She's no Baby

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2017/04/21 05:27:12 (permalink)

She's no Baby

A song about growing up and the consequential gains and loses. "She's no Baby" is the 10th track from the FreeEarCandy Collection. This is a bit dry on instruments and has room for more. I'm thinking some complementary synth could certainly work out nice. This one was a challenge with regards to de-essing certain areas. Also may have recorded the acoustic guitar with a little too much volume coming in. Seems to have picked up some dead air at the high end. The quick fix solution came down to eq. 
 
Anyway, hope you enjoy this one. All comments welcomed.
 
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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/04/21 09:41:44 (permalink)
    Hi Dean,
     
    I wouldn't do anything more to this, it is a really fine and honest song... Sounds pretty damn sweet to my ears.
     
    Keep 'em coming
     
     
    Oh, by the way, I notice you have garnered one follower... I'd block that one, it's spam and they have only followed you to get you to listen to tracks that they have reposted. Just one of the pitfalls of SoundCloud I'm afraid...
     
     
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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/04/21 14:49:49 (permalink)
    Fine job on this! Yes, I can hear what you called out, but if you hadn't, I might not have noticed. The overall mix is pretty good as is. Very nice song as well...
     
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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/04/22 05:47:50 (permalink)
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    Hi Dean,
     
    I wouldn't do anything more to this,...



    Thanks for listening and nice comments Andy. The previous mix I allowed the acoustic to fall back slightly when the vocal intro starts. On this mix I completely cut the acoustic during the vocal intro so as not to have it ramble on throughout the whole song. However, I didn't redo the vocals, and it sounded a bit empty through there at first. I listened to it a few more times and took another look a the vocals I had. It came down to adding a vocal strip doubler with some verb, and it filled the area out enough to let it go.
     
    Thanks for the SC heads up. 
     

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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/04/22 06:06:03 (permalink)
    dcumpian
    I can hear what you called out, but if you hadn't, I might not have noticed.



    Your probably right Dan, but it was a bit more apparent before the eq, as the guitar is out there by itself for the opening measures. Cutting some of those top freq warmed up the guitar tone , which this song can handle. So maybe in this case the mistake was an advantage? Funny how that works out. 
     
    Thanks for the really nice comment Dan.  

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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/04/22 16:04:11 (permalink)
    Really cool yet unusual. Love the backing vocals. My only nit, the lead guitar level could come down a couple of dB. It jumped out at me in the middle there.
    Great, quirky, honest song.
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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/04/22 16:45:48 (permalink)
    daryl1968
    the lead guitar level could come down a couple of dB. 



    Hey Daryl ! Thanks so much for listening to the piece and sharing your reaction. Had a listen to the area you pointed out and it does seem to pop in a tad too strong, but I'm also wondering if the sudden lead entry has something to do with it too?.... Nah, I think your right Daryl. Could come down a few db's. 
     
    Thanks for lending your ears. Much appreciated Daryl. Great comment.

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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/05/03 18:31:30 (permalink)
    +1 to the above - other than the lead popping just a bit much level/frequency-wise, I wouldn't change anything.   It's a slightly quirky arrangement that seems to work.   Nice. 

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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/05/04 18:10:38 (permalink)
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    +1 to the above - other than the lead popping just a bit much level/frequency-wise, I wouldn't change anything.   It's a slightly quirky arrangement that seems to work.   Nice. 


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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/05/06 19:51:16 (permalink)
    Nice guitar accompaniment and vocals. I liked the aaaahs that seemed less background vocals but more of a vocal effect. You have some good stuff here.

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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/05/07 14:47:38 (permalink)
    Very nice song, Dean, though I think the mix could still use a little work.  IMO- the lead guitar could come down some, and I'd like to hear the lead vocal better... perhaps a combination of eq and gain.  Overall very well done though.
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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/05/07 21:21:44 (permalink)
    Very nice! I like the electric-fingerstyle guitar intro and the overall mood of the tune. Very cool.

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    Re: She's no Baby 2017/05/08 21:48:53 (permalink)
    bjornpdx
    Nice guitar accompaniment and vocals. I liked the aaaahs that seemed less background vocals but more of a vocal effect. You have some good stuff here.




    Glad you liked the tune and I appreciate the positive feedback. 
     
    philz
    Very nice song, Dean, though I think the mix could still use a little work.  IMO- the lead guitar could come down some, and I'd like to hear the lead vocal better... perhaps a combination of eq and gain.  Overall very well done though.




    Phil, thank you very much for the nice review. Would you say that perhaps the guitar has too much high end , or perhaps just needs to come down? Regarding the vocals...to my ear they are out front. Nevertheless, I do notice there are certain spots where they seem to get soft. As I mentioned in the header, "De-essing" this was difficult. There were a lot of trigger words that promoted the problem and I think perhaps some of the softness in the vocals is a consequence of using tactical deliveries on problematic words. The de-essing/eq can also rob certain frequencies that help put the voice more out front. I'll keep your suggestions in mind the next time I open this one up for more editing, and I thank you very much for telling me your reactions. It is one of the reasons I like posting here. Very constructive. Much appreciated!
    Dean.
     
    geeare1
    Very nice! I like the electric-fingerstyle guitar intro and the overall mood of the tune. Very cool.




    Geeare 1, That's my new Martian Guitar. Well, it was new a year and a half ago. It came with those big fat heavy strings that are hard to play, but I like the tone so much I put myself through the torture. In fact, a friend noticed the original strings are still on the guitar and asked when I intended on changing them. Although I agree it is time to change them, I have a few songs I'm still editing and I really can't change the gauge of the strings at this moment. Well, anyway, I'm very glad you liked the tune, and I thank you for taking the time to comment and letting me know your reaction.
     
    Dean.
     
     

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