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SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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PonySho wrote:
Sat Nov 09, 2024 19:10 CET
I suggest:
1. strip back the arrangement to have a sparser combination of instruments in verses with more elements in choruses.
2. add a middle-8 and/or a solo part as a kind of 'pallete cleaser' for the listener.
Hear hear! ;) :)
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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BTW, I guess you mean a pallet _cleanser_ (?) I think it make sense, what you're saying ... I have a solo part (the muted trumpet - eight bars - ) but I guess it would be possible to strip down the arrangement even more.
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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A Future in Noise wrote:
Sat Nov 09, 2024 21:15 CET
BTW, I guess you mean a pallet _cleanser_ (?) I think it make sense, what you're saying ... I have a solo part (the muted trumpet - eight bars - ) but I guess it would be possible to strip down the arrangement even more.
Duh....sorry. My bad spelling. I mean a 'palate cleanser.'
Similar concept to eating sorbet at a restaurant after the main meal...a very clear and obvious change in flavour.

Regarding your solo part, yes I think stripping back the arrangement (removing instruments) and turning up the trumpet would make the solo melody more prominent.

If you send me your tracks, I could do a rough mix so you get a different perspective.
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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PonySho wrote:
Sat Nov 09, 2024 21:29 CET
If you send me your tracks, I could do a rough mix so you get a different perspective.
That's very generous of you! But I am a little hesitant. The fact is that I have already spoken to another person with whom I have worked before. It wouldn't be impossible to let you both mix and possibly rearrange. I could then choose the best option ... But from a ... psychological perspective - you might perhaps call it - it doesn't feel quite right. Not right now, anyway. But if I change my mind, and choose to send the files to you, I'll write you a PM, in that case, here on Mix-Challenge. You could log in and check every other day, maybe, for the next week, if you want.
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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This month, I wrote an instrumental in a metal style, which I think fits in well with this challenge, several guitars have been recorded.
I'm posting now so I can continue to improve the track if some remarks come about mix or others

There's a kind of mysterious fascination in being immersed in the heart of a thunderstorm, a wild, fearsome beauty that inspires both awe and soothing calm.
I've tried to convey this impression with this track.

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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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Post by Ike H-mope »

Elcubano wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2024 15:14 CET
This month, I wrote an instrumental in a metal style, which I think fits in well with this challenge, several guitars have been recorded.
I'm posting now so I can continue to improve the track if some remarks come about mix or others
Nice start to finish. Maybe tone down the cymbals so they sound a bit more lush instead of so spikey? Personally not a fan of the sound effects. Could be fun to try to create the "feeling" of thunder with a tom or typmani or baritone guitar or something? I like the melodies, the guitar layering, good leads.
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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A Future in Noise wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2024 14:48 CET
PonySho wrote:
Sat Nov 09, 2024 21:29 CET
If you send me your tracks, I could do a rough mix so you get a different perspective.
That's very generous of you! But I am a little hesitant. The fact is that I have already spoken to another person with whom I have worked before. It wouldn't be impossible to let you both mix and possibly rearrange. I could then choose the best option ... But from a ... psychological perspective - you might perhaps call it - it doesn't feel quite right. Not right now, anyway. But if I change my mind, and choose to send the files to you, I'll write you a PM, in that case, here on Mix-Challenge. You could log in and check every other day, maybe, for the next week, if you want.
No prob! Just offering, no strings attached. :smile:
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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Elcubano wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2024 15:14 CET
This month, I wrote an instrumental in a metal style, which I think fits in well with this challenge, several guitars have been recorded.
I'm posting now so I can continue to improve the track if some remarks come about mix or others

There's a kind of mysterious fascination in being immersed in the heart of a thunderstorm, a wild, fearsome beauty that inspires both awe and soothing calm.
I've tried to convey this impression with this track.
Love the track, Elcubano.
The mix balance sounds great on my headphones (I haven't listened on high quality monitoring).
I really dig the step up from the minor to the major(ish) melody at 2 mins in...kind gives me the feeling that at that moment rays of sun beam through the stormclouds... a really great shift in the music.
Plus, your guitar playing is stellar. I REALLY like the 'smooth' tone to the distortion on the rhythm guitars.
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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Ike H-mope wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2024 19:07 CET
Nice start to finish. Maybe tone down the cymbals so they sound a bit more lush instead of so spikey? Personally not a fan of the sound effects. Could be fun to try to create the "feeling" of thunder with a tom or typmani or baritone guitar or something? I like the melodies, the guitar layering, good leads.
Thanks for the feedback!
Interesting idea for the tympani, I'll see if I can do it.
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Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC087 November 2024 - Submissions until 24-NOV-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

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Post by Elcubano »

PonySho wrote:
Sun Nov 10, 2024 23:26 CET
Love the track, Elcubano.
The mix balance sounds great on my headphones (I haven't listened on high quality monitoring).
I really dig the step up from the minor to the major(ish) melody at 2 mins in...kind gives me the feeling that at that moment rays of sun beam through the stormclouds... a really great shift in the music.
Plus, your guitar playing is stellar. I REALLY like the 'smooth' tone to the distortion on the rhythm guitars.
Super thanks for your feedback! I hope you'll come up with a track this month!
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