Thanks wags!
At some point before the end of the year, I'm going to have to tidy up a bunch of tracks as I tend to give my family a CD for Xmas. I'll take a look at the chorus and see if I can fix up the timing and stuff. It's been a while since I've done anything on the project, but I tend to record a lot of takes for the vox, so chances are I can fix some of the worst bits without too much issue. This track never got a proper clean up in that regard.el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:42 am I think it would make a lot of difference if you tried to be a bit more tight with both the rhythm and pitch of the chorus. It doesn't have to be spot-on (There need some slight differences for the doubling to have effect). However, when both the vocals are falling shy of hitting the target notes, and in their own ways; and the delivery is also a bit lax rhythmically, it feels a bit of a shambles. It's not critical, but it does detract from the potential power of the chorus, which could really do with providing more of a solid punch as a contrast to the verse.
I tend to just pick the two takes I think were the best when I was performing and leave it at that while I'm in the process of arranging and recording. I find the whole editing process tends to get in the way of being creative (plus I'm lazy and don't really enjoy that side of things). Moving vocal takes 2 ms forwards and cutting them up and automating the volume ain't my idea of a good time
I'm aware that these things can put the icing on the cake so to speak, so I do try and clean things up at some point, but I try and keep it separate from the creative songwriting process. It's more of a technical exercise in patience from my perspective. A bit like proofreading
Me too, I don't think I sound like Bowie at all.
I actually drop a beat IIRC; at any rate, (from memory) the little guitar intro is offset by 1 beat compared to where it is during the actual song.el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:42 am This one has one of those great 'don't know where the first beat is' intros. Also your quirky, almost-spoken, almost-atonal delivery really suits the verses, but this imo is causing some issues when doubled up in the chorus.
Bollocks, any idea which one?el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:42 am Only other thing to say is that one of the guitars is out of tune
We'll have to see what comes of that. I'm off on holiday for a few weeks, so won't be doing anything for a while.el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:42 am Also, listening on SoundCloud, it runs automatically into "Playing For Time". That's a f**king stonker, right there. I'm guessing it will become a song, hence the WIP. If that should happen, please also keep a mixed/mastered instrumental version available. Really love it
Thanks again for the feedback all of you.