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Need Expert Ears
Hi Everyone, Phil here.
I'm submitting this song: https://soundcloud.com/ann-whittington/only-tomorrow for listings S180901AB and Y180905AB. I'm hoping some of you will listen and give me some feedback. In particular I would like to ask this question: "Is it 'Broadcast Quality'?" Thanks so much to anyone who answers! I listen to tracks so many times I think I stop hearing them. Other ears could really bail me out here.
Thanks!
I'm submitting this song: https://soundcloud.com/ann-whittington/only-tomorrow for listings S180901AB and Y180905AB. I'm hoping some of you will listen and give me some feedback. In particular I would like to ask this question: "Is it 'Broadcast Quality'?" Thanks so much to anyone who answers! I listen to tracks so many times I think I stop hearing them. Other ears could really bail me out here.
Thanks!
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Hi PhilSmith,
In my opinion....it sounds like a song from the 70's....not contemporary.
It does not have the creamy close up vocal sound of the examples.
The whole thing just sounds dated to me....
My 2 cents,
Tim
In my opinion....it sounds like a song from the 70's....not contemporary.
It does not have the creamy close up vocal sound of the examples.
The whole thing just sounds dated to me....
My 2 cents,
Tim
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Hi Phil
Don't think it makes it over the " Broadcast Quality " bar for me.
The main sticking point is the lead vocal ..it has sibelance and sounds very heavily processed with lots of tuning artifacts and yet they still sound off key somehow. The reverb generally is washing the whole thing out and I agree with Tim the song and arrangement is dated sounding.
Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh but very evident to me this is not close to the references .
Mark
Don't think it makes it over the " Broadcast Quality " bar for me.
The main sticking point is the lead vocal ..it has sibelance and sounds very heavily processed with lots of tuning artifacts and yet they still sound off key somehow. The reverb generally is washing the whole thing out and I agree with Tim the song and arrangement is dated sounding.
Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh but very evident to me this is not close to the references .
Mark
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Hello Phil.
Overall, the mix isn't gelling, especially the vocal - the vocal effect is making it sound very strange and unnatural.
When the chorus kicks in - there is a 'tom' that is jarring - sounds out of place, the drums need to be a little more rhythmically engaging too.
Generally the mix isn't balanced, gotta agree with the other guys that its a bit dated and isn't reaching the 'bar' of the examples.
- just my honest opinion.
Richard
Overall, the mix isn't gelling, especially the vocal - the vocal effect is making it sound very strange and unnatural.
When the chorus kicks in - there is a 'tom' that is jarring - sounds out of place, the drums need to be a little more rhythmically engaging too.
Generally the mix isn't balanced, gotta agree with the other guys that its a bit dated and isn't reaching the 'bar' of the examples.
- just my honest opinion.
Richard
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Thanks, Tim, Mark and Richard. I appreciate your honest opinions. That's what I was looking for. I'll keep working on it. I especially appreciate the details. It really is quite difficult to get everything just right, and my ears get tired after several hours. For you to take time and listen with fresh ears and share that, well, I can't thank you enough.
-Phil
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Track has been removed, so I hope you got the feedback you requested. This sort of post should be in Peer To Peer, for future reference, but it's good you had a specific question.
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Hi Mojo,
I made a boo-boo Uploaded a new file then deleted the old one, which caused the track to be named only-tomorrow-1. DOH! I've renamed it, so the link once again is https://soundcloud.com/ann-whittington/only-tomorrow. I've incorporated a lot of the changes that posters have suggested; I can't do much about the older sound of it, it really is an older kind of tune. If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you listened and gave your feedback. I think I'm heading in the right direction, but it's hard to be sure.
Thanks!
-Phil
I made a boo-boo Uploaded a new file then deleted the old one, which caused the track to be named only-tomorrow-1. DOH! I've renamed it, so the link once again is https://soundcloud.com/ann-whittington/only-tomorrow. I've incorporated a lot of the changes that posters have suggested; I can't do much about the older sound of it, it really is an older kind of tune. If you have time, I'd appreciate it if you listened and gave your feedback. I think I'm heading in the right direction, but it's hard to be sure.
Thanks!
-Phil
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