i didnt want to comment on anything during the disagreement that was going on in this thread. but i am glad to see that things can actually be settled through the use of words, rather than force. thank you for that.
about the clip in the song- "god may show you mercy", im not sure when he said it, but it was senator john mccain. the man who tried running for president.
I had another listen, and just wanted to let you know, that I'm still enjoying your tune. You had asked earlier about getting the sound clips "clean". I just used some noise reduction plugins, and cleaned them up cooledit pro, and tried to eq and pump them up with the waves stuff too. however, I thought that the AM quality of your clips helps the sound in your song, I thought...It gave it another sound dimension, which I think works. Noticed the backwards cymbals again too...Still love those gtrs at the end.
i didnt want to comment on anything during the disagreement that was going on in this thread. but i am glad to see that things can actually be settled through the use of words, rather than force. thank you for that.
about the clip in the song- "god may show you mercy", im not sure when he said it, but it was senator john mccain. the man who tried running for president.
hey no problem. i think that controversy sometimes is a good thing. i think i like the fact that someone is talking about my song, even if the conversation had nothing to do with the song. something is better than nothing. i just hope more people give it a listen.
mixmkr,
the guitars at the end also have a very loud cello type thing playing with them. maybe thats why they sound so heavy. i am now looking into plugins for cleaning up wav files. can you suggest any?
Sorry I can't speak too much about overall production because I'm at work listening with headphones (Good monitors at home, but only a 56k modem - T3 at work, but only headphones )
The innocent
Very powerful. The major issue I found was the sound of that sample based piano. It's the central instrument of the piece and the playing is great, but it sounds a bit canned (SQ-1?). This tune really requires a rich nature sounding piano - and more forward in the mix. Even better would be a real piano. Also I would bring up the drums more, and fade out the guitars a little sooner in order to bring back a few more bars of the piano at the end.
Forever at Sea
I think the radio transmissions should be edited more to tell a real tale here and the music should more dramatically support the events. The one transmission at 1:54 "...we've lost vertical control of our airplane" begs for a dramatic turn in the music. Maybe bring in that change that happens a 4:11 or one of your heavy guitar sounds. And I would take bit of artistic license and make this the final word from the airplane. After a heavy musical interlude the next radio transmission I would bring in is the one that occurs at 3:30 "Fire with smoke." The arpeggio playing which starts at 4:11 is a bit sloppy. I like the Trip-hop beats, but they sound very "Acidized" if you now what I mean.
Stir
I like the basic form but the guitar playing (style and sound) just does not fit at all. I would also change the instrumentation a little to better differentiate this tune from Forever at Sea.
barefoot, thanks for the listen....
i am going to give your thoughts on "the innocent" a try and see how it sounds. yes, i am using an SQ-1. its all i got, cant do anything about not having a real piano. LOL....
forever at sea- this needs to be rerecorded by me now that i kind of know what im doing a bit more. ill consider your thoughts again on this.
stir-im not sure what you mean by differentiate this tune from "forever". could you explain this a bit more please? do you mean it is the same sounding song or style? or something else?
also, where can i listen to some of your stuff. i think i lost where you posted that link last.
stir-im not sure what you mean by differentiate this tune from "forever". could you explain this a bit more please? do you mean it is the same sounding song or style? or something else?
Yeah, I think they sound too similar to one another. Very similar instrumentation, key, and radio transmission theme. I like it, but I think it needs to be mixed up some more.
also, where can i listen to some of your stuff. i think i lost where you posted that link last.
Here's my NowhereRadio link: http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists...6/singles.shtml
Not much up there yet. I guess I need to burn some tunes to disc and bring them to work. It takes me forever to upload stuff from home.