Haha... I noticed that there was a company out there with the same name. Maybe someday I will be the first result! Lol. But I appreciate the support man
i feel like the synth following the bass is a bit too saw focused, maybe widen it and cut out some of the high frequencies and you got yourself a solid track!
Wow, Brother!! Beauuuuuuuutiful track. The vocals, instrumentation, and production. I could never sing some of those lyrics (LOLOLOLOL), but all the same, a very enjoyable listen! Well, done you!!!!
Ha! I definitely was in a darker place when I wrote it, but it felt true to me at the time so I figured it's worth a release. Thanks for your positive feedback, much love!
Great title, love the chords, strong vocal. Some good guitar sound too btw, especially the "power chords" work well and the distorted background melody.
Great job and good luck with it! What's your name ion the spotifies etc?
You will be able to find me as Young Goose on streaming platforms starting January 8th (my artist profiles aren't fully set up yet, will be by the end of the month). I appreciate the vote of confidence! And thank you for taking the time to listen, hopefully much more to come
Very cool song ... like the raw, live sound ... the flow is outstanding as the vocals... kinda showgaze, moody, sad rock sound ...
hats off guys,
Danke
'Tonight, until we arrive, let's just be alive' - wonderful lyrics. This has a slightly laid back vibe with a wistfulness, the sort u may catch in a Nirvana song. A very good composition and I love the drums - keep going with those! Kay
Thank you Kay! The lyrics definitely came from the heart on this one so I appreciate your comment. I definitely plan to release more like this in the future. Thanks for taking the time.
That's awesome. I know from experience how hard it is to play and record and mix drums - you did a great job. Personally I got so frustrated by the whole process that I now drum on a midiset and then try to find the right samples with it... agonising stuff.
But you did great! I also love the lyrics. Great track & fav'ed!
Thanks Bao! It was a lot of experiments with mic placement, but honestly it was a lot of fun once I got it 'decent'. Albeit very time consuming. I can definitely relate to your frustration.... lol. But I appreciate you taking the time to listen! Hope to put out more like this in the future
First of all, I want to say that this is already a great song as it is! I agree with Baobou. Sidechain has become an essential part of music production. However, its important to decide beforehand what should take priority over what! For example, vocals over music, bass over drums, etc. Another important point in mixing is to group instruments into meaningful categories on a BUS track. This has the advantage that if I want to increase the volume of the guitars, I dont have to adjust each individual guitar track, but simply change the volume of the group. Within this group, the individual instruments must of course be mixed beforehand.
For vocals, we work with dry and wet tracks. This means that the original vocal track is on one track, and effects like reverb or echo each have their own track. This way, effects can be better integrated and spatially distributed. The whole thing is then grouped together and further processed. These are just examples. There are thousands of other ways to realize a mix.
Manuela, thank you for taking the time to comment! This is honestly some great stuff to think about and gives me some ideas... As I do think I am going to try organizing my tracks into Bus tracks better (I do it for percussion but not for instruments or vocals). And I am not sure why I haven't already thought to do that.... but i think that will help my organization.
I agree though, there are so many ways to go about a mix. But I appreciate your kind words and insight.
Dude, this is so beautiful. It seems to me that this sound that appears from time to time is a little bit. This futuristic synth, you need to raise its lows a little bit. And otherwise everything is very good. Well, let's raise the bass drum too.
Alex - Thanks for the comment. I automated the crap out of that synth and might have cut too much of the low end, lol. So I appreciate the fresh ears - I am gonna mess around with the EQ tonight! Cheers
So the idea of using sidechain on a compression is that the track A you're compressing (eg an instrument) gets a bit more compression when track B you're sidechaining (eg the vocal) is louder. So you sort of punch a hole in the intrument for the vox to shine through.
The other standard example is to put a compressor on your bass and sidechain it to your kickdrum. When the kick is played, the bass gives way a little bit, and that means you don't have to dial up the kick to insane levels to still hear it.
It's a neat little trick - it's not suddenly a world of difference, but when you get used to it you can hear it, and at some point you also start hearing when it's missing.
Good luck my young goosy friend!
Great to see another producer trying to do it all. Good job!
I think you produced a great track; to get to the next level you probably face a similar problem to me; slightly smoother vocals.
I think you can probably dial them back a bit to fit them better in the balance of the mix; but compress the synths/keys with sidechain so the vocals (despite being slightly less loud) still stand out more.
I might be wrong on that though. There are many producers here that are a million times better with vocals than I am and don't get me wrong, you already did a great job.
Great track. Keep creating!
Yo man, I was listening to some of your stuff earlier, I appreciate the feedback! This one of those where I spent so much time in the mix that I think I over- engineered it in some parts. It was a battle with EQ on the synths to leave room for the vocals. I never really considered sidechaining the vocals with synths though.... and I like that idea. I'm gonna try it out. I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Cheers!
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BTW I went through Google, and AI had this to say:
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Young Goose is a biohacking skincare company that has a song and a playlist on Spotify.
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Pretty hilarious, I thought :)
Haha... I noticed that there was a company out there with the same name. Maybe someday I will be the first result! Lol. But I appreciate the support man
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Keep up the good work.
My best wishes, Anthony.
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LovePeace&Light,
Mykael
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Great job and good luck with it! What's your name ion the spotifies etc?
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hats off guys,
Danke
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But you did great! I also love the lyrics. Great track & fav'ed!
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First of all, I want to say that this is already a great song as it is! I agree with Baobou. Sidechain has become an essential part of music production. However, its important to decide beforehand what should take priority over what! For example, vocals over music, bass over drums, etc. Another important point in mixing is to group instruments into meaningful categories on a BUS track. This has the advantage that if I want to increase the volume of the guitars, I dont have to adjust each individual guitar track, but simply change the volume of the group. Within this group, the individual instruments must of course be mixed beforehand.
For vocals, we work with dry and wet tracks. This means that the original vocal track is on one track, and effects like reverb or echo each have their own track. This way, effects can be better integrated and spatially distributed. The whole thing is then grouped together and further processed. These are just examples. There are thousands of other ways to realize a mix.
Best regards and a Happy New Year, Manuela
I agree though, there are so many ways to go about a mix. But I appreciate your kind words and insight.
Happy new year!- Goose
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The other standard example is to put a compressor on your bass and sidechain it to your kickdrum. When the kick is played, the bass gives way a little bit, and that means you don't have to dial up the kick to insane levels to still hear it.
It's a neat little trick - it's not suddenly a world of difference, but when you get used to it you can hear it, and at some point you also start hearing when it's missing.
Good luck my young goosy friend!
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I think you produced a great track; to get to the next level you probably face a similar problem to me; slightly smoother vocals.
I think you can probably dial them back a bit to fit them better in the balance of the mix; but compress the synths/keys with sidechain so the vocals (despite being slightly less loud) still stand out more.
I might be wrong on that though. There are many producers here that are a million times better with vocals than I am and don't get me wrong, you already did a great job.
Great track. Keep creating!
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