A VERY rough Demo (Genre - Soul/Groove)

Mr Funk · 16th October 2004

This is also posted on studioforums.com, but not getting much of a response.

Went round to my friend’s house, recorded about 5 vocals (5 songs) just too basic beats, for him to then put some music to with the intention of re-recording them properly to the music at a later date. Did one or two takes of each song into my C1 (no compression) into a crap pre-amp into his crap sound card, in between his mum hoovering and making us tea etc!

He then played me a basic loop he was working on and I said, 'Hey, one of those songs would fit to that, but it'd be in a bit of a high key'! Anyway, we gave it a go and this is the result.

Can you please give me your opinions of the song and vocals (vibe, lyrics etc) and not the production values, as I know they are poor. I have yet to go back and re-do the vocals and I know they are dodgy in places. Also, take into account that the structure is a bit boring as it is only a 2 bar loop, although, I kind of like the basic feel of it and all the people I have played it too are diggin it and still humming it for a few hours after! Well, all except the girlfriend who inspired it, she just said, 'Yeah, it's Ok'!!

BTW, watch out for my 'vocal trumpet'!

Cheers.

Squinty McGhee · 18th October 2004

For some reason it downloads as an unreadable document for me, look into it. That's probably why there are no comments.

Mr Funk · 18th October 2004

Here is a new attachment.

Sorry, the last one was an AAC (misstake), which will play on Ipods etc. I have deleted it and posted this MP3 instead.

Please give it another go and give me your opinions.

Thanks

Mr Funk · 19th October 2004

Well another 7 downloads (of a working MP3) and still no comments! Oh well...

Squinty McGhee · 19th October 2004

cmon man, if you're gonna bug people for a response at least give us something we can listen to....jeez!

Mr Funk · 19th October 2004

Thanks again Squinty McGhee for letting me know that the attachment is not working (again).

I'm at a loss as to what the problem is. I guess it could be something to do with being on AOL dial-up, as this has caused me various problems in the past!

If anyone is interested in hearing my funky vibes, then please go to the link below, as this works!

http://studioforums.com/eve/ubb.x?a=...24&m=450101948

Cheers

Mr Funk · 24th October 2004

Just thought I'd let you know that the attachment does work! When I downloaded it, it appeared to be called 'Attachment' rather than 'Don't Cry For Me' and XP did not recognise it as any particular file type. All I did was add .mp3 to the name and then Media Player played it fine.

Give this a go and then please give me some opinions.

Cheers

thethrillfactor · 25th October 2004

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Funk
This Can you please give me your opinions of the song and vocals (vibe, lyrics etc) and not the production values, as I know they are poor. Cheers.

Its a little too close to Maxwell in my opinion.

Song wise and vocals wise i think a little bit of change in the melodies would break up the repetition.

A lot of modern R&B is the same 4-8 bar loop through out and its up to the vocalist to change it up.

No comments on the production since the song is not done.

Mr Funk · 25th October 2004

Thanks guys,

djui5:
I assume you meant the bass line is too loud, not the whole track? Thanks.

thethrillfactor:
I am a fan of Maxwell, but I did not set out to make a song that sounded like him. I have since written a new verse that will sit between the two on the demo. I will change the melody a bit when I come to re-record the vocals to make it more interesting (less repetitive). This was always my intention; I just wanted to get a basic feel down for some opinions etc.

Thanks again and any more comments are welcome.

djui5 · 25th October 2004

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Funk
Thanks guys,

djui5:
I assume you meant the bass line is too loud, not the whole track? Thanks.

Yeah...but take it with a grain of salt...I'm not listening to these mp3's in a studio...

Mr Funk · 28th October 2004

Did any more of the 63 people to download the demo manage to listen to it?

16th October 2004	#1
Mr Funk Gear addict Joined: May 2003 Location: London Posts: 349 Thread Starter	NEW WORKING ATTACHMENT added - A VERY rough Demo (Genre - Soul/Groove) This is also posted on studioforums.com, but not getting much of a response. Went round to my friend’s house, recorded about 5 vocals (5 songs) just too basic beats, for him to then put some music to with the intention of re-recording them properly to the music at a later date. Did one or two takes of each song into my C1 (no compression) into a crap pre-amp into his crap sound card, in between his mum hoovering and making us tea etc! He then played me a basic loop he was working on and I said, 'Hey, one of those songs would fit to that, but it'd be in a bit of a high key'! Anyway, we gave it a go and this is the result. Can you please give me your opinions of the song and vocals (vibe, lyrics etc) and not the production values, as I know they are poor. I have yet to go back and re-do the vocals and I know they are dodgy in places. Also, take into account that the structure is a bit boring as it is only a 2 bar loop, although, I kind of like the basic feel of it and all the people I have played it too are diggin it and still humming it for a few hours after! Well, all except the girlfriend who inspired it, she just said, 'Yeah, it's Ok'!! BTW, watch out for my 'vocal trumpet'! Cheers. __________________ What ever it is, it's got to be funky!

19th October 2004	#5
Squinty McGhee Gear interested Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 10	exact same problem cmon man, if you're gonna bug people for a response at least give us something we can listen to....jeez!

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18th October 2004	#2
Squinty McGhee Gear interested Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 10	For some reason it downloads as an unreadable document for me, look into it. That's probably why there are no comments.

24th October 2004	#7
Mr Funk Gear addict Joined: May 2003 Location: London Posts: 349 Thread Starter	Just thought I'd let you know that the attachment does work! When I downloaded it, it appeared to be called 'Attachment' rather than 'Don't Cry For Me' and XP did not recognise it as any particular file type. All I did was add .mp3 to the name and then Media Player played it fine. Give this a go and then please give me some opinions. Cheers

25th October 2004	#9
Mr Funk Gear addict Joined: May 2003 Location: London Posts: 349 Thread Starter	Thanks guys, djui5: I assume you meant the bass line is too loud, not the whole track? Thanks. thethrillfactor: I am a fan of Maxwell, but I did not set out to make a song that sounded like him. I have since written a new verse that will sit between the two on the demo. I will change the melody a bit when I come to re-record the vocals to make it more interesting (less repetitive). This was always my intention; I just wanted to get a basic feel down for some opinions etc. Thanks again and any more comments are welcome.

28th October 2004	#11
Mr Funk Gear addict Joined: May 2003 Location: London Posts: 349 Thread Starter	Did any more of the 63 people to download the demo manage to listen to it?