NEW SONG: White Light - forum Colab`

hi guys,

heres another effort from myself and pilfa from the forum.

White Light

what he did:
wrote/recorded the guitars, and bass

what i did
wrote/recorded lyrics
mixed
additional guitars.

i was thinking of adding a bass pad on the acoustic break

what do you guys think? anything i should change for the final mix?

thanks for listening!

Hmm..... This sounds very close to one of my mixes..... any reason for that?

LOL

I taught him everything he knows!!

ORIGINAL: pilfa

Hmm..... This sounds very close to one of my mixes..... any reason for that?

LOL

I taught him everything he knows!!

Nice work on the guitars, dude. You guys friggin rock.

you might want to back off on the 'clickyness' of the kick, and maybe give it a bit more beef.

Yes.... Ditto that, Stu. And pull it down a bit as well.

thanks eveyone!

i'm so so chuffed i'm improving my mixes.

i will fix those things no the last mix guys, thansk for pointling them out, i didn't notice until i had rested ears.

LOL

I taught him everything he knows!!

keep dreaming Timothy! :P

lol yeah. you taught i learnt. hopefully. :P

Stu,

There is no doubt that you learned some things from the "Don't Ever" bundle. I hear them implimented in this mix; which, is on a whole new level for you.

Great mixing job, Stu! It is good to know that I had some small part to do with it, even if was indirectly.

Hi Stuart & Pilfa,

Everything sounds very good, i especially like the
drums and vocal sound. Everything flows nicely.

I feel a couple of sentences in the verses could be
touched up a *tiny bit*, meaning, the way the words
are phrased IMO.... but could also work as is.

The vox reminds me of that 80's band "psychadelic
(something)" can't remember the name.
Very good job guys!

Pluto

it wouldnt be a stuart smith song if it wasn't pitchy! :P

the secret?

lots of practise, and listening, and learning from the pros. IE chaz.

thanks for listening darryl

it wouldnt be a stuart smith song if it wasn't pitchy! :P

LOL! That goes for all my songs too. I'm worse though... Darryl

hey jimrocks

thanks for listening!, and liking it!

i recorded my vocals with a RODE NT1-A Large Condensor Mic, through a joe Meek VC3 Pre-amp.

theres still a huge debat going on over wether i can actually sing or not in the coffeehouse. never the less thansk for spending the time listening man
cheers

thanks paul!

trust me i don't worry about pitchyness, jsut make it listanable ;)

thanks for listening mate.

ORIGINAL: stuartsmithmusic



theres still a huge debat going on over wether i can actually sing or not in the coffeehouse. never the less thansk for spending the time listening man
cheers

This should settle the debate. You can.

nice stu and pilfa.
I would:
1. take out the cymbals in those sections (not hats) or hat them hit every 2 measures-they're coming at me too much.
2. Have the hats be pedals during all those tom movement sections (on the 2 and 4) instead of 8th notes. If you like that kind of movement bring in a tamborine and place it in the back with some reverb.
3.Lower the kick 2 db and take a little bit of the attack out of it (around 2-5k -3b/ search the lower frequencies (between 63-125) and see which frequency seems to make this particular kick sound a little wider/warmer.
4.Would be nice to have one more instrument come in to differentiate between the different parts other than just the drum pattern changing-could be organ, could be a guitar line doing sustained notes, bass could change more drastically to have a bit more of a staccato feel. Would also be nice after you've gone through the verse/chorus once and you are in a sense "repeating the song", at that point it would be nice to introduce something new into the sonic spectrum to keep listeners interest.

Good job.