treesha

Hi Mark, thanks for listening and your feedback. I will revisit the mix when I have fresh ears for it. I have 2 vocal tracks, one with nectar and a low amount of reverb in there, and on the 2nd vocal track low in the mix with some reverb too. I will play around with the volume vs amount of reverb issue you mention. I've had feedback before that my vocals are dry and not reverby so I am learning my way. The thought of a bass guitar didn't occur to me, but with 2 mentions of no bass in my feedback I will see how adding bass in the remix goes. With the bouncy stuff I think it would have to be sustaining vs another melody kinda bass like you say. Thanks again

Hi Tom, thanks, I will revisit this sometime when the song fatigue passes ha.

Hi Tim, thanks for listening and your comments, glad you enjoyed it ! When mixing I was using Izotope tonal balance control and it showed a lot of energy in the mids so you are probably right about that. I agree making music is a wonderful and fun thing to do !

Hi KurtS, thanks for listening and your comment. I usually don't plan a song, I just play around, and for some reason I did not think of including a bass, so sort of on purpose ? I suppose I was satisfied with the massive x kinda bouncy sound having lows, and the dpro strings have some lows, so guess bass hadn't come to mind. But I will think about that when I revisit this song since you and another commented on bass.

Thanks David, ha, I was working on this a long time and think I heard it too much. Grateful for the mix feedback and your kind words.

Thanks Douglas Kirby, appreciate the feedback. Yes more rhythm would be good !

Thanks for listening and your comments jack c. I agree the kick is wimpy!

I have been feeling more and more that so many things are out of my hands, so that is the feeling behind this song which ironically came out of my hands. Used Kontakt stuff, and some dpro, addictive drums, and ample strat (for the 3rd time i think). Thanks for listening and for any feedback, treesha

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Not sure about your exact issue but what i would do is keep recording longer than you want then put a volume envelope on the extra length you recorded and fade it down where i want it to end.

I may be wrong but if this screenshot is supposed to be melodyne 5, I don’t think it has a transfer button. I think older versions had to be transferred (played into melodyne). Not at my computer now. i agree about using it as a region fx and rendering when done editing.

Thanks PhonoBrainer, glad you had a fun listen! Early 80s, I went to a concert in Philadelphia to see The Specials, and this other group was playing too...Oingo Boingo. I enjoyed their set so much ! Great performance ! A eclectic mix of crazy fun and a horn section in full business suits. Since then I have also enjoyed the film scores Danny Elfman has done very much, so I am definitely a fan. I'm flattered by your comment !

For anyone interested or who entered a song in this competition, soundiron has posted 69 tracks that were submitted on soundcloud.

Having fun with this, took to it easier than other samplers I have tried

I am not finding that, I had platinum, was this from an earlier version ? thanks

Hi DeeringAmps thanks for listening and your feedback. Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun and a good exercise as you mention, as for deadlines ? Unfamiliar with them.. normally- I work on some songs for a long time ha.

Does feel wintertime so you captured the season well. Like relaxing by the fire looking out at the freshly fallen sparkling snow. Nice vibe.

Very lovely and mysterious, enjoyed it !

Thanks antler. The instructions said to upload the entry to soundcloud. I haven’t looked around on there to see if they are available to check out. I will listen to your posts. ?

Hi Tim, thanks for listening and your comment! I never entered a contest before but was interested in giving the concept a try. I have no idea what would be a competitive entry either ! So yeah it was fun and thats good. I am curious to see what other entries are like and I imagine those who work with samples a lot would be good at this. Still time for you to enter ?

Very special, thanks for sharing. I played at my dad's memorial service and its very touching to be able to contribute music when a loved one passes on as well as hard to do ! This is a nice piece, very clean and mixed well. Not overly sad sad sad but conveying emotion. Good son !

Real nice, the mix is good, very smooth and rich. Great voice. If you ever had any female backup singers wow that would be amazing to add in with your style. Good Luck with your career and your release !

That sure is interesting how that choir works. It does have an atmosphere of a real choir in a big cathedral or the like. I enjoyed it, sounds reverent and spiritual. I think you achieved your intention well. Good job

well jack c. this song made me smile. I cant help you though, I got a dark chocolate thing going on...

Really does go on like a journey, nice choice of instrumentation and mood. One suggestion is to create more of a sense of space and depth, have some things go more to the front and the others more off into the distance, and switch around which ones do which. Different reverbs or delay and panning would make it more lovely. Enjoyed listening and the picture being half irish ha.