"somewhere in the night"

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I recorded this at UCONN the other day in the piano lockers. This was tracked entirely digitally! The vocals and piano were recorded simultaneously! It is a 6' Yamaha Grand piano! I played the other instruments including the mellotron and bass guitar. I was at UCON practicing for something else and decided to slap together a rough demo of this song. Yes it is a sappy song, but I like how it is over-arranged. Check it out! 1973 Accutronics Spring reverb on vocals.

 

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Starts like a Carpenters song and morphed into something even more mawkish.
The mellotorn isn't bad. I find that 'tron lines need a fair bit of reverb to settle into a mix properly - you also seem to have finished the lines rather abruptly.
Again you've placed the vocals strangely in the mix - could be use of spring reverb reverb or something but it doesn't seem to sit centrally.
The piano is disappointing mono.
Bass guitar? Really? It almost disappears early on there's a lot of muddiness in the mix that may account for me not noticing it clearly on the 1st listen. It could easily be a bass line on a keyboard. the only time it's clealy a bass is when you played a descending line up high but even then some sort of effect.treatment.reverb muddied it and spread it across the image.
 
it sounds a bit too left heavy? not sure if I am imagining this...

anyway I like the clear sound, much better than tape hiss lol the piano sounds great, vocals are good but the bass guitar is a little muddy, could do with a bit less low end possibly, and I'm not sure if it's the reverb that is causing muddyness. Love the mellotron! and like the arrangement.
 
That's a lot of exclamations! What the what is UCONN?! I am trapped in the 70's myself so this invokes a bit of nostalgia for me! I can visualize myself sitting in the living room on green shag carpet, wearing a burgundy velour sweater, while listening to the radio with my folks! This is nicely played! Much too drenched in reverb, IMO! You've got a good set of pipes on you! Nice one! It must be awkward to see all these exclamations! OMG!
 
Hey there, UCONN is the college as in the university of Connecticut. appreciate the feedback
 
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