Sven-Arne Skarvik

Thank you! Yes, the track will need to be rearranged to make room for vocals, that is the plan! I will provide stripped down versions or multitracks to anyone who is willing to give it a shot. 

2 hours ago, Keith Wilby said:

That's a really nice piece but for me personally, it's dominated by the lead guitar. I think there needs to be gaps for a vocalist to get a word in edgeways 🙂

YMMV of course.

Hi forum! So I managed to make this little piece of urban/soul music that I'm really happy with but I'm stuck! 

Looking for a musician who can contribute vocal melody and/or rhymes with lyrics to get this thing moving! Contact me @ svenarne@gmail.com for downloads!

Any help greatly appreciated!

On 6/28/2021 at 2:22 PM, Wookiee said:

Mix seems reasonably balanced here on my Adam A7x's, for me the kit is a tad to wide, but that could well just be me.

Nice job, look forward to hearing some more from you.

Thank you! The drums do sound kinda wide don't they? Weird cause I used an X-Y stereo mic for the overheads and I haven't digitally widened them...

On 6/28/2021 at 10:28 AM, AndyB01 said:

Sven, I agree with Nigel, this is terrific work. I love the chord progressions in this, everything about it in fact. Mix sounds just fine here through decent studio cans. Thanks for sharing.

Andy

Thank you, I'm particularly proud of the chords in the bridge going back to the verse!

On 6/28/2021 at 4:51 PM, KurtS said:

Very nice song, very catchy. I like the sound of the drums, what are you using? 

Very cheaply recorded drums. Just straight into my Zoom H6. I used the iZotope Alloy plug-in on all the drum tracks.  It's a legacy plug that I just can't live without. 

On 6/28/2021 at 6:49 PM, bjornpdx said:

Sven
Welcome to the forum. I'm listening through headphones. Sounds good overall but I think the low end could be boosted.
-Bjorn

Thanks! I guess I'm a bit bitten twice shy after having submitted bass-heavy mixes on previous occasions...

Hi Forum!

Wanted to share this 80's-ish synthy piano'y pop ballad!

I added real acoustic drums to it for once. I kinda like the "papery" snare sound against the otherwise wet track! 

Appreciate any mixing input (particularly re: the drums, cause I'm kinda out of my depth here)!

Your Town (reduced).mp3

Thanks for all the replies! I had forgotten how fun and encouraging posting songs on here could be!

Re: bass mix, I guess I like to err on the side of bass light, since the altarnative can really ruin a mix, particularily on today's "super ultra insane bass" playback systems. This song, being a very 80's type of sound doesn't suffer all that much IMO, since OG 80's pop recordings are usually fairly bright and "cold". 

5 hours ago, Starise said:

The lyrics aren't going to win you any awards here. Anyone with empathy won't like this at all. I like some dark humor but anything that seems to use another's misfortune as a subject of advertisement I just don't get.

The music on the other hand is great! Nice 80's feel to it. 

Thanks for representing my wife's side of the argument! Just for the record, "Michael" is not an actual person.

Thank you guys!

Thanks for the mixing tips emeraldsoul, mabye I'll get around to remixing it but but this song really isn't one of my 'serious' projects (the serious ones don't go on Soundcloud). I was just surprised when my wife hated the lyrics so much,  

Hi New Forum, long time no see!!

I'm a fan of dark humor but my wife thinks this song is malicious and evil and shouldn't be put on the internet. 

What do YOU think?

Poor Michael