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MFR - new user looking for review [message #186253]

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:10

pryce
Messages: 2
Registered: May 2008
Location: chicago

Intern

hi there,

i'd like feedback on some tunes, please.

http://www.myspace.com/prycemusic

i'm looking for a review of the mastering, basically: are the songs too bright? are they harsh? over-compressed?

and if you hear something wrong with the master, how would you fix it?

i don't really desire a songwriting or arrangement critique at this stage.

thanks for your time,

pryce (newbie)

ETA: Any responses? To any of the songs? Thanks.

[Updated on: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:20]

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Re: MFR - new user looking for review [message #186264 is a reply to message #186253 ]

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:03

studiojimi
Messages: 2870
Registered: April 2004
Location: Hollywood, CA

Producer

welcome to the forum pryce

i let this post sit here as i didn't have much to say but no one has chimed in

and you were somewhat specif about what you wanted

and my ears wanted to go to the things i did not resonate with that you didn't want to embrace and i can understand

this pup is in the can and finished and you are on to new things

that being said:

it's a little too midi for my tastes

and i'm not all that into electronic and hoped others would respond and now perhaps they will not that i've started the ball rolling

i wouldn't like it if i posted a tune and nobody came to the party and your music is certainly valid and worthy of a listen and i'm listening to all of it right now

(i'm on song 2)

to mee so far the vocals generally have been a bit too loud for me which could have been from the mastering.

the alient ocatave up vocals in song 2 are a hoot

i try this sometime and my clients won't let me but i think it is kinda cool

the backing vocals 0000s are a little out of tune

i like the chord changes ..."What do I know" part

there are a lot of things that are jumping out that i don't understand like those bgs at the end

song3

eno like...very imaginative

great use of dissonance this one and i dig the alien bass

this one is the mort artful to me so far

i'm really liking the whole approach to this one

a friend of mine used to have a band called climate of crisis this reminds me of...he went on to play guitar for tori amos

perhaps you've heard him steve caton an awesome musician.

see i like it when you tuck your vocal in the track more and let the interplay of the very interesting choices be easier to analyze

love that eastern vocal psycho babble at that end...

song 4

i'm also digging more than 1 and 2

i think you have the wrong songs up front in your presentation

this is all very clearly quite bohemian

and night time music

i'm more of a daytime guy in this time of my life but you are bringing back some fine memories for me..thanks!

that's enough for now

are you still coming to the forum?

thanks for posting

good luck with your recording

stick with it.

i hear the artist in you

http://www.jimmyhunter.com/images/sj.gif

MY MYSPACE
MY STUDIO

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Re: MFR - new user looking for review [message #186265 is a reply to message #186253 ]

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:09

studiojimi
Messages: 2870
Registered: April 2004
Location: Hollywood, CA

Producer

hey i had to come back

i loved number 5 my fave so far

the chrissie hynde and joni mitchell salutes are there whether you inteded them or not

and number 6

talking heads salute is coming to me

i like this one as well

would have liked some more present drums in this one

put these up front in you in your presentation is my suggestion

[Updated on: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10]

MY MYSPACE
MY STUDIO

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Re: MFR - new user looking for review [message #186266 is a reply to message #186265 ]

Mon, 19 May 2008 09:36

pryce
Messages: 2
Registered: May 2008
Location: chicago

Intern

thanks for the feedback. i'll make notes.

the song order on myspace is sort of haphazard, it's not the actual song order for the cd, but i'll definitely take your preferences on that into account.

i need to remaster a couple tracks and reduce the compression ratio slightly, i think? to see if the vox move back a little, sonically. or remix and take them down a decibel ... this is what i was thinking, good to hear it confirmed.

yes, i know the bvs are sometimes out of tune. believe me. i cut most of them out. Wink

thank you for taking the time to critique these when they're not to your taste, necessarily ("too midi" and all). i appreciate it, a lot.

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Re: MFR - new user looking for review [message #186272 is a reply to message #186253 ]

Sat, 24 May 2008 18:06

MDM,
Messages: 8
Registered: May 2008

Intern

Hi,

my take on your music is that there is a good element, which gets lost as the song 'expands' or develops in most of your tracks..

to build a track without cluttering, both in arrangement and delivery, you must not lose your calm and elegance of expression

unfortunately this is what I hear happening as the songs progress.

..even if you scream, you need to be able to project the aggression in a way which is effective.

Kate Bush is a master of this kind of balance.. you should listen to her stuff from the third album onwards.

there aren't any very strong hooks, which is ok if you're not aiming for radio.. which I think you're not..

the feel factor is there, but you must work on your elegance if you want to really improve. Elegance of expression..

even Hitler was elegant in his nasty ways.

As far as mastering, these tracks need more work before mastering is to be applied IMO.

just MY thoughts as usual

[Updated on: Sat, 24 May 2008 18:07]

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Re: MFR - new user looking for review [message #186278 is a reply to message #186272 ]

Sun, 25 May 2008 09:51

Tannoy
Messages: 45
Registered: May 2005

Serious

MDM, wrote on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:06

even Hitler was elegant in his nasty ways.

No, he absolutely wasn't. In NO way. Sorry, for my taste this is an absolutely don't-statement.

myspace.com/marcopoprock

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