philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968) Re-mixed 7/27
I started writing this song over 20 years ago, and just picked it up again and finished it a few weeks back. Add in some excellent contributions from Ed, Danny and Daryl and I think it turned out pretty good. Give it a listen and see what you think. It's the top song on my Soundclick page: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1050818&content=musicAlso on top on my Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/phil-doyle-292979186Danny (Dannydanzi) Danzi- Lead guitar Ed (Bapu) Kocol- Bass Daryl (Daryl1968) Greenway- Backing vocals Phil (Philz) Doyle- All the other stuff Thanks for listening, 7/27- With thanks to the folks offering early comments on the tune, I've just re-mixed and replaced the audio files on both sites. Kick and snare got a little boost each, and I believe I solved the issue that was muddling the chorus vocals. Thanks again for your input!
post edited by philz - 2016/07/27 17:01:30
|
kloon
Max Output Level: -85 dBFS
- Total Posts : 265
- Joined: 2015/04/16 09:04:16
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 14:58:21
(permalink)
Nice song, great flow and mix, nice lyrics (read them while listening to the song).
Found the vocal panning a bit odd to my ears.
|
daryl1968
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 10984
- Joined: 2010/06/01 22:51:43
- Location: Englishman in deepest, darkest Wales
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 15:01:02
(permalink)
Nice one Phil - thanks for asking me to be on this one
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 15:16:28
(permalink)
daryl1968
Nice one Phil - thanks for asking me to be on this one
Oh, you were asked? I was told.  Thanks Phil for having me on this ride.
|
Beagle
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 50621
- Joined: 2006/03/29 11:03:12
- Location: Fort Worth, TX
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 17:41:18
(permalink)
BOOM! right off the bat!
I'd like to hear the vox better, they sound phasey and muddy. I'd take that time shifted clone of the vox out of the mix. if you want to beef them up, It would be better to record them again and add that track in but at a much lower volume - bring it down until you can't hear it then back up just a hair.
man - Danny is killin that lead - as usual - his performance is always top notch!
bapu's burning up the bass - but I'd like to hear it a little more, too, I'd bring it up in the mix some.
drums are good in the mix
piany is great - good mix level on them, great performance
nice stuff Philz!
|
markno999
Max Output Level: -62 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1450
- Joined: 2007/08/27 18:09:30
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 19:38:12
(permalink)
Phil.
Cool song and performances are really very good. I think the mix could use a bit of tweaking, the lead vocals are a bit phasey and muffled. I would pull back that flanging/phasing effect on the lead vocals. Would like to hear some more thump (kick and bass.) Snare could come up a bit. The song is really driving but the kick and bass are not represented in the mix. Anyway, had a couple listens through and really like it. Great song.
Regards
|
eph221
Max Output Level: -28.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4665
- Joined: 2014/12/22 05:06:50
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 21:00:26
(permalink)
I thought the phazy, muddy vocals had a *live-70's -recording* feel to it. Kind of reminded me of Neil Young. Nice jobo.
|
emeraldsoul
Max Output Level: -56.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1858
- Joined: 2009/01/02 23:16:43
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/26 22:55:41
(permalink)
Mix-wise, I'd vote for snare up. MAybe the kick a little, too. I thought all else including the bass was pretty much in the sweet spot.
Very cool guitar noodlin' !!!!!! that's like six exclamation points or somethin' . . .
Since I'm voting, I'd also dig a little three seconds of "ear candy" right at the beginning, because as-is the song jumps on the listener from the get-go. Pounces, really.
Could perhaps do with a splash of melodyne or a redo of your vocal moment at :016
Hey, cool driving track, you enlisted some great backing tracks here. I also didn't object to the slight panny, phasey vocal treatment, I thought it fit the song nicely. Grateful Dead-ish . . .
cheers,
-Tom
|
daryl1968
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 10984
- Joined: 2010/06/01 22:51:43
- Location: Englishman in deepest, darkest Wales
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/28 06:30:42
(permalink)
|
kakku
Max Output Level: -59 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1646
- Joined: 2014/08/31 21:37:39
- Location: Finland
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/28 07:28:48
(permalink)
Very good song. All performances were great. I find no faults. Catchy too.
