spearcarrier
Vampires have more fun
Fernandina Beach, United States
Joined : 3rd Jul 2013 - 11 years ago
Last Online : 15th May 2025 - 1 month ago
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on Its Me by spearcarrier
on Its Me by spearcarrier
on Its Me by spearcarrier
It is a good attempt to make a song but I have the feeling that you still have not found what exactly the melody and the harmonies should be. What I mean is that you have to try some more with your chord progression and your vocal line. Your voice is beautiful but in this piece I think you were trying to come up with a melody and we have witnessed the procedure of making a song. There are parts that are beautiful and others that I think you should reconsider. I don't know much about the ukalele, but why don't you try it with a guitar accompaniment? There is a lot of potential in your attempt and there is the joy of life, do not forget this please.
Best regards, Anthony
I'm intrigued what you mean by chord progression and vocal line. I think I know 5 chords. Ha.
on Its Me by spearcarrier
on Its Me by spearcarrier
on All the Pretty Horses Micky Remix by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
and your voice fits perfectly. Do you like crazy? :-)
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Lets Play by spearcarrier
on Rushes by spearcarrier
on Rushes by spearcarrier
on Rushes by spearcarrier
to get the best results set yourself a processing chain and use bus channels, for vocals, reverbs, delays do everything on a separate channel and route each channel to its bus not the master, the buses are routed to the master.
if your unsure about bus channels YouTube it you'll be amazed how important it is, you have more control and your vocal sound will improve spearcarrier, try some EQ too cutting everything below 60hz and low end and dipping the high ends as it leaves.
it really is a case of practising and improving your engineering
on Rushes by spearcarrier
Nevertheless, it seems to me that the microphone you used for recording is at least not in the correct position (height, distance, inclination...) to the sound body of the ukulele?
Well I think to really show off your voice, you'll probably have to experiment with effect chains. You have to find out what suits you for yourself. Like I said, I would start with echo and reverb.
Anyway I've been poking at all the advice I've gotten here and am uploading what I hope is an improved version.
on Rushes by spearcarrier
1. I don't know how you record the guitar. Do you just put a microphone in front of it? What kind of microphone? The guitar sounds a little harsh and harsh, either because the microphone is misplaced or the microphone can't handle the guitar's frequencies.
2. When you sang, you didn't hit the notes correctly at first. You're a little off the chords there. Later you sang well and steadily.
3. The whole song is too midrange-heavy in the mix, which is mainly due to point 1. Your voice is very beautiful, but a bit thin. I would try a "double" and a mix of light reverb and echo. This makes the expression a little stronger. But beware! Proceed very carefully, otherwise you will achieve exactly the opposite of what you want.
4. The guitar needs the same thing. The guitar can also use some reverb and echo.
All I can tell you is that everything is very simple in theory, but in practice it is completely different. You'll probably have to experiment. Instructions don't help. You have to find your own way!
Kind regards and happy Easter days
Manuela
That's not a guitar. It's a baritone ukulele. Acoustic. So I placed the mic on front of it in the way they did when I played on stage.
Baritones tend to be a bit higher in tone. Good for my voice. Always a surprise when people learn it's not a guitar. =^-^=
I've noticed my voice is thin on this microphone. It sounds fuller with the Snowball I have. I wonder what I'm doing wrong with this new microphone to be getting such a thin sound.
on Rushes by spearcarrier
Michael
on Rushes by spearcarrier
Jonathan
on If I could have by spearcarrier
Updating and getting decent gear certainly makes things a bit easier but so many people have recorded great tracks with minimal and less than perfect gear.
What you are trying to do comes thru clearly, nice job!
Wayne
on If I could have by spearcarrier
So I have absolutely no idea what you mean? For me it is a very soulful, beautiful song! You have a great charisma in your voice, emphasize the lyrics very well and the almost minimalist guitar work supports your singing excellently. The song has a good live character. Contrary to your song explanation, I don't get the impression that you don't like this song. I think you really like the song too. With so much emotion!
Good, beautiful work, which unfortunately you don't often find here!
Kind regards, Manuela