General Music Chat

I like almost everything about your musical arrangements, Mike. The vocals get on my nerves though. You have them really high in the mix and always seem to go to the same harmonies in your choruses. Just my 2 cents. The cello actually sounds great on this track and the four bars at the beginning without it is the perfect way to go.

I like almost everything about your musical arrangements, Mike. The vocals get on my nerves though. You have them really high in the mix and always seem to go to the same harmonies in your choruses. Just my 2 cents. The cello actually sounds great on this track and the four bars at the beginning without it is the perfect way to go.

Everyone hears things differently. Folks over at the homerecording forums mostly didn't like the keyboard-cello, and drums need to come up in the mix. What do you use for listening?
As to the harmonies - classical theory training, I use the 3rds, 5ths and octaves depending on where the lead vocal is.

I use $100 sennheiser headphones. I just think I hear the same thing from song to song. Why does every chorus have a harmony? They don't need it. Just an opinion.

I have found that with any headphones, the vocals (and anything in the mid-frequency range) that is center-panned sounds louder. Take the same mix, and listen in your car and you'd be surprised at the change.

i like it mike! like jook said...i think it's fine as is. and i'm still digging that '70's gtr tone! well done.

Red-did the cello using a new VST. Tweaked the levels around on other things.
https://soundcloud.com/mikebirch/ashes-and-trees-5-4-16

The May 4 mix is history. Retracked lead vocals yesterday, and tweaked a bunch of stuff in the overall mix:
https://soundcloud.com/mikebirch/ashes-and-trees-5-9-16

Admin seems to have gone to sleep (or is just ignoring my reports about Willie).

Finally remembered to whip it out at the last rehearsal (P-Guy progression 2.0 ). Did 3 variations on it, the first two of which I forgot I was tuned to D standard, so it's actually Em/ F/ G.

Been busy chopping it up and getting it ready for a keyboard part. I've been saying that for 7 months on various projects. Better follow through this time or become that guy.

Got antsy and here it is without keyboards.

https://soundcloud.com/meezerpocalypse/p-guy-progression-2

That bad, huh?

That bad, huh?

It needs something Schmeddy.
Don't ask me what because I can't put my finger on it right now.

Yeah it needs those keys. If only we had a keyboard player around here......

hmmmmm...........

i likes. i likes. great sludge, schmed!

what it needs is some melody hung over the top though.

feel free to steal, adapt/adopt the one i played on these. (over the A sect that is...as i'm playing a different set of changes over the B sect)

https://soundcloud.com/argus-narr/bad-weather-ahead

https://soundcloud.com/argus-narr/gypsy-weather