My Handsome Nell - Sketch of a song.

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Okay here's a little sketch of a song... it's early days but I like getting comments from you guys so tell me what you think... whatever they are... positive, negative, not bothered... I'd like to hear...

I'll also take any tips on what to do (if anything??) about my breathing problems that are evident on this track... we tried silencing the breaths but it sounded too weird...

maybe I'll try bringing down the gain on them a tad later on

I'm off to sleep I expect 100's of comments when i wake up... :)
 
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I like it, as usual. The breathing is a bit distracting. I am listening as I type, so that I can jot down anything that sticks me in the ribs.

hold on, it ended, I am going to restart it. Whew, that was short...


Ok, the breathing thing... don't "eat the mic" when you are tracking. Use a pop filter, point the mic off axis, and crank up the gain a bit on the pre amp... There are others who can give you better advice, but that works for me. The actual distance is about 12 inches between me and my mic when I track. Hold on, gotta restart the song again...

I am digging the Scottish accent. My Great grandfather was from Dundee, so I have roots...

Nope, that's it. No other comments. I like what I am hearing.
 
Needs another verse.


Looooonger man, sounds cool but gimme more.
 
*yawn...* my sleeping pattern is really messed up these days... bed at 5:17 am, up at 20:15 pm... man thats 14 hours!

anyway...

I'm made it a little longer and added another verse...

here it is

and I changed the link in the original post as well...

Thanks for giving it a listen. I know you guys get pissed off when people post songs that aren't finished...
 
like it...

I am diggin this tune quite a bit.

That piano is a little too distant...I don't know if it's the reverb or if it needs to be brought up in the mix, but I think we could stand to hear more of it ..closer.

Not crazy about the reverb you're using on the vocals either.

The scottish accent is cool as hell - If an American dude tries to sing something like this - something that's heartfelt it comes of as wussy-ish.. ;)

For some reason you guys can pull this stuff off and make it sound cool as hell. :cool:


Again I like the song alot.

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another post - another 2 cents
 
I don't get pissed at anything being unfinished. It's all a process.

The beginning fades in weird, it could use a proper intro. The vocal is a bit syllibant. Ok...@:36 you don't hit the note at all. Every "hard" is not even close to the note you are trying to go for. The lip smacks are louder than the piano...not good.

Keep at it. I would make the piano more central to the mix and work on the guitar sound and how they work together.
 
Hey Al, are you using a pop filter? I can really hear it when you breath, like you said. Sometimes it fits, but a lot of it is distracting. Try to retrack it and use the technique I described. Off axis means don't point the mic directly at your mouth. try to point it more toward your upper lip or nose. And use a pop filter and stand back from it. The pop filter should be about 6 inches off the mic, and you should stand about 6 inches back from the filter...

I'm so digging this...
 
Rokket:

I did use a pop filter but maybe I was singing too close... I can't remember... I'll try the off axis thing next time...

Jake:

My didgeridoo intro is weird isn't it. I'll change it. As for the high notes... I don't know if I'll ever get them right... maybe I should stop writing songs thats go so high... I dunno... truth be told my vocal is slightly flat even at the best of times...

Shookie:

I'm sure they would be plenty of Scottish people willing to call me a wuss! Thanks for listening.
 
Yet another good song.
Don't think the breathing is distracting, just the pop as mentioned - the licking lips, if that's what that is.

Maybe add a scream/whine/yell singing the lyrics in the background in the last chorus. Heh heh. Just joking ... or am I?

An additional instrumental sequence for the ending would be cool. No rush. Sounds good.
 
I well chuffed at making Swatsds's Top of the Mixing Clinic Pop's chart!
 
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