Description : I wanted to make something that felt mechanical and cold. Let me know if I hit the mark.
Update: adjusted mix to make more room for vocals. Some parts are still a trade off between instrumentation and vox, I feel this is the right mix. It's also mastered.
CONGRATS FOR THIS PROGRESSIVE, UNIQUE, SUPER COOL TRACK...
your voice is too good for this style but we know it...you don't have to work with it more unless that change what Bleep suggest is under cosideration...:-)
I very much enjoyed this track and you'll get many positive comments on this to make sure you are on the right way...:-)
Thank you for your high praise. This is not a vocal style that I will be sticking with. I may use similar techniques in later tracks, but only if it fits the song.
I appreciate the idea of using female vocals and I think it is quite a good idea. However, it's a trial to find the right person, then get them to have the right sound, then mix them into a track that I haven't prepared for female vox. Saying that, I am looking into making a track with a female singer at a later date. So watch this space.
Nice surprise on this sound, full of melancholy inspiring me a desert and chaotic land under a grey and rainy sky... Your voice, as usual, make the job, and is perfectly served by instrumentation! Thanks for writing the lyrics, for those like me who don't understand all, it's cool to read your words and catching the real message. No doubt, It's contribute to the atmosphere of the song!
There are, however, something I’ve less enjoyed during my hrearing: it's about the voice which looks like a robot... if all the others vocals effects are really great in the track, this one, i don't like it... I know that it was a part of the purpose you were searching, but For me, I think you can easily replace this robot voice by a woman’s voice!
Being a big fan of the band The Cure, you imagine what a special affection I have for all that is melancholy, and inevitably, I find a touch of cure in your writing, probably at the level of the rhythmic.
Very nice inspiration in this song and of course a big fav!
Hey BLEEP. Thank you for your insightful, reasoned response. I experimented a lot with the vox and I agree that some are more appealing than others, but I do think it fits the nature of the song. I wanted it to be a little abrassive because of the dark subject matter.
I'm also a massive fan of The Cure and they probably do have an subconcious effect on my music.
reminds me of a weird mix of ultravox (Piano drums) Lincoln park (Chord progression) and interpol (vox delivery). Really compelling dark song you can build on. I liked it a lot.
Cru
Thanks Cru. That's a lot of cool influences you've suggested. I didn't have those guys in mind, but I'm happy to lie and say that is exactly what I was going for :P
OK. I very much liked this track. And yes, you got the mechanical/cold feel you were aiming for. The melody was spot on for the track.
And, the vocal was excellent, in my view. I really liked it. But, I think it was set too low in the mix. I think that might have been was centralsdev was suggesting. That particularly applies to the sections where you pitched up the vocal. It was barely detectable above the backing track.
I've done that on some of my tracks where I, very reluctantly, had to do the vocal myself. I'm a lousy vocalist, so I bury the vocal on purpose. Your vocal was perfect for the track, so there was no need to do that.
Now I'm going to search your profile to see if you've posted other good stuff! :)
Thank you for your insightful response. I am guilty of trying to hide my vocals, especially when I try something new like this.
I've taken your advice and adjusted the levels. I hope you also enjoy my other tracks.
That's a fair but vague comment. Is the mixing and processing the problem? Or do you feel it's a bad performance? I'm okay with either criticism, it helps to know so that I can change it.
Description : Feel free to check out the video on YT as well (Alan McLaren Project - Upside Down) of this 6min journey from electronic to rock with some psychedelic moments...
This is my latest, but also one of my earliest tracks.... any feedback is more than welcome, thanks :)
Description : A demo of one of my current projects. The chorus vocal sounds like "Aaaaraashe" to me. The song is in C# minor with a nod to C# pythagorean on the chorus. The beat on the verse was inspired by the Peter Gabriel song Intruder.
Description : This is one of my earliest productions that I did at the start of my recording career. I did not have a keyboard at the time I made this song, so I improvised and used my sister's iPad and a 5 dollar GarageBand application instead, and plugged the headset jack into into my PT6 rig and did my best to turn each individual track (which were mono and there were about 25 tracks or so) into a stereo image. Then recorded vocals over it. My computer was so old and slow that I had to mix my music and then BOUNCE it to a new session - four times. My computer (which had 512 MB RAM and an 80 GB hard drive) couldn't handle more than 8 tracks at a time or it'd stop working because the processor couldn't handle it. Took me FOREVER to do. But I got it done. Had a lot of fun doing it too, even if it isn't my "best" work. I'm still happy with it, considering I didn't have many tools to choose from at the time.
