Song I recorded yesterday.

I named it Smoke Screens. It's low quality.

soundcloud.com...

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Wow, at first I was listening critically to this because I am a musician and have recorded since the '80s and I thought, "wow, that's really low quality", but then I kept listening and you know what, I think you have truly scored here! I listened past all my expectations and to the point that it got into my soul.

All I have to say is thanks for posting this. It's my new favorite song!

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Thank, that really means a lot. I don't know the first thing about recording, I've just kind of been messing around.

Normally when someone posts a thread saying check out my new song, i think to myself oh damn here comes more sub standard techno beats.

This was really good, it just grows on you and it's so chillax.

Big ups

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Thanks. I wouldn't even know where to start in order to make a techno beat lol.

Also I'd like to add the other songs you have there are mint as well.

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Thanks. I have some more songs I would like to record, but I'm not quite finished writing them.

great stuff keep it up, you can only get better. I make a little music, but I don't play guitar so, I have less music theory, but some.

Really enjoyed that, nice one.

I could picture that being on a movie soundtrack, a Quentin Tarantino film of something.

CX.

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Your music is awesome

Hahahahahahaa.

You know when I seen this at the top of Music, I laughed to myself and thought about all the bad poo poo that this could of been.

The first few chords had me believing myself and my pre judgement. Then the smoke screen happened and it kind of took on a little life of its own.

Fast forewords to the end, I really enjoyed the tune.

I wish I could bit torrent the file, that has to be some measure of success.

Thanks.

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Thanks guys. These kind of comments, are really motivating. thanks a lot.

I'd like to make a suggestion: Make the vocal volume higher in relation to the accompaniment. Don't let the guitar drown you out. And if you need some echo, use an echo mike (the kind with a battery inside) or whatever. There are thousands of examples. Maybe an appropriate one is Wild Horses by the Stones. At least that demonstrates distance between the vocalist and the instruments, and there is some similarity. It's on YouTube, including one showing them rehearsing in a studio in Tokyo.

Originally posted by xpoq47
I'd like to make a suggestion: Make the vocal volume higher in relation to the accompaniment. Don't let the guitar drown you out. And if you need some echo, use an echo mike (the kind with a battery inside) or whatever. There are thousands of examples. Maybe an appropriate one is Wild Horses by the Stones. At least that demonstrates distance between the vocalist and the instruments, and there is some similarity. It's on YouTube, including one showing them rehearsing in a studio in Tokyo.

Sorry, I'm not a professional in anyway... But thanks for the advice. This is just me having some fun recording myself. I don't have the slightest idea of what I'm doing...I can't afford echo mics, but once I can I will try and make use of them, Thanks for the Input.

I have an idea. I know that if you're by yourself with an acoustic guitar and a mike singing and recording, especially if you use a pick, the guitar sound can tend to dominate unless you sing really loud. But here"s an idea that may help in that situation. It's always good to put a sock over a mike anyway, but if you roll up the sock's mate and stuff it into the sock that's covering the mike so that the rolled-up sock is between the mike and the guitar, it should make quite a difference, by absorbing the direct sound waves that are causing the problem. It should work just as well as the more expensive methods they use in studios. If you like the difference and want to increase the effect, add more socks (clean ones).

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You can record vocals in the bathroom too, if it is all tiled. That will give you some reverb from bouncing around off the hard surfaces.