pauldevillo
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"Alright Tonight" - here's the remastered track!
After many years absent from this forum due to the various distractions of life, I finally finished a song. I'd love some constructive criticism regarding the production so I can up my game etc. Thanks again to everyone who provided feedback toward the remastered version. I hope I've addressed everything... please let me know your thoughts! Remastered track is right here: Alright Tonight Thanks in advance! - Paul
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Freddy J
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/10 18:39:56
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What a delightful song! This one takes me back to some of the early new wave stuff mixed with some of the 1960's bubblegum rock. Excellent playing, vocals, and you have got a good sound in the mix. It is panned very wide, was that intentional?
Nice one!!!
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/10 18:43:35
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Really cool song well performed Paul - you shouldn't stay away so long....
Mix-wise, it's lacking bottom end
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dcumpian
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/11 08:46:25
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What Daryl said...otherwise, the mix is very clean.
Very Tommy James...
Regards,
Dan
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pauldevillo
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/11 09:37:46
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Thank you to all that have listened so far!
I will pursue a remix this coming weekend after (hopefully) more feedback comes in. I trimmed some low end in mastering, perhaps I went too far? Also, I'd like to use a little less compression so the db level isn't so HOT, then perhaps the clarity in the original working multi-track version will come through a little more...
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dcumpian
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/11 09:56:58
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I've found that I only trim below 39hz once I'm at the "mastering" stage. If there's too much bass at that point, I fix the mix. Sounds like you may have removed way above that frequency.
Regards,
Dan
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/11 10:04:21
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I love this kind of pop! Very catchy song with a great hook. I dig the bridge, really nicely done. Agree with comments about the low end, it's kind of subdued. I would have loved to hear more harmonies but that's a taste thing, the ones you have in there are great. Love the tune.
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/11 11:34:32
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Paul,
You have some good advice above regarding the mix. Agree with all of it. Very good song and overall performance. Looking forward to update.
Regards
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/11 14:54:49
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I really liked the playing and the tone on the guitars -- I also liked your panning & mixing choices. Overall, everything sounds very good to me -- great job. !!
Allan
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pauldevillo
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/12 09:12:37
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Thanks again to everyone who listened and especially those who took the time to comment. I'll be posting a mix redux in the next couple of days with more low-end presence... perhaps I'll push the vox harmonies a little more as well.
- Paul
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/12 15:11:03
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Very mid-range and vox, to me, sounds like it was recorded through a cardboard box.
Very very cool song though.
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pauldevillo
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/13 10:23:21
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Bapu,
I think this is a symptom of over-compression and perhaps the dithering and MP3 conversion... I hope to address this in my remix this weekend. Thank you for listening and feeding back.
- Paul
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pauldevillo
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/17 23:16:50
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Thank you to everyone who has listened and fed back. I've implemented your recommended changes, so please listen again and give me your thoughts. ALRIGHT TONIGHT remastered Thanks, Paul
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/18 12:09:39
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This song is a heck of a lot of fun. It still sounds light on the low end to me, but that's a subjective thing. Love to hear more of your work!
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pauldevillo
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Re: Return to forum with "Alright Tonight"
2016/04/18 15:05:07
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Thanks for listening Kevin! If more people agree, I may remaster yet again with the bass pushed even higher. I guess I should move my mixing desk away from the wall - the low end must be getting exaggerated in my home studio... You can hear more of my backlog here: https://soundcloud.com/paul-devillo Thanks, Paul
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Re: "Alright Tonight" - here's the remastered track!
2016/04/21 15:02:54
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pauldevillo
After many years absent from this forum due to the various distractions of life, I finally finished a song. I'd love some constructive criticism regarding the production so I can up my game etc.
Thanks again to everyone who provided feedback toward the remastered version. I hope I've addressed everything... please let me know your thoughts!
Remastered track is right here:
Thanks in advance!
- Paul
Nice piece of work Paul , mix sounds good in my ears and vocals too , nice !
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