Jarom

work on floating on top of the pitch. I love the killers they are one of my favorites. 

24 minutes ago, charstar said:

Just bought the song Awesome job!

Thanks! 

I like it especially for 1 take

My song can you feel it is now available on Itunes as well as Spotify, google play, amazon and many more

Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/en/album/id1108271071

amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EUPXGSS?ie=UTF8&keywords=music%3AJarom%20Eubanks%20-%20Can%20You%20Feel%20It%20-%20Single&qid=1462336310&ref_=sr_1_fkmr0_2&sr=8-2-fkmr0

google play https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Jarom_Eubanks_Can_You_Feel_It?id=Bf264pnjbon5hsds7aneaxp3v5e&hl=en

If you like the song please buy it and or share it with your friends. It really helps.

Im glad you guys all like it. Will you please consider buying it or giving it a listen on spotify?  http://jaromeubanks.com

When you're in California weathery gloom

can I be the one to heal the beating wounds

be the moon on the canvas 

be the sun at the top of your noon

can you feel it 

i'll let you feel it to

I'll give you whispers let them mutter

let them in tell they possess you

be the moon on the canvas

be the sun at the top of their noon

can you feel it

I'll let you feel it to

can you feel it 

i'll let you feel it to

can you feel it

i'll let you feel

to be the moon on the canvas

be the sun at the your noon

6 hours ago, MDEW said:

   Cool sound Jarom. My wife walked in the room while I was playing this. Her reaction was "wow, Nice voice".

I have to be honest, I could not make out the words. I love the vibe though and the song, production and all of that. I am more of a story guy and like to know what the words are.

    It could be because I am playing this through a laptop(with external speakers). 

    Was this the whole song or a snippet?

Yea, its the whole song. Im not much of a lyric guy, i am more about the feeling behind the words. I'll post the lyrics later when i have access to a better keyb2

This is the full song. I am currently putting this song out on iTunes, Spotify, google play, and every place you can think of. Expect a forum post within the next week or so saying "check me out on the tonight show" ha ha.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ObRDbNrJpo

Here's a song I've been working on in the studio. I really liking the way it"s turning out. I have to go back for an hour or two and fix a few things and make a few tweaks but its sounding pretty cool I think. The song took me about 15 minutes to write and it's turning out to be one of my favorites. I love how all the instruments are coming together.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0uKdHc6dVQQ

A week is perfect

I accept your challenge!!!!! What are the rules? Is it backing track only, or acoustic, or maybe acapella? 

7 hours ago, Robert Lunte said:

... your demos have tempo problems Jarom... start with locking down the tempo and groove better... its rushing and slowing down and rushing... music like that... needs to "drone" dude... be very steady.

Yep, ive been working on that to. Ive been doing things like tapping my foot to the rhythem, counting the time as i play, and playing to a metronome. 

48 minutes ago, Robert Lunte said:

Good for you Jarom.

Hats off to anyone that writes their own tunes.

I really love the modality of these songs... they are a bit minor aren't they. I have heard your songs before and you have a flare for the "sad" and "spooky" I think. Your songs remind me a bit of "The Cure"... which is hauntingly beautiful music.

Your voice is also lovely, it has great potential... 

However,...

You can improve Jarom by cleaning up the basic musicianship. This music has SO MUCH potential for dynamics and sensitivity, but I think your missing the cues bud. You are missing what your own song is asking you to do for it... its a little bit rushed, a little bit one level in dynamics... it sounds to me like your just not sensitizing yourself enough to what your own songs could be doing. You're being careless. Your like Lenny from Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men"... petting a mouse too hard, but with the best intentions. 

You should get in front of me for 1 or 2 hours on skype and let me coach you on these two songs.

Also... you need to find a better way to produce recordings. Even if it is just a raw idea... you can do better then this. Get a small recording device and record "in-line" to a PA system that has both your keyboard and your vocals in it... not some recorder that is sitting on the other side of the room.

 

I know exactly what you mean. In fact, the majority of my training the past couple of weeks has been dynamics. I get after singers all the time for not having enough dynamics but, I have the same problem. I, however feel I have gotten a lot better with dynamics throughout the past week. I'll probably post some songs later on. I Have sonar and a bunch of recording equipment but I have no idea how to use it. I often end up spending hours getting frustrated at stupid simple things. One time I spent 3 days just trying to get the metronome to make a sound of any kind. I don't really like using it and it feels like a chore instead of a pass time. My dad is also a song writer and he has the same problem. We are thinking strongly about hiring someone who knows sonar to teach us the ways of the mystical program. I get compared to the cure a lot, they are by far the band that I get compared to the most. I guess I can see it, but I find it odd because while I like their music, I never listen to them. I am probably most influenced by Jeff buckley, Keane, Rufus Wainwright, and most recently Julien Baker.

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I nominate jeff buckley

16 minutes ago, ronws said:

Right off the bat, I like the first song more. If you are just asking for personal preferences, that's it. Though I would like to hear your voice better. Is there some religious reason for having the recorder so far away? It doesn't make sense from a recording standpoint and I don't want to step on religion but I was wondering if it was possible to get the mic a little closer.

 

Yea there is actually. If I have it close up it distorts and is actually even harder to hear. So, yea that's the reason. I'm going into the studio to get some high quality recordings in April. These were just quick recordings on a broken phone while I was playing around with some ideas.

Messing around with a few song ideas. These are not polished at all yet and are in the early stages of song writing.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0jF0P95iUbn

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0aDuD6nAyuB

Yea, it was getting kind of awkward ..... Jeremy saved the day. Let us all pray to the dear King Jeremy.

BTW. Kevin Richards is a good coach and a good singer, and yea he has many embarrassing moments online, but so does Robert, Ken, Brett, and everyone else.

I have sonarx2 studio. I still have no idea how to use it.... but one day....one day may I unlock the knowledge 

build it up slowly but surely. Keep your throat relaxed and try to add power by using resonance instead of shouting. Doing the boring annoying vocal work outs and warm ups are what will do you the best good. All the nay nay nays mum mum-mums, and sirens  you get so sick of doing are what grows the voice.

In your clip, you are way breathy and don't have any compression. This is one of the reasons it sounds so weak. Try a quack and release onset or crying like a baby but keep the heady placement you have if that makes sense..

tastes like rock n roll 

groovy

A quick attempt at the scream from dream on. I have always had trouble with this but within the last week or 2 it has become very easy!!

Don't worry about sounding to soft or wimpy right now. Just worry about bridging and connecting  through the break without choking. By the way you don't sound quiet or wimpy in this recording.  One thing you can try is singing the top note in falsetto over and over again while slowly adding some twang by crying like a baby or quacking like a duck. High notes should almost feel like falsetto but sound like chest if you do them right.

Make sure you slide on the sirenes instead of jumping from note to note. The point of sirens are to help you bridge and smooth out the break. So, if you keep doing what you're doing with the jumps they won't help you. Make sure you slide through all the notes..