Say (All I Need)

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Beautiful dreamy song, Jon!
I found the falsettos very interesting. It's so hard for a male to sing that way. Your intonation is wonderful all the way. ;)
Mix-wise, I get the feeling your voice sounds kind of detached from the music, maybe a little bit too dry. A nice reverb would melt it better into the mix.
Maybe just my opinion. Great stuff nonetheless!

Joe :):):):)
 
Thanks Joe! I had a feeling there was something that might need fixing so thanks for noticing it!

I was actually contemplating on lowering the volume of the vocals a little bit, but your suggestion is much better! I'll try out the reverb tonight. :D
 
My overriding thought while listening was that the vocals are real dynamic and could use some compression to smooth it out and make it blend into the mix, followed by a bit of reverb, as Joeym already pointed out. Nice song, I like it.
 
Alrighty boys, don't kill me, but I'm gonna be the unpopular one here. JPP, your voice is always buttery smooth, and your classical style suits you so well. This one wasn't my taste for you for some reason. Although your pitch is good, something seemed a bit forced for me, and I felt like your tone was strained a bit in your throat sometimes, and other times in your nose, which made that buttery sound disappear in my opinion. The effects on the voice were cool, but too much for me in this song.

Is this an original song or did you cover it? It's a cool song, and I like the vocal melody. I also like the feel of it altogether, but none of it seemed to quite blend into one complete song for me.

You know I love ya, buddy - sorry, this one just wasn't my fav.

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lga5824 said:
Alrighty boys, don't kill me, but I'm gonna be the unpopular one here. JPP, your voice is always buttery smooth, and your classical style suits you so well. This one wasn't my taste for you for some reason. Although your pitch is good, something seemed a bit forced for me, and I felt like your tone was strained a bit in your throat sometimes, and other times in your nose, which made that buttery sound disappear in my opinion. The effects on the voice were cool, but too much for me in this song.

Is this an original song or did you cover it? It's a cool song, and I like the vocal melody. I also like the feel of it altogether, but none of it seemed to quite blend into one complete song for me.

You know I love ya, buddy - sorry, this one just wasn't my fav.

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Yeah, singing pop/rock/r&B is a little harder on my voice since it goes a little fast with too many consonants, haha. Which parts sound a little strained? I'll re-record them.

It's a cover of a OneRepublic song. :D
 
I noticed that when I played this on a laptop, the vocals were way too loud and the instrumentation was barely audible (compared to professionally produced recordings on my iTunes), so I adjusted the level of the drums and bass a little and am wondering if the vocals are now too deep in the mix. I'm on the fence about it. What do you think? Should I increase the volume of the vocals a little bit or does it sound fine?

The file is at: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7599812

Thanks!
 
Jon, I think the voice is loud enough, it's the synth on the right side that's a bit too loud IMHO. Drums have quite a bit of reverb on them too. Also the mix tends to pump a little, is there a compressor on it? Song and voice are still beautiful though.

Joey :):):):)
 
joeym said:
Jon, I think the voice is loud enough, it's the synth on the right side that's a bit too loud IMHO. Drums have quite a bit of reverb on them too. Also the mix tends to pump a little, is there a compressor on it? Song and voice are still beautiful though.

Joey :):):):)
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Thanks for listening Joey!! I'll adjust the synth and drums. Yes, I used compression...is it too much?
 
I think the reverb buries the music too much. It'd be cool to hear the reverb come off a bit in the intro...let the song start far away, and then move in...increase the low end as it approaches the ears...the vocals are nice, but I'd probably bring them down a bit, to put them "in" the mix more, and less "in front of it".

Add a bit of bass.

Dude...great start.
 
I think the drums and vocals are pretty much the right level. I'm a little on the fence about the synth backup. I think it could be a little louder but reading Joey's comment I'm not sure...lol... Th reverb is fine for me...
This was one of the four tunes you had on you EP right?
 
BenignVanilla said:
I think the reverb buries the music too much. It'd be cool to hear the reverb come off a bit in the intro...let the song start far away, and then move in...increase the low end as it approaches the ears...the vocals are nice, but I'd probably bring them down a bit, to put them "in" the mix more, and less "in front of it".

Add a bit of bass.

Dude...great start.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll play around with the ideas!

ido1957 said:
I think the drums and vocals are pretty much the right level. I'm a little on the fence about the synth backup. I think it could be a little louder but reading Joey's comment I'm not sure...lol... Th reverb is fine for me...
This was one of the four tunes you had on you EP right?
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Thanks for listening ido1957! Well...it WAS one of the possible tunes from the EP, but I'm not so sure I'm going to include it anymore since paying the royalties for this particular song will be a hassle (3 different publishers not registered with HFA Songfile). Plus, vocally...it's not very impressive, haha. I might replace it with a Journey song.
 
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