yet another newbie!

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hey folks,,,,,

first full track with my new setup (in the let me see you studio thread).


any one care to give me some advice and opinions?
i'm looking for any help i can get!!

thanks very much!



 
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Steenamaroo said:
hey folks,,,,,

first full track with my new setup (in the let me see you studio thread).


any one care to give me some advice and opinions?
i'm looking for any help i can get!!

thanks very much!



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Hey Steenamaroo,

I had a listen on my pc speakers and I couldn't crticise constructively on too much because the tune sounded sweet to me, I love the strings and the vocals are so pristine!

Nice work! :)
 
Listening as I type. Nice effect on the vocals panning back and forth at the beginning. I would bring the intro stuff up a bit in volume... Nice harmonies...The keyboards could come up in volume in some spots (where it solos) to keep it even in level. Good songwriting. Clean and clear mix...Other than just evening out the levels a bit (just my .02) this is an very cool tune ..
 
hey,,thanks everyone so far!!

that's really encouraging stuff,,,,,

i'm 9-5 atm, but i'll keep workin away and try to get all the levels right etc,,,


keep it comin people,,,and thanks again!!!!
 
hey again folks,

back again with a new tune, and a few adjustments to the first tune,

this second one is a new effort,,,started today,,,and of course isn't finished yet,,

it thought it better to let you guys hear it now,,,,so i can really get some tips etc before i'm 'finished'.


anyway,,,,,feel free,,,good or bad,,,

thanks again.


tune1 :-

tune2 :-


older tunes

 
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Hey, good stuff man. I thought I wasn't going to like the songs by the way they start out, but then you sort of get in to the groove. Mix sounds pretty good for this type of sound I think. Your 2nd song could _maybe_ use a little more punchy bass drum. Totally up to you though. I think it would give the song more of a driving feel.
 
hey,,
thanks for that,,,
i've tried something out here,and updated track two at 23:00
(had to do it on cans cos everyones in bed,,but it should be alright)

thanks again.
 
hi again,

i put up an intro that i did today,

let me know if you like where i'm going with this.


 
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Haha, awesome. I freakin love the intro. Reminds me of a mix between smooth rap and the songs from SimCity 3000 and 4. It could seriously be a track on SC4. What kind of intro is this going to be? An intro to the CD or to one of your songs? It would be pretty cool if you could let us hear what the intro sounds like with the rest of the song attached (or at least tell me which song it belongs to so that I can imagine what it sounds like in my head).
 
hi,,thanks for writing back!

it's an intro to a song a recorded a good while ago on some (even more) pathetic equipment.

i always said i would redo all my old tunes so this is the start of it.

if you're interested in comparison the original songs intro is on



also, added some trial vocals to


btw, not sure if it was a compliment or not,, but good call on the sim city reference,

will be working on the rest of the track in the next week.

Steen.
 
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Great! The vocals are a major plus. If you're singing, then good job to you. And yeah, that was definitely a compliment about the SC4. Major improvement over your earlier version too. You're doing an awesome job. Keep it up, and let me know when you get some more songs done.
 
hey!!thanks for that man,,,,

great to get some good encouragement going on here,,
i'll keep you posted.

(ps,it is me doin the vocals on marshall mxl990)

19:42 edit,
i'm gona upload a complete 1st version,,,quite happy with everything except for the solo outro,,,,,gona redo that i think.n e suggestions?
 
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Yeah, still lovin it. I just listened to it with my headphones and it's really rockin. The low note that the bass hits sounds really fat in the 'phones. As far as mix goes, the only real thing I can say is that the guitar outro is a little off (as you pointed out). It could stand to be more prominent in the mix, and you should maybe play around with its panning. I.e. push it around from right to left to get that sort of spacey feel. Take this for what it's worth, but I have a suggestion for you: I think it would be cool to hear the part that goes from "It wasn't yesterday that I was born...and maybe I'll hear myself some more" in half-time to slow things down and really groove for a few bars. Halfing the drums and piano by re-writing those few bars would do wonders I think, and it would allow you to really mess around on the bass and get downright funky. Then it would go right back into normal-time chorus again. This is completely up to you tho.
 
hi again folks,,,,it's been a while, but i've decided just to leave the beat in on that dodgy part,,,but reduce the volume a bit,

it clears up any confusion,,,i think



also, what do you think of



bit gay,,but it means something to me,

let me know,

cheers.
 
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