Description : This is the completed song that I previously uploaded, which you can find here: looperman.com/tracks/detail/175666
Find the song on Spotify! open.spotify.com/album/3HxIoyIUkuRKMMc1u3egJ0?si=r6XR9hORRA-bhV7YliATSg
My older brother does lead vocals, I do all instrumentation and backup vocals, except for the solo guitar parts, which the oldest brother did. Recorded with Pro Tools 12 by yours truly. Comments welcome! LYRICS PROVIDED!
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Well done lads great soft rock track, lyrics were sweet great guitar work the production is top draw and the sound crystal, delivery of the whole thing is spot on, choice of instruments keys drums etc all work together in harmony, your vox are great all the transitions are on point
Let me say that your track is really nice. I like it. Reminds me a little of theHumps. I like him too. He even sang one of my tunes, maybe someday you would too. Keep up the good works, bud. Vig
Just found the link to this track in your recent forum post.
I am suitably impressed, although I've come to expect excellence from you. I can tell that a lot of work went into it. Vocals and guitars are really, really good. Must be nice to have talented brother(s).
I do think there's a lot of higher frequency stuff going on in the mix which came across in my headphones (and I use good sennheizers) as creating a sort of noise floor in the mix. Not sure that's really the correct description. Admittedly, this genre of music often does tend to have a "full" sound in the backing track (not really a Phil Spector wall of sound, but getting there).
I can't see this as a synth-pop production, but I think it might be interesting to hear a cover done with a more intimate arrangement (sparse instrumentation, predominantly acoustic guitar, bass, not sure what else). A bit slower tempo.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the track and was most impressed with the professional-level results you achieved. It has a lot of listens here on Looperman (I think the most I've ever seen for a track) and that is well-deserved.
Didn't I comment on this song? I must say it's probably the best piece of music I've heard from you. I really really like it. The arrangement and instrumentation are spot on for the genre, very Rascal Flats sounding in a really good way.
Radio friendly unit shifter, not my style of music by a million miles BUT really good, great playing and orchestration, the double vocals are spot on and your brother can reeally sing. To me it is a crap song to listen too but to create something like this; i could not do that in a million years.
Very Nicely done on all levels ... lyrics are well written and sung very well ... production sound very professional ... really good tune bro nice work
This is a great song, perfectly recoreded/ mixed / mastered, can hear the professionalism in each note - envy you about the talented family you have :-)
first off I'm not really into this kind of music, I do love rock and metal stuff tho
this is impressive, I'm going to show my mates it at some point soon and see if they dig it as this is right up their street.
I like the tone of the guitars what make did you use? and can I ask what amps aswell? sounds like some serious recording that would normally cost 1000s! so my respect for that
overall impressive and professional but as a genre I'm not into it keep it up tho!
sounds better than a lot of bands that have been out over the years, reminds me of being in school when a lot of this style was around
I used a PRS for the electric guitar and Martin for the acoustic, and the amp was a DV Mark Maragold routed through a Mesa CabClone! I appreciate your positive comments despite this not being your type of music!
Good to hear such professional stuff here - that convinces me that this forum is perfect for any musicians no matter how talented or skilled with tools they are :-)
Mate nothing to say but this is spot on, totally loving every aspect of your work on this amazing track, much respect to you and your brother mate...Massive fav...mosaic...
Great work fellas, everything sounds amazingly polished, I would expect to have heard this on the radio/music channel.
I really hope it gains some traction. Again, great work :)
I told you that i wanted to listen to the track when you finished it with vocals and all, cause i believed that it sounded already very good. And right now it sounds so dam professionale that i have to say - excellent track for all the people outside that love music in that style!
I wish you all the best in selling this one on amazon and itunes and where else.
Great production, great musicians and great vocal!
You all did an excellent work!
Spot on. Really good voice for this kind of track. Used to be a guy in a Glasgow band that sounded similar, and he was top drawer....according to the big wigs. Well done my man....
This mixing is just Perfect the sound scheme the atmosphere.. your brother has a good voice.
