I think the song has potential, but (I hope you don't mind me being honest) it's not yet finished to my ears.
1) One thing I note is that the vocals are distorting. Not sure if that's compression or something else, but I think you can dial that back and have more of your real voice come out
2) You have your vocals and keyboard and no other instruments which is cool, not so many people dare do that, but then you need to put a lot of dynamic and the arc of the song in the keys and your voice.
Right now it sounds the same at the start as at the beginning, and I think you can make it richer, by for instance how loud you play/sing, by maybe adding a bit more rhythm i the chords, etc.
Think about it. I think you and your song deserve it. Good luck man!
That's really fun! This is one of those genres (metal/house?) I was really eager to try out when I started combining guitars and Ableton, but I was never able to come up with anything interesting. You did, of course!
Cheers!
Thanks, mate, sorry for the late reply, I'm in the process of starting a new career. I believe that all genres have the ability to be merged and for something cool to come out of that,
Very cool. At some points you flirt with total chaos but that's part of it I think and you manage to bring it all back to a great sound. Well worth a listen (or 2, or 3).
I was a bit confused about Metal Dire Straits until I heard the reverb-y guitar :)
Nice! But I think no live guitars were harmed in the making of this song and this is with keyboards/VSTs? Or with actual guitar?
Very pleasant song to listen to!
Haha yeah don't let the name "Metal Bear" fool you I do only metal. It's all real guitars! HOWEVER.. I am using the guitars thru a Focusrite 2i2 Audio interface Direct Input into a VST AMPs in FL Studio... and for this particular setup .. they were not ideal. If you listen careful on the longer solo part you can actually hear me start missing the timing on notes and by the end I started goofing up more. I kept it like that for the "human factor" as I don't like perfectly quantized and time aligned to a grid. Probably should have screwed up more to make it more obvious it's me xD. At the end i just hope the track is solid enough to be fun to listen to. Cheers!
Very nice and relaxing. I like the guitars showing up in the mix without being too intrusive, just a nice single coil (?) sound, and then again with a bit more distortion.
I use a nice old yamaha (unpopular but top of the range pacifica) mostly (also have a few classical and a taylor steel string cutaway. Usually play in the second postion sometimes the first so its a humbucker and single coil combined mostly.
I used to play through a little gadget called zoom which was pretty good but six months ago got onto Neural DSP - go check the range out - Ive trialled all of the archetypes and more https://neuraldsp.com/plugins. The range of sounds that you can achieve is amazing and well spotted there are two different set ups / presets / configuration on the guitar in this track
: )
Very nice. If that's by the sea then it's a nice calm sea, in the sun, some waves coming in, a cocktail in one hand, and not a worry in the world. Right? :)
I happen to love Greece, so I never pass on that and wouldn't trash them either ;)
As far as the track is concerned, I think you have a good start; but to me it sounds a bit like you repeat the same idea a number of times without too many buildup or changes, and I think that would make it stronger. Good luck!!
I like it! It's very original; you took many sounds and noises, and somehow made that into music, and that's not an easy task.
One minor point you could consider (I'm hoping this would help) is that you could have maybe more of a focus or audible change, an evolution towards the end of the song or maybe even a sort of climax. I think it might make it even stronger, but it's already very interesting.
Well done buddy!
Thanks - yeah I tend to not have any real structure to the songs and that is something I have to try and work on - still learning - I kind of get stuck is just getting the sounds happening without thinking so much of telling a story / developing a narrative or even having a beginning, middle or end. It's good to be reminded to think about that it does make tracks more interesting : )
Really beautiful. One thing that triggers me personally is that the guitar was ever so slightly out of tune (the high e-string I think). You may consider giving it a whiff of autotune, but be careful with the bended notes.
Very pretty, kudos to your guitar buddy too!
Hola! Good to "hear" from you again. Congrats on your courage - and also congrats to your mom for accepting you as you are :)
I like the track. I remember working with your "Sonido de las Olas" and I wouldn't mind doing something again with your acapella, so I'm storing that one in my mind for later use if you don't mind :)
Adios amiga!
Hell yeah. That's an instant fav. Good guitar playing, great sound. Love the use of the delay from 1:20.
The bit around 0:20-0:25 didn't quite fit in my brain, but it's a minor blip and hoy crapballs there is much to enjoy this track. You do something similar around 2:40; there it makes more sense to my tiny brain and I get what you're doing - so maybe the first bit is just a great way to introduce that.
You clearly channeled your inner Mark Knopfler there and I want to hear more! Love it.
