Walking In The Rain

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Here's a tune I wrote a few months back and never bothered with until today. Using an old Classical Guitar I rescued from a skip, a Kala Tenor Ukulele and a Glockenspiel that my wife's School was throwing out. (There were two Glocks, I made one good one out of the broken bits)

This is a rough mix down. I'm not finished with it yet. I have some editing to do, redo some of the Vocals. I want some more percussion in there as well. (The tapping is my fingers tapping the back of the Uke) I think I'll get a cardboard box in there somewhere! I have some more guitar parts to add in places and hopefully get my friend round to put some Violin on the ending. (That's why it's pretty blank at the end)

It's a silly song, it sounds very childish and whimsical and it was intended to be like that :D

See what you think.

Cheers

 
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I like it. I don't have much to offer in terms of constructive criticism. It sounded really good to me all the way around. No problems really. Its as good as what many would claim to be a final mix. There were a couple of spots where the vocal level was just a tad to hot but you said its a rough mix. The instruments sounded great and it was a good arrangement. Well done
 
Cheers for listening and the kind comments. Much appreciated. :D
 
Nice little song. I liked most of the instrumentation. The only exception was that "rain sound" in the first section. That just seemed distracting. The other stuff was really good.

Singing is good. Nice harmonies. The vocals has a little harshness to them when you hit the bigger, more drawn out notes. Like an ear dart around 2700hz - 2800hz.

The bass is pretty boomy. It has some out of control frequency somewhere around 80hz - 120hz or so.

I like the guitar sound. The glockenspiel was a nice touch.
 
I know what you mean about the rain sound. I'm unsure whether or not that will remain. My original thought was to have the music lofi in the background of the rain, like an old radio in the distance but with the vocal upfront and prominent like someone singing in the rain. If you know what I mean. Ideally with footsteps and splash.

I'll look at the vocals ;) Thanks

There actually isn't a bass on it. It's just the top string of the Acoustic plonking along under my thumb. I always was heavy handed. It's is quite boomy though, I had noted this when I played it back in the car earlier. It's on my to do list ;)

Thank you for listening and commenting. Appreciated :D
 
Sounds great. I agree with what the others said . . . nice song!
 
Nice song. Sounds like something you would hear in a cereal commercial, and I mean that as a compliment! Professional quality.
 
Thank you for listening and the kind comments. I'm back to work on this later today. Will keep it updated as it progresses :D
 
I got no problems with the mix really. Everything sounds nicely recorded and mixed. The vocals are little hot at times, but not too bad. Love the uke and the glockenspiel. I don't know about the ending. It's your call of course but I don't think you need anything after about the 3:10 mark. Just fade it out.
 
Cheers Greg. Appreciate the comments.

I've redone the vocals and added more guitar to end. Haven't had a chance to mix it yet though. I post it up tomorrow when I get done. I'm always of the opinion, less is more, so I'm with you on the ending ;)
 
Hey, that was really cool..I also though, found the rain sound a little distracting in the intro....If I didn't know the title of the song, it would have sounded a little like a couple of strips of bacon frying in a pan, or the sound of a needle placed at the beginning a record album, thats where my imagination woulda gone anyways.......mix, playing,vocals all sound great, enjoyed the listen!
 
I like the song and the mix, but like some of the others here the rain effect throughout the song was a little distracting. You might try this; in the intro start with only the rain for a couple of measures then fade the guitar in as you fade out the rain. Then if you could make the mallet strikes of the glockenspiel just a bit more present, not louder just more distinct, that would continue the rainfall effect. Then at the end, fade out the guitars and fade the rain back in as if you are walking away from the listener. Of course I don't know if these changes would make it better, they might make an otherwise nice mix sound like absolute crap. I just thought I would give you my thoughts on this because that is the way I have been hearing it in my head since I first listened to your song.

Again let me say great song.
 
Thank you to everyone who has took the time to comment and have a listen. What I thought was a stupid/silly little song got some rather surprising liking. I'm putting this tune to bed for a bit now while I crack on with more recording. Here's a final rough mix, I'll go back to it at a later date and 'finish' finish it ;)

I added new vocals to this and a bit of guitar to the end. Removed a bit of the rain sample and dropped a bit of the bass out of the guitar.

 
sounds very pristine... my only complaint is the vocals dont sound FULL enough, if that makes sense... and the (what sounds like) nylon string guitar panned left, sounds strictly percussive.... sounds like too much attack and not much warmth.. other than that, good show
 
Sadly, I'm not a fantastic singer. I did try but didn't like the double tracked vocals on this, sound too full, so left it as a solo vocal.

What you hear panned left is the Ukulele, strummed with a finger nail, it tends to sound like that in general and it was the first time I've ever recorded a Uke. Only had it just over a month. Maybe I need a leather pick. I'll obtain one next time I'm at the shop.

Cheers for the comments and listening. Appreciated.
 
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Sadly, I'm not a fantastic singer. I did try but didn't like the double tracked vocals on this, sound too full, so left it as a solo vocal.

What you hear panned left is the Ukulele, strummed with a finger nail, it tends to sound like that in general and it was the first time I've ever recorded a Uke. Only had it just over a month. Maybe I need a leather pick. I'll obtain one next time I'm at the shop.

Cheers for the comments and listening. Appreciated.
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ah you know i THOUGHT it sounded like a ukelele but assumed it wasnt because its a rarity to hear in a song like that, so very cool. you could probably tame the pick noise by dipping the attack area in the EQ without effecting the tone. and the vocals sound like they were performed fine (a lot better than some people i've heard) just maybe a very small room reverb (you know... one of those that doesnt actually sound like reverb) might fatten her up. but its not a must.
 
Late reply to this. I didn't see the post. I'll look into you EQ suggestion when I finish up the mix. I've made a note.

Cheers
 
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