The colour of voice is very nice. But try to record the voice in as much as possible equal loudness - before you move to dynamics. Fill the channel with iit. . Use compressor on the vocals as well - will help you get over the beginner's problems with loudness. The rhythms guitar should be more tight - as you don't have bass/drums, the rhythm guitar serves as the basis of this song, so it HAS to be rock solid. Again, this is true before you learn to move slightly in time for the effect of it. All in all the song is quite good - but you are not convinced in it. Try to sing it as if you were sure that it will sell 100.000 copies - the results will be amazing. One song reflects one own's confidence - or the lack of it. "Losing My Religion" is so beautifully unconfident - and that's the big asset of it. But your song needs confidence, actually. I hope this helps, Viktor 2009/2/16 Loki Davison &lt;loki.davison(a)gmail.com <mailto:loki.davison@gmail.com>> HI all, despite the technical difficulties outlined in the other email some recording did occur. It's a cheesy love song inspired by recent events, some lyrics hopeful/prophetic/fictitious ;) Please tell me what you think. I really need singing lessons.... Same idea but in instrumental and vocal forms: http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/~loki/scarlet_hair_novocals.mp3 <http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/%7Eloki/scarlet_hair_novocals.mp3> http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/~loki/scarlet_hair.mp3 <http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/%7Eloki/scarlet_hair.mp3> Instruments: acoustic guitar, electric bass and tambourine. Hope it's ok, Loki

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Roger E &lt;gurusonic(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: channel over the that's Thanks, enlightening comment about confidence coming across. Some thing i'll see if i can work on for the next track. I tried recording with drums from hydrogen but then found my guitar section to be far too tight/boring ;) Any hints on keeping a good rhythm when playing with a click? Focus on dynamics more? Loki

Viktor Mastoridis wrote: I like it and agree with Viktor's comments. Push it, man, push it.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Loki Davison schrieb: Very much OK it is. While I back up the other statements made before I'd like to add my 2c: If the bass is that fat, it should not be so loud. The handling-noises sound quite authentic at first glance, but I dont believe, they are intentional... It sounds a bit as if you have played the guitar while singing. Try to sing and to sing only - it is your band, it is your song - push it real hard. Record the singing, listen to it, be hard to yourself, analyze, in cold blood, evaluate and do it again. Some FX could help also, but I think, before grabbing some sliders consider to push the initial recording - it is worth the effort. If it sounds OK without Compressors and EQ it will sound just great with them. bets regs HZN