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abi · Post by **abi** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:36 pm

Hi there!

https://soundcloud.com/abiuslu/the-stubborn-smile

Hope you will like this and looking forward for feedback!

greetings from cologne

krzys · Post by **krzys** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:34 pm

Hello

I felt that the middle section was the strongest with the beginning being the least strong. A different orchestration/voicing tonal character might have made the impact of the melody more euphoric/joyous...felt the melody deserved more prominence. It may have benefited from more separation from the other instruments...also it was almost expecting to have the melody/solo play along side/over the chordal outtro..... As you can tell it was all about the melody for me...stronger please!!!
Thanks for the listen.

Regards

Krzysztof

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:44 pm

I enjoyed it. I thought it had a similar sound/feel to parts of the Porcupine Tree song "Time Flies", particularly in terms of the rhythm. In a Prog-rock context, I think this works very well.

Good work

metalifuxx · Post by **metalifuxx** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:09 am

Nice track. I always look for and click on guitar based songs here, especially in an instrumental/prog rock context.

metalifuxx · Post by **metalifuxx** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:10 am

Amp sim or mic'd amp? What gear/interface/preamp did you use?

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 5:09 am

great retro sounds, esp the guitars... i thought the mix lacked a little high end sparkle. enjoyable regardless.

abi · Post by **abi** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:16 am

Hey guys!

@krzys: as always, a few days after "finishing" the track, I do see that the mix is lacking, especially with regard to separation between lead and rythm tracks in the beginning. i will also think about laying the melody over the chords in the last section of the song. thanks for the detailed feedback!

@seismic1: Thanks! I really did listen a lot to procupine tree during the last year, and now that you have said it, i feel like a complete copycat

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@metallifux: Thank you! I used S-Gear Wayfairer on all guitar tracks in combination with Two Notes WOSIII. I use an old Focurite Saffire as an interface.

@layzer: Thank you! really missing high-end sparkle? maybe a matter of taste, cause when i turn this track up on my Adam FS7 i feel like it´s right at the edge with regard to high-end. still i will try and see what happens with different eqs on the master bus pushing the highs a little more.

Have a nice day all!

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:57 am

abi wrote: @layzer: Thank you! really missing high-end sparkle? maybe a matter of taste, cause when i turn this track up on my Adam FS7 i feel like it´s right at the edge with regard to high-end. still i will try and see what happens with different eqs on the master bus pushing the highs a little more.

Have a nice day all!

hey abi, i think it might only be the ride cymb that sound a tad low on the mix to me, hats and crash sound fine

abi · Post by **abi** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:31 am

Hey guys!

Thanks again for all your feedback! I´ve rearranged and remixed the track and for my taste incorporated all suggestions: indeed I like it much better now, what do you think of the new version?

have a nice day!

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:14 pm

abi wrote:Hey guys!

Thanks again for all your feedback! I´ve rearranged and remixed the track and for my taste incorporated all suggestions: indeed I like it much better now, what do you think of the new version?

have a nice day!

i like the mix level more, but theres a little too much saturation around the 100-200hz freq bands making it sound mid-bassy. rides sound sparkly now

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:54 pm

es rockt, alter, gefällt mir sehr gut...

abi · Post by **abi** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:14 pm

@ TrekStar Vielen Dank, gut zu hören

@ layzer what can i say - it is indeed somewhat bassy, although i´m not sure if i want to change it right now (also a tad tired of mixing this song). i´ll let it rest for a few days and turn back later, my ears cannot judge this thing at the moment anymore.

Thank you all for your contributions, it helped me to be a little more critical with this track and inspired me to make some additions/changes which really benefitted the song in my opinion!

greetings from cologne!

The Stubborn Smile - Instrumental Rock