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Great work as usual.

I disagree about you not nailing the vocals. You did.

I liked the scatchiness of the strumming sound on that acoustic guitar.
 
Well Emeric, there is absolutely no way I can say anything bad about your music. This song is GREAT! I love it! That acoustic guitar I hear in there, is that your Guild? Very nice playing, and finger work!! What other guitars are you playing in the song? I like the way the song shifts in mood; the instruments just seem to fall in to play/place and drive the song to the next phase.

The drums are excellent too! Just the right touch. And I love the soft cymbals, an example of where the instruments drive the mood, just before the really cool break at about 2:40 where the vocals and drum give a nice kick/punch and rock with just enough acoustic guitar to give an interesting intercession to the song.

Get those backup vocals in there! You know I love your vocals. And finally, I like the bass at the end where the song just seems to walk right on out with a no nonsense attitude. :cool:

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jitteringjim. Glad you like the sound of guitars, I'm not sure yet. They are not EQ'd much, bit of low end rolled off. I find them a bit, I don't know.. abrasive maybe. I decided to use a different guitar than the usual Guild. It's a Segovia, low end guitar but sounds nice acoustically. It is a 6 steel string guitar... Segovia rolling over in his grave. Korean guitar. I used a MXL603 with the dead side (a challange) pointed at my computer, and the live side whereever I could get it to sound ok. Around 12 to 16 " from the 14 fret, mic body being parallel to the floor. The snare is fairly dry, I might be able to change it's character a bit when I do a final mix on it. Thanks for the listen.

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drstawl. Thanks for the vote on the vocals. I'm really never sure about them. As long as they are close in pitch, and have some bit of feeling to them I guess is all I can ask. The guitar 'scratchiness' might be the exact thing I don't like about them, but some EQ might 'mellow' them out a bit. Or maybe their just too loud.

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langleyt. I'm sure you can think of something bad to say, come on try! Actually, the Guild is in there during the quiet passage, left channel, forgot about that. The rest is the Segovia. Yeah backups are the plan, although I won't overdo it. Thanks for the nice words, appreciate it.
 
Wow... this is really cool... very dynamic.. The drums sound sorta retro.. I liked it all the way to the end.. excellent sound, especially the accoustic.. Very good work!!
 
Well, Emeric, here you go again... sounding great as usual.

You sound like what Oasis could be if they had more talent! ;)

I'm looking forward to hearing the final version of this one.

Buck
 
rats likes! I can't find really anything to critique here, damn! Maybe I'm just in a good mood today...

At first I was like, shit, what vocals then I realized I was listening to teh Pal Talk jam. That was cool. What's the story behind that one?

This song sounds fine. MM...drums sounds a bit muffly on my shitty desk top PC speakers but that's no good method to judge by.:eek:
 
Hey Meshuggah. Retro, perhaps. The snare is to loud and dry during the verses. I don't know. Thanks!

Buck62. Appreciate the listen. Oasis? hmmm. ok!?? :)

rats. The Pal Talk Jam was Fmmahoganyrush, Doc Stawl jammin out on, Pal Talk. I think Drstawl recorded it to CD-R or something added tracks, sent it off to me. I got Pete to put down some bass and drums, and that was it. An experiment.

Thanks Mr. Wilson.
 
Wow

That's a really great song. I'll have to give your others a listen also. I'm new and am really enjoying listening to everyone's music. I really liked the accoustics and the drumming is exceptional. The vocals could use a little work. Sounds like that's the source of the distortion. You do have a really nice voice. The whole song blended well. I liked the different moods. And it would be neat to hear some piano playing in there. Why aren't you on the radio?
 
Thanks Sammander. I agree the vocals need something, editing at least and better balance. I'll add some piano someday.

I am on the radio! Nowhere Radio . Com! :)
 
Just wanted to give you a shout on the song "feedback"
I really liked this tune as well.

later
 
Emeric,

Very very nice job. As everyone else said, the acoustic guitar tracks are great! I just picked up a MXL 603S, and I'd be happy just getting close to your sound.

