On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:22:01 +0100 > James Stone <jamesmstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I just recorded this song last night on qtractor.. guitar thru vamp2 >> bass direct in, vocals thu Sampson C01 and Behringer minimic800. Drums.. >> soundfont.. and spent 2 mins on them !!:) >> >> http://drop.io/jjoskmy >> >> I think the song is way too high for my vocal range, and the mix seems >> very suspect, but I'm not too sure about how to resolve it.. >> >> This is actually a song I wrote for my band (with a female singer), >> which never seems to work very well, and I wanted to record it myself to >> see where we are going wrong - I think I recorded it way too fast which >> isn't a good start - should be more like 100bpm.. beyond that, it also >> needs to be really tight to sound even slightly OK. I'm really >> considering dropping it - but suggestions about how to improve the >> overall sound/composition would also be appreciated! >> >> James > Hi. > I'm late to the party (as usual). > This is quite a fun quirky little song. To me, the relatively minor > defects enhance rather than detract from it. I wonder what reaction > you'd get from a real audience. Have you tried it? > Thanks for your lovely comments! Yes I have played it live with the band.. generally the reaction is of bemusement, and a half-hearted trickle of applause.. I was trying to work out why (apart from the fact it ends in a strange way), as most of our other songs seem to go down much better. This little recording experiment has showed me that it needs to be played quite a lot slower than we were doing it, and secondly, that the rhythm guitar must be very simple to avoid conflicting with the other rhythmic aspects of the song.. Not got round to re-recording it though (or playing it with the band again). James _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
