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lincoln
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Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:54 am |
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unproject
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:30 am |
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compress the sh*t outta the vox (possibly re-record it), eq and reverb the percs, other than that i pretty much liked it |
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johnnymack
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:06 am |
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Hi lincoln
I agree with unproject, the only thing that lets your song down is the vocals.
you should try setting the levels of your backing vox lower than your lead vox, it could be just me but at some points in your song I found it hard to tell which was which.
other than that it is a nice bit of music |
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infidel
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Location: Lake Stevens, WA,, USA
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:34 am |
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guitars- (sounds like an onboard pickup?) sounds like nylon strings- you might consider recording at least one of the guitar lines- either the one playing the melody lines or the one strumming chords- to an all-steel-string to differentiate the sound more; or you might effect one subtly (it would be way easy to overkill the effects in a minimalist tune like this). thumbs up on the stereo separation between the tracks- that's workin'. maybe bring up the melody guitar lines volume-wise where they're carryin' everything, and center them in the mix.
percussion- overall down a little in the mix (off the first link). the song's beggin' for some bongos.
vocals- agreed with the previous comment about lowering the volume somewhat on the background vocals. sounds like the singer's going for an in-between-singing-and-spoken approach, sorta Bob Dylanesque....i think i'd try to go for more of a straight melodic singing approach for more of the bulk of the time- that way when it drops to a spoken thing it carries a little more weight.
khoul tune, sounds like a funeral dirge. real spaghetti-western music- i could almost smell the dust in the air and see the tumbleweeds blowin' behind Clint Eastwood. sweaty mexicans drinkin' tequila in the afternoon sun.
PEACE
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smili
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:38 am |
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I gotta agree with a previous post concerning the bckgrd vox walking on top of the main vox in places. The overall Vox don't work for me generally. The music has an interesting mood - i like how the percussion got mixed in and intensity buildup in the song, but the vox seem to fall short of delivering. This is more of a performance issue than a mixing issue I think.
alt country's not really my gig, but that my take  hope it helps
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lincoln
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Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:10 pm |
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Thanks for all the feedback! It will help me out in the future.
I remixed the song and am considering redoing the vocals, that track is pretty old and I can probably pull off a better performance now. But at the same time I kinda just want to move on and let it rest...
Thanks again.
Lincoln |
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buffaloson
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Location: Queens, NY
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:31 pm |
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I always loved this song. Especially the lyrics. I wish it had some sort of equivalent of a kick drum in it. Maybe like a microphone in a trunk being banged upon. I think it'd sort of up that Tom Waits percussive feel that's going on.
Love,
-Blake |
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