Sonar X1 Studio, Duo-capture and Steinberg's UR22 mk2 interfaces, super fast (read snail like) dual core computers, Arturia the Player 25 and Goldstar midi keyboards, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 phone kakku
|
Beagle
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 50621
- Joined: 2006/03/29 11:03:12
- Location: Fort Worth, TX
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/28 08:51:30
(permalink)
New mix sounds better, Phil! Good job!
|
markno999
Max Output Level: -62 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1450
- Joined: 2007/08/27 18:09:30
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/28 12:13:09
(permalink)
Phil,
New mix is much improved:) Sounds terrific.
Regards
|
Wookiee
Rrrrugh arah-ah-woof?
- Total Posts : 13306
- Joined: 2007/01/16 06:19:43
- Location: Akahaocwora - Village Yoh Kay
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/28 12:59:27
(permalink)
Did not get a chance to listen to the first mix, this comes across quite well here, nice to hear Danny playing.
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Karma has a way of finding its own way home.
Primary, i7 8700K 16Gigs Ram, 3x500gb SSD's 2TB Backup HHD Saffire Pro 40. Win 10 64Bit Secondary i7 4790K, 32GB Ram, 500Gb SSD OS/Prog's, 1TB Audio, 1TB Samples HHD AudioBox USB, Win 10 64Bit CbB, Adam's A7x's - Event 20/20's, Arturia V6, Korg Digital Legacy, Softube Modular, Arturia Keylab-88, USB-MidiSport 8x8
|
Danny Danzi
Moderator
- Total Posts : 5810
- Joined: 2006/10/05 13:42:39
- Location: DanziLand, NJ
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/29 12:01:01
(permalink)
New mix is good Phil, thanks for letting me be a part of it. :)
Thank you for the kind words everyone, much appreciated.
-Danny
My Site Fractal Audio Endorsed Artist & Beta Tester
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/31 12:57:10
(permalink)
kloon
Nice song, great flow and mix, nice lyrics (read them while listening to the song).
Found the vocal panning a bit odd to my ears.
Thank you, John. The vocals got corrected in the new mix.
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/31 12:58:07
(permalink)
daryl1968
Nice one Phil - thanks for asking me to be on this one
Thanks, Daryl, and thank you for the excellent backing vocals.
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/07/31 12:59:13
(permalink)
bapu
daryl1968
Nice one Phil - thanks for asking me to be on this one
Oh, you were asked?
I was told.
Of course you were told. Where would I be without you, Ed?
Thanks Phil for having me on this ride.
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/01 14:41:59
(permalink)
Beagle
BOOM! right off the bat!
I'd like to hear the vox better, they sound phasey and muddy. I'd take that time shifted clone of the vox out of the mix. if you want to beef them up, It would be better to record them again and add that track in but at a much lower volume - bring it down until you can't hear it then back up just a hair.
man - Danny is killin that lead - as usual - his performance is always top notch!
bapu's burning up the bass - but I'd like to hear it a little more, too, I'd bring it up in the mix some.
drums are good in the mix
piany is great - good mix level on them, great performance
nice stuff Philz!
Thanks, Reece, and thank you for your help in tracking down the issue with the vocals.
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/04 11:59:08
(permalink)
markno999
Phil.
Cool song and performances are really very good. I think the mix could use a bit of tweaking, the lead vocals are a bit phasey and muffled. I would pull back that flanging/phasing effect on the lead vocals. Would like to hear some more thump (kick and bass.) Snare could come up a bit. The song is really driving but the kick and bass are not represented in the mix. Anyway, had a couple listens through and really like it. Great song.
Regards
Thanks for the compliments on the song Mark. New mix addresses your comments... thanks.
|
evadianepug
Max Output Level: -30.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4477
- Joined: 2008/07/11 20:53:21
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/04 12:27:33
(permalink)
Good song, Phil. Nice performances. Mix sounds good to me. I hear everything in the right place, imo. I am on my laptop with a Steinberg interface in a motel room. It supports my Sennheiser earphones so I am getting a good sound. Works wells, Phil.
|
BobF
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8124
- Joined: 2003/11/05 18:43:11
- Location: Missouri - USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/04 13:17:37
(permalink)
Very cool tune, phil. Sounds great all around here
Bob -- Angels are crying because truth has died ...Illegitimi non carborundum --Studio One Pro / i7-6700@3.80GHZ, 32GB Win 10 Pro x64 Roland FA06, LX61+, Fishman Tripleplay, FaderPort, US-16x08 + ARC2.5/Event PS8s Waves Gold/IKM Max/Nomad Factory IS3/K11U
|
stevec
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 11546
- Joined: 2003/11/04 15:05:54
- Location: Parkesburg, PA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/08 12:39:14
(permalink)
Cool... It's got a nice retro-ish vibe without really sounding retro. Everything sounds good from here, and Danny did do some nice work.
