shake & twitch
January 19, 2015 8:54 PM
First upload: broody lo-fi electronic pop song, written for the January challenge.
For maximum vaporwave points, the challenge sample is from a MIDI file I wrote when I was a teenager, back in the Web 1.0 days. A little snippet of it is the first thing to play here.
Written and recorded in a blitz this past weekend. A few things I don't normally do, but have been wanting to do more of for a long time: 1. sing words, 2. write words, 3. mix my voice that far forward, 4. sing as high as I did in the bridge, 5. write stuff that's this "pop" oriented. OK, re-reading that is kind of freaking me out, so I'm just gonna hit submit now.
For maximum vaporwave points, the challenge sample is from a MIDI file I wrote when I was a teenager, back in the Web 1.0 days. A little snippet of it is the first thing to play here.
Written and recorded in a blitz this past weekend. A few things I don't normally do, but have been wanting to do more of for a long time: 1. sing words, 2. write words, 3. mix my voice that far forward, 4. sing as high as I did in the bridge, 5. write stuff that's this "pop" oriented. OK, re-reading that is kind of freaking me out, so I'm just gonna hit submit now.
posted by en forme de poire (4 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
Seconding great voice! Lovely pitch, and the understated, natural delivery reminds me a lot of Owen Pallett who I am super into.
If I was going to offer any critique, I feel like it wants to escalate a little over the final chorus part, perhaps adding a new lead synth part in a high-ish sparkly register, either playing a counter melody or doubling the melody. But you don't really need critique cause this is ace!
posted by greenish at 2:35 AM on January 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
If I was going to offer any critique, I feel like it wants to escalate a little over the final chorus part, perhaps adding a new lead synth part in a high-ish sparkly register, either playing a counter melody or doubling the melody. But you don't really need critique cause this is ace!
posted by greenish at 2:35 AM on January 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Nice job. Your voice is well-suited to the song.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:26 PM on January 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:26 PM on January 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
Guys, thanks so much for the feedback, this is really heartening! Particularly flattered by the Owen Pallett comparison, which I can only hope to live up to, hehe. Greenish, you're totally right about the last part; I had more high harmonies there but I think I mixed it way too low, and some kind of glock-ish thing would go well there. I'll fiddle with it a bit.
posted by en forme de poire at 5:29 PM on February 6, 2015
posted by en forme de poire at 5:29 PM on February 6, 2015
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