My fault for listening while distracted. Will listen again with more attentionsjm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:17 pmRewrite now imminent...el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:08 pm Was also handy to check that he didn't actually sing, "I pick up the pieces of your master’s faeces"
The Pleasure of Knowing You | Britpop?
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el-bo (formerly ebow) el-bo (formerly ebow) https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=208007
- KVRAF
- 16368 posts since 24 May, 2009 from A galaxy, far far away
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- 105548 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
sounds a bit dodgy to me.donkey tugger wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:35 pmLittle bit of Blur, bits like Nirvana, drums a bit like the Stone Temple Pilots, but not directly any of them for me. I always reckon the good songs always remind you a bit of something else.
the band, not the adjective. well, that early 90s indie style, senseless things and such.
with a drunk robert smith on vox
all in all a well put together piece of pop rock
between you and donks theres some great songs being written, you both deserve so much more
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- KVRAF
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- 2360 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
Same as probably half the world: Got given the NT1-A by a good friend (best man at our wedding) about 10 years ago. Now he uses it as an excuse to get me to record voiceovers featuring waffly marketing nonsense we have written together with the express intention of getting everyone to win at bullshit bingo. At least I get paid for the privilege... (to be honest, it's hilariously good fun)
Speaking of which, I'm supposed to be translating marketing waffle and not wasting time on the KVRs.
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- KVRAF
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- 2360 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
I suck at drum mixing; I partly blame it on never having been a drummer. I've had zero experience with micing drum kits or mixing drums, so feel a bit lost. I do think I've improved over the past year or so though - I've got a much better idea now of what might work, and in particular, what doesn't - by virtue of having done loads of stuff that does't work.donkey tugger wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:12 amI said exactly the same on the IL forum.. I think I'll retire my 'Frantz' account now.
Altough the drums are ok for me now..would take mebbe just a leetle bit more 'thwack' in the choruses, but not so as to veer it into 'ard rokk...
The drums in general always end up being a massive time sink. Recording the other parts is a doddle, because they take 10 minutes each to record or so, and then a bit of time to cut things up and paste them in the play list. Programming the drums is a tedious, finicky process that would be much easier if I could just play the part live. So a good 50% of the time I spend on a track is the bloody drums.
I guess I could just get someone with e-drums to play the part for me and send me the MIDI... but that'd be cheating, right?
Voted KVR's resident drunk Robert Smith impersonator (thanks Frantz!)
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- KVRAF
- 12333 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
Yeah, but it sounds good. That's what matters. I'm always surprised that those portable reflection filters do such a good job. They don't do much about background noise but they really help tone down flutter delays and harsh brightness.
Thanks!
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noelyoungstudio noelyoungstudio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=439348
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Nice song! Love how it's broken up by the phasery bridge bit. Very enjoyable, well done.
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- KVRAF
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Cheers. Is there anything special about the word "endeavour" that made you pick that one out? I dunno if anyone noticed, but towards the end, I put a delay on "ever" (all I ever) that syncs up with the ending of "endeavour" on the fourth (I think) repetition.
You reckon I still sound like Robert Smith on the booze on this one too?
I'm a big fan of DT's stuff - if you're seeing parallels there, it presumably has to do with the fact that we are using the same DAW with a superior summing engine to most of the others on the market. Nothing to do with the songwriting itself...
Voted KVR's resident drunk Robert Smith impersonator (thanks Frantz!)
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- 11481 posts since 13 Mar, 2009 from UK
I think it was really related to the rarity of the use of the word in song lyrics generally, but I liked the rhyming of a two syllable word with a three syllable word within the same line. That was very satisfying to hear and gave the rhythm of the lyrics an added attraction.
I only just noticed the delay
- Boss Lovin' DR
- 12544 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
teh frootyloops is the bizzle shizzle an ting. This ain't no chicken and gravy, or something..
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- KVRAF
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Thanks!noelyoungstudio wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:57 am Nice song! Love how it's broken up by the phasery bridge bit. Very enjoyable, well done.
The little keys section there was a bit of an afterthought tbh. I didn't want to add a bridge and draw the song out, so I needed something else to mix things up just a little bit. Removing most of the guitars from the chorus seemed to work, but it was also a bit empty then. So the keys got thrown in there instead.
I like the internal rhymes too (IIRC that's the terminus technicus). There's something similar going on in the verses depending on how you want to structure them: door - before; mistaken - forsaken; stories to tell - glories in hell etc. with the endings of the phrases generally rhyming (high - why; damned - land etc.), but for some reason I broke this in the second verse, where the last word doesn't rhyme with anything; and in the first section of the third verse, where it's just internal rhymes.seismic1 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:20 amI think it was really related to the rarity of the use of the word in song lyrics generally, but I liked the rhyming of a two syllable word with a three syllable word within the same line. That was very satisfying to hear and gave the rhythm of the lyrics an added attraction.
I only just noticed the delay
Call me a nerd, but I find it great fun playing with structures like that.
donkey tugger wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:28 am
teh frootyloops is the bizzle shizzle an ting. This ain't no chicken and gravy, or something..
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- KVRAF
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Didn't realise this thread was still alive... Thanks! I guess you can tell my heritage.
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