alternative slow melancholic rock song from vienna. what do you think?

[Skiz]

salute,

I would like to know what you guys overseas think about this song? How do you like:

- the songwriting
- the production and mixing
- the mood/ vocals/ lyrics

do you think it has some commercial potential? If yes, do you have some contacts?

http://static.orf.at/fm4/soundpark/m...tay_148678.mp3

I also have an album teaser of the complete album:

www.malaxe.com/music/teaser.mp3


Cheers from freezy Vienna
Skiz

[rainsinvelvet]

Leonard Cohen fan perhaps?

Sounds good to me.
If I had to pick something out that bothers me...
The guitar in the intro sounds out of time with the brushy drum stuff. Otherwise all the tones are nice. I like the production tidbits..
I could maybe stand to hear a bit more lows/ fullness in the vocal. Just to give it a bit more weight.
Otherwise I think it sounds cool.

ERic

[BruceTheProduce]

Sounds great, the mood of the song is nice and melow. I kinda have something with the vocals, with the harmonies they do sound complete, though on its own they lack a bit more power or fullnes. Despite the timming at the very beggining its a cool tune, however the transition from the intro to the verse sounds kinda empty. The Chorus is very pleasing.
Good work dude

[Skiz]

thanks for the kind words.

do you think the vocals could sound better from a technical point of view. I don't have much experiance with mics/preamps. For this track I used a pretty low cost type: a studio projects vtb-1 and a Rhode NT1000. But I EQ-t a lot. I am thinking about buying a better combination. Could it be much better with another mic/pre combination?

cheers

[BruceTheProduce]

Sometimes you don't have to use the coolest mics ever. Whitney Houston ( not that I like her) on some hit albums she has she ended up using a shure SM58. It really boils down to what works the best with the singer. Try all you got. Rent a cool mic pre maybe. Maybe do more harmonies.

Good luck

[GYMusic]

For me... it's all about the song. I like the song. The production is fine (and secondary). I wouldn't have the break/pause at the first chorus for the "you" lyric.

[wallace]

I like the vibes and tremolo guitar. It sounds a lot like the later Dylan recordings. The vocals are stark though, and some sort of ambient treatment might be cool (kind of like the Lenois delay). I can't say if it has commercial appeal. Does any new music have commercial appeal? It seems like most people are just giving their music away.

I like the 2nd vocalist more than the first. I think a third vocal would help the vibe of the song too!

I like the mood of the song. I think the chorus could be a little more manic, and especially if you're going for something that's going to be marketable, you should give us the payoff! A big snare sound maybe at the "sometimes youre dreaming line"? Could you have added more moementum at that point? That's a cool violin solo, what is the effect?

The tympani sound is a little cluttered in the mix.

cool song though! thanks for sharing.