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oddbod · Post by **oddbod** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:53 pm

A little something I wrote recently for Songfight -

Ring Them Bells

DigiPRO · Post by **DigiPRO** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:09 am

Excellent song human! Keep up the good work.

thenumber23 · Post by **thenumber23** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:52 am

Awesome catchy song! Makes me think of a cross between the band 'The The' and They Might Be Giants.

Brian

sazb30 · Post by **sazb30** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:16 am

fun, catchy, quirky... what's not to like?!! Love that ragtime vibe oddbod

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:56 am

Very, very nice. Thanks, oddbod.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:09 am

Excellent!

Sounds like it should be in 'The Lost Boys'

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:18 am

perfect and mousse au chocolat

core · Post by **core** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:23 am

Nice one, Tim.

Off to check your tracks for the Oct. contest

objectman · Post by **objectman** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:59 am

Excellent and very catchy song. Not sure if this is a feedback thread as most posts are all positive responses, but do those vocals need a bit of compression? Or am I the room darkener here? Could be my crappy earphones.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:08 am

i think, it's a matter of taste;
i suppose, you mean the chorus 'be -els', where the 's' is barely audible.

objectman · Post by **objectman** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:03 pm

The thing is I liked the whole thing a LOT. Just.

To me the vocals were either

1. low in the mix or
2. needed a bit of compression

but they seemed a bit thin. I sometimes think singers often are too critical of their voices and in the mixing room (or on their lappys these days) pull out their (perceived) "bad bits" or mix themselves a bit low.

No I liked the stuff so much I've downloaded the Feb songs and, as someone who's trying to learn more about this stuff, will listen to the songs on my iPod while i ride around my city's beautiful river tomorrow.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:13 pm

with 'a matter of taste' i meant this fragile kind of singing, not the song as a whole. There's a lot of oddbod stuff in the monthly contest, btw.

Barnadine · Post by **Barnadine** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:16 pm

Top stuff, unsurprisingly.

A slight post-chorus slump is the only thing I can scrounge up to complain about. It's a pre-chorus kind of chorus, feels like it's leading somewhere big, then whump, straight back into another verse. The kazoo choir is pretty good compensation though.

Do I hear Mrs Bod in the background there?

oddbod · Post by **oddbod** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:44 pm

Thanks for all the comments peoples

Barnadine wrote: Do I hear Mrs Bod in the background there?

You do indeed, I manage to coax her every now and then into singing something.

As for the compression thing, I'll have to have a re-listen. I always compress my lead vox but not always the harmonies so you may well have a point.

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:04 pm

Loved it

0DDB0D -- Ring Them Bells!