Well, the lyrics and melody are really basic, I don't like the vocals (voice wont work today), the rhythm (that word has no vowels?) is off and I'm terrible at mixing, but here is the first song. Haha! It took a lot of work and tons of time, even though the actual recording part probably only took about 6 hours total. Let me know what you think.
Just so you're not confused, the drums drop out after the 2nd chorus. There was a miscommunication between Dominic and I at that part and I thought it was finished. Dominic does the drums on the verses and chorus's, and then I do the drums on the bridge part. Drum are SO fun! I would like to rerecord every instrument on this song at some point, but for right now I think its a good start.
Just so you're not confused, the drums drop out after the 2nd chorus. There was a miscommunication between Dominic and I at that part and I thought it was finished. Dominic does the drums on the verses and chorus's, and then I do the drums on the bridge part. Drum are SO fun! I would like to rerecord every instrument on this song at some point, but for right now I think its a good start.
Rock and roll!
ReplyDeleteWay to get your first song done--that's awesome. I'm still so impressed about you learning the drums. Embed your music straight on to your blog (do it in the html part of a new post--you can embed the link).
hmm... I'll have to try again later. Each time it got 30 seconds in it would start over again...
ReplyDeleteI'll have to call you later and have you explain it to me, I can't figure it out. I did notice that the mix changed a little and the quality went way down on toofiles. Maybe this will fix those things.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed it! I have always been a big fan of your lyrics. They are so raw and passionate! And don't beat yourself up about the melodies, they were really good! The glockenspiel was a real treat at the end of the song! I am really excited to hear next week's song!
ReplyDeleteNice Joe. What program are you using? I liked the way the electric and acoustic were blended, you did a really good job with that. A couple pointers: try and find a site that lets you upload WAV files. MP3s can lose alot of their quality when uploaded. Second, compress those vocals! I know we want to keep things raw, but it was a struggle to hear what was going on vocally in some parts. Compression gives consistency, but not too much or you sound like Rebecca Black. But move on to the next song now! Come back and work on this after the Blogrimage, journey onward! It gets easier each week, kinda...
ReplyDeleteWe used garage band. Great call on the compression, but I have no idea how to do that! Haha. Dominic is in Guatemala on a missions trip, so I didn't have his valuable knowledge. Oh well, next time. I agree on moving on, I'm already working on the next song. I'll come back to the first song later and finish it.
ReplyDeletefinally heard it all the way through - very nice! and I'm glad I got to read day 14 before hearing the song...
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