Jenny Believes

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Here's another song I'm doing for this client. She comes, sings to a click with her acoustic, and goes home. I do the rest. Ideas about arrangement are encouraged, and mix, instrumentation etc.



Thanks!

~Shawn
 
More reverb please....I'm not sure her dry-ish voice suits the hard rockin' guitar sound...The two guitars on either side are a bit out of sync in parts. Maybe try that clone/delay thing I read a lot about. It's not that bad - this is just to get a super tight mix. The ending seems really abrupt???
Good tune, I think you have some good accompaniment arrangements going on here...it's pretty close....:cool:
 
the ride seem too forward and possibly left panned too much.

she recorded with her acoustic?

is it still in the mix? (oo..second listen..i can hear it in the back....waaaaaay back)

a lot of things sound slightly too bright. snare, cymbals, voice slightly (maybe not so much bright but could use some mid-low.

i'm thinking one of the verses could be just her acoustic and vocal (possibly a chorus too...and maybe when the chorus repeats...build to it and bring it all back in and you could probably add another instrument for the section.
 
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The sound quality is good.:cool:

The song is REALLY boring. I'm not a lyricist so I dont judge lyrics, but musically its the same thing over and over. Anything you can do to remedy that would be appreciated, at least by me.:D Lead guitar licks when she stops singing, organ licks, more drum fills, deeper textures a la synth beds, a mid section with solos and a different KEY:D, anything.

If she wants this type of utilitarian sound, then I guess you just call it a day. I know that a lot of singer-songwriter types do. Thats too bad.:p Her voice is ok but she cant deal with the click, she's all over the map and never in the groove.

As far as what you did, its a very pro job and assumedly exactly what the client wants. :cool: The goal is to please the client, and its her call.
 
my foremost thought is the vocals are too upfront ..and dry....but im also thinking that the nature of this might require an upfront vocal ..but its not working ...too dry.
 
The singer is pichy. She, or you, Shawn cover it up with the music, but it's there. You have to deal with that because it's not going to go away. Also, she might do better not to bark like Alanis Morrisett. I don't even like when Alanis barks and I tell every singer who does that it was only cute once, and not very much, at that.;)
 
Thanks everyone, for responding here.... This one is in it's sort of middle stages. It needs lots more pieces here and there to make it more complete. I'll re-post it when I work more on it, and it sounds more like it should.

Peace!

~Shawn
 
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