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Post by mattl009 on Nov 4, 2003 18:54:39 GMT
lamplight.no-ip.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=34#34There's a few songs on that page, you may need to scroll down to the link for "Driving Home" This is about a month old but i been waiting to do the chorus'. . I ran into compression problems as you can hear on the drumtrack, so i finished up the chorus' (3 part harmonies on most of em) and the guitar on the computer . If you recall this started as kb/drumtrack as an open ended collab, Frank added bass that inspired me to write lyrics about driving home out of Holyoke MA where i work which is a pit and crime zone extraordinaire. then Roger did the spoken word vocals, and i did the rest on computer just today. I love the beginning with the guitar
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Post by Havin' Fun on Nov 4, 2003 19:12:26 GMT
Matt, this has nothing to do with your music and everything to do with my Internet connection, but I never listen to your songs, because it entails me having to download the MP3 versus streaming it. At my d/l rate, the next Ice Age would come before the thing was ready. Ever given any thought to getting a SC page? Of course, no need to do it just for my sake. I may be the next to last guy in the U.S. who still uses Dial-Up
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Post by latmat on Nov 4, 2003 19:14:37 GMT
Hey Matt
This is a great song Idea.
Heres what I think. Rodgers speaking needs to be louder. So we can understand what hes saying, cause it needs to be heard, its intresting. Your singing behind him there needs to be a bit louder too. Franks Bass is really good. I found the synth a bit too loud.
I think either turning up your guys vocal or turning down the synth would help.
Other then that. This was a great song Idea. Im impressed. I was almost expecting some rapping lol. Good Lyrics.
Ohh yea Just read Havin fun's post there. I agree, I have Dsl and it took me 10 minutes to download. Soundclick is nice. Doesnt mean you cant do both. Your site and sound click it would give you a bigger chance to get heard.
Good Job Cameron
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Post by mattl009 on Nov 4, 2003 19:26:05 GMT
well.. yes.. someday maybe.. they want me email to sign up maybe someday ill just figure out how to stream.. Ever given any thought to getting a SC page?
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Post by mattl009 on Nov 4, 2003 19:31:05 GMT
I just remixed and pulled the vocal out as much as I could with eq. its a little better.. thanks for the input Cam. Cam thanks for the review. Im totally disatisfied with the mix, and i could adjust vocal volumes still but the synth is already bounced down way back when so no control there. You're right, Rogers vocal could use a bump up, but i wanted the background vocals to be not too much out there.. sorta background yea its a big song. Hey Matt I think either turning up your guys vocal or turning down the synth would help.
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Post by latmat on Nov 4, 2003 20:15:33 GMT
Quite abit better now. A little louder would be nice. Makes yea really pay attention though. Which in its self can be a good thing. Do you Have the Lyrics? It would be cool if you'd post them.
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Post by mattl009 on Nov 4, 2003 20:20:01 GMT
Quite abit better now. A little louder would be nice. Makes yea really pay attention though. Which in its self can be a good thing. Do you Have the Lyrics? It would be cool if you'd post them. Sometimes I enjoy the feel of the engine reving,theres music in here, in the air, to lift and let down, to carry and create sound Chorus: Driving Home.. Perfunctory scenes for which I am grateful to be only passing Im glad for the transience of being a driver, moving in my shell of insulated padding Chorus: Driving Home.. once we almost hit a dog, we joked about stopping, would we? would we need a cop? and would he be clean ,and able to stop, a crime occurring on his block? Like the cop who was shot? Chorus: Driving Home.. I see the sky more often it seems, from behind the wheel, and kids who conceal what they try to deal, but too often reveal to those who can't feel Chorus: Driving Home.. heading for the highway thinking of a friend, & how he used to depend & closely avoided his own dead end, one day at time he now transcends Chorus: Driving Home.. Saw a wierd shaped cloud,looking rather odd, made me think of a shroud and of god. 25,000 came to a Milton,MA hospital, like a statue in Fatima my grandmother saw in Portugal Chorus: Driving Home.. Driving home through the obstacles downtown pushers, prostitutes, babies & drunks in a bygone boom town, yeah, and the cops keep saying they're gonna to crack down Chorus: Driving Home.. heading home @ the end of the day,thoughts quickly returning to the joys that await- the wife & kid,dog & cat, glad to see me - glad I'm back. Chorus: Driving Home.. Now if Jim posts his song we been working on together that'll be some nice contrast - its a love song he wrote
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Post by latmat on Nov 4, 2003 20:28:35 GMT
Good lyrics. A different perspective then I have thats for sure. Living in the country there's lots of travels and driving but nothing like you would see in a big city. Some times the odd car crash but its cleaned up real fast and they keep you far back from it. Unless you unfortunally are there before the police.