Can't find much to criticize.... Just wanted to say I enjoyed the tune. Let us know when it's finished!

Fab
 
You sing like you're romancing a woman, when I feel the song asks for (in parts) you to pin her against the wall and f%@k her standing.

The final bouncing/circling guitars give me that impression. Plus, when I started listening, the kick was WAAAAY up (bass, too), and I figured everybody here had lost their ears until I realized my cubie had turned the bass entirely up on these Altec Lansing ghetto desktops...

I don't feel the vocals match the drums... something about the two don't match (the room? levels?)... Have you tried the vocals doubled? Or pushed a bit?

Reminiscent of Yes and Neil Young, I felt. Good song, I'd fuck it up trying to add strings...

(Mesh mentioned taking the vox and running them through Waves L1 two or three times to get his "wall of sound" sound, it might work for the vocals here, although what you're looking this song to sound like and what I see it being are likely two very different things... I can dig it, btw...)

:D
 
Real cheerful, yup. :D

You old folkie, you - you're just not happy unless you're cranking away on that acoustic.

You know, dude, I remember when you first started posting here, and you still had to learn what to do with your voice. Now you know, and a lot more besides that. The outtro on this one is cunning as fuck, and the changes you go through on the way there are really nice.

You're exploring ways for voice, acoustic, bass and drums to interact in interesting ways. The song mutates as it rolls along. Excellent directions these days for you.

The drumming at 2.40 is great, but I thought the drums sounded too upfront suddenly - there seemed a sudden contrast with the previous drum sound. Did you switch reverb settings at that point or something?

Nice one.
 
B.Sabbath, glad you liked Feedback, it's one of my more 'popular' ones.

Fab4ever: Thanks for the listen! Haven't seen you around much, all is well I hope.

Kelly Holdridge: I think the problem with the vocals is the levels. I'll add some backups as well. I'll work on it. Yes and Neil young eh? Quite a combo. Thanks.

Dobro, I thought you'd find this cheerful. The drums at that part are a punch in, so the levels may not have been exactly the same (There will be piano there, a main melody riff is left out (3 notes A flat, G flat , E, 8th note triplet) there, it isn't supposed to be a vocal/drum solo part but I didn't like the riff on guitar, and haven't got to the keys yet. Alway appreciate the feedback, thanks.
 
Love the drums and the drumming, very organic. I especially like the sound of the kick and bass together. The electric at around :51 seems too far away... not necessarily too far back in the mix, maybe just the tone. I hear a few little things like that which is really picking nits for an unfinished sketch. Looking forward to hearing the piano part and whatever else ya come up with.
 
Yeah, I love that kind of drumming. Alive and ever so slightly off beatbox precision at places, and yet holding the overall beat exactly. As soon as I get a studio that supports drumming, it's gonna have a drummer or three. Organic's a good word for it too, because the drumming mutates and changes as it goes along. Great.
 
WOW, Emeric!

It's the first time I download something from the forum and I must say that when I heard it I couldn't help but feeling like a complete newbie and recording dwarf!

I'm still in diapers!

But you're right, the snare is a bit dry, but I don't think it's too loud.

Cheers!
 
I didn't read all the posts to this one...So sorry if this stuff is repeated..

The mix sounds great. I think the snare could be a bit brighter though.
Vocals sound a tad dry for my taste..

I hear something in the begining besides acoustic and vocal. Is it your hands hitting the acoustic? Or some faint percussive beat?

Catchy tune...
 
pglewis: I know what you mean about 00:51, it is out of touch with the rest of the ambience, distant, something.

Dobro, yeah the drums do fall out of time here and there.

flapo1: Thanks! I've been hacking away at this for awhile, one thing for sure is you will never be 100% happy with anything.

brokenwindow: Don't know what the percussive thing would be, there isn't anything other than the guitars. I may have tapped my foot but didn't really pay attention. I don't have the song at the moment either so I can't say for sure. Snare could be brighter. I notice the hits are inconsistent at the first bit, and then the tone is somewhat more consistent.
 
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