Help Needed With Home Recording Music

[wcoccagna]

Hello:

Am new to Taxi and recently submitted an original composition for critique, which was very favorable. However, the Recording and Production of the song was average at best and needs to improve. Would appreciate help in this regard. If there are any studio engineers or professionals in the Philadelphia area please respond. Will pay you for your time and can provide more details when needed, thanks so much.....Bill

[mojobone]

Paying a local pro to let you sit in on a mix is an excellent idea; you could also post a link to your music for us to listen to and offer suggestions.

[wcoccagna]

Thanks for your input, appreciate it.....I am going try to record the song again using the good feedback received from the critique, and then post it for feedback, thanks again....Bill

[wcoccagna]

The song I sent in for a critique is called "goosepimples". The link is taxi.com/billcoccagna As said before, the recording and production is sub par and needs improvement. The song is by no means complete so please forgive the minor technical mistakes.....Bill

[mickanos]

Food for thought, never show anyone your music until you think you are 100% confident
it's the best you can possibly make it. Then when you get constructive feedback it will hopefully address something you never thought of before....

[Dwayne Russell]

Hello:

Am new to Taxi and recently submitted an original composition for critique, which was very favorable. However, the Recording and Production of the song was average at best and needs to improve. Would appreciate help in this regard. If there are any studio engineers or professionals in the Philadelphia area please respond. Will pay you for your time and can provide more details when needed, thanks so much.....Bill

You might want to let some one else listen. I've mixed on number one hits and Taxi has told me my mixes were average.

Yours might be, but don't jump because one person at Taxi told you to. Save your money.

[mojobone]

Sounds like mono panned to about 1:30, Bill. You're miking a real piano, I'm guessing. What mic(s) are you using?. I hear something that sounds like phasing, but could be your piano needs to be tuned, or more likely, you're too close to a nearby wall and the reflections are smearing the recording. Nothing beats a great piano, well-miked in a great room, but lacking any of the above elements or effective mic technique is likely to provide a less than desirable result. My opinion, it's much easier to sound good with a virtual piano and a good fully-weighted controller; what little you give up in feel is made up in a ready-for-primetime sound. Digitally recording an instrument as dynamic as the piano places demands on the mics, the preamps (and other outboard hardware) and especially the engineer; maybe you need to punt, and go virtual for now, while you're getting all that together.

[wcoccagna]

Mojobone:

Really appreciate your great input.....Some of the things you mentioned in your last post I did not understand cause of my lack of recording experience, hence the need for a pro to assist....However, you were right on about me using a real piano, and my mics were indeed against a wall, so, I will try moving them....I do have an electronic piano, in addition to my baby grand, and recording on the electric seems to produce a much cleaner sound.....So, I may use the electric until I get the other issues figured out...... Thanks again.....

Bill