Nola
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On the mix or the song. Thanks! I think the mix is a bit muddy...but retro? I kinda liked it.
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DM60
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My thoughts are, take some shine off off the vocal reverb (If your reverb lets you EQ the verb, pull down the above 4-5K area and maybe EQ out below 1K). You're right, a bit muddy, but I think if you worked the EQ on the source vocals, pull down the 250 HZ area (sweep to find you area), I think the mix would still be to your liking and not sound muddy.
famous beagle
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Nice one! I like how you start on the ii chord and move up from there to the V6 chord. Great guitar tones. There are a few flat spots in the vocals that I think could be polished up; I'd also like to hear the very opening of the song a little tighter with everyone starting together; it's a bit loosey goosey right now. I like the falsetto moments in the vocals! I hadn't heard you do that before (maybe you have?), but it's a nice tone.
I second DM60's comment about the vocals being a bit muddy. I'd (if you haven't already) add a hi-pass filter around 100Hz-ish and then sweep to find the boomy part of it in the low mids (probably between 200 and 300 Hz) and apply a bit of a cut there.
I second DM60's comment about the vocals being a bit muddy. I'd (if you haven't already) add a hi-pass filter around 100Hz-ish and then sweep to find the boomy part of it in the low mids (probably between 200 and 300 Hz) and apply a bit of a cut there.
Slouching Raymond
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I had a listen. I don't know what I'd do different.
Nola
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Your input is always great. Thank you for all the thoughts on it.
Regarding the opening chords, it’s actually an A minor chord moved up to the 4th fret. So I think that is B/A Minor 11th? But the bass guitar is playing the B. So I’m not really sure. Then that chord slides up two more frets. So I think that is Amaj7. But the base is playing C#. So first inversion, I guess.
Yeah, I’ve never done that falsetto! I’ll have the girls in the band cover that. Haha.
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Nola
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I fixed a few of the pitchy notes and re-uploaded to the original post. Is that better? When I cut the mud it sounded a bit harsh to my ears, so I just left it. Let's call it "full"...haha.
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Papanate
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There is masking going on with what I think you are calling ‘muddiness’ - also I think you should do the vocals about
100 times more and then cut a final one - they sound very cautious.
Thekesslerboy
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Superb song. Got a feel of the great New York bands of the 70s, Television, Jonathan Richman, Blondie, a mellower Talking Heads. They often aped their 50s influences to pay respect. Love the song. And the singing fits it, sounds deliberate, and is great to listen to. I was transported back to listening to John Peel on my old radio in the 80s!
Nola
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Hey, thanks a lot. A lot of those bands are my influences. I actually recently played on a stage where Jonathan Richmond played, and I was blown away that that was happening. He’s one of my all-time favorites along with the Velvet Underground, but I definitely love all those bands you mentioned.
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