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  • Moving On - a new original song (p.3)
2016/09/17 08:44:55
daryl1968
Wookiee
All what they said, very nice Daryl




Thank you Wookster
2016/09/17 17:40:32
mgh
Great stuff. is it wrong that I have kids TV in my head for the chorus - Roobard and Custard, Grange Hill?!
2016/09/17 22:00:38
Cookie Jarvis
Well done...congratulations and condolences at the same time( on the move that is  )!
 
Bill
2016/09/17 23:26:43
Larry Jones
Bittersweet, emphasis on sweet! (Perfect mix, too.)
2016/09/18 18:52:08
daryl1968
eph221
that


This?
2016/09/19 13:02:52
daryl1968
Jesse Screed
happy feelings
 
mega ditto to what everyone else said.
 
Jesse Q. Screed


Thanks Jesse
2016/09/19 14:42:18
Jesse Screed
I still can't believe how much you sound like Aberfeldy.  I know that it is not always good to compare people to others, but you really do, and I mean that as a compliment.  I wish I could write and produce music this happy, clean, and polished.
 
again,
 
Jesse Q. Screed
2016/09/20 07:16:50
daryl1968
bapu
I reay like my voice on this huan.


You did a great job on it little feller
2016/09/20 08:24:57
bitflipper
I've finally got my studio back together after a four-month hiatus. Yesterday the last piece arrived: my new Emovita Stealth 8 reference monitors. I've spent most of the night listening to my favorite records on them to become familiar with their sound. Much to my delight, because they are extraordinarily flat and grossly overpowered they simply don't impose any color of their own. Consequently, all of my usual references sound spectacularly good.
 
Why am I telling you this? Because this morning I decided to turn to the Songs forum for new material to run through these amazing speakers, and Moving On was my first selection. I just had to share this observation: your production sounds every bit as good as the quality commercial mixes I've been listening to all these hours. Spectral balance, clarity, punch, panoramic cohesion, expertly sandwiched reverb - all outstanding. (Point of reference: immediately before listening to this, I'd just finished Alison Krauss' New Favorite, one of the best-made records in my reference collection.)
 
Whatever you're doing, keep doing it. Hope you manage an equally good recording environment after your move. Don't forget to double-check all your voltage settings before turning anything on!
2016/09/20 12:26:54
thedukewestern
That's great!
 
My only "corrective" critique is in the vocal treatment....   there's a slight touch of .. and I mean just a touch...of presence in the lead vocal that could come off as harsh on some systems.  I'm gonna guesstamate  2.5 to 5 k - somewhere in there.  I wouldn't cut it because its really appropriate - I would search for a multiband solution to pull those back when they pop out - and then in turn get a db or 2 more in lead vocal level so all your perfect the lyrics are totally audible! 
 
for example - say your song gets in a movie - and we watch it on our flatscreen with crappy speakers... that tend to be very harsh - it will really accentuate this area.. firing sibilance into any innocent bystander within earshot
 
A "creative" critique in the vocal would be to add a dash of pre-delayed verb around the lead vocal as its a little dry ... which.. I do like... but occasionally its slightly uncomfortable...    Also - those amazing background vocals... I would look into treating some of the passages differently than the lead vocal as your perfect song progresses.
 
For example:  There's a a harmony vocal in your verse, I think it blends very well.  Then - at 46 seconds, there a minor key change and there's a different snare sound that's got less high end and a really cool verb trail - I would attempt to change the harmony vocal somehow at this point  to tell the listener even further that the journey is "moving on"... and then the chorus (55 seconds) I would open up the harmony vocals even further.  Sometimes when I track vocals, Ill wind up with 3 or four tracks that contain everything.. leads and harmonies.  Then - Ill go through and distribute the vocals to different tracks via the song structure.. say "ramp bgv".. "chorus bgv"  or at 2:23 "I'm Still" -  Id try to do something cool with that.
 
I think its an awesome song!!  Great job!
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