KVR Audio

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:35 pm

A short little song (it was originally 3 and a half minutes -I got quite brutal...) No real verse/chorus distinction, but hopefully I've got enough little hooks/variationsbreaks for it not to matter.

Think I've ripped The Killers off a bit with the delay geetars, and I've definitely ripped meself off with the lyrics, but if you can't plagiarise yourself then what can you do?

http://www.bennyleeds7.myfreeola.uk/don ... -value.mp3

Might do the main vocal again yet. Not sure - it's growing on me a bit now.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:04 pm

My Feedback

Music - 9.5
Instruments - 9
Performance - 10
Mix - 9.5

Overall - 9.5

Comments: Always look forward to listening to your stuff, just for your vocals alone. As you say, hooky. Excellent as always. As they say, the cream always rises to the top. Do wish it was longer though.

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:38 am

You've radically improved the mixing of your vocals. Another song where I can actually understand the lyrics!

Is this another report you had to write? Statistical analysis... sounds, erm, fascinating.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:51 am

wagtunes wrote:My Feedback

Music - 9.5
Instruments - 9
Performance - 10
Mix - 9.5

Overall - 9.5

Comments: Always look forward to listening to your stuff, just for your vocals alone. As you say, hooky. Excellent as always. As they say, the cream always rises to the top. Do wish it was longer though.

Heheh, I think we're always going to differ on short songs, which is fine - no right answer as ever. I love em though -usually always try to cut things down as far as I can, the philosophy of, 'leave them wanting more' etc.

Eauson · Post by **Eauson** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:57 am

I likey this muchly.

I think you are right about the vocal, especially in the beginning section, as you say a lot of S'ss which catch as there isn't a lot of other sounds in there to mask the sibilance.

Overall killer piece

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:08 am

sjm wrote:You've radically improved the mixing of your vocals. Another song where I can actually understand the lyrics!

Is this another report you had to write? Statistical analysis... sounds, erm, fascinating.

I used the new technique I've discovered of, 'turning the f**kers up...'.

You guessed right- I was writing some bus related drivel, and compiling yet another spreadsheet, and thought, "f**k it", and stopped and wrote the lyrics for most of this.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:12 am

Eauson wrote:I likey this muchly.

I think you are right about the vocal, especially in the beginning section, as you say a lot of S'ss which catch as there isn't a lot of other sounds in there to mask the sibilance.

Overall killer piece

I possibly could have only picked worse words if I'd had, 'she sells seashells..etc'.

Nowt that a bit more level on the de-esser won't fix I think. I was more concerned about some of the wayward wailing later on when I got a bit, 'enthusiastic' with some of the vibrato.

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:15 pm

Like it. Interesting. The backing has a sort of familiarity - odd that.

beanpole · Post by **beanpole** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:16 pm

Nice one. Miles better than any of the shite clogging up the charts nowadays.

fastlanephil · Post by **fastlanephil** » Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:27 am

I enjoyed your song. I could make out the vocals pretty well. Although your choice of sounds and the mix does compete with them some, it’s your style.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:52 pm

folderol wrote:Like it. Interesting. The backing has a sort of familiarity - odd that.

Reminds me of a few things too, but not one in particular I can put my finger on, so I might be safe..

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:32 am

beanpole wrote:Nice one. Miles better than any of the shite clogging up the charts nowadays.

Cheers. Although I couldn't tell you who's in the 'hit parade' these days.

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:38 am

fastlanephil wrote:I enjoyed your song. I could make out the vocals pretty well. Although your choice of sounds and the mix does compete with them some, it’s your style.

I do like a lot (and then some...) of guitars. As I've got them all double tracked and panned out to the sides here then it's not so bad - twice the work though!

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:09 pm

Rhyming analysis with paralysis is ok in my book. I think this is only the second track I can recall whose lyrics contain the word analysis. The mix is well-balanced, the lyrics are clear, and the song does leave me wanting more.

Good work

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:25 pm

seismic1 wrote:Rhyming analysis with paralysis is ok in my book. I think this is only the second track I can recall whose lyrics contain the word analysis. The mix is well-balanced, the lyrics are clear, and the song does leave me wanting more.

Good work

OK, I cheated....

https://www.lyrics.com/lyrics/analysis

Killing Joke (who I do like, but never heard this song, honest guvn'r) used the same rhyme!

donkeyt - surplus value - stadium rokk