Comments on: On the Count of Three

On the Count of Three

pazazygeek — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:18:19 -0800

I wrote this song last week and started playing with it this weekend. I'm excited about its potential, but I would looove love love some feedback.

It's about divorce and stuff. Woooo! The recording is really weak, my mixing and recording skillz are less than l33t.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:06:29 -0800

The bassline during the chorus (starting around the 1:00 mark) seems kind of random, like someone's just winging it.

The bass is also is really dominant -- almost oppressive -- during the rest of the song, especially after the 3:30 mark, when it becomes unpleasant.

Good rule of thumb: Always use less reverb on your voice than you want to use.

Overall, though, this is nice. I agree about its potential. And I like those wordless backup vocals.

By: escabeche

escabeche — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:44:59 -0800

I like the way the voice sounds, especially the slide on "mine" in the chorus.

I too think the bass should sound different -- I think maybe it wants to vary its rhythm a little bit instead of being a straight 1-2-3-4 stomp through the whole song? I feel like there's s a lot of time where the bass is playing a single repeated quarter note for a few beats -- I think this would work in a more drony song but maybe not this one.

I like the noisiness at the end.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:11:23 -0800

This is great. Aside from the bass thing the guys above mention, I would just continue to mess with levels and stuff post recording. Right on!

(Really digging your vocal variations too.)

By: blinks

blinks — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:16:57 -0800

The lyrics are great, and I like the tune of the vocals. I don't much care for the bass line, but the higher guitar part is nice and light. Keep it up -- I'm interested to hear the final mix.

By: robotot

robotot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:40:25 -0800

Very nice lyrics, and great vocals. Maybe a bit too much reverb on the voices, it gets a bit washy when the backing vocals come in. I'd get rid of the effects on the guitar/ bass - is that a chorus pedal I can hear? I think I'm allergic to chorus effects. Strip it down, keep it simple,get the levels right and then think about adding effects afterwards.

By: pazazygeek

pazazygeek — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:11:56 -0800

You guys? Are the best. Your feedback is incredibly helpful. I'm going to open up the raw file again, maybe re-record the main guitar part (which is far too bassy and gets clouded by the auxillary guitar part, I now see, or hear, as the case may be, hur hur hur), and will try some new tricks I've read about with compression, instead of reverb -- which I don't like, but have been using because the raw vox just sound muddy and icky.

Yay for learning to record! Thanks so much for your help.