no way to build a drumkit

[solarbird]

This is no way to build a goddamn railroaddrumkit:

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No new song today. There are still plenty of you who haven’t listened to all the rest I’ve posted, so hup to it. Maybe new song tomorrow, though. Probably Wednesday. Maybe Thursday but I hope not that late.

It’s very, very, very silly. You have been warned.

Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.

Comments

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay, already. Listened to "Stars." One-- when you break into the falsetto it sounds really false. You have a nice voice when you don't reach for those very high notes. Practice sounding like yourself. Also, your pronunciation on the word "stahhhs..." needs a little E Nun Si Ay Shun.

It sounds like you, the strings, the bass, are all trying for upper registers, and the song sounds a little flat for that. It's missing some deeper texture that you may not want, but I felt lost without it.

That said, the lyrics are damn good. The recording sounds solid, although there might be some hollowness behind your mic. The instruments are getting picked up pretty well, though, and your mixing is right on.

Feel free to ignore or delete this criticism.

[cow.livejournal.com]

Goodness, the way you've made the drum kit is about half an inch away from tracking. As a hobbyist tracker, I vote A++ on this, although I warn you that that way lies madness. }:D

[solarbird]

Thank you for the nice words about my lyrics and recording. It's all self-taught (with some words of advice here and there, which have been helpful, particularly ryuuaja's and tfabris's) but I've spent a lot of time just trying things until they work. As I've said several places, I was surprised how little my radio experience helped. It's such a completely different animal it's really not comparable.

As for the voice - I'm not in falsetto at any point in Stars; I'm not even in pure headvoice, that's all chest/head mix, top to bottom. That said, I'm very much aware of my voice issues; my entire oesophageal tract is essentially made of scar tissue (ENT people: "how do you... talk?!" Me: "I open my mouth and sound comes out. It works for me...") and very difficult to work with; it's only this year that I've been willing to release any recordings of it at all. It certainly makes singing an adventure, and I continue to work on improving it. I'd obviously rather have a better vocal instrument, but, well, I have what I have, and it's what I have to work with.

Oh, and wedging the American "R" on the word "stars" sounded like ass. I tried it; it's left elided intentionally. (That's also bits of my native accent showing up; I had to learn the American R, the American S, the American ... well, you get the idea. It doesn't come naturally.)

[solarbird]

I actually have a tracker on my iPhone, I fear it is too late XD

[cow.livejournal.com]

Okay that's awesome. :D

[elfs.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! I love trackers, especially some of the classics, like the epic "Klisjaa pa Klisjaa" and "Necrophilia" (which isn't nearly as goth/death as it sounds.)