On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese
singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass on the
track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it, because I was
having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P
James
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Hi
Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think it's probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than compress, although some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar has a tendency to overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay once the vocal level is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit to reduce the clash.
The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd say, lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use some delay to make it big without pushing it into the background like the reverb's doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level a bit inconsistent.
It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to infer any emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit flat, on the same level -- the piece could do with some contour to it, a sense of building and releasing in the music.
Q
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