musicman61554
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FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
Whatsup everyone, it has been close to a 7 year struggle to find a vocalist but a buddy out of South Carolina hooked up with me and we have many more in the future. Here is the first one. Enjoy and let me know what you think. https://soundcloud.com/mu...is-feener-jacob-porter
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/30 18:30:31
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That's cool you found a vocalist.
As for the mix. Kind of muddy (or maybe just over busy in an instrument fighting kind of way) IMO. The vocals have maybe too much reverb (or the wrong kind). Vocalist reminds me of Jon Anderson (and that's a good thing for me).
I'm listening on Sennheiser HD600s so it's not likely the audio medium. Could be the Soundcloud conversion, maybe.
It's a good tune. The transition at 4:36 sounds kind of odd. Like it loses ambiance or something.
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/30 18:42:35
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Bapu is right, at least the first 30 seconds or so. Then the fidelity changes for the better. I really like Jacob's voice.
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/30 19:28:55
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I don't hear any Jon Anderson on this -- maybe JA is the go-to tenor reference -- but the vocal does need to be mixed in a way that it stands out clearer from the other parts of the mix. Also, I could not understand one word he sang. You've got some good stuff here but it needs some work mix-wise.  Allan =-=-=
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/30 19:34:18
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Thanks everyone for the feedback. I have never mixed vocals. I let him do that. Sadly having it professionally done isn't an option as almost every quote I received was near $300 for one song. One of these days I hope I can afford to have my songs professionally mixed and mastered. Til then your guys input helps. I love this forum.
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/30 19:37:25
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Holy cow that cat can sing! Kick ass song!
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/31 05:00:17
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Lots of great ideas in there, and your vocalist has a great range. Guitar solo is really strong. I enjoyed it!
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/31 10:51:20
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Thanks a lot Marshall and String Jammer
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/10/31 12:29:27
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musicman61554
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I have never mixed vocals. I let him do that. Sadly having it professionally done isn't an option as almost every quote I received was near $300 for one song. One of these days I hope I can afford to have my songs professionally mixed and mastered. Til then your guys input helps. I love this forum.
I'll mix the song for free.
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/01 13:25:06
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I have received a few offers for free mixing. I appreciate it everyone.
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/02 14:47:42
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Good song, and yeah, the vocalist is kicking... As is the guitar solo (a bit Petrucci-ish). Everything seems as though it's recorded fairly well, the mix just needs better clarity and separation, and maybe a tad less overall compression. Worth it, IMO.
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/02 22:57:51
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/03 11:32:53
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man, this is a great arrangement, and excellent performances,
but the mix is a bit of a mess.
and there are some weird dropouts during the heavy part at the beginning, that might be intentional,
but sound like the way it used to when reel to reel tape had dropouts....
seriously good singing, and very interesting.... everything,
but the mix.......!
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/04 01:34:24
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Hi BJ, Congratulations on finding a vocalist. Adds the final dimension to your works  I'm not going to criticise the mix as that has been done enough already. Great song. Great arrangement and performance  I'll look out for any re-mix that you upload in the future. cheers andy
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/04 09:15:46
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batsbrew
man, this is a great arrangement, and excellent performances,
but the mix is a bit of a mess.
and there are some weird dropouts during the heavy part at the beginning, that might be intentional,
but sound like the way it used to when reel to reel tape had dropouts....
seriously good singing, and very interesting.... everything,
but the mix.......!
synkrotron
Hi BJ,
Congratulations on finding a vocalist. Adds the final dimension to your works
I'm not going to criticise the mix as that has been done enough already.
Great song. Great arrangement and performance
I'll look out for any re-mix that you upload in the future.
cheers
andy
Thanks a lot guys. Yea I have 2 people that offered to remix it for me. I will post the one I like the best when its all finished.
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/04 10:51:47
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Agree with the other comments. Take Bapu up on his offer. He has mixed far more complex than this and done great work including all the CHB tracks.
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/04 16:39:56
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/04 17:16:49
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Totally kick a$$, I loved it! The mix sounded appropriate for the style, to my ears.
Great guitar work!
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/04 23:15:03
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Thanks again everyone, Im gone for the weekend but Jacob sent me his vocal stems and I will get it to Bapu on Monday.
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musicman61554
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Re: FINALLY found a vocalist!!!! New Original
2016/11/14 15:28:52
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Small update, Bapu realized it was the MP3 that was used on Soundcloud that gave it a rough sound and said the mix is actually pretty good. I will provide a better quality link today. I hope Monday is treating everyone well.
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