[Prog House] "No One Knows" feat. Aliciya Angel

Here's our latest - Aliciya just killed on this one IMO!
 
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=780921&songID=8051464 [128kbps]
 
http://www.myspace.com/cryophonikmusic [192kpbs - first song in player]

Great vocals - and great production of same.  You found the exact right volume so it ain't too poppy and don't bury it.  Echo is sublime, too.  Very slick production overall - and I mean that in a good way.

Another radio ready or dance floor number.  Great job.  Oh, and I really liked the song.  You've always written well, but the last couple of tracks have just been supurb.  Maybe lay back the echoes in the short break about 4 minutes, but otherwise I have no suggestions.

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it's funny, when I think of progressive house, the first thing that comes to mind is Deadmau5's very upfront drums and agressive basslines. So your song was pretty far from what I expected, but I still enjoyed it a lot.

Listening to this song, there are a few things I was thinking I would have done differently, I'll just share them, but I can't say if these are suggestions or just personal feelings. Take it for what it's worth :)

I probably would have put the drums more upfront, added a clap sound to double the snare in some places. I'd probably add more variation to the hihat pattern, I don't mean make it change all the time, but not repeat this half bar for the whole duration of the track. I'd probably put more mid/mid-high in the hihat. Somehow I feel like what really makes people dance in, well, dance music, is the interaction between the kick drum and the hats, so I tend to focus a lot on these two elements.

I probably would use a bit of swing, at least on the hihats. even a subtle amound can go unnoticed but seems to add a lot of groove to a song.

at first I felt like the voice was too hot, but I think it's more the drums that are too low. (I love that voice by the way, and the way you produced it, I really the sound of reverb/delay you head on the "s" and "sh" sounds. I can't get my reverbs as good sounding as yours)

Since I think your music is really good, I'd rather tell you things I don't like or things I think I'd do differently instead of just telling you how much I like it.
:)

Digital Aura


She is dreamy! (her voice too! ;-) )

 
Thanks a bunch, Greg!  That means a lot coming from you!  Got anything new in the works?
 
@Seb - thanks for the suggestions!  I'll give some of them a try, particularly bringing the drums up because I've gotten that same comment from a few people now.  Thanks again!

I didnt think it sounded like "has been done before".....thats not very constructive feedback.

I thought it sounded pretty damn good. better than most of the other trance crap out there now days.

nice work Cryo!

Dave
I think you are correct. ..... She Nailed this !!! big time....
another ready for the radion producetion......You and Paul are just killing it lately...
Congratulations
Cliff