first post, and a song of mine
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first post, and a song of mine
hello! this is my first post here, so i guess i'd start with one of my own music.
this is a song i made this weekend:
parallel lines are bad
the instruments used in this are a cheap acoustic guitar, washburn bass, electra phoenix electric guitar, recorder, tote-a-tune keyboard, yamaha psr-248 keyboard, flute, and a screwdriver hit against aluminum for the beat. it was mostly recorded with a cheap microphone from best buy, but some vocals (like the middle section with my boyfriend) were recorded using a rode (?) nt-1.
recorded and mixed onto protools ! any feedback is greatly appreciated.
this is a song i made this weekend:
parallel lines are bad
the instruments used in this are a cheap acoustic guitar, washburn bass, electra phoenix electric guitar, recorder, tote-a-tune keyboard, yamaha psr-248 keyboard, flute, and a screwdriver hit against aluminum for the beat. it was mostly recorded with a cheap microphone from best buy, but some vocals (like the middle section with my boyfriend) were recorded using a rode (?) nt-1.
recorded and mixed onto protools ! any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Last edited by julia on Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: first post, and a song of mine
Sounds like fun stuff. I enjoy the aluminum percussion. Looking forward to to more stuff.
Cheers,
dougo
Cheers,
dougo
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i liked it, you found a good sound. the backwards stuff was used to great effect. cool title, too. creativity + minimal equipment = awesome.
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I love it!!
Do you have a web site so we can hear more? That's totally cool and interesting, and beautiful at the same time.
Todd
Do you have a web site so we can hear more? That's totally cool and interesting, and beautiful at the same time.
Todd
http://www.toddbayles.com
http://www.susieblue.com
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larry crane likes it.
http://www.susieblue.com
http://www.jacobraymusic.com
larry crane likes it.
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Never mind. . .I'm retarded. I just saw your web site link. Time to wake up. . .
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http://www.toddbayles.com
http://www.susieblue.com
http://www.jacobraymusic.com
larry crane likes it.
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This is very interesting and well done--I would listen to this. On the critical side (and take it with a grain of salt as it's from a singer) the male vocals sound a little weak--I'm talking about the pitch being off on the held notes, doesn't sound like a practiced singer, and the ssss sounds are a little wimpy/squeeky. The female is really good. It's just a matter of presentation, which is totally subject to the genre you want to appeal to--so the way a more proper singer might appraoch it could sound awful and too planned. I'd like to hear more of this--really creative and well carried-out.
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I'd like to hear it mapped to a MIDI beat map...I agree that it's pretty sweet!
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Re: first post, and a song of mine
oh gosh i forgot about this thread! hehe.
thank you all for your kind comments about the song!!
logan- is the only critical side one with the vocals? at least, if that is the biggest problem, then i am alright with that! i don't add vocals too often to my music, and this is the only song of mine that includes a male voice. and as for the female voice, i'm glad you think my singing is bearable, haha :p neither of us are really practiced singers, but we do what we can!
walnut- i'm not sure what you mean with the midi beat map.. program a midi beat to it? or have it all played in midi?
thanks once again! i'll be sure to post once i have a new song completed. i'm getting a cello soon, so i'm going to have fun incorporating it into the songs!
thank you all for your kind comments about the song!!
logan- is the only critical side one with the vocals? at least, if that is the biggest problem, then i am alright with that! i don't add vocals too often to my music, and this is the only song of mine that includes a male voice. and as for the female voice, i'm glad you think my singing is bearable, haha :p neither of us are really practiced singers, but we do what we can!
walnut- i'm not sure what you mean with the midi beat map.. program a midi beat to it? or have it all played in midi?
thanks once again! i'll be sure to post once i have a new song completed. i'm getting a cello soon, so i'm going to have fun incorporating it into the songs!
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holy crap julia. This song is awesome. I am way into. GREAT JOB.
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wow. nice stuff - and a great site too!
you're quite talented. i can tell right now you're going to 'go places'.
you're quite talented. i can tell right now you're going to 'go places'.
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Cool song. Amazing website.
Who cares what it sounds like soloed?
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yea, its awesome etc...
oh one tiny thing, i would roll off the lows on the male and female voices.. there is some thumping on those tracks.. i think...
distracting.
yea, its good. if i heard it on the radio, i would prick my ears to figure out who did it.
oh one tiny thing, i would roll off the lows on the male and female voices.. there is some thumping on those tracks.. i think...
distracting.
yea, its good. if i heard it on the radio, i would prick my ears to figure out who did it.
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Except you'd never find out because the only time you care to know what artist some awesome song is by they always play 7 more songs and cut to commercial without saying who they were. Radio stinks.eeldip wrote:if i heard it on the radio, i would prick my ears to figure out who did it.
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Hey! That's my voice you're talking about, jerk! Just kidding, it's ok. I didn't spend as much time getting it right as I could have. It was pretty spur of the moment. I came up with a melodic line and some lyrics, belted out a couple takes, and then Julia doubled up. I'm by no means a trained vocalist, heh heh.logancircle wrote:This is very interesting and well done--I would listen to this. On the critical side (and take it with a grain of salt as it's from a singer) the male vocals sound a little weak
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