Coming back to making music

Discussion in 'Our Music' started by lexeed, Dec 13, 2019.

  1. lexeed

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    I'd taken a long break from writing and mixing, but I dusted my guitars (literally) and added new strings hoping to get motivated. Seemed to have worked and I came up with this as my first song in Reaper 6. Since I'm a bit rusty (playing and mixing) I'm wondering how it turned out.
    I play and sing everything. Ironically, I used all freeware plugins from Analog Obsession and Acustica except for DMG's Trackcomp.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa10qxr93umiqfs/Back Down.wav?dl=0
     
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  3. rudolph

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    Nice, I like it. It´s hard to hear real instruments in these threads. Don´t let the dust gather again on your guitar.
     
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    Most excellent on all fronts! Welcome back to the guitfiddle fold.

    It is truly amazing how much dust can settle on a guitar and as well as the case after a while. I have six acoustics and three electric so am forever wiping them down. Most dust in a house, unless living on a dirt road, is dead skin.
     
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  6. lexeed

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    Yeah, I glanced over at my guitars one day, and the dust and grime on my acoustic was so thick I could write or draw pictures on it. So that motivated me to get off my butt and just clean and restring them all (just a bass, acoustic, and electric). So my self-psychology was that if they were clean, then they'd have to be used. It worked.
    Thx man.
     
  7. lexeed

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    Right. I can't see letting them get that bad again. I think it effects my mood in a way, and that's prob why I wouldn't bother playing them or writing any songs. Hopefully, I'm cured. Thanks for listening.
     
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    Thanks Quake. I was sort of wary since this wasn't electronic, but looks like the tastes here are pretty versatile.
     
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    Since I haven't been mixing for a while, anyone hearing anything I may have missed by being too close?
     
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    Absolutely brilliant track! I love that you've kept the production quite dry and simple with nice stereo separation (too easy to swamp the mix with hundreds of plug ins these days).
    I think a simple vibraphone sequence on the chorus would sound good to lift it up from the verse (I've got a soft spot for glocks, xylo's etc)
    Awesome work mate
     
  11. Gyro Gearloose

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    bout mix..sounds great on shitty laptop speakers over here
     
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    Great music mate, keep it up
     
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    Welcome back friend, I'm always filled with positive emotions when I see posts like this. I'm not in a great monitoring environment but I really enjoyed the song regardless!
     
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    Very good track, well done :wink: I'd recommend giving the Pixies a listen, as they have a few compositional and performance tricks that can add interest to a song.
     
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  16. lexeed

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    Thx man. I'm so easily distracted, I almost have to keep things simple for myself. I'd go off on all kinds of non-essential tangents if not. All my tracks have the same 4 plugins: preamp, tape sim, eq, comp. across the board. I only switch out or add another plugin if I can't get what I want out of my so called standards. The exception is if I add delay or verb or just can't get the kick right (or similar). It's like my own personally-invented mixing board that I'm "forced" to use and get the best sound from. Self-restriction.

    I saw we shared the less-is-more philosophy from your previous post. It was kinda nice to not feel alone.
    If I passed the laptop speaker test, there might be hope! hah
     
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    I hope to. Thx for the encouragement.
     
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    Cool! If you listen in a better environment, let me know of any 'anomalies.'
     
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    Gyro you you stole my words, same here. I like "unpolished" work, later will test on Focal Alpha 50. Just it's hard to believe that there is one man behind instead of a complete band. Don't bother much with technical issues or it will suck energy for play and other important staff. You're doing great.
    Well done.
     
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    not bad.
    I like your bridge ( from 02:02 to 02:32 )
    tell us a bit more about the recording process :
    - did you play everything ?
    - how did you record it ? ( it sounds quite "live", aside from the guitars, but see below )

    your voice is ok, the harmonies are good, I'd love to know more about your vocal chain too
    the guitars sound a bit too dry to me, but overall, good stuff
    :wink:
     
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    Thanks for the suggestion, Zen.
     
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