FYI : still working on remix amongst other songs I am working on. Will post in here when it's redone. In the meantime, may I commend to you listening to this one..  http://soundcloud.com/tony-carpenter-1/observations

Tony

I missed this one somehow - good stuff Tony. Great lead vocals and harmonies.

Thanks very much Daryl.

Hmm, thought I'd already commented on this - seems to happen sometimes - not sure if it's me or the software ! Mix sounds very good to me - nice clear vox which I always like. Seems to be a couple of timing issues - I'd like to tell you exactly where I heard them, but I can't get it to play again.

A very well written piece.  I reallly like your vocal/harmonies.  The mix on my end sound clean but a smidge bright. Maybe its just me and my room but I would add just a hair mid and low end EQ.  KUDOS Tony!

Kev

Paulo, thank you, yes as pointed out by someone else, there are definitely some timing issues. And thank you for kind words about the vocals, seems to be about the only thing I get consistently right LOL. 

Kev,  Many thanks for listening!. I am going to do a complete remix of this, and some new tracks, guitar suffered badly (on record) and in the mix at least, and drums need some more oomph.

Appreciate all comments, and recommendations always.

Tony

Welcome to the songs forum, listened to a couple, production sounds good here.  Thanks for sharing.

Hey man, I enjoyed listening to your track. It's got a solid vibe going on. My suggestions would be to revisit the guitar performances (I know you mentioned that earlier), since they seem to be a bit off rhythmically and I find it a bit distracting. Otherwise, the guitar part is quite nice.

The vocal performance is great, but I found the reverb to be a bit much. For a long time, I used a lot of reverb to try to make vocals sit nicely in the mix. I later found that with a solid performance, some compression, the right EQ, and- perhaps most importantly- a good arrangement, the vocals can sit happily in a mix with little or no reverb at all. By contrast, I found too much reverb to sound a bit amateurish, to kill the presence of the vocal recording, and to thin the voice too much. I feel that the right vocal sound is the hallmark of a quality recording.

Obviously none of this is easy, which is why we're all hear here to learn. :o] 

Keep plugging, amigo!

Wookiee


Welcome to the songs forum, listened to a couple, production sounds good here.  Thanks for sharing.

Hi John, thank you, all subjective I realize :). I thought it was OK, I am beginning to make it even better though now I have time.
 
Tony

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Hey man, I enjoyed listening to your track. It's got a solid vibe going on. My suggestions would be to revisit the guitar performances (I know you mentioned that earlier), since they seem to be a bit off rhythmically and I find it a bit distracting. Otherwise, the guitar part is quite nice.

The vocal performance is great, but I found the reverb to be a bit much. For a long time, I used a lot of reverb to try to make vocals sit nicely in the mix. I later found that with a solid performance, some compression, the right EQ, and- perhaps most importantly- a good arrangement, the vocals can sit happily in a mix with little or no reverb at all. By contrast, I found too much reverb to sound a bit amateurish, to kill the presence of the vocal recording, and to thin the voice too much. I feel that the right vocal sound is the hallmark of a quality recording.

Obviously none of this is easy, which is why we're all hear here to learn. :o] 

Keep plugging, amigo!
 
 
 
Heya, Vince is it?,
 
Thanks for listening, I use reverb at various levels for flavour, one thing I am sure of it's a subjective view. If the vocals are clear and strong and sit out, they are right. However, I am also sure I can make it better still, and I am working on it. Means I haven't been on here much.
 
I grabbed Ozone 5 and Alloy 2 yesterday, sounding better already.  The use of the voicelive 2 made good harmnonies, but, I did run it all too close in IMO, I am going to run them out further, and, I have done a new vocal recording for better seperation in the field. New version hopefully up for hearing soon.
 
Again, thank you for listening, and comments, it is all encouraging, and helpful :).
 
Tony