Pigs On The Wing pt 1 (Pink Floyd cover)

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Sounds really good to me. You have a nice voice. You seem to be doing the old stereo delay thing on the voice. I am wondering if that is really necessary as it may be masking some of your performance.
 
Very nice voice. The levels on that acoustic guitar seemed inconsistent--louder here, softer there. I understand you might be ducking them under the vocals, but the thing is, they are your time-keeper on this track. Without that constant presence, the song seems to drift rhythmically. The chorusing and wide-panning also undermine their effect in keeping time. I notice you have a habit of coming into a vocal line slightly late, like a slight hesitation at the start. All those things add up to a track that, for me, lacks the steady pulse of the original one. Easy fixes, though.
 
Robus said:
Very nice voice. The levels on that acoustic guitar seemed inconsistent--louder here, softer there. I understand you might be ducking them under the vocals, but the thing is, they are your time-keeper on this track. Without that constant presence, the song seems to drift rhythmically. The chorusing and wide-panning also undermine their effect in keeping time. I notice you have a habit of coming into a vocal line slightly late, like a slight hesitation at the start. All those things add up to a track that, for me, lacks the steady pulse of the original one. Easy fixes, though.
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Yeah there are a few times the vocals kick in slightly behind the beat. It was a challenge recording the guitar without a timekeeper (drums, metronome), but I think it works in an unconventional, stylistic way. Do you think Waters used a metronome when he recorded the original?
 
I thought it sounded good. Something about the stereo guitars bugs me. Did you use the fake Hass effect by delaying one track more than the other? If so I'd get rid of that and just use one guitar. If I were mixing this I'd use one guitar and the piano and voice. It should be sparse, imo, and that 2nd guitar/delay takes from the sparse feel and also is distracting. Less is more a lot of times.
 
Nola said:
I thought it sounded good. Something about the stereo guitars bugs me. Did you use the fake Hass effect by delaying one track more than the other? If so I'd get rid of that and just use one guitar. If I were mixing this I'd use one guitar and the piano and voice. It should be sparse, imo, and that 2nd guitar/delay takes from the sparse feel and also is distracting. Less is more a lot of times.
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Thank you. Interesting point about the stereo guitar, I was wondering if someone would comment on that. It's a true second guitar part, and not a fake stereoization or anything. I tried taking out the second guitar part but it just feels more "full-bodied" and warmer with the second guitar in stereo. Maybe I should post a comparison.
 
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