Miguel Carzola Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) . Edited April 6, 2023 by Miguel Carzola grammar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Miguel , I've always Loved this song . You did a Great job on all the backing tracks. Really nice feel . Your vocal range is "incredible" and it's really needed to pull this song off. My only observation for improvement would be to back off the limiter/compression on your vocals. They're Real smooth , but feel boxed in like the dynamics and openness has been squashed out of them. Anyway just my 2 cents worth. Fantastic cover .. mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Fogle Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Miguel, You've created a fresh, interesting arrangement. Nice job on the lead and background vocals. Boy oh boy but did you sing that last note high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB01 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Wow - stellar vocal performance! Some of the panning is quite hard - not unpleasantly so - it certainly has width, if that's what you were after. I really enjoyed this. Great job. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T. Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Really enjoyed that. Vox is great. The mix is subjective, all of us would do it in different ways. Your mix isn't bad but could be polished. The percussion work is great ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Carzola Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) Hi guys. Thank you all sooo much for having listened and taken the time to comment. This really helps. I kept the mix kind of raw so I could take into account your comments before going in a final direction with it. That’s why the only effects on the tracks are a send on the mix busses to a room reverb with varying degrees of wetness, a little chorus on the backing vocals bus (to defuse them since it’s also my voice) and pro channel tape saturation on all busses. The lead vocal is a scratch track and I was experimenting with a mic that is supposed to be flat, the SM63, so I used automation, saturation, and EQ to tame the dynamics on that track (no compression) but that’s probably what’s making it sound squashed. I think I overdid it. Thanks for the help on this, Mark and LarryT. I used different EQs and hard panning for the guitar and voice tracks mostly to help avoid psychoacoustic masking but also cus I remember the feeling of “being in the room” when I would listen to Beatles recordings as a kid due in part the hard panning on some tracks. I think also it felt natural now because that’s how I would hear the instruments around me when I was singing with a band- Something an audience member does not usually experience. I gotta watch it with that though cus I may be losing the audience with that move. Thank you for the observation, AndyB01. About the performance; I wanted it to have tension since the song has such a sweet melody. I find that sometimes singers leave hidden land mines-so to speak- in their recorded performances. There may be something there that when you sing the song by yourself for the first time you realize “whoa. That’s not as easy as it sounds in the record.” Bishop had a few of those in this one, mainly the runs and the breathing. I’m glad I chose to put different land mines in there other than what he used and I am humbled you guys liked my choices in that regard, Larry, Mark, Andy, and Jim. Man…all those words just to say thank you. Dictation on iPhones is dangerous ? But really…thank you ?? Edited February 25, 2023 by Miguel Carzola gender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Miguel Excellent vocal performance and a good cover - enjoyed the listen Cheers Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Carzola Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Thank you, Nigel. I really appreciate the listen and the comment. I hope everything is going beyond expectations with Indelible. Cheers, brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Love this song, and what a great respectful mix you have here. The pitch of your vocal is splendid!!! But for me the timbre is just a bit thin. You must have considered doubling the lead vocal with another take, and adding a splash of microshift? It could be your mic of choice did the thinning, hard to tell. But the performance is super solid. Love your cover and I'll definitely check back to catch where it ends up. Nice one! cheers, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Carzola Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) Tom. Thank you so much for the comment, the observation, and the suggestion. This helps a lot. Your suggestion really helps for when I redo it. I'll use all the feedback as things to pay attention to. So far I'm pleased and relieved that for the most part you guys like the arrangement considering the mix was done mainly for balance without much processing and in a bluethooth speaker that I listen to a music in. I really appreciate your suggestions. Cheers Edited February 26, 2023 by Miguel Carzola grammar/content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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