Sven-Arne Skarvik Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) 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 Edited June 28, 2021 by Sven-Arne Skarvik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Sven This is very good, very good indeed. The song is strong and you have played it very well. I am only listening on Computer monitors but the mix sounds pretty good to me. Honestly, I love this Really great song Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB01 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Very nice song, very catchy. I like the sound of the drums, what are you using? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Sven Welcome to the forum. I'm listening through headphones. Sounds good overall but I think the low end could be boosted. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven-Arne Skarvik Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Wonderful song . I Really liked the short break at the end. Those were Fantastic smooth vocals especially the harmony tracks. This sounds like a classic .. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Those chords with that rhythm guitar(s) out wide, and the tonality of the drums - what an awesome and effective combo! You really have some great drum sounds here! But the chords are so inventive and the melody invents upon the top of that. Really original and cool. The lyrics are a mystery but who really cares! there are a couple of Level 42 songs I could think of with a similar feel, but other than that, nothing really suggests "80's" to me about this. I dunno, it doesn't matter. Great song. cheers, -Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bush Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 It meanders along nicely ....good tune like the guitar a lot cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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