Finishing pop/rock/funk song for radio - help :)?

xeper · 3 Weeks Ago

I'm just finishing mixing some pop/rock/funk song and just need some opinions from you guys.

cheeers

Andreas Leonhard · 2 Weeks Ago

Hi xeper, cathy song...really nice. Bass/kick is nice. But I think you have a problem with the rooms acoustics. The vocal is sounding odd in the beginning. Check the acoustics. Finally I miss definition in your mix.

butterfly · 2 Weeks Ago

......really pretty tune and great playing, singing....got lots of commercial appeal I think, in a middle of the road sort of a way.....listening on my computer speakers so can't comment on the finer points of the mix but from here sounds great.

xeper · 2 Weeks Ago

hi Andreas, yeah, vocals are quite strange

in the beginning I left it rough, without any reverb, etc. so if something here is bad, it could be on vocal track directly..

can You say more what is strange in the vocal

?

812bassplayer · 2 Weeks Ago

Don't have any suggestions, but the drum/bass mesh is amazing! I wouldn't touch that. That and the harmony vocals are pretty amazing too. Good luck with it!

Rapslashrnbking · 2 Weeks Ago

im a rap/rnb artist but i really love this song.....im always open to a different song.....i love the harmonies on the hook.....vocals sit real good in the mix.....i think you did a good job...in my opinion

john caldwell · 2 Weeks Ago

Lovely tune. Andreas' remark about the lead vocal is right. There is the notion of hands being cupped about the mouth in a small room. I suggest sweeping the 300 Hz to 600 Hz band, and suspect a not-so-narrow cut will be needed. After doing that, you may or may not need to bolster the 1.8 K to 3.6 K band, currently lacking, but that is key for intelligibility from a Wallmart ceiling speaker. The backgrounds are well enough sung that I'd have wished for a much less vocoder-like tuning treatment, but that is a creative choice naturally. I do feel the backgrounds have greater low mid band (again) thickness than needed.

Very nice overall however. Like it or not, we can't help respond when music is decently written and well sung and well played - as it is here.

John Caldwell

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Andreas Leonhard Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wassenberg, Germany Posts: 153	Hi xeper, cathy song...really nice. Bass/kick is nice. But I think you have a problem with the rooms acoustics. The vocal is sounding odd in the beginning. Check the acoustics. Finally I miss definition in your mix. __________________ Andreas Leonhard Online Mixing and Mastering Service (5.1 Surround and Stereo) www.musicfirst-studio46.de Don´t forget: Music first! - Bruce Swedien -

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butterfly Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: uk Posts: 1,261	......really pretty tune and great playing, singing....got lots of commercial appeal I think, in a middle of the road sort of a way.....listening on my computer speakers so can't comment on the finer points of the mix but from here sounds great.

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xeper Gear nut Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wlodawa, Poland Posts: 114 Thread Starter	hi Andreas, yeah, vocals are quite strange in the beginning I left it rough, without any reverb, etc. so if something here is bad, it could be on vocal track directly.. can You say more what is strange in the vocal ?

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812bassplayer Gear interested Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 18	Don't have any suggestions, but the drum/bass mesh is amazing! I wouldn't touch that. That and the harmony vocals are pretty amazing too. Good luck with it!

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Rapslashrnbking Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 64	im a rap/rnb artist but i really love this song.....im always open to a different song.....i love the harmonies on the hook.....vocals sit real good in the mix.....i think you did a good job...in my opinion

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john caldwell Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,110	Lovely tune. Andreas' remark about the lead vocal is right. There is the notion of hands being cupped about the mouth in a small room. I suggest sweeping the 300 Hz to 600 Hz band, and suspect a not-so-narrow cut will be needed. After doing that, you may or may not need to bolster the 1.8 K to 3.6 K band, currently lacking, but that is key for intelligibility from a Wallmart ceiling speaker. The backgrounds are well enough sung that I'd have wished for a much less vocoder-like tuning treatment, but that is a creative choice naturally. I do feel the backgrounds have greater low mid band (again) thickness than needed. Very nice overall however. Like it or not, we can't help respond when music is decently written and well sung and well played - as it is here. John Caldwell