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The callback-echo vocal is a little strange, maybe pan it off to the side? The instruments seem really dry - any reverb on them? I like the 'ma-ma-ma-ma' accents! When the elec piano comes in after the synth lead, it's a little loud
 
Cool little diddy. Agree some of those secondary vox parts clouded up the main vox so it got a little distracting and found myself listening for them instead of the main. I think panning them would sound better. Everything else sounded really good. Good job
 
The vocal slap back jumps on the main vocal when there are no pauses, so the panning on the vocal slap back would eliminate that. Everything else seemed to sit fine in the mix.
 
Got it. Thanks, you guys. Panning shall take place.
 
Aw. Everybody else said the thing I was going to say. :( Your songs are hard to categorise, so I won't bother, except to say I liked it. :D
 
I love it...it's creative, different, while maintaining your style. I liked the vocal slapback...there's plenty of room for it. The synth lead was unexpected and welcome. I'm glad you aren't doing the voice trumpets on this one too. That's cool but it's also good not to make that a signature deal. The mamamamama vocs were a nice touch too.
 
Wow, this is pretty cool dobro....something different for sure...The only thing about the mix I find distracting is the already mentioned vocal effect, other than that, this is good dude...

I think this might sound good with some drums on it too, but that's just a suggestion/idea....

Good job!!!
 
Bass and clean guitar sound terrific. Like all the percussion sounds. Heck vocal is good too. Like that little delay trick (like at :28) on the vocal. How did you do that? It was cool.

I can't really find any faults. Good job.
 
StuGort said:
I love it...it's creative, different, while maintaining your style. I liked the vocal slapback...there's plenty of room for it. The synth lead was unexpected and welcome. I'm glad you aren't doing the voice trumpets on this one too. That's cool but it's also good not to make that a signature deal. The mamamamama vocs were a nice touch too.
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Yeah, it was originally a lip trumpet part, but people aren't as in love with that as I am so I changed it up. I love my synth too. It's all good.

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TripleM said:
Bass and clean guitar sound terrific. Like all the percussion sounds. Heck vocal is good too. Like that little delay trick (like at :28) on the vocal. How did you do that? It was cool.
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It's just a second vocal part, sung on the off-beat.
 
Listening on speakers that are not monitors, I can say the mix sounded fine. I agree that some panning on the background vocal might make it sound better... the way it is now, it seems to start in the middle and the echo comes out to the left. Maybe if it started to the right and then the echo came out to the left (like it currently does). In fact, it's almost irresponsible to leave that right side so bereft of background vocal.

Let me know if you change your mind and want some jokes.
 
I know a joke about Womb. It involves a group of African tribesmen arguing about its pronunciation. Are you familiar with that one, Dobro?

(Listened to the song again - it's really good.)
 
very very cool tune dobro. like all the little elements and held my me throughout. mix sounds good.
only nit for me you already said you'd take care of: panning the backing. i also think some more prominent percussive
sounds would add a little rhythmic spice.
 
dobro said:
Yeah, it was originally a lip trumpet part, but people aren't as in love with that as I am so I changed it up. I love my synth too. It's all good.
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I noticed that you actually improved your technique at doing the lip trumpets over time. In that regard, it was interesting to me.

The voice trumpets DO raise the question of what's going to be generally appreciated by other people. Making music can be very personal and yet most people seek encouragement, in one form or another, to persevere at their art. Is it a compromise to alter one's inspirations to appease others? Sure it is...but the world is strewn with ignored artists that didn't compromise....and then sometimes one of them is picked out and elevated to rock star status.

It's an interesting subject.
 
StuGort said:
I noticed that you actually improved your technique at doing the lip trumpets over time. In that regard, it was interesting to me.

The voice trumpets DO raise the question of what's going to be generally appreciated by other people. Making music can be very personal and yet most people seek encouragement, in one form or another, to persevere at their art. Is it a compromise to alter one's inspirations to appease others? Sure it is...but the world is strewn with ignored artists that didn't compromise....and then sometimes one of them is picked out and elevated to rock star status.

It's an interesting subject.
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Bingo. Nailed in one. Yes, it's an interesting subject, and yes it raises the issue of whether it's compromise to talk to people in ways they appreciate and understand or whether it's a matter of artistic integrity to make the art successful. Or maybe it's all just word games and ego. But I've reached the stage where I've got enough confidence in the song to be able to change certain things out and know that it's not more significant than changing my shirt, for instance.

The Beatles didn't compromise, but they crafted their stuff to appeal to people, and it worked. And I think they did a great job of making some spectacularly good and interesting music.

John Zorn didn't give a damn about what people liked. I haven't listened to any of his stuff for fifteen years, either.

And then there's Miles. He seemed not to give a damn what people liked, and yet he managed to change the course of jazz a few times and produce some really, really, really good music.
 
Bubba po said:
I know a joke about Womb. It involves a group of African tribesmen arguing about its pronunciation. Are you familiar with that one, Dobro?

(Listened to the song again - it's really good.)
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The one I know isn't a joke so much as a wisecrack. A guy spends nine months getting out of that part of a woman and the rest of his adult life trying to get back in. What's yours?
 
BroKen_H said:
It is def different! I love all the tones. Great tracking!
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Thanks. But I'm starting to think that my room's too dead. Maybe overdid the treatment a bit. Maybe a bit less absorption and a bit more diffusion is what's needed.
 
sammydix said:
very very cool tune dobro. like all the little elements and held my me throughout. mix sounds good.
only nit for me you already said you'd take care of: panning the backing. i also think some more prominent percussive
sounds would add a little rhythmic spice.
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Thanks, sammydix. I put a new mix up and I changed more than the vocal panning. I think it's got a big advantage over the first aside from the panning issue. I can't believe I just figured this out only now. I'm thick as four short boards sometimes, honest to God.

About the percussion thing: I decided to take a 'less is more' approach because I wanted this one to have a sort of sexy, relaxed feel. That guitar part has a lot of notes already, so I decided to use percussion just for an accent in places rather than as a constant.
 
NotThatBright said:
Listening on speakers that are not monitors, I can say the mix sounded fine. I agree that some panning on the background vocal might make it sound better... the way it is now, it seems to start in the middle and the echo comes out to the left. Maybe if it started to the right and then the echo came out to the left (like it currently does). In fact, it's almost irresponsible to leave that right side so bereft of background vocal.

Let me know if you change your mind and want some jokes.
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I've done something about the right side. Whatcha think?

Jokes, sure. Jokes are good. Maybe. lol
 
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