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Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by Silversun » Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:46 pm

Hi All

Would appreciate any feedback on out latest effort. Still working on it but Ive always found it pays to put it up here as soon as its listenable :)

Its called "Break your spell - WIP " and its first track here:

http://taxi.com/silversun

Cheers everybody peeps !

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by nick.moxsom » Wed Sep 12, 2012 5:22 pm

Good start. Two things stood out for me.

1. that wobbly dubsteppy thing seemed out of place over the arpeg piano intro, especially since there was no repeat of it.

2. the synth riff on the chorus is pretty busy – you might try a few alternatives, see which one sticks in your head the next day.

Re-post as it develops.

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by Silversun » Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:49 am

Cheers Nick

That intro effect does reappear as sectin builds later on. You could be right though.Ive replaced with another version with something more sympathetic to the piano at the intro to vse.

I quite like the synth line....maybe ill try giving it the fiddle later see if anything else sticks. Cheers


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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by tordenspyd » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:39 pm

Well made track. Catchy. Full of popular ingredients.
I heard the first version, I agree with Nick that this sounds much better.
(In the first version; the synth in the beginning had a signal effect, it was used later, still it was a clash, while your new version the new part has that signal effect (telling it is ot a Cold Play mimicked track)) Thumbs up.

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by Silversun » Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:34 pm

Ta Chaps. Appreciate the listen.
that signal effect (telling it is ot a Cold Play mimicked track)) Thumbs up.
Interesting. Certainly wouldn't have thought coldplay, but we'll take that as a compliment ! Cheers. Now all we need is their sales figures :)

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by OrionSatori » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:18 am

Silversun wrote:Hi All

Would appreciate any feedback on out latest effort. Still working on it but Ive always found it pays to put it up here as soon as its listenable :)

Its called "Break your spell - WIP " and its first track here:

http://taxi.com/silversun

Cheers everybody peeps !

This is a great song. I'm listening on really crappy ear buds, and it's still great. Good songwrinting/composition. I like the lead in the chorus, but the synth sounds a little dated. I would mess around with some presets or different synths and try to come up with a different tambre, but that's me. I'm also not too fond of the pitch correction. Sometimes, it can work and I'm not totally against it, but it just doesn't feel right. Almost like it's used to cover up a lot of problems with the singer's pitch than as a stylistic effect. Overall, great work, though.

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by Silversun » Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:52 pm

This is a great song. I'm listening on really crappy ear buds, and it's still great. Good songwrinting/composition. I like the lead in the chorus, but the synth sounds a little dated. I would mess around with some presets or different synths and try to come up with a different tambre, but that's me. I'm also not too fond of the pitch correction. Sometimes, it can work and I'm not totally against it, but it just doesn't feel right. Almost like it's used to cover up a lot of problems with the singer's pitch than as a stylistic effect. Overall, great work, though.
Cheers for the input. Good points. The autotune basically is covering up the rough vocal at the moment.Vocals arent finished. Although I suspect we'll use it as an effect still when done properly. Ive done a new version and played with a new synth line. I know what you mean about the dated bit. If you get a chance would appreciate hearing if you think its an improvement.

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by nick.moxsom » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:07 pm

Great improvement.

I know I said the dubstep line on the intro was out of place, but you know what...?

I can now hear a lovely fat LFO wave on your choruses, at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00, with the drums (which need some punch) at half tempo. You know, like Alex Clare's 'Too Close'? Least, that's how I hear it.

Good work. You've got great production skills.

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Re: Pop/Electro Work in progress

Post by Silversun » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:47 am

Thanks nick. Kind words.

I love that Alex Clare track. Like his stuff in general.Mmmm...... something to think about there. Cheers.

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