Description : Produced and written by Michelle Sakim. This is A track I writ produced in 2007 in my bathroom. The drums, and bassline are copyright free samples. With a classical guitar played by myself. I basically made the beat and recorded the lyrics within a couple of hours. On Acid 4. It definitely needs a better mix. Please take a listen. I will appreciate your feedback. And will return the favour by checking out your tracks to. Blessings to you
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i love hearing well-mixed percussion because i am feeling my way through this particular dark tunnel lately. the singing is beautiful and the mixing is excellent. the mood/genre is some sort of beautiful element of bassa nova sound. it's a beautiful listen. big congrats. much success.
Hello. I'm also only very occasionally a fan of r'n'b though I do love No Diggity.
However, I can hear a lot of talent here. Lots of vocal ability and I find that guitar interesting. It has a nice lilt and tone to it.
Both the mix and recording need to be improved as they're totally letting the song down. I think there's a lot of noise on the vocals and guitar (it's more obvious without the beat)so recording process needs to be better worked out. If not (or maybe as well) noise removal tools can be employed to help remove some of it.
Ah, I've just read it was made (recorded?) in your bathroom. It does actually sound like that as I can hear the bathroom sort of reverb on it.
I can hardly hear any bass on this and was going to ask if you plan on adding a bassline of some sort. I now see there's some sort of bass sample in there though I still can't really hear it.
Also, the track's a bit short.
Good work but I hope you can improve your recording and do this song the justice it deserves.
Thank you for your feedback. Definitely need to do what you mentioned above. Its just a demo as far as I'm concerned and would love nothing more than to record it with a live band. In a real studio. Redo the whole thing. Bathroom is not the best place to record. Any tips for recording would be appreciated.
But I'm glad you can here the potential. I am a performer and recording is not my best quality still learning and need to work at techniques. Thank you Static Nomad I really appreciate your comment. Blessings
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Very good vocal track! Agree to Spiv: we have a new star here on looperman!
You should only clean up the mix a bit, this is top class material and it deserves the best!
Ciao, Domenico
Wow! Such compliments that I never expected. Thank you. Agreed it needs a cleaner mix, levels and such. Thank you for your honest feed back. Looperman I love this place :-)
First let me say, I'm not a big follower of RnB music. This is a fabulous soulful track! This would be just great in a film of some sort! I really like your vocal style, it sounds like we have a new starlet in our midst! Can't wait to hear more!
whaaaaattttt this is beautiful!!! dope! the mic levels tho it would be super if your vocals was balanced but wow i loved it!! jill scott vibe they dont make them like you anymore! beautiful!
rage beats , dark synths , vintage rage, jazz rage , spooky beats , dark type beat , ken carson , playboi carti , opium , die litt type beat , lil tecca , intro type beats , autumn , yeat , kan kan , jace , d savage , rich amiri, kodak black type beat
Description : Every instrument is performed and recorder live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Instruments Used:
-"WELTMEISTER" upright piano (MADE IN GERMANY in 1938)
-"KAY" upright bass (MADE IN GERMANY somwhere in 1950th)
-TAMA Imperial Star + Pearl OMAR HAKIM snare + Various Ziljian cymbals.
I just put together some old ideas to see if it will work. Some vocals and brass, or guitars is clearly needed. Let me know what you think about it. Tnx
Description : Do not freak out just because this is jazz! There's also blues, rock, funk and a little hip hop in it to break up the deep, chillout jazz sections - gets particularly rocking then funky at the end. Main bassline (the track's foundation) is recycled leftover slide resonator guitar parts detuned one octave to make a slide bass sound. Also features: piano, violin, hammered dulcimer, organ, ethereal pad guitar, bass guitar, jazz/blues/rock electric guitar and multiple programmed acoustic drumkits. This was difficult to make at times as I thought I needed more leads parts eg from sax or trumpet. But I'm happyish with the end result. I expect very little interest in this as it's both jazz and long jazz. But it's also an unusual type of genre-mixing jazz. So, leave your thoughts, good or bad, if you like...
Description : I think it's a late evening song to accompany you for a single drink.
