Terre en danger

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Did you mix this with headphones? My first take on the vocals were that they were too far back, but on a second listen with headphones on they sounded better.

Mild criticisms would be: the tone of the guitar is a little too midrangey for me; I don't like the instrument voice you chose for the solo breaks at 3:45 and at 5:12 (though what you are playing sounds great, very tasteful); and, frankly, it's a little long. At the least I wouldn't go back to that synth solo outro for a minute plus at the end.

But it is a nice tune, well performed and competently recorded. I like the guitar & synth blend. I like the vocal styles. I especiallly like your slipping the guitar's verse pattern under the last two repetitions of the chorus. It's a nice touch.
 
qwincy said:
Did you mix this with headphones? My first take on the vocals were that they were too far back, but on a second listen with headphones on they sounded better.

Mild criticisms would be: the tone of the guitar is a little too midrangey for me; I don't like the instrument voice you chose for the solo breaks at 3:45 and at 5:12 (though what you are playing sounds great, very tasteful); and, frankly, it's a little long. At the least I wouldn't go back to that synth solo outro for a minute plus at the end.

But it is a nice tune, well performed and competently recorded. I like the guitar & synth blend. I like the vocal styles. I especiallly like your slipping the guitar's verse pattern under the last two repetitions of the chorus. It's a nice touch.
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Hi

I use my sound system for mixing. For the vocals, I used a 2:1 compressor and my digital reverb Rolland SRV 3030. For this song, I used the "Reverse Ambiant" effect. I don't know what this is simulating but that was the best effect for that song.

That's the first mix of the song and I agree that there is a lot of mid range in the guitar. I will reduce it to make it sound smoother. I might try to put back the spring reverb or/and delay one of the entries to make it sound more thick.

For the lead, I was tempted to pop a massive lead guitar solo but I'm out of tracks (I use an Yamaha MD8, 8 tracks). Also, my ability to make lead guitar solo is limited. For the length, I will keep only 1 pass of the lead at the end instead of 2 and I will start the fading in the middle of the pass.

Thanks for the feedback, I will work on this next week-end and hopefully, it will sound better next week.

Thanks again,

Jack Real.
 
I don't know quincy, I'm generally saying that songs are too long but this song did not bore me at all.
Probably because Jack's story-telling ability is very strong.
I only wish I understood the language:D
Like the other songs I have heard from you this one has a high production value.
The drums are a bit 80's sounding. I would like to see a different sound-font in use thats all.
And you could use a heart-felt guitar solo somewhere in there.

You do a great deal with what you have though and that has to be appreciated and enjoyed.

Dan
 
HevyD47Ca said:
I don't know quincy, I'm generally saying that songs are too long but this song did not bore me at all.
Probably because Jack's story-telling ability is very strong.
I only wish I understood the language:D
Like the other songs I have heard from you this one has a high production value.
The drums are a bit 80's sounding. I would like to see a different sound-font in use thats all.
And you could use a heart-felt guitar solo somewhere in there.

You do a great deal with what you have though and that has to be appreciated and enjoyed.

Dan
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Hi

Thanks. The song is about the events in Irak. I'm trying to tell the story of the invasion a bit like Nostradamus wrote his prophetic centuries in 1560 but in a more comprehensive way.

For exemple, references to Bush and Blair together in that war:

"Nobody in the alliance is fallowing this false good-natured"
"Except for the lion, who is his brother and used to be his father"

For the drums, it's true that I'm getting lazy. I should try to be more creative with that instrument. Today, the sound of the drum is almost a straight copy of the last song and I'm being doing that for the last 4 songs.

Thanks,

/Jack Real.
 
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