New Pop Piano Song

jams44 · 4th November 2009

Alright,

So I'm on to a new song, however I'm having some trouble. I attached the song below, tell me what you think. I havn't begun to mess with any levels yet so ignore that. My main issue is drums. As of right now I don't have any access to good sounding drums outside of UltraBeat in Logic 9. Any suggestions? Also, is there a bad transition between the second verse (if you an call it that) and the part after it?

The song's not near completion but I thought I would ask for advice before I get to far into it.

Song attached.

Thanks,
Joe

jams44 · 10th November 2009

bump, anyone? :-)

Marando · 11th November 2009

This song has potential, I like the vocal.. but the mixing is very thin at the moment. It lacks body/punch, or something like that. But the track is nice, yeah, keep working on it!

SANDS · 11th November 2009

since you have the skeleton done, why not throw it around to some real drummers, can't get better than a real drummer.

jams44 · 12th November 2009

hey thanks for the comments. yah, obviously mixing is poor as of now, just trying to figure out what direction to go in. I've got a few drummers out here that could maybe help me out (unless someone in the GS community would like to help out!). I'm just looking to add something with a good hook and something that relates my songs together. a certain sound (unless my voice is that distinguishable?). anyways, thanks again for the comments and keep um coming, i really appreciate it.

love,
joe

jams44 · 13th November 2009

Alright, so I have a kit available to use and I want to ask something. If I recorded drum and bass together and then high hat and crash together would it be any different from recording them at the same time? I understand the bleeding of all the sounds would obviously be different. But if I'm playing them separately using UltraBeat, I figure it wouldn't make a difference with the right editing.

Am I completely off? Any other ideas. As of right now I have 2 condensor mics I can use, no drum mics available nor do I have any interest in recording in that style.

Any suggestions into how I could record this?

SANDS · 15th November 2009

You could make it work, try it out and see what you get, it might turn out to be exactly what you want.

Also, I'm heading over to a fellow drummers house tonight for a session. I'll swing this by him and see if he seems interested.

jams44 · 18th November 2009

Anything?

11th November 2009	#3
Marando Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 897	This song has potential, I like the vocal.. but the mixing is very thin at the moment. It lacks body/punch, or something like that. But the track is nice, yeah, keep working on it! __________________ Check out Ricardo Munoz his first official release on Youtube!

11th November 2009	#4
SANDS Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO. USA Posts: 630	since you have the skeleton done, why not throw it around to some real drummers, can't get better than a real drummer. __________________ It's just fun. "OH! There's air in my Hi Hat! I like that very much!

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10th November 2009	#2
jams44 Gear interested Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 28 Thread Starter	bump, anyone? :-)

12th November 2009	#5
jams44 Gear interested Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 28 Thread Starter	hey thanks for the comments. yah, obviously mixing is poor as of now, just trying to figure out what direction to go in. I've got a few drummers out here that could maybe help me out (unless someone in the GS community would like to help out!). I'm just looking to add something with a good hook and something that relates my songs together. a certain sound (unless my voice is that distinguishable?). anyways, thanks again for the comments and keep um coming, i really appreciate it. love, joe

13th November 2009	#6
jams44 Gear interested Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 28 Thread Starter	Alright, so I have a kit available to use and I want to ask something. If I recorded drum and bass together and then high hat and crash together would it be any different from recording them at the same time? I understand the bleeding of all the sounds would obviously be different. But if I'm playing them separately using UltraBeat, I figure it wouldn't make a difference with the right editing. Am I completely off? Any other ideas. As of right now I have 2 condensor mics I can use, no drum mics available nor do I have any interest in recording in that style. Any suggestions into how I could record this?

15th November 2009	#7
SANDS Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO. USA Posts: 630	You could make it work, try it out and see what you get, it might turn out to be exactly what you want. Also, I'm heading over to a fellow drummers house tonight for a session. I'll swing this by him and see if he seems interested.

18th November 2009	#8
jams44 Gear interested Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 28 Thread Starter	Anything?