clintmartin
Impressive! I always like to know if the artist is playing or assembling on these songs. I love it when musicians play the music ya know! Hahaha. Great job.

Yeah, I guess it does make a difference sometimes, but I have to admit that tools like arpeggiators, EZ Keys, Melodyne / Autotune / V-vocal, and not to mention huge loop libraries (both audio and MIDI) have become so good lately that it's hard to produce anything without them.  Of course it's easy to OVERuse those tools sometimes, so we must be vigilant about that. ;)

Hey Walt,
 
Really enjoyed this. Love the tones and how they blend together with the rhythm. You did a great job not letting it get too repetitive and making it a "song". Nice job!
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Thanks

dcumpian
Hey Walt,
 
Really enjoyed this. Love the tones and how they blend together with the rhythm. You did a great job not letting it get too repetitive and making it a "song". Nice job!
 
Regards,
Dan

Thanks for listening and commenting Dan!  This song was a good learning experience for me. :)

Thank you Larry.  I appreciate you spending the time to listen and comment!

Good tune. Had my foot tapping at work!

Thanks for listening Roger.  Glad you liked it!

Good stuff Walt
Love the section where the guitar sound comes in - the track takes on a different feeling at that point but I miss it when it's gone

daryl1968
Good stuff Walt
Love the section where the guitar sound comes in - the track takes on a different feeling at that point but I miss it when it's gone

Thanks Daryl!  Yeah, I struggled with that middle bit for a while.  It was initially a drum solo, then I added some synthy bass stuff underneath (which found its way into most of the rest of the song).  But it was still needing something, so I went back to what I know... my trusty stratocaster. :)  I guess I could have done something more like a distorted lead, but I kinda liked the spacy verb/delay thing as I was flipping through settings on Guitar Rig, so then I wound up keeping it.

WOW!  Now that is a great first attempt.  Love the opening riff with the percussion claps. I'm really liking the guitar parts you added during the break.  The mix is sounding good on my end nice separation of the highs and lows.  If I had to nit-pick this piece and this is really picking it, I would add more effects to give this piece some depth. I hear the effects you have added but it sounds a bit dry on the synth riffs during the breaks.  I would leave the effects alone on the percussion claps but add some to that synth during the breaks of 1:11-1:18 and again at 1:55-2:11. This is not my norm of a listen so I really shouldn't be giving any suggestion on dance tracks.   I'm really glad I gave this piece a chance.  KUDOS!
 
 
Kev

Thanks so much Kev for listening and commenting.  I'm no expert on dance music either, to be honest.  I'll give your suggestions a look next time I jump back into that project.  Thanks!