[LAU] New music: Shoegaze

[James Stone]

Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, James Stone wrote:
> 
>> Here is my last track of the year (although probably not finished).
>> Early 90's shoegaze style with lots of nods in the direction of the
>> likes of My Bloody Valentine, and probably/maybe some Goth influences 
>> too??
> 
> Pretty nice... thanks for sharing.
> 
>> One thing I'm not totally happy with is the "fizzy" distortion. I think
>> this might just be a result of using the computer rather than a valve
>> amp, but I'm particularly interested in improving this aspect...
> 
> Especially after listening to the MBV link you posted, I think you're 
> pretty close with this sound.  (I'll call it the "guitar" part... even 
> though I think it's a synth.) Prob. all you need to do is turn down the 
> mids... maybe add a stereo delay with a very short delay (20-100 ms), 
> and a different delay time for L/R.  (BTW, I'm a guitar player...)
> 

Thanks for listening! The main problem with the distortion sound is that 
there are no highs - I have to cut them as they are just digital 
distortion - and very unpleasant. I will have a tweak with things as you 
suggest and see if I can get it a bit better.

> Also, I think you need to turn up the bass and the drum parts a lot 
> (compared to your distortion sound).  Maybe for the bass part, take off 
> the distortion.  This may mean you have to turn down the "guitar" part a 
> little bit.  Also consider adding a little more motion to the bass line.
> 

OK.. sounds good.

> The vocals being a little low is fine... but they should maybe stand out 
> a /little/ more.  If you turn down the mids on the "guitar" part... I 
> think it will help in this area, too.
> 
> I like the reverb on the drums a lot. :-)
> 

Thanks!

James