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23rd November 2009, 12:23 PM
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| Care to critique this little ditty? This was a tune written by a friend's friend - an older guy who writes songs as a hobby. My friend usually arranges & mixes them, but this time he gave a few to me to have a go at... He just gave me a live drum track, a single vocal & a piano track. At first hearing I thought it was rather corny, but I kind of got drawn in by the vocal that another friend had put on it for him... It conjured up a kind of '80's new wave Blondie / Cars vibe in my mind, so I went with it & layed down all the rest of the music myself... I really don't know if it's any great shakes as a song, but I sure had fun doing it - I'm keen to know your opinions, good or bad - let me have it! New mix incorporating suggestions given here a few posts down... |
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23rd November 2009, 05:00 PM
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| The vocal needs to come up a little. The hi hat on the drums could do with being reduced and the synth needs to come down a tad. Other than that, its a good mix. |
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24th November 2009, 01:43 AM
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24th November 2009, 05:12 AM
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| Hmmm.... fairly good song. Good mix. I say put some 5K to 7K on her vocal. |
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24th November 2009, 05:39 AM
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25th November 2009, 12:15 AM
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| Vocals up. Guitar (left) little softer / less high end (its complex pattern interferes a bit with the vocals). For the rest it is ok I think. Matter of taste: I probably would make the snare and high hat more rock / dirty / less smooth. |
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25th November 2009, 12:39 AM
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| Great suggestions! Thanks for listening. |
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15th December 2009, 02:06 PM
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| I've uploaded a new mix, putting into effect some of the great suggestions I've been given - any better? |
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16th December 2009, 05:22 AM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: north carolina
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The song is good. The drums seem to be a drum machine or midi based. These are not live drums are they? | |
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16th December 2009, 07:09 AM
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