SteveC https://soundcloud.com/steve-cocchi http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=39163 SONAR Platinum x64, Intel Q9300 (2.5Ghz), Asus P5N-D, Win7 x64 SP1, 8GB RAM, 1TB internal + ESATA + USB Backup HDDs, ATI Radeon HD5450 1GB RAM + dual ViewSonic VA2431wm Monitors; Focusrite 18i6 (ASIO); Komplete 9, Melodyne Studio 4, Ozone 7 Advanced, Rapture Pro, GPO5, Valhalla Plate, MJUC comp, MDynamic EQ, lots of other freebie VST plugins, synths and Kontakt libraries
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/10 11:17:06
(permalink)
eph221
I thought the phazy, muddy vocals had a *live-70's -recording* feel to it. Kind of reminded me of Neil Young. Nice jobo.
Thanks, David. Sorry to disappoint, but I fixed the phazy vocals.
|
philz
Max Output Level: -50.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2462
- Joined: 2004/04/11 13:50:46
- Location: Shrewsbury, PA, USA
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/10 11:19:43
(permalink)
emeraldsoul
Mix-wise, I'd vote for snare up. MAybe the kick a little, too. I thought all else including the bass was pretty much in the sweet spot.
Very cool guitar noodlin' !!!!!! that's like six exclamation points or somethin' . . .
Since I'm voting, I'd also dig a little three seconds of "ear candy" right at the beginning, because as-is the song jumps on the listener from the get-go. Pounces, really.
Could perhaps do with a splash of melodyne or a redo of your vocal moment at :016
Hey, cool driving track, you enlisted some great backing tracks here. I also didn't object to the slight panny, phasey vocal treatment, I thought it fit the song nicely. Grateful Dead-ish . . .
cheers,
Thanks for the kind words and detailed comments, Tom. I wound up fixing the vocals, and also took your suggestion about bringing up the kick and snare. Thanks!
-Tom
|
Rikkie
Max Output Level: -68 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1128
- Joined: 2012/06/24 10:13:34
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/10 12:08:59
(permalink)
Hi Phil, nice rockin' tune, has a great "live" feel to it.
Rik
|
batsbrew
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 10037
- Joined: 2007/06/07 16:02:32
- Location: SL,UT
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/10 12:10:28
(permalink)
i like how the song starts....gets right to it!
the drum vibe kinda reminds me of liberty devito....
i do agree with beagle, the vocals still sounds phasey on just one side, i think it's a doubled lead vox that has been hard panned.. it's a bit distracting because the high end on the track has not been rolled off...
typically, when you multitrack lead vox, the secondary tracks should only really fill in the midrange, and not have much top on them...... then they blend in just right.
nice melodic lead lines, tasty harmonies, tasty bass lines, tho i'd like to hear a little more clarity on the bass track in the upper mids...
great song phil!
|
Jesse Screed
Max Output Level: -67 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1158
- Joined: 2015/10/29 16:05:40
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/10 14:04:56
(permalink)
I like the piano Phil, nice playing. Of course all the other players are accomplished, so I can only say they lived up to their reputations.
I like your vocals too. You have your very own sound and are not afraid to share it, that is a plus to me. The lyrics ar great, a nice love story, you have given up yoursef.
I can't comment much on the mix because I am listening on my laptop. I sort of agree with esoul about the immediate beginning of the song, but that is also a stylistic point.
It is great to hear all you fellas playing together. You all have a nice vibe.
Jesse Q. Screed
|
Frugaard
Max Output Level: -88 dBFS
- Total Posts : 104
- Joined: 2015/03/01 20:14:41
- Location: Norway
- Status: offline
Re: My Life Is Not My Own (Featuring Danny Danzi, Bapu and Daryl1968)
2016/08/18 16:04:07
(permalink)
Sounds great! Backing vocals too are awsome! You put together a good team here! I like it a lot!
|