Summer Fling Ft Jenna Evans - EricMilligan

Thanks, Ruslan.

Thanks, Jamid. Because I chopped up the acapella and re-arranged the order of the vocal phrases, I changed the "story" of the original version by Jenna - a little bit anyway. It left me in a bit of a box, actually, so I wasn't able to end things up like she did in the original. This version probably needs another verse. But, I think the arrangement does work OK. However, the instrumentation needs work and I guess I really over-did it with processing on the vocals. But, hey, that's one of the real benefits of being here on Looperman. I can get constructive feedback and advice from other members. :)

Thanks again.

Eric

Hi, Danke. Thanks for providing feedback on the track. If you look at the response to Nicolo's comment (HenryPascal) you will see the details about how I went overboard with processing all the vocal tracks in the project. This is NOT the way Jenna's original acapella sounds. Putting on too much reverb is a rookie error. I should know better! :)

I'm going to re-think the approach to the vocals and, as Nicolo suggested, work on the instrumentation to get more variation.

Thanks again,

Eric

Thanks Nicolo for the helpful feedback on the track. Danke has commented on the vocals as well, so clearly I need to make some adjustments. The original acapella from Jenna is nice and clean. I guess I went overboard on the processing.

I layered three copies of the vocals, very slightly offset a few milliseconds to thicken up the vocals. I also applied different EQ settings to each of the three main vocal tracks and some delay, as well as different levels of reverb. Three are also 2 or 3 additional vocal tracks for the "embellishments", heavily processed (e.g., EQ focused on a narrow frequency band).

All of this probably is just too much processing. Too much reverb. This morning, even before I read your comment and Danke's comment I thought to myself that I should've been more judicious in how and where I layered on all the processing.

I also agree with you about the instrumentation being repetitive. I actually realized that and rationalized it by thinking that I got variation from the vocals, but on reflection I think I need to work harder on the instrumentation.

I very much appreciate your advice on the track. I'm going to work on improving it.

Eric

Thanks, LilJuly. I had problems with this one for some reason, despite the fact that Jenna's acapella was really good. Anyway, I do appreciate the feedback.

Eric