Jazzy in most of the aspects. It is made single handedly so please consider it an experimentation for the thrill of making music.
Hope you will like it.
Description : This track made me just stop working on it and listen to it for enjoyment.
Smooth Mellow funky Jazz. Uses: 0111003-djrumplestiltskin-swung-funk-drum-beat, 0087009-mrroads442-guitar-line, 0072485-michiel555-mellow-funk, 0058934-ferryterry-90-bpm-soprano-sax. Is this Funk or Jazz?
Description : This track contains only free loops from Stayonbeat.com and several loops from Looperman artists (listed below). I "made a promise" that my next track will be use a lot of jazzy loops - well, i done with this track, for the great sadness of jazz lovers or experts i think - i fear they will never forgive me. :) While my ISP launches my internet out of the Earth system for a long time, i had to face the fact that i dont have too much downloaded jazz loops on my computer, so i think no wonder that this one is sounds like if i smoke some marihuana while making it. But hey, who cares, i like the result - it reminds me the (maybe only) really funny episode of "Breaking Bad", where Pinkman uses some heroin and flyes up with an idiotic smile on his face - that chapter is priceless. :D
I dont think this one needs a vocal, but ofcourse you can use it if you want, and as always, just write and i will give any support as i can. Any feedback welcomed too as always. Enjoy! UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops :
STEVEJAZ : 1118799-0068664 (The Jazz Vehicle), 1118799-0068713 (A Lydian Chords 1),
TUMBLEWEED : 0498019-0068255 (G Sharp Acoustic Rhythm), 0498014-0068257 (120 A Tele Rhythm),
JOEFUNKTASTIC : 0630386-0055418 (MrF - Great Scott - Set 1 - Piano 120 A), 06300386-0054520 (MrF - South Bronx Ghetto Piano 92C),
DANKE : 0671112-0066558 (Heaven Calls), 0671112-0067503 (Reggae Sax),
REI4REAL : 0039029-0005229 (Rei Smile03 D 120), 0039029 (Rei - Plain3 D 100),
SERIALCHILLER : 0000003-00000076 (Chilla Do Do Vox Fx),
DJFREDVAL: 0002663-0007540 (FV 120 BackBeat2)
Description : Something a bit different from us. I (Bobo) played guitar, synth, midi bass and percs to this piano loop by LM's most excellent Rasputin. Wataya, stoned as usual, thought he heard Barbara Streisand singing. This is the result.
Description : I created a hip hop groove in Logic and decided to duel some Saxophones. I am playing the Baritone sax on the left pan and the Tenor Sax on the right pan.
I added some bells like a boxing match bell to give it a fight drama feel. The hip hop track itself is dope to me. The duel is cool too. Who won?
However, I can hear a lot of talent here. Lots of vocal ability and I find that guitar interesting. It has a nice lilt and tone to it.
Both the mix and recording need to be improved as they're totally letting the song down. I think there's a lot of noise on the vocals and guitar (it's more obvious without the beat)so recording process needs to be better worked out. If not (or maybe as well) noise removal tools can be employed to help remove some of it.
Ah, I've just read it was made (recorded?) in your bathroom. It does actually sound like that as I can hear the bathroom sort of reverb on it.
I can hardly hear any bass on this and was going to ask if you plan on adding a bassline of some sort. I now see there's some sort of bass sample in there though I still can't really hear it.
Also, the track's a bit short.
Good work but I hope you can improve your recording and do this song the justice it deserves.
Thank you for your feedback. Definitely need to do what you mentioned above. Its just a demo as far as I'm concerned and would love nothing more than to record it with a live band. In a real studio. Redo the whole thing. Bathroom is not the best place to record. Any tips for recording would be appreciated.
But I'm glad you can here the potential. I am a performer and recording is not my best quality still learning and need to work at techniques. Thank you Static Nomad I really appreciate your comment. Blessings
Could do with smoother mix and a gentle pad in the back at times.
Blessings to you
Very good vocal track! Agree to Spiv: we have a new star here on looperman!
You should only clean up the mix a bit, this is top class material and it deserves the best!
Ciao, Domenico