Actually nothing i can add here this is why this site is great i got alot of things on here that arent music to my ears and then there is this. I listen to Rock/Metal since i was like 12 or 13 starting out with breaking point and such and this really sounds like a genuine track that could easily be on a Album. Great Job you guys hope to hear more in the future
I said last time that I didn't have much to say about this track but I was wrong. Initially I thought it was a pretty straightforward kind of big, emotive pop/rock song without much nuance but I was pleasantly surprised the more I listened to it.
The little extra details that I pointed out last time really do make a difference so you should keep doing them and probably try to add even more as they are the sort of thing that might set your productions apart from other pop/rock productions.
I do these sorts of details all the time but I kind of have to because I rarely use any vocals and certainly never have any proper songs, as you've probably noticed. I'm also not a virtuoso instrumentalist or that much of a lead player so I have to find ways to maintain a listener's interest throughout a track. So, providing lots of interesting details and surprises is one way I do it.
If you can add even more creativity and detail to your obvious pop sensibility and ear for a decent melody, you could make some even more interesting music. Please always strive not to make bland, predictable pop music.
Any luck with extreme timestretching of either guitar or vocals?
Any luck with the cello? Do you find bowing as complicated and difficult as I do?
I appreciate your noticing the details. I think in the future I can add more spice. I will do my best to make spicy, unpredictable popcorn music :3
I forgot the name of the program for timestretching! Regardless, I've been having minor annoyances with my software and just got it worked out today. And no luck with the cello, just moved to a new house and I'm a bit short on money at the moment. I will learn it soon enough though, no matter how difficult it may be.
As, other's have said, this track is radio ready. The engineering is just flat out amazing man! I'm glad you took the time to perfect the track (: Best of luck to you with the contest! And congrats on the track :D Much love man!
Like many people here I have listened to the earlier version. this sounds ready for radio, although I don't listen to radio any more. This track will appeal to a whole lot of people. So I am not a big fan of this type of music, but I am a big fan of your production skills. This is top notch, I wish my tracks had that clarity. I read why you wrote about the frequency, I have been playing a little with that, I think I need to spend more time on that. well done, and best of luck with it, hopefully it will be heard on radio soon :)
I don't have that much to say about this one as I already commented on the instrumental version. The main thing to say is that it's really good. Production is very clear and powerful. In fact, I just listened to my latest uploaded track before playing this and this sounds so much louder and clearer. But I barely do any mastering so that might explain that.
1:30 nice little bit of vocal delay. Definitely makes a difference at that point.
1:51 that's a really good high note.
2:32 vocal harmony especially on the word 'a' is really good, warm and melodic.
This is damn professional stuff that could easily be a chart hit. It's not my kind of music but that's kind of irrelevant, isn't it?
3:05 cool blend of guitar and vocals. Kind of clever.
3:13 good pullback drop of the guitar.
I do actually quite like this - it's just a bit too much like commercial pop music for me so not what I listen to.
Big congrats on your potential chart hit and better-than-the-Nomad production skills.
I appreciate the thorough review! That vocal delay at 1:30 was something I thought I'd add to give a little extra spice to the second verse to help differentiate it from the first; make it feel like the song is changing.
1:51 - yes that is definitely one of my favorite parts of the whole song haha.
2:32 - That was a last-minute decision on my part haha. I was going through the song, thinking "where else can I add some harmonies? .... Ahhh, yes, perfect!"
3:05 - to be honest, that happened by accident, I didn't really know what to do there and just told my oldest brother to play something on the fly for it. He nailed that little guitar thing perfectly the first time, and I simply carried it over into the final chorus. It seemed to just fall perfectly in place, O the beauty of inspiration!
3:13 - I've always been trying to get that pullback correct. This song was my first successful execution of it. Everything I'd done in past works always came up short of satisfying my musical ear.
As always, I appreciate the listen and hope to see more of your awesome works grace the LM track page :) I wouldn't compare our works so rigorously as your music style is so radically different than mine and in the end music is a huge bundle of opinions, flavors, styles, and tastes, as is any art form :)
Amazing! Have you considered uploading the song to BBC Introducing? That's the kind of thing that they would play on Radio 1 and could kick start something bigger which you would 100% deserve. Well done again.