Hey, thanks for your comment! Actually, 00:20-00:25 could be some kind of introducing furhter steps or just as you wrote - kinda blip or crapballs ;) Song was made quite a time ago. Find me on bandlab.com/veekaymusic - I post songs there quite regularly.
The thing you may want to work on is the lead guitar. I think a) it needs to pop more in the mix (so increase the volume relative to the other trakcs or - heresy for metal - dial the others back a bit ;) ) but also I don't really like the sound.
I'm going to assume it's a VST, because it sounds quite keyboardy (good playing skillz btw), so if that's the case, maybe you can find a better sample for it. If it's live recorded and that's just what your pedals give you, then sorry ;)
The switch to the piano half way is a very nice surprise and works really well!
Really nice man. This could absolutely be the intro to a nice jazzy song with some great husky female vocals (or even a Tom Waits voice). Maybe you can get AngelusYeux to sing to it :)
That's absolutely stunning. Hats off to Mark, but also especially to your keys, and maybe for the bass playing? that shows up really well too! Good track man!
Mark started me out on my musical journey(back in the day).
The composition, Synth (playing) and arrangement are all me,
altho I don't coubt that Mark optimized some of the timings during his Mastering of the track.
Thanks for giving the track a listen and encouraging comments.
It's good to see you back on LM. You were here jammin when I first joined this great music community.
I like it. I especially like the piano bit at the beginning, but I also like the part after say 1:10.
Only comment I would have is that the build-up seems long compared to the "pay-off", so maybe you can shorten the first part a bit and make the main part longer?
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1) One thing I note is that the vocals are distorting. Not sure if that's compression or something else, but I think you can dial that back and have more of your real voice come out
2) You have your vocals and keyboard and no other instruments which is cool, not so many people dare do that, but then you need to put a lot of dynamic and the arc of the song in the keys and your voice.
Right now it sounds the same at the start as at the beginning, and I think you can make it richer, by for instance how loud you play/sing, by maybe adding a bit more rhythm i the chords, etc.
Think about it. I think you and your song deserve it. Good luck man!
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Cheers!
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Nice! But I think no live guitars were harmed in the making of this song and this is with keyboards/VSTs? Or with actual guitar?
Very pleasant song to listen to!
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Sweetness.
I use a nice old yamaha (unpopular but top of the range pacifica) mostly (also have a few classical and a taylor steel string cutaway. Usually play in the second postion sometimes the first so its a humbucker and single coil combined mostly.
I used to play through a little gadget called zoom which was pretty good but six months ago got onto Neural DSP - go check the range out - Ive trialled all of the archetypes and more https://neuraldsp.com/plugins. The range of sounds that you can achieve is amazing and well spotted there are two different set ups / presets / configuration on the guitar in this track
: )
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As far as the track is concerned, I think you have a good start; but to me it sounds a bit like you repeat the same idea a number of times without too many buildup or changes, and I think that would make it stronger. Good luck!!
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One minor point you could consider (I'm hoping this would help) is that you could have maybe more of a focus or audible change, an evolution towards the end of the song or maybe even a sort of climax. I think it might make it even stronger, but it's already very interesting.
Well done buddy!
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I like the track. I remember working with your "Sonido de las Olas" and I wouldn't mind doing something again with your acapella, so I'm storing that one in my mind for later use if you don't mind :)
Adios amiga!
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The bit around 0:20-0:25 didn't quite fit in my brain, but it's a minor blip and hoy crapballs there is much to enjoy this track. You do something similar around 2:40; there it makes more sense to my tiny brain and I get what you're doing - so maybe the first bit is just a great way to introduce that.
You clearly channeled your inner Mark Knopfler there and I want to hear more! Love it.
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The thing you may want to work on is the lead guitar. I think a) it needs to pop more in the mix (so increase the volume relative to the other trakcs or - heresy for metal - dial the others back a bit ;) ) but also I don't really like the sound.
I'm going to assume it's a VST, because it sounds quite keyboardy (good playing skillz btw), so if that's the case, maybe you can find a better sample for it. If it's live recorded and that's just what your pedals give you, then sorry ;)
The switch to the piano half way is a very nice surprise and works really well!
yes. I use only VST instruments.
In the future i record with live instruments
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Mark started me out on my musical journey(back in the day).
The composition, Synth (playing) and arrangement are all me,
altho I don't coubt that Mark optimized some of the timings during his Mastering of the track.
Thanks for giving the track a listen and encouraging comments.
It's good to see you back on LM. You were here jammin when I first joined this great music community.
PEACE...
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Only comment I would have is that the build-up seems long compared to the "pay-off", so maybe you can shorten the first part a bit and make the main part longer?
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