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@Jon It's by a band named The Fray, they had some Top 40 hits like ~10 years ago, stuff like "How to Save a Life" was frequently on the radio. @Collin What DAW do you use? Remember in a recording setting you don't necessarily have to one-take everything. A lot of people in a studio setting will record certain sections of a song's lead vocal, verse/chorus whatever and then go back and track background vocals and ad libs over it. It will really help the final product because you have full control over what you keep and what you omit from the mix. I really felt certain parts of this, like the first few choruses. I think in the original the singer modifies the vowel on "go" in the phrase "don't let me go" to an AW/UH if my ears are right, but in this track it sounds like you were singing an open "O". Vowel modification could be something to consider. I agree with most of Jon's technical points. After the instrumental breaks the beltier notes sounded like they lacked support. It sounds like you know the song really well but like I said, doing multiple takes could help you focus on specific parts that have pitch issues or phrasing issues or whatever, and allow the whole thing to sound cleaner. For mic distance/gain, I'm no expert on this but the relationship that makes sense in my head when I work is something like: high input + close mic proximity=sing quietly, low input + more distance from mic=sing louder. You will find you have to adjust the gain many times in one song, especially if there are many dynamics or many layers or types of vocal effects in a complex mix similar to what Jon does. Getting the gain right before trying to fix peaked vocals in post will save you a lot of trouble, believe me. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/audio/pagi2.html Above is a better explanation of the mic to singer ratio. Play around with your DAW, learn the tools you have available, like faders, compressors, amplifiers, reverb plugins, etc. and experiment. Don't even need a particular song, can just record your voice. Learn what they do! It can be really fun and open you up to new ways of polishing your projects. There was a great thread a while ago on mixing here on TMV, DAWs, home studios, and all that sort of stuff. Check it out-
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I love this track, don't have much to add except in the rebalanced mix#1 I felt like the lead could be more present in the mix. The layers sound like they were placed perfectly, around 2:20 the panned vocals had a similar tone to the guitar lick around the same part. Dunno if it was intentional, (probably was since this mix already sounds super huge and a lot of thought was put into it) but it was great. The ad libs towards the end sounded just right musically. Post the final mix when it's ready!
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Was working on lightening up and relaxing since I was experiencing a lot of tension after not singing/training for a while. Any and all feedback welcome. https://app.box.com/s/fuo1o1g58yyv54tlc2m6i5k9gawb9rxp
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Will take a look at those for sure! I fixed the peak in the original mix and the timing towards the end and updated the file. -
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I use Audacity. I want to upgrade at some point to something that's more powerful but I'm still satisfied with what I can do with this one for what it's worth -
Beautiful Goodbye - Amanda Marshall
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Thank you haha. That's a good point for songwriting, I'll keep that in mind as I write stuff. At 2:52 yeah, it peaked. I can fix that. Not sure about the "just" after that. This is a karaoke track- The only backing tracks I know how to make so far are with my own instruments (keyboard/guitar/cello/acapella) -
Late Legends of 2016 Challenge! (May 2016)
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Don't have a clue what I want to do for this yet. Love what everyone has posted so far! At least there is the rest of the year. -
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https://app.box.com/s/fugwx3wytme34ft03na23b85msmacs01 I completely redid the lead vocal, redid a lot of rhythm guitar work, added strings to the arrangement, and changed some vocal arrangement and harmonies in the second half - it sounds less bare now to me production-wise, but I don't know about percussion still. Updated the original post as well with this link -
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Javastorm replied to Javastorm's topic in REVIEW YOUR SINGING - SHARE YOUR SINGING
Thank you for your input Killer! I don't think I'll add drums to this since I prefer the acoustic feeling and the idea of carrying the song with guitar and voice alone. I was thinking of adding some light percussion towards the end of the song as it builds though and I don't think it would hurt, like a seed shaker or something. As far as making a modern pop song I would rather not go that route since I don't agree with a lot of the conventions of more recent pop music in the last ten years or so. But I do want this to be somewhat accessible. The song that you linked really appealed to me from a technical standpoint as well as emotive. That kind of complexity is attractive to me as a listener although I might not want to perform or create music as complex (or even have the ability) myself, I can appreciate it and enjoy it. I see what you mean about most people not remember Bach pieces vs. nursery rhymes. I will keep working on new song concepts where I know I have the freedom to experiment and refine and figure out what I want things to sound like, because for this one it was really the result of an expressive crisis and ended up being more raw than I intended. Hours before I wrote this song and was considering the idea of composing a song I was listening to songs by 98 Degrees and those 90s Adult Contemporary groups and was like "Hm, I want to write a song like one of these pop ballads" and something completely different came out in the end, so it was a strange, but natural and cathartic experience. -
First original song - The Story
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Thanks for listening! This is really just a rapid-fire demo of getting the song out and tangible - I was planning on going back and fixing a lot of performance and production/timing things later. I agree about adding variation to the delivery for the future. I didn't actually imagine this with drums when I was working on it and I've never used drum programming software but thanks for the reference!