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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/15 14:59:05
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I'm not sure about the "pop" thing but it was certainly a pleasant tune! Happy chord changes and melody, nice selection of tones, and the mix works pretty well.
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kakku
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/15 20:41:34
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I'm not sure about the "pop" thing but it was certainly a pleasant tune! Happy chord changes and melody, nice selection of tones, and the mix works pretty well.
Thank you Steve! Thing is I am so bad in categorizing music that I don't know even my own style but I suppose pop is a pretty safe choice so I use that. Thanks again!
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/15 23:52:40
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Good tune , my crit would be the more instruments synths added the drums get more buried , maybe eq some of the sweetspot for drums out of the synths to let the drums stay up in the mix.
Whoa.... to you ...oh...earth and sea...
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reckon the number of the beast.....
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kakku
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/16 01:35:41
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Good tune , my crit would be the more instruments synths added the drums get more buried , maybe eq some of the sweetspot for drums out of the synths to let the drums stay up in the mix.
I agree. If I ever find a desire to return to this tune I will do some careful eq adjusting. Thanks for commenting and tips.
post edited by kakku - 2016/01/16 01:49:42
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/17 19:57:23
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Oh, I can hear a poppy vocal melody over this one...believe it. As is, the drums need some varying in the beats as does the bass need variation. I like the feel of this and believe you could turn it into something very good.  Allan ====
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kakku
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/17 23:43:01
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Thank you Allan. YEs, more work this could use. I once believed all a tune needs is a good melody and didn't concentrate on the drums and bass so much. I was wrong ofc. Lyrics i can write. At least i found one of my old tunes which has lyrics. In finnish. And they are about love. I will try to translate and send here the tune with lyrics maybe with Youtube but i will not sing them because i cannot. Thanks again.
post edited by kakku - 2016/01/18 04:26:35
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/20 14:08:38
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Nice instrumental tune and happy mood. Pleasant melody lines and chord progression
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/20 14:23:19
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/20 15:46:58
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kakku
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/20 17:42:01
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Reminds me of this pretty cool song from the 80's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQpRMegYc0
Thanks for commenting. I tried to listen but did ñot come into a resolution whether my tune resembles the song you gave a link to. I need another opinion to say whether they are too alike. I don't think they are too similar but I am not objective. Are the chords going in similar ways? Melody is key ofc. Edit:Nice song it is and not too similar with my tune IMO.
post edited by kakku - 2016/01/21 02:38:54
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/21 16:41:17
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Very nice Kakku - upbeat and positive vibes. I would like to hear the drums up a bit in the mix.
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/21 18:35:14
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Thank you Daryl! The song is my better ones i believe and I will try to fix the drums when I next get a chance. I should put some variation in the drums too. ATM I don't have access to my daw except my secondary one but it is in another city and I am not going there until next week I believe.
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/21 19:12:04
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I'd also vote for a vocal, even some weird spoken word lyrics, pull some dialogue from an old tv show. Something. It's a very pleasant tune, nice in-your-face parts, but needs a bit more to hold interest for over four minutes.
Or it could be my short attention span. Squirrel.
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Re: Upton, a pop tune
2016/01/21 19:40:33
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I'd also vote for a vocal, even some weird spoken word lyrics, pull some dialogue from an old tv show. Something. It's a very pleasant tune, nice in-your-face parts, but needs a bit more to hold interest for over four minutes.
Or it could be my short attention span. Squirrel.
cheers,
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Thank you Tom! Vocals would BE nice here I agree but I find my voice unsuitable in any kind of musically oriented stuff and I know only one guy who has a good voice. He likes and sings different kind of material entirely. Nevertheless I will try to introduce vocals in some of my stuff some day, some how.
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