"and nobody listens to radios anywhere else these days!"
That's not true, sir. Broadcast radio is still a huge medium (although not as frequented by the public as in the 80s & 90s). Major record labels still spend thousands of dollars in air-time for their releases. If this was not so, you and I could release our works on the radio. But we cannot because the Majors still have that medium virtually on lockdown (thus making it expensive for the little guys to enter). An independent artist's friend is still college radio.
Really? You think people listen to radios at home or at worK? I guess I always think of radio as a car medium. I suppose that with many stations broadcasting on the internet that there is plenty of airplay out there... but if they are using the internet, there's really no need for the audio restrictions that broadcast radio has. (I guess I just hate those restrictions!) With any luck, the Majors will continue their steady decline, leaving room for the rest of us.
The overall composition is good. The 30-second right channel pan could be annoying to some listeners. Left channel is too low even for a pan simply because it is a near-30 second stretch. For that reason, this would not be radio-friendly (ever wondered why no song ever played on the radio began with a channel panned?). It would work well in a movie or stage theater, but the pan would still need to be shortened to like 10 seconds. Love the break.
Yeah, totally right. I've always liked panning - to an extent! - but it's one of those things that can get overused so easily that I think the standard these days is to NEVER use it. I suspect that "radio friendly" will one day be gone. Between the (necessary) equalization and massive compression, music with dynamics and color doesn't stand much of a chance in a car - and nobody listens to radios anywhere else these days!
What mistakes did you learn from on this? Sounds quite good. With more 'genuine' sounding instrument quality, it'd be fantastic... even as it is, I think it holds up very well.
I haven't been at this long enough to offer much advice (I keep getting told my stuff would sound good on video games etc... not exactly what I'm going for), but as far as listening goes, I like it.
The one that stuck out to me is when the cello sound joins the flute sound on the theme - there's no stereo placement between them. I should've panned one a little left, the other right. There's also very little EQ - parts sound muddy and could be cleaned up with some judicious cutting of frequencies.
Thanks for the comments!
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That's not true, sir. Broadcast radio is still a huge medium (although not as frequented by the public as in the 80s & 90s). Major record labels still spend thousands of dollars in air-time for their releases. If this was not so, you and I could release our works on the radio. But we cannot because the Majors still have that medium virtually on lockdown (thus making it expensive for the little guys to enter). An independent artist's friend is still college radio.
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I haven't been at this long enough to offer much advice (I keep getting told my stuff would sound good on video games etc... not exactly what I'm going for), but as far as listening goes, I like it.
Thanks for the comments!