hello Brado I whish you the best! You did great and detailed work on this particular track. I can really appreciate it. It is a quality music. Nowhere a Rock genre but rather modern Pop to me. Its not because I have been listening same music as Spiv over the years. I find modern Rock more dirty alternative and organic oriented but nevermind. This sounds simply great and in your style. Congrats! Alex
I find it difficult to listen to songs like this in general, but I can also appreciate the efforts and creativity involved with this sort of creation. This has a mix/master which I seem to becoming accustomed to by the end of the track, and this is something to be proud of in itself. I mention this as a preface for my initial reaction... that the mix has a very sharp mid-high frequency range. This is something which I seem to notice from many popular releases from the late nineties to early zero's. Needless to say, that time period was one of extreme isolation from pop culture for me. Most of the time, I find myself thankful for that. I think that this is a really good pop song, and thusly I am not the best person to react to it. I'm thinking that if my brain worked like the majority of people, then I would be in love right now, and I think that if you had released this in 1993, then I would have told you that you were ahead of your time. Please take what I'm saying as a compliment, because it means no less than that. I wish you the best of luck in this contest!
Thanks Spiv! I did have a struggle making the vocals stand out through the mix haha. That sharp mid-high range you're hearing may be coming from a result of my last-resort attempt to make the vocal cut through a bit better in the song haha. I appreciate your kind words, regardless of your musical taste :)
Your music is always so well done! Most people do not spend that much time on their tracks and you can tell by listening to it (I'm guilty as charge). Then you have people like you, who you know put a lot of time and effort to master the track and can tell the moment you hit the play button. This track like ALL of your other tracks are great and deserves to be on the radio and heard by millions.
I do have a question for you. Are your lyrics based on life events or do you come up with them based on other things? Regardless, great work man! (Stands up and claps) Faving this one, but that's no secret ;)
Hey Modnex, glad to see you stop in! These lyrics are inspired by real life events and tweaked where necessary to appeal to a greater audience. Most people have experienced love, most have experienced suffering - so we tried to tie in the two :3 Thanks for listening and fav'ing!
Wow. That comment actually means a whole lot to me SikNoiz. I'm glad I stuck with Pro Tools as integrating was much easier than I expected, it paid off in huge dividends!
I thought I had accidently turned the Radio on but then I realized the Radio doesn't really play good music anymore. Awesome job. Radio should be lucky enough to play this instead of the Bull Shit they currently play.
I listened to the instrumental and the mix is much better. The singing is excellent and added the cherry on top! The angel/devil in disguise idea has been done a million times and a million more times to come in the future. Of course nothing beats Elvis' Devil In Disguise but this might come in a close second. ;)
Man Brado, I think really think you are the best on this site when it comes to your productions, songwriting, etc. I am always blown away with everything you upload, I don't know what your musical goals are but if you are wanting to make it to the radio I think its just a matter of time for you. Keep it up man!! Kyle
Thanks IWE, I've been working to improve my production skills and Pro Tools 12 has definitely helped me to improve that. I'm just working at it, improving my songwriting and lyrical skills.
I recall the earlier version Brado...man...I think you musit have it about as good as it gets...the vocal is just excellent....the accompaniment is as good as anything my radio plays (I like it better)..and the production work & detail is obvious...I hope you do really well in the contest...is it anywhere we can vote without having to sign up etc?.....all the best...Ed
ok this track is the best song ive heard so far on looperman.
I love how you mixed it.
And i love the hook "she's from paradise" its stuck in my head =D
it sounds so beautiful.
This is a pure track that folks will follow up. im sure of it.
The harmony is fantastic!
im gonna follow you guys. =D nicely done. thank you and ur brothers.
This song maked my day
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Description : This is my newest creation, at a stage very near to completion. No third-party mastering or mixing, as with all my tracks. Just have to fix a few tiny things. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO MIX EVERYTHING IN THE SAME SESSION. This song has all human-played instruments - no quantization or MIDI! My brother does all the vocals except for the interlude part, which I do. My other brother plays the rhythm guitar (a Gibson Les Paul Custom - only one of 12 in the world!!) and I play the accompanying guitar (a Johnny Mar Jag and PRS). He has a lot of guitars :P A good friend of ours, Ronnie, plays the bass and another friend, Freddie, plays the drums. The drum track was done in one take (had to use an electric drum set due to time constraints - but acoustic kits are so much better). Overall, pretty satisfied with the result. Let me know your thoughts.
