually detract from songs that have heartfelt lyrics like this one. Less so when the mix is dense already.
About the guitar.... since you played the elec gtr part, any chance you could replace the existing ac gtr part also? Might save the song, to my ear anyway.
I've listened several times as I'm writing and I like the song more each time. Maybe those high notes are worth autotuning. And I'm not really much of a religious person.
Tim
NYMorningstar said:I kinda like the guitar sound myself but the playing style makes it sound cheap and muffled. I get the feeling I'm in a small room when the song starts and that's a little distracting. Maybe using the same verb that you used on the voice would make it sound more natural? or
I was thinking if you started this song out with "Sacrifice is easy" that is 52 secs in, then ended the song with the "Where have we come" verse followed by the introduction guitar soled and faded out..., the arrangement would be more appropriate to the song. That's just my preferance. To me it seems to fit better that way.
Anyhow, LISP is the word everyone is searching for or to polite to say. The singer has one and retracking is the only way to fix it. Try micing him above his head so he's sorta looking up some and make him aware of what he's doing with his tongue. He's gotta pronuciate the words better or it's just too distracting.