BaoBou
Bethnal Green London, United Kingdom
Joined : 25th Mar 2018 - 7 years ago
Last Online : 17th Dec 2025 - 2 days ago
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on Another 2 Days by BaoBou
This track sounds live as hell.
I think the only thing that was
missing was the ambient sound of
the fans in the background listening
to your set. Bass, Drums and Guitar were
all on point. In fact I especially liked
the Guitar.
Great track. Cheers Mate..
PEACE...
Great that you enjoy the "live" sound! I'm trying to get it to sound less garage and more pro, but as long as I get the energy across, I'm happy :)
on Another 2 Days by BaoBou
you sound just like me on the vocal thing, I'll keep working at it :)) forget how many times ive wrote the same its not bad mate, your original that counts a lot.
Haha yes we feel insecure about our vocals, but then I try to remember what Dave Grohl said - Bob Dylan also wouldn't have made it on "America's Got Talent" and he still made a pretty good career out off that ;)
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
- 60% Creating and Composing
- 30% playing and practicing
- 10% engineering, mixing and mastering
Yet the energy I spend now is the other way around. I don't spend enough time on the music, and the mixing and mastering (which I don't get, I'm not that interested in and which frustrates me) takes too much time.
I'll go back to just rushing tracks out the door as soon as I feel they're fun... and not perfect (I can't ever reach perfection anyway).
Thanks for listening Rockoff!
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
I think it would be an excellent thing to work with... but now the production course is probably not going to happen :D (facepalm)
So I'm weighing my options. There must be several ones; the teacher I mentioned actually studied at the Berklee you mention, so that's probably a good place to look.
BTW reuploaded an earlier mix. I had made a "cleaner" one yesterday but noticed just now that in fact it sucked (even more), so...
We live and learn :)
Thanks again man!! Much appreciated!
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
I usually have some standard compression on the bass set up and some filters on guitar and vocals, but it's clearly not enough. Things to learn then, and that means growth :)
Thanks a lot for your help!!
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
Good work.
Steven
You're right about the vocals, both regarding the mix and the confidence, and yes I'll work on both.
I'm very interested in the tools you mention, so I'll give those a try :)
And thank you for offering your help! You bet I will take you up on that, always much appreciate your work and help matey!!
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
TTYL.
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
I think I still have a shared folder with you. If you want, I can send a fresh link. Drop your stems in. I will fix your loudness/saturation/muddiness issues, then explain what I did via email.
Up to you. Hope you are doing well, TTYL.
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
I'm curious and interested what you mean with "lot of space that might be utilised", that sounds really interesting - feel free to drop me a DM if you care to elucidate because clearly you know what you're talking about and I don't :)
BTW I created this song this week as an entry for a production/engineering course that should happen soon (fingers crossed). I think the teacher will have his hands full with me :D
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
Thanks a lot!! and a comparison to Steely Dan... praise doesn't get much higher than that for me :) I'm positively beaming here!
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
I love the composition.
I haven't heard any of your music since the old days
(2019) when I first got on LM.
It feels like you brick walled the EQ at 100Hz.
The Bass and Drums were jamming but I couldn't really
hear or feel them(that could just be me IJS)
I'm really into the Keys and Vocals.
The track sounds "Live".
Great track. Faved..
PEACE...
The EQ is a good one. I'll check that; there's no brick wall, but both bass and kick drum do have some EQ to filter out noise.
It's cool you still remember my first steps on the path of music :) I think I made many steps since then, not in the least through the help of Loopermen and women who gave me loads of good tips! Thanks again :)
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
And thanks a lot for the encouragement!
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
Disculpe, no habla Espanol muy bien, solo un poquito :D
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
Good Job!
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
Well done to both of you!
Wayne
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
Ha, the story is funny: I have something like a hundred unfinished projects (that's not even exaggerating), and for most of those I have short clips of say 1:00-1:30, bits that are not terrible but miss something: some spark, some surprise, some twist, a vocal, etc.
I regularly download some to my phone to use as alarm or phone. This one was my kitchen timer :D
So when I was going through the acapellas (which I rarely do) for inspiration and heard Melvatron, I knew right away it was a straight fit. Well, straight... I rearranged and expanded the track, cut up Melvin (sorry), added a break, some instruments, the backing vocals of Charlotte, some fresh drums and hey presto, it was done ;)
Easy peasy lemon squeezy as we say in London!
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
Thanks for listening man! Rock on!
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
Well done.
Fave'd
Maj
on Disco Spirit ft MELVATRON and Charlotte - 2024 rmx by BaoBou
https://youtu.be/Jf78lmt-808?t=196. play with this one mate, it has great potential.
The Deee-lite sound is certainly an interesting idea, I will give that a go!
(The backgrond vocals by Charlotte are "cleaner", as you probably noticed. I generally try not to use too many effects)
Yeah, it's maybe more funk than disco, but that's my thing :) Thanks as always for your critical thinking and positive advice, it's much appreciated!