"Lost and Found" - comments welcome.

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Hi Alibish,

Really fine tune,I always enjoy your work very much.
Strings were especially sweet,really made the song.
Your vocals are always the best part for me,great as always.

Thanks for sharing it,
Pete
 
pretty smooth, pretty smooth............i love the accent.....nice mix.....good song
 
tmix - thank you for sticking with this one - I appreciate it. And thanks for the tip re micing vilins - I'll try that with the outro.

Pedullist - thank you for taking the time to post. You and flat-9 have convinced me - I'm going to try and soften the A! Glad you like the song.

muzeman - hi Pete, great to hear from you again. I'm really pleased you like this one.

powderfinger - thank you very much.

Cheers

AB
 
Hi all

Well, I've posted a new version here:

http://www.nowhereradio.com/brr/singles

It's called "Lost and Found v3".

I've made a huge number of changes - essentially I've taken every suggestion on this thread and done my best to do it right!

Also, I bought a pair of decent monitors and the difference is unbelievable. I can actually hear my mix now!

I would be very grateful if anyone would like to listen and comment, and particularly if you could let me know if you think v3 is an improvement on v2, or not :)

And Bill Assumpcao - it turns out you were right - the bass is overdriven. I must have had the drive too high on my POD. Well spotted, and I'm embarrassed that I didn't notice it myself.

Thanks again to everyone who has already helped me with this one - I'm learning loads, and I think the track is gradually improving.

Cheers

AB
 
V3 is definitely better, all around... nice job remixing....

I got a comment about the outro... it seems like the 2 violins and the piano are kinda competing with eachother, its not as smooth as the intro and the break at 3:00...
It seems a little too busy...

Great song...:)
 
Kind of "Dust in the Wind"ish, but nothing wrong with that. The overall feel was too mellow to hold my interest, but the overall sound was good. You have probably one of the best pop voices I have heard on this forum, so I'm going to back to check out your other tunes in hope of hearing something with more energy.

(Listening to snippets of your other tunes.)

wow, you have a very radio friendly pop voice! Listened to several snippets of your tunes. All sound good. I still would like to hear a edgier tune with your vocal style. But you're obviously know what you're doing. Keep it going. :)
 
I'm listening to V3, but at work with headphones. You've gotten a lot of feedback on the "nitty gritty" of your mix, so I thought I'd just ....... listen to the song .

Great !! It sounds to me like you take your lyrics seriously. I appreciate that. I especially like .....

"I lost the road with the sun".

and

"When the fires come, I'll burn"

Great imagery in both. I don't suppose you'd post the complete lyrics?

I like the use of the instrumental bridge as an intro too (or visa-versa?).

OK OK. I can't resist a few mix comments. On headphones, this mix seems overly bright - especially the acoustic and violins. If you can stand to listen to your song again (LOL - I'm sure you've only heard it 1000x), you might try a test by taking some of the mids out of both.

I didn't read all the previous posts, so I apologize if I've repeated anything already mentioned.

Good job. Another song that will make my personal CD of "good stuff" from this board.

BPOCO.
 
Kelly5150 - thank you for listening again, and sticking with this track. I'm pleased you think it's an improvement.

With the outro I was actually going for a kind of uneasy, lop-sided feel. The violins are actually the same as the previous bits in the track, but played backwards. It gives it a weird, "not quite right" feel.

I'll try and balance the strings and piano a bit betterm though.

homeuser - thank you very much. Your comments about my singing are very kind indeed - good for my self-confidence. :)

I'm trying to expand on the laid-back/mellow vibe but my lack of confidence plus the fact that I have neighbours means I'm very self-conscious about doing louder/edgier vocals. I'll keep trying...

Thanks for listening.

bpoco - thank you for listening, and I'm especially pleased you like the lyrics. Here they are in full:

Lost and Found

Falling down again, reach out to me
Or turn your face away
Coming round again, the beach and the sea
And how the night can chase the day

And I'm just trying to find a way
A way between the fires
I lost the road with the sun
And I know the stars are liars

Breaking up again, it doesn't mean a thing
Close your eyes, I'll be there
Drained the cup again, breaking my wings
Don't feel at home anywhere

And I'm just trying to find a way
A way between the fires
I lost the road with the sun
And I know the stars are liars

Spinning round again, just like yesterday
Don't know what to do or where to turn
Lost and found again, breathing anyway
When the fires come I'll burn

And I'm just trying to find a way
A way between the fires
I lost the road with the sun
And I know the stars are liars

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The violins are actually sounding better on this version than they have up til now, but maybe they're still a bit too bright? I'll try some more EQ.

The guitar - I have taken a lot of low-end off, mainly to make room for the bass when it comes in. I may have gone too far. Thanks for the pointers - I'll try and improve the sound a bit.

Thank you very much for listening, and it's amazing to think I'll be on somebody's CD of "good stuff"!

groovejunkie - thank you very much for listening, and for your kind comments. There's a ton of good stuff on the board and I'm learning so much just listening and chatting.

Cheers

AB
 
Listened to the last mix...and it's good!

This song is starting to grow on me. Excellent job, alibish!

One thing, your singing voice sounds like you're having a cold. It doesn't really bother me at all, but am I right? :)
 
Big improvement!

The mix gels real nice. The only thing that stood out to me was the breath noises at the beginning of the vocal lines, especially the first one. Maybe go in and surgically remove those if you can.

The ending seemed a bit disjointed, but I see now that was your intent. Maybe move the piano to the center for that part.

I'll refrain from any EQ comments as I just got back from a 200mi ride and my ears are not up to par yet.;)
 
Pedullist - thank you for listening again. And yes, I did have a bit of a cold!

M.Brane - thank you too.

The vocal is heavily comp'ed together, so I had the opportunity to take the breath sounds out, but I left them in deliberately because I think a vocal with no breath sounds can sound a bit unnatural.

I'll listen a few more times, and maybe reduce the level on that first breath...

Piano in the middle - good idea. I was also considering doing a sort of surround-panning thing so the piano (and maybe the strings too) are swirling around your head on the outro. Or I might just leave it simple!

Cheers

AB
 
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