mrpippy2
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Morro Bay
Hey folks, wanted to make my first post over here hoping for some feedback. I've got a piano/songwriting student who writes some pretty decent material with just the piano and her voice, and I've been taking her songs and giving them the Sonar treatment. This uses a couple instances of Addictive Keys, AD2 using the NY Compression technique I just discovered, Anderton's Multiband Compression on bass Tip #164, and a few instances of Kontakt for some strings and ambient sounds. Oh, and some quirky little background noise loops from an old sampling CD called Chemical Beats. I found the CA2A does wonders on her voice, along with various EQ, delay, and reverb. Verses and chorus hers, bridge, arrangement and production mine. Hope you all enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pz9jwvjKM8
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 03:58:50
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There's a nice insouciance to her voice. Also, you get a lot of mileage out of those chords, it's not especially complicated (which is good) It sounds good.
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 04:31:36
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Been there many times. Cool spot.
I'd say her vocals are "telephoned" for too long. Cut to the chase a little sooner maybe.
Peppy little mix though, and she has a decent voice aided greatly by the bgv's she laid down.
cheers,
-Tom
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mrpippy2
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 12:46:18
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Thanks for the feedback! Tom, your bgv comment made me chuckle a little; she was only over here for 15 minutes, just long enough to lay down the main vocal. Later on, I got the idea that those sections should have a harmony, so I copied them to a separate track and Melodyne'd them up a 3rd. Oh yeah, it's cheating big-time, but I'm a big proponent of the "if it sounds right, it is right" philosophy!
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 15:48:12
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Mix sounds reasonable here, the intro with the affected vocal is a little too long for me. If she was only there for the initial vocal take you did a good job of exploiting the tools in your arsenal. I read somewhere about a song that made it to number one here in the UK that the vocal was a comp of 30 takes, so you did good from just the one or two you got.
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 16:22:40
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mrpippy2
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 17:12:18
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One take. She's a student with homework and all that so I'll tell her to make sure she's good and warmed up and have her sing 2-4 songs for the 20 minutes or so that I have her here. Usually she'll just sing to a scratch piano track that I throw together just as a guide. Than after she leaves I'll spend the next 2-3 weeks with Sonar's magical tools and turn it into something along the lines of what I posted here. I'll thow some others up here once I'm happy with the final product. Appreciate the feedback from everyone!
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 17:13:05
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That was quality stuff-good job. I liked the lead vocalist.
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 19:12:11
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 21:27:31
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You and she did a very fine recording! I hope you two keep at it and give us something new every so often. Congratulations.
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/19 21:34:53
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Good production. Very talented singer/songwriter too!! I'm with Tom on the Telephoned vocal intro, a little too long, otherwise really good work.
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Re: Morro Bay
2017/10/20 18:54:02
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Very enjoyable. Thx for sharing.
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