King Kong does Lounge Rock

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People must be speechless at this song :D

Gotta be honest... are you recording two people playing air hockey in the background? :D Naw, that's your percussion :) I'm hearing a cool vibe, but there seem to be some timing issues. It sounds like a nice room... good ambience.

"...would it just be too damn queer..." first line that pops out...

You got that lounge singer style there :D For my lounge rock pleasure in the past, much of STP's "Tiny Music..." has done the job (a little more "rock" than "jazz", and you've reversed that here...)

Almost sounds like a half-serious recording... the bass seems to overpower your mix...

I do like the minimalist thing, and that far-off sounding lead is cool... (hopefully others will jump in here, and offer some more to ya)


Chad
 
This one kind of has a Frank Zappa quality to it to me ... There seems to be a few balancing issues and some timing issues with the percussion, especially during the chorus ...

The lows seem to be dominating the mix and the percussion may use a boost. I had trouble understanding some of the lyrics...

kind of cool for an experimental tune...but sounds like it needs some fine tuning ...
 
Hey dude,

I really like the concept I hear you going for.

I dig the groove but, in a tune like this it has to be nailed down fast and hard. The groove must be a solid yet, subtle spine for all the appendages (i.e. the vox and git and texture shit) to flow and flop around. The percusion and bass need to become better and bolder friends imho.

I like the vocal delivery but, the lyrics are lost at times. Are you panning dead center on the lead vox? I'm hearing a pan to the left and right and then the female backups down the center.:confused:

I loved the placement of the electric git. The tone of the git and the verb has perfect color for the track!!

work on the percusion and bass and I think more ideas will free flow for the rest.

Like I said, the concept is all but coveted to my ears:) :)

Peace,

Theron.
 
Thanks guys - your feedback is being brewed into V2.0 now. I will update the link and post when ready.........

I will drop the drums out until the start of the 2nd verse and play with the tonal mix some more.

Theron - thanks, but watch it with the "female vox" - that's me, falsetto style buddy!! :) :) :)

Thanks again for your help,

Q.
 
Ok...I like the concept a lot.....but you need to use this as a work tape and recut everything. The odd groove is cool but it needs to be much tighter than this. The female vox should come up....the guitar is too boomy and I'd like to hear that air-hockey rhythm tweaked some...maybe put a little 'verb on it.
Please work on this some more as I really think it could be something very cool.
 
Decent concept. The vocals have potential. There are definite timing issues throughout the mix. The boomy jazz guitar with everything about 1.5k rolled off is nice but a little loud throughout the mix. I would close mic the vocals a bit more and not have so much room sound in them. Add reverb judiciously and the vocals will have more definition.

I dont know about the percussion idea in the background. I would go for something either more excplicitly electronic or more likely something organic, like a slow deep brewing tom beat. Right now it sounds like a cheap casio.

There are definite boom/lowmid issues throughout the mix. Especially on the vocals. It sounds like a room node so if you close mic the vocals that should take care of that.
 
Thanks for all of your input.

I have cut another mix and will upload and post shortly.

Q.
 
wow...and bizarre...and some noise in the background too... kinda like a lunatic asylum getting together and making a song... that's what I hear...
 
Qwerty,

You realize your thread for version 2 of "King Kong" didn't work, right? Is it the same link?

btw congrats MIXMKR on post #2000, and damn that doggie of yours is cute :)


Chad
 
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