Description : Feel free to check out the lyrics video on YT as well :) This is a new track based on the great vocals by Ashes and Dreams! Again, a mix of electronic/progressive/rock, any feedback is welcome
Description : The first track I sing on. Cheap stage mic & no fancy plugins. Heavily guitar laden to the point it's got a bit of a shoegaze thing going on. I pulled the lyrics out of my ass & yes, they're a bit silly.
Description : BIG UPDATE 26/02/2014 - So, this was an 18 min track that I have now successfully split in two. 2nd half I uploaded a few weeks ago (Things That Should Always Be, with the bouncy 2 min reggae intro). This is the first half, which has a new mix, a mega chill, meditative ending and a little jazz thrown in for good measure. Takes a few minutes for beat to really kick in. Constantly evolving electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic drums and lead banjo driven by fat, busy 80BPM grooves with a bit of a reggae and shuffle feel. Also: synth choir voices, dulcimer, violin, cello, shimmering pads. Builds up gradually to nice and rocking and then gets taken back down for the big comedown chill. I really don't know what sort of genre this is except 'far out'. I think it sounds more like a live band than one guy playing instruments and manipulating a DAW. Not my best track but a bit of blissful, sunny island fun. Real positive vibe here so I hope you give it a chance to unfold and unfurl. Sit back, clear your schedule and immerse yourself in these trippy sonic experiments cooked up deep in my off-planet underground laboratory. I have to send the MP3 to Earth via space courier (not cheap).
Description : This track was like the inhale after an exhale of aggressive industrial-electro-sludge tracks that I had put out that summer and fall. This was the more reserved, and introspective winter track. It's nothing spectacular, but I still really enjoy it. I hope you do too. Take care. V.
I love this very much and truly enjoyed my listen... :)
I am suitably impressed, although I've come to expect excellence from you. I can tell that a lot of work went into it. Vocals and guitars are really, really good. Must be nice to have talented brother(s).
I do think there's a lot of higher frequency stuff going on in the mix which came across in my headphones (and I use good sennheizers) as creating a sort of noise floor in the mix. Not sure that's really the correct description. Admittedly, this genre of music often does tend to have a "full" sound in the backing track (not really a Phil Spector wall of sound, but getting there).
I can't see this as a synth-pop production, but I think it might be interesting to hear a cover done with a more intimate arrangement (sparse instrumentation, predominantly acoustic guitar, bass, not sure what else). A bit slower tempo.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the track and was most impressed with the professional-level results you achieved. It has a lot of listens here on Looperman (I think the most I've ever seen for a track) and that is well-deserved.
Eric
Ahh great song.. the music.. the voice and the mix all perfect.
Thanks for sharing. Mick.
did u take some of your stuff down?? damn man was looking forward to a comment from u. let me know shot
first off I'm not really into this kind of music, I do love rock and metal stuff tho
this is impressive, I'm going to show my mates it at some point soon and see if they dig it as this is right up their street.
I like the tone of the guitars what make did you use? and can I ask what amps aswell? sounds like some serious recording that would normally cost 1000s! so my respect for that
overall impressive and professional but as a genre I'm not into it keep it up tho!
sounds better than a lot of bands that have been out over the years, reminds me of being in school when a lot of this style was around
(LF)
I used a PRS for the electric guitar and Martin for the acoustic, and the amp was a DV Mark Maragold routed through a Mesa CabClone! I appreciate your positive comments despite this not being your type of music!
Brado
Very good!
Brado
Mate nothing to say but this is spot on, totally loving every aspect of your work on this amazing track, much respect to you and your brother mate...Massive fav...mosaic...
Brado
I really hope it gains some traction. Again, great work :)
Brado
I wish you all the best in selling this one on amazon and itunes and where else.
Great production, great musicians and great vocal!
You all did an excellent work!
stay tuned
joe
Brado
Regards
NFMaster
Brado
Brado
Actually nothing i can add here this is why this site is great i got alot of things on here that arent music to my ears and then there is this. I listen to Rock/Metal since i was like 12 or 13 starting out with breaking point and such and this really sounds like a genuine track that could easily be on a Album. Great Job you guys hope to hear more in the future
greetz KB
Brado
I said last time that I didn't have much to say about this track but I was wrong. Initially I thought it was a pretty straightforward kind of big, emotive pop/rock song without much nuance but I was pleasantly surprised the more I listened to it.