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Post by JimDurand on Nov 4, 2003 22:39:53 GMT
Matt, Your song really has atmosphere. The synth gives it that dirty downtown black & white alley feel. I'm still wanting to hear the words better though. Have the synth and the vocals been bounced together and so their relative volumes no longer adjustable? (I'm not sure if that's what you were saying). Yea the lyrics are great. So were you driving home when you got the inspiration? Now if Jim posts his song we been working on together that'll be some nice contrast - its a love song he wrote I want to re-record my vocals, but right now the whole family is sick with a killer cold virus. I've got the time (being home from work), but I can't sing without coughing (I've got a nice deap voice right now however). Good song Matt, Roger, & Frank. Jim
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Post by mattl009 on Nov 4, 2003 23:04:58 GMT
Hi Jim, welp: drums/synth were bounced. Frank and Roger on track 3 & 4 so i could go way back and adjust it but heres what ive done since: with above config i played it line out/recorded to computer. in software started a new project and imported the song and added 3 tracks of vocals for the harmonies. mixed down to one file (its only 4 track software), started another project imported THAT file, added lead guitar. added effects to various tracks along the way and mixed down. I think i have all the stuff to do it again and not have to retake anything.. will be a little lengthy but might be worth it as its pretty quietly recorded too wouldn't you say?? i could fix both issues. ill give it a go. Have the synth and the vocals been bounced together and so their relative volumes no longer adjustable? (I'm not sure if that's what you were saying). Jim
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Post by mattl009 on Nov 5, 2003 1:42:44 GMT
lamplight.no-ip.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=35#35Guys went through the whole thing again.. 2 hours.. MUCH better mix Im so glad yall said something! Increased Rogers vocal, increased chorus vocal and actually had to move the sound objects around to get synced again, so its like all brand new chorus increased overal volume chopped out some guitar i knew wasnt working added some thunderdrum during the space break Jim, Franks bassline made me think of driving, its such a moving kinda bassline vaguely reminded me of volkswagen commercials a few yrs back. ya know the one where the kids basketball is bouncing to the beat of the song on the stereo in the car? ive had the holyoke song (but no specifics) in the back of my mind for years. people walk right out in the road with their babycarriages no matter if cars are coming, thus obstacle course reference. Cam, once a couple yrs back a cop was shot by some whacko a couple of blocks from where i was working, many companies sent people home they couldnt find him for hours, cops and cops everywhere, roadblocks, etc.. the guy wasnt even wanted for anything serious he just flipped. its not even a big city but thats where ya go for heroin around here i hear.
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Post by sgulley on Nov 5, 2003 3:43:32 GMT
Cool... not at all what I expected. True naration at its best. Kind of reminded me of the Song "Shaft" (can you dig it). Right on.... Stan
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Post by latmat on Nov 5, 2003 5:21:11 GMT
Wow thats alot better, Way better mix Matt. I can hear the vocals alot better. Looks like all your hard work paid off. Yea the cities are crazy these days. Lots of gang killings in the city (Edmonton) latley, nothing like some of the cities in the states but its still. Well Sad I guess.
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Post by mattl009 on Nov 5, 2003 13:52:23 GMT
Cool... not at all what I expected. True naration at its best. Kind of reminded me of the Song "Shaft" (can you dig it). Right on.... Stan Stan checkout the quentin tarrantino film "Undercover Brother". it'll kill you with laughter. sorta like shaft warning its juvenile. or how bout chevy chase in vacation, they're lost in the city he pulls into a slum neighborhood "excuse me , holmes?" rotfl!!!! HEY i just got an idea! to lighten up that song maybe i could start it out with a sound bite of that "excuse me, holmes?" anyhow.. guys, i listened in my car this am (my best stereo) and i like the new mix except the chorus singing seems way too loud, whatta ya think?? , would it change it too much to lower it?? otherwise i wouldnt change anything.. also i could get better recorded tone w/the thunder drum but i dont thoink its that important here..
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Post by latmat on Nov 5, 2003 14:56:55 GMT
Well I like the chorus there that loud. But hey its your song. Your artistic rights. I'd like it either way I think.
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