Adam Fielding - Moments (indie/electronic/pop rock)
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 122 posts since 16 Jan, 2005
It's been a while since I posted anything here, but I've just released a little single so I figured... hey, why not! The track is called Moments, and it's on most major streaming services right naow.
https://adamfielding.bandcamp.com/album/moments
https://songwhip.com/adam-fielding/moments
https://soundcloud.com/adfielding/moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai-bMTVRq-8
Despite only just now releasing it, it was actually the first tune I wrote in 2021. I'd just spent the previous December in quite an odd (or typical, depending on your view?) COVID/lockdown/2020-y fashion, and wanted to write something with a bit of a positive feel that (both lyrically and stylistically) represented how I at least try to view situations like that nowadays.
The song itself is based on a sentiment that I've found myself coming back to time and time again over the last few years in particular, and one which really came to the fore in 2020. When things seem particularly grim I have to remind myself that, yes, this will pass, and if I ever doubt myself in that regard I like to look back on earlier memories or events and remind myself "those times will come again". It's not a lament on times past or something like that - just a reminder that even when things look bleak, it'll pass... But wallowing in memories for too long can be a dangerous place, as well.
Stylistically I'd spent a lot of 2020 listening to music that I found comforting rather than listening to anything particularly challenging (something I've since rectified!), and that definitely rubbed off on how this tune came together in a big way. I wanted something that felt like a bit of a call back to the kind of vocal tunes I used to write back when I first started recording vocals, but with a bit of an extra production and mixing "sheen" that comes as a natural consequence of having learned more about that kind of stuff since I first started out. I had a blast putting this one together, and I hope that comes through a bit in the final track.
Anyway! Enough waffling from me. I hope you enjoy it in some capacity Cheers!
https://adamfielding.bandcamp.com/album/moments
https://songwhip.com/adam-fielding/moments
https://soundcloud.com/adfielding/moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai-bMTVRq-8
Despite only just now releasing it, it was actually the first tune I wrote in 2021. I'd just spent the previous December in quite an odd (or typical, depending on your view?) COVID/lockdown/2020-y fashion, and wanted to write something with a bit of a positive feel that (both lyrically and stylistically) represented how I at least try to view situations like that nowadays.
The song itself is based on a sentiment that I've found myself coming back to time and time again over the last few years in particular, and one which really came to the fore in 2020. When things seem particularly grim I have to remind myself that, yes, this will pass, and if I ever doubt myself in that regard I like to look back on earlier memories or events and remind myself "those times will come again". It's not a lament on times past or something like that - just a reminder that even when things look bleak, it'll pass... But wallowing in memories for too long can be a dangerous place, as well.
Stylistically I'd spent a lot of 2020 listening to music that I found comforting rather than listening to anything particularly challenging (something I've since rectified!), and that definitely rubbed off on how this tune came together in a big way. I wanted something that felt like a bit of a call back to the kind of vocal tunes I used to write back when I first started recording vocals, but with a bit of an extra production and mixing "sheen" that comes as a natural consequence of having learned more about that kind of stuff since I first started out. I had a blast putting this one together, and I hope that comes through a bit in the final track.
Anyway! Enough waffling from me. I hope you enjoy it in some capacity Cheers!
Last edited by adfielding on Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:41 am, edited 1 time in total.
- KVRAF
- 1985 posts since 19 Aug, 2008
Like it. I like your voice too. Well, I like your voice in the non-chorus parts of the song where its not fighting with the distorted guitar. Are you putting more saturation on your voice in the chorus?
A solution might be putting the guitar down the sides and vocal right up the middle.
Anyway, overall liked it
A solution might be putting the guitar down the sides and vocal right up the middle.
Anyway, overall liked it
- KVRAF
- 21195 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
Hey Adam
Are you an 80s kid? OMG, this is so 80s. Reminds me of a few groups from the era. Very well done. Really enjoyed this a lot.
Are you an 80s kid? OMG, this is so 80s. Reminds me of a few groups from the era. Very well done. Really enjoyed this a lot.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 122 posts since 16 Jan, 2005
Thanks! I tried using a bit of TrackSpacer on the instrumental bus to try and give the vocals a bit more space, but I guess I might have overdone it with wider elements during the chorus. I'll bear it in mind for future tracks, thanks for the constructive feedbackBansaw wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:39 am Like it. I like your voice too. Well, I like your voice in the non-chorus parts of the song where its not fighting with the distorted guitar. Are you putting more saturation on your voice in the chorus?
A solution might be putting the guitar down the sides and vocal right up the middle.
Anyway, overall liked it
Haha, thank you! I'm more of a 90s kid, but this is very much an amalgamation of eras I'm particularly fond of - so a bit of an 80s through to mid-00s mix I guess. Really glad you liked it, thanks for the kind words!
- KVRAF
- 6322 posts since 18 Jul, 2008 from New York
Cool song. Quite professional. Well done!
By the way, songwhip links to the wrong song on YouTube.
I agree the vox fighting for space with the guitar is a bit of minor issue.
By the way, songwhip links to the wrong song on YouTube.
Last edited by Frantz on Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- KVRAF
- 1985 posts since 19 Aug, 2008
Whenever there is a distorted guitar and a vocal (esp male), you've got yourself a mixing headache because they are fighting for a very similar freq range.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 122 posts since 16 Jan, 2005
Thank you! Agh, that's slightly annoying about Songwhip - I honestly hadn't noticed, thanks for pointing it out
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 13 Mar, 2022
Haha, thank you! I'm more of a 90s kid, but this is very much an amalgamation of eras I'm particularly fond of - so a bit of an 80s through to mid-00s mix I guess. Really glad you liked it, thanks for the kind words!
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Yeah, I felt also the 90s vibe in it, has a bit of an Andreas Johnson - Glorious touch from the production, maybe some strings in it would be nice!
- KVRian
- 1276 posts since 18 May, 2021
Sounds great! I instantly went back to the 90s with a touch of 80s in the vocal. Very nice track.
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- KVRian
- 906 posts since 18 Mar, 2019
Like this track a lot. Very good work!!!
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 122 posts since 16 Jan, 2005
knownoname wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 2:42 amYeah, I felt also the 90s vibe in it, has a bit of an Andreas Johnson - Glorious touch from the production, maybe some strings in it would be nice!
Thanks guys, really glad you like it
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- KVRAF
- 1749 posts since 30 Jul, 2007
I think you know it sounds great! Congrats! and I hear a lot of Depeche Mode here.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 122 posts since 16 Jan, 2005
Cheers, that's very nice of you to say - always happy with a Depeche Mode comparison Glad you enjoyed it!