The little extra details that I pointed out last time really do make a difference so you should keep doing them and probably try to add even more as they are the sort of thing that might set your productions apart from other pop/rock productions.
I do these sorts of details all the time but I kind of have to because I rarely use any vocals and certainly never have any proper songs, as you've probably noticed. I'm also not a virtuoso instrumentalist or that much of a lead player so I have to find ways to maintain a listener's interest throughout a track. So, providing lots of interesting details and surprises is one way I do it.
If you can add even more creativity and detail to your obvious pop sensibility and ear for a decent melody, you could make some even more interesting music. Please always strive not to make bland, predictable pop music.
Any luck with extreme timestretching of either guitar or vocals?
Any luck with the cello? Do you find bowing as complicated and difficult as I do?
Over and out
I appreciate your noticing the details. I think in the future I can add more spice. I will do my best to make spicy, unpredictable popcorn music :3
I forgot the name of the program for timestretching! Regardless, I've been having minor annoyances with my software and just got it worked out today. And no luck with the cello, just moved to a new house and I'm a bit short on money at the moment. I will learn it soon enough though, no matter how difficult it may be.
Brado
Best of luck out there with this.
Brado
Brado
Brado
Brado
I don't have that much to say about this one as I already commented on the instrumental version. The main thing to say is that it's really good. Production is very clear and powerful. In fact, I just listened to my latest uploaded track before playing this and this sounds so much louder and clearer. But I barely do any mastering so that might explain that.
1:30 nice little bit of vocal delay. Definitely makes a difference at that point.
1:51 that's a really good high note.
2:32 vocal harmony especially on the word 'a' is really good, warm and melodic.
This is damn professional stuff that could easily be a chart hit. It's not my kind of music but that's kind of irrelevant, isn't it?
3:05 cool blend of guitar and vocals. Kind of clever.
3:13 good pullback drop of the guitar.
I do actually quite like this - it's just a bit too much like commercial pop music for me so not what I listen to.
Big congrats on your potential chart hit and better-than-the-Nomad production skills.
Nomad In Disguise
1:51 - yes that is definitely one of my favorite parts of the whole song haha.
2:32 - That was a last-minute decision on my part haha. I was going through the song, thinking "where else can I add some harmonies? .... Ahhh, yes, perfect!"
3:05 - to be honest, that happened by accident, I didn't really know what to do there and just told my oldest brother to play something on the fly for it. He nailed that little guitar thing perfectly the first time, and I simply carried it over into the final chorus. It seemed to just fall perfectly in place, O the beauty of inspiration!
3:13 - I've always been trying to get that pullback correct. This song was my first successful execution of it. Everything I'd done in past works always came up short of satisfying my musical ear.
As always, I appreciate the listen and hope to see more of your awesome works grace the LM track page :) I wouldn't compare our works so rigorously as your music style is so radically different than mine and in the end music is a huge bundle of opinions, flavors, styles, and tastes, as is any art form :)
All the best,
Bradobro
Brado
Idk how it'll work if I'm in the United States though lol. I had to ask one of my friends who lives in the UK their postcode :p
Brado
Brado
I do have a question for you. Are your lyrics based on life events or do you come up with them based on other things? Regardless, great work man! (Stands up and claps) Faving this one, but that's no secret ;)
Brado
Seriously.
Everytime I listen to something of yours I'm utterly blown away at the quality of it.
Also, your brother is a great singer!
:)
Brado
tv
All the best_____orlando
Brado
Good luck in the competition, you guys are great!
Wayne
Brado
Brado
Your brother's vocals are really cool! It's so clear and beautiful!
Nice song, i fav'd it!
Brado
Brado
Thanks,
Brado
Play this by brimaf https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176149
Brado
vote for brado :-)
handshake, Danke
Brado
I love how you mixed it.
And i love the hook "she's from paradise" its stuck in my head =D
it sounds so beautiful.
This is a pure track that folks will follow up. im sure of it.
The harmony is fantastic!
im gonna follow you guys. =D nicely done. thank you and ur brothers.
This song maked my day
Cru
Brado
Brado
Looking forward to seeing more of this from you Brado! :D
Brado