Description : Long time lurker first time poster, pretty new to production n stuff, this is my first track in Ableton Live.
was going for a darkwave/synthwave sound, reminiscent of Justice, Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, ect.
Looking for some feed back, constructive criticisms or even just your thoughts if you liked it or not. This is just a rough cut on this current WIP, just the bones of it if you will.. If you have some cool title suggestions, would love to hear those too.
Thanks for listening.
-B
Description : Far out mid-tempo fat beat deep chillout grooves with Eastern/Arabic and slightly menacing vibes, huge delayed synth bass and a great palette of psychedelic layered and intricate sounds (mostly synths) and a stirring, epic feel. Even has guitar solo section reminiscent of some 80s power rock which is then followed by a brief synth harp solo. I began making it straight after staying round the flat of the flute player from the legendary Ozric Tentacles - easily the greatest ever space rock band. I made this in about 2001 and still think it might be my best track (and it's nice and short, for a change). My production skills were much weaker in those days (no EQ, compression or mastering used here) but, somehow, this one turned out pretty much just right. Feel free to disagree. Now sit back and get ready to trip extremely far out. If you manage to return, let me know how that trip was...
Description : Got some spare time finally...just started on some random ideas basically (lets say kygo meets alan walker). A blend of dubstep,edm,downbeat,tropical etc.
It's still a work in progress, so i would appreciate your honest inputs. Thanks to all those whose loops I have used in here, sorry I don't have time to search them out.
Edit-added some more filthy sounds from my previous tracks and gave it some ending. Advice will be helpful.
one of your best, I think...
hello TA!
CONGRATS FOR THIS PROGRESSIVE, UNIQUE, SUPER COOL TRACK...
your voice is too good for this style but we know it...you don't have to work with it more unless that change what Bleep suggest is under cosideration...:-)
I very much enjoyed this track and you'll get many positive comments on this to make sure you are on the right way...:-)
handshake, fav, Danke
Thank you for your high praise. This is not a vocal style that I will be sticking with. I may use similar techniques in later tracks, but only if it fits the song.
I appreciate the idea of using female vocals and I think it is quite a good idea. However, it's a trial to find the right person, then get them to have the right sound, then mix them into a track that I haven't prepared for female vox. Saying that, I am looking into making a track with a female singer at a later date. So watch this space.
Thanks again,
TA
Nice surprise on this sound, full of melancholy inspiring me a desert and chaotic land under a grey and rainy sky... Your voice, as usual, make the job, and is perfectly served by instrumentation! Thanks for writing the lyrics, for those like me who don't understand all, it's cool to read your words and catching the real message. No doubt, It's contribute to the atmosphere of the song!
There are, however, something I’ve less enjoyed during my hrearing: it's about the voice which looks like a robot... if all the others vocals effects are really great in the track, this one, i don't like it... I know that it was a part of the purpose you were searching, but For me, I think you can easily replace this robot voice by a woman’s voice!
Being a big fan of the band The Cure, you imagine what a special affection I have for all that is melancholy, and inevitably, I find a touch of cure in your writing, probably at the level of the rhythmic.
Very nice inspiration in this song and of course a big fav!
Bleep
I'm also a massive fan of The Cure and they probably do have an subconcious effect on my music.
Thanks again,
BLEEP
Cru
TA
And, the vocal was excellent, in my view. I really liked it. But, I think it was set too low in the mix. I think that might have been was centralsdev was suggesting. That particularly applies to the sections where you pitched up the vocal. It was barely detectable above the backing track.
I've done that on some of my tracks where I, very reluctantly, had to do the vocal myself. I'm a lousy vocalist, so I bury the vocal on purpose. Your vocal was perfect for the track, so there was no need to do that.
Now I'm going to search your profile to see if you've posted other good stuff! :)
I've taken your advice and adjusted the levels. I hope you also enjoy my other tracks.
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