Is this song worth working further on?

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Not my type of music but I don't see anything wrong with it. It sounds cool and nothing seems out of place or anything.
The beginning has a nice eerie feeling to it. I pictured it in a horror movie, windup toys coming out of a toybox with chainsaws or something. Again, it's not something for my taste but I can't see why you would want to give up on it because it's a well constructed piece of music.
 
jimmiebananas said:
Not my type of music but I don't see anything wrong with it. It sounds cool and nothing seems out of place or anything.
The beginning has a nice eerie feeling to it. I pictured it in a horror movie, windup toys coming out of a toybox with chainsaws or something. Again, it's not something for my taste but I can't see why you would want to give up on it because it's a well constructed piece of music.
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Cool... Thanks for the reply! It's always cool to know that you created something that conjures images... :)
 
Yeah - keep working on it. I think you're on to something very original sounding something. Personally, I'd add a few things too it, maybe a slow, kind of mysterious bassline, and/or a spacy bit of lead guitar. Perhaps some vocals, although I'd use them sparingly so as not to detract from the originality of the instrumental work. There's probably a hundred different ways you could go with it but I think you have a great start.
 
JeffLancaster said:
Yeah - keep working on it. I think you're on to something very original sounding something. Personally, I'd add a few things too it, maybe a slow, kind of mysterious bassline, and/or a spacy bit of lead guitar. Perhaps some vocals, although I'd use them sparingly so as not to detract from the originality of the instrumental work. There's probably a hundred different ways you could go with it but I think you have a great start.
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We think alike as far as what it might need. One of my main problems is getting synth bass to sound good. I play guitar and plan on buying a bass (cause I'm confident I could make that sound better than synth).. But funds are tight... As far as vocals... lol.. I'm no vocalist and know absolutely nobody who sings.... Good lookin out man.. Thanks!
 
Peritus,
I like it, very much an image trigger.
I have 2 thoughts/concerns though:
1. The keyboard in the R channel - the one with the "sigh" decay - may be over played. The effect/sample is really good but I don't think I holds up well used so consistently. P'haps you could retain the sound of the sample for much of the body of it's run but not the decay using that aspect sparingly & for effect.
2. The percussion intro is either too hestitant or not far enough up in the mix. At 1st I thought it was just badly mixed a once the drums come in they sound well placed up front. Just the intro of the drums though.
In other words YES keep at it!!!!!
Cheers
rayC
 
rayc said:
Peritus,
I like it, very much an image trigger.
I have 2 thoughts/concerns though:
1. The keyboard in the R channel - the one with the "sigh" decay - may be over played. The effect/sample is really good but I don't think I holds up well used so consistently. P'haps you could retain the sound of the sample for much of the body of it's run but not the decay using that aspect sparingly & for effect.
2. The percussion intro is either too hestitant or not far enough up in the mix. At 1st I thought it was just badly mixed a once the drums come in they sound well placed up front. Just the intro of the drums though.
In other words YES keep at it!!!!!
Cheers
rayC
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Again.. I agree... This song was made in Reason 2.5.. Which, if you are familar with, you know it's kinda tough to strangle good sounding drums out of (or maybe it's just my experience)... As far as the sighing, I agree with that too. I'll probably spend some time experimenting tomorrow with that. By the way, that's a synth patch I made)....And I'll most likely automate the release of it to see what I can come up with... Thanks bro!
 
I will be putting some more songs up today. If you are interested in taking a look click, the link below... :)
 
I can hear somethin for dat joint when it gets around a minute and 8 seconds. It's hard but try some different drums and crunk it up a little bit. That's just my opinion. If you got something else in mind, finish it up and i'll be more than happy to listen to the finished product.
 
Its good. For me its a tad too repetitive. I would suggest leaving the drums out entirely. The feel is good, the colors are good but the drums just arent working. Good stuff. :)
 
Well I did some crunkin'... :)

I must say... ProTools sounds unbelievably better than Reason (even without any effects, just routing)... There's just a smooth sound to it...

Anyway, I used ProTools to do some processing (actually quite minor processing)... See for yourself the difference it made (both versions are posted now)... I also made some changes to the actual song. I hope to do some more work on it in the near future but my ears are tiring at the moment...

Holla back people.... :D
 
DavidK said:
Its good. For me its a tad too repetitive. I would suggest leaving the drums out entirely. The feel is good, the colors are good but the drums just arent working. Good stuff. :)
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Maybe I'll release a drumless version for us to talk about when I get the chance... Thanks for the input! :)
 
I'd keep going with it...sounds like a good start to me...
 
I am with the crowd here

I like this, very nice melodies you wrote here :)
 
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