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Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
Hi everybody, I finished a demo of a song that a chorus came into my head last week "Darkness before the light", its a pop/dance track and I basically wanted something to compete with radio. Can you have a listen and let me know what is missing, and as blunt as you like, where it fell down, mixing pitfalls, weak parts of the song, sample choices, amateur giveaways etc updated 10/02: https://soundcloud.com/cian-mcgovern/darkness-into-the-light-1/s-PtTYg Thank you, Cian
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/28 15:11:23
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Cian, Very good arrangement. The only suggestion I have would be to maybe add an acoustic guitar to the chorus. Maybe a synth pad behind the piano. Like this example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiKVjS3gR88 Great song. Regards
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/29 07:42:00
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Very nice mixing. Very smooth.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/29 10:31:09
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Nice one Cian. Vocal is top notch.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/29 10:34:50
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Hi Cian, great song, mix and, of course, vocals. This is really subjective but I think a stronger snare sample would make the tune more powerful. Sounds great as is, though.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/29 12:22:48
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Excellent vocal Cian, the snare sounds more brush than stick to me. Good mix, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/29 13:58:31
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Great singing as usual, Cian. Lovely vocal echoes in the background. Really tastefully mixed.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/01/29 14:05:20
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Vocals are well presented (I can hear every word, unlike some songs these days) and recorded. Not in my studio at the moment but listening to the tune on my surface pro 4 and the mix sounds nice and clear on these crappy speakers. It certainly has that commercial sound.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/02/02 15:22:06
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Nice one, Cian! Very clean production throughout, and yeah, the vocals sound great. For me it has a bit of that authentic Irish vibe to it even though it's dance/electronic oriented.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/02/02 20:35:19
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Cian - you always put out some of the most interesting and well-done music - this is really a good one - I love it.
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/02/03 18:24:56
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/02/10 14:48:31
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Apologies for bumping this up again, but made quite a few changes to this and want one last few tweaks before I send it off for review for a particular event Thanks, Cian https://soundcloud.com/ci...to-the-light-1/s-PtTYg
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
2017/02/10 15:07:28
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Nice tune, I had to get out of the chair and dance!
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Re: Darkness before the Light - Radio Pop (crits)
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