Making History

What an anniversary present.  I like everything about this song including the vocal f/x.  The mix was very robust on my  speakers, and I could understand the lyrics.  I like this style of music, and you do it very well.  Very well done.

Good one Paulo, bet she loved this. ;-) I like the production, very creative stuff, and you crafted a great hook at the end...like the Pet Shop Boys with balls. ;-)

Love this piece. This had to be a challenge to produce/mix.  Really diggin that percussion beat. A very well written catchy song.  KUDOS! 


Kev

Nice! I like.

Hi Paulo,

it would still be useful to learn what I did wrong

ummm...I would say nothing.
Great job on every aspect of this from the song, the production and the vocal performance.


I'm sure Mrs. Paulo loved it.


As for the vocal effect...it's become so pervasive in current music if you and others hadn't mentioned it I probably wouldn't have even noticed it 

Slinky song, buddy!  Great gift.  It's good to hear originals!  This is VERY original, mucho changes that fit!

Thanks to all for taking the time to listen and comment - very much appreciated.

Lynn  - I'm not even sure what style of music it is - it was a hard one to categorise for soundclick purposes.  I'm glad you think it works.

Bapu - I wish recycling was an option, but I fear that I won't get away with that - will no doubt have to come up with something else next time. Mebbe I can use it again in the future on a greatest hits anniversary compilation.

James - PSB with balls ! I like that. Funny enough they did a kind of Oasis sound-alike track a few years ago and I remember thinking they should do more like that as it was an interesting combination of styles.

Frank - Thanks for the compliments. I'll check out the vox as you mention - I did indeed take the lazy route due to time constraints.

Kev - yeah, you're right. It fought with me for the longest time and with 24hrs to go I thought I'd never get it presentable in time, then finally something clicked and it came together a lot better.

Mgh - yep, bit of a mix of styles there for sure. The dance elements/vox were for Mrs P, but no idea where the rest came from really, other than I wanted it to twist and turn a bit.

Foxwolfen - thanks for listening - glad you liked !

Danny - Yeah, I'm no autotune fan either, but like I said, it wasn't for me. It's funny that you came on here to listen to this one as I was reading your views about that subject just after I posted this and I thought - It'll be just typical if he picks today to check out my tune lol ! Fear not, it's a one off for me.

Geeare - thanks man , you're very kind. Thankfully she did like it . I know what you mean about the autotune thing. The almost certain use of it on whoever's latest release is actually the main thing I have against it.

Janet - it's just auto-corrected with v-vocal. Turn vibrato to zero / sense to 100  / Formant control shift up a couple of notches and press Correct. Job done. Ironically, it didn't work too well the first time I tried because my vocal track was too in tune, so I did it again a little looser and it worked better, I guess because there was more correction required then. I've spent many hours over the years having to re-do vocal tracks , but this was the first time I ever had to re-do one to make it worse, lol !

Warren - thank you so much. I'm so glad that people are thinking it works - I thought it did, but I did wonder whether others would feel the same.

Bob - Thanks for the mix comments - I was aiming for something big, with a dramatic ending, so I'm glad it's coming across well and yeah, it was well recieved by Mrs P ! Made it all worthwhile.

Thanks Daryl - I think I know the bits you mean and it was meant to be that way, so that every "bend" didn't sound the same. To be honest, I didn't really spend too much time on that bit as it's not a technique/effect that I have any plans to use again - just a one off for Mrs P who likes that sort of thing.

ike the Pet Shop Boys with balls. ;-)

 


That made me smile.


Missed this some how, not keen on the vocal FX but as I do not do vocals I will not say anything else.


The rest I liked thanks for sharing.

I actually like the vocal fx a lot, maybe in a couple places they need to be a tad more subtle.  Really I just love this song, not sure I want to go into reviewing it so much and just enjoy it.  The one problem I have with it is the sound quality, I think it could be better.  It just seems like a veil is over the music that needs to be lifted.  I really love the song though, did I say that?   

very cool me brudda....very different for you for sure...but I loved it. Nice break in the middle (around 3:00ish)....was a bit tizzy towards the end....think it was the key patch...but again a very fun tune and some nice work!!!

Those drums on the verses are tremendous. Kinda disappear on the prechorus.

Good to hear stuff from you again.