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09-07-2021, 09:25 PM
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Human being with feelings
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"Progress" Indie OzRock
Here's a track I finished a while ago - My plan is for it to be the opening track from my next album. I remember getting it to a point where I was pretty happy with the mix, but I may yet tweak the mix some more before release.
Interested to get you input/thoughts etc.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Ye...ew?usp=sharing
Thanks!
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09-07-2021, 09:50 PM
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I'm listening to this through my unbelievably cheap phone earbuds, so I can't really comment on the mix, aside that it sounds mighty fine on cheap stuff... Which is actually quite an accomplishment when you think about it.
It's a nice rock number for sure. i'm thinking a John Cougar Mellencamp kind of act featuring Santana on the lead guitar
i really liked it! The lyrics were nice and flowy, and the structure worked really well. The guitars sounded awesome too! Awesome work.
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09-08-2021, 12:20 AM
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Following the tradition of some wonderful Auzzie musos there great stuff
Grinder
Great vocals too
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09-08-2021, 03:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by g4greg
I'm listening to this through my unbelievably cheap phone earbuds, so I can't really comment on the mix, aside that it sounds mighty fine on cheap stuff... Which is actually quite an accomplishment when you think about it.
It's a nice rock number for sure. i'm thinking a John Cougar Mellencamp kind of act featuring Santana on the lead guitar
i really liked it! The lyrics were nice and flowy, and the structure worked really well. The guitars sounded awesome too! Awesome work.
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Thanks Greg! Glad it translates.
The Guitar solo is split duties between a collaborator and myself - a fella named Robert Cameron, who is actually a long time mix client of mine. https://soundcloud.com/robert-cameron-890782382 Bob is the guitar in the middle and on the right, and I throw in a few fills on the left (during the solo, that is). The rest of the guitar work is mine.
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Originally Posted by grinder
Following the tradition of some wonderful Auzzie musos there great stuff
Grinder
Great vocals too
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Some great Kiwis too! Thank you kindly, bro!
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09-10-2021, 02:43 PM
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Nice, I like it. Great build/setup, like the lyrics on this one too.
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09-11-2021, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by swingset
Nice, I like it. Great build/setup, like the lyrics on this one too.
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Thanks Craig!
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09-14-2021, 07:45 PM
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Great work. I can definitely hear a lot of Oz rock influence here, Aussie Crawl, Midnight Oil, Angels and Barnesy all mixed into one
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09-15-2021, 05:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Time Waster
Great work. I can definitely hear a lot of Oz rock influence here, Aussie Crawl, Midnight Oil, Angels and Barnesy all mixed into one
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Thanks mate! It seems you absorb those influences almost without trying. Cold Chisel, The Oils, and The Living End are all favorites of mine.
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09-18-2021, 06:49 AM
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I'm Gonna take a risk....
As a listener of music for the last 55 plus years, and learning musician, absolutely nowhere near your league I might add.
I love the whole track although, I can hear in some of your singing, the end of some of the melodies could have more variation and the end of words be tighter.
Vocals at 3:47 dayhays... for example. could just make that a more resonant Days....
Sorry if I'm being a bit full on but I am autistic and cant help telling my truth.
I don't mean to offend, but shit, if you don't know...
I'm in awe of your singing, I'm to scared to commit to singing in public, I would be opening up my inner emotion to judgement and I'm not sure I have that in me.
Bugger it I'm poking Submit...
Keep Rockin
Tim
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09-18-2021, 08:30 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tig's
I'm Gonna take a risk....
As a listener of music for the last 55 plus years, and learning musician, absolutely nowhere near your league I might add.
I love the whole track although, I can hear in some of your singing, the end of some of the melodies could have more variation and the end of words be tighter.
Vocals at 3:47 dayhays... for example. could just make that a more resonant Days....
Sorry if I'm being a bit full on but I am autistic and cant help telling my truth.
I don't mean to offend, but shit, if you don't know...
I'm in awe of your singing, I'm to scared to commit to singing in public, I would be opening up my inner emotion to judgement and I'm not sure I have that in me.
Bugger it I'm poking Submit...
Keep Rockin
Tim
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Hey Tim, thanks for taking a listen and replying! No problem - TBH I consider myself a songwriter & guitarist kinda equal first and second, and singer a very distant third.
That said, I do experiment a lot with different vocal approaches, melodies, keys etc. Generally I tend to gravitate toward doing what feels natural and intuitive, and matches the melody in my head.
I'm certain someone with greater vocal ability, tone and flexibility could do a better job, but I try to go for what feel authentic to me, even if it is a little rough around the edges.
Thanks again for taking the time to listen and share your thoughts!
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09-23-2021, 11:39 AM
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That was very very good.
I wish I could be a bit more help on if you need to tweak anything with the mix. You are light years ahead of me on that.
Something I started figuring out for my own songs is that I have a tenancy to keep the guitars higher than I really should be. I think.... And I'm starting to try and program that in my head. I've got three songs in process now and two of them are done tracking and I had one basically done. And then I went back in and turned the guitars down some and I liked it better.
I think there is a super fine line between too much and too little. Possibly maybe, I'm not sure, yours might be that. But I mean.... that would be very subjective and I think it might be more about what you want. But yeah, maybe a hair less guitar to either hear the lows of the bass more or boost some lows to get it a tad creamier.... That is my totally uneducated input.
It's a very well written, thought out, played and recorded song. Sounds professional to me. Your singing is very good. It reminds me a bit of something but I don't know what exaclty. I think it may be a combo of other people. It's your own thing but a bit like... a cross between Hetfield and Cobain a bit in there. LOL.
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09-24-2021, 06:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 41TWIN
That was very very good.
I wish I could be a bit more help on if you need to tweak anything with the mix. You are light years ahead of me on that.
Something I started figuring out for my own songs is that I have a tenancy to keep the guitars higher than I really should be. I think.... And I'm starting to try and program that in my head. I've got three songs in process now and two of them are done tracking and I had one basically done. And then I went back in and turned the guitars down some and I liked it better.
I think there is a super fine line between too much and too little. Possibly maybe, I'm not sure, yours might be that. But I mean.... that would be very subjective and I think it might be more about what you want. But yeah, maybe a hair less guitar to either hear the lows of the bass more or boost some lows to get it a tad creamier.... That is my totally uneducated input.
It's a very well written, thought out, played and recorded song. Sounds professional to me. Your singing is very good. It reminds me a bit of something but I don't know what exaclty. I think it may be a combo of other people. It's your own thing but a bit like... a cross between Hetfield and Cobain a bit in there. LOL.
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Hey 41TWIN, thanks for listening and commenting! It's always great to get input from a variety of people - I generally always find something valuable I can learn from comments, so I try to compile it all together and plot out a strategy for improvement. Much appreciated!
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