vocal piece in Japanese

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:32 am

This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: japanese pop <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers,Pulsar Synths MOSH 2004 _____________________________________ I met these guys performing on the streets. I jammed with them a couple of times, and we decided to take one of their songs and to make a full fledged arrangement of it. They made the tune+melody, and I did the tracks+chorus arrange+recording.

Vocals are cerainly off at places, and we still have some guitar phrases to record, but it's pretty much finished. Seeking comments!

Strings are from GPO
Kicks+snare are In the Ass and Chopp
Bass is Hummel bluesynth through Celmo Explosives
Wurlitzer is Scarbee Wurlitzer samples trough Celmo Explosives
Rest is Sampletank
Chorus is shimmered up with PsyQ.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:14 am

Smooooth 'n' summery pop goodness!

What's the song about lyrically?

Royston

Post by **hubird** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:29 am

experienced voices!
well done Ken

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:00 am

Lyric's about a broken antenna on a cellphone. Ya know, how a broken cellphone sort of becomes a metaphore for bad communication between a couple.

Hope you all liked the chorus arrangement. It was particularly hard to beef up because the chord progression at the chorus was a straight cadence and lacked tensions to build on. The chorus is all autotune by the way. Saved hours of work!

Anything particular about the mix? Tried to remain a bit on the "smooth" side and refrained from making anything cut through the mix too much. Strings are quite bright tho, compared to the original sound.

Paritcularly would be interested in hearing opinions about the miced acoustic guitar in the middle section. The player forgot the line adapter so I had to record by mic. And I'm not at all experienced in micing guitars. Sounds sort of aggressive to my ears. The chorus guitars are also miced. The rest is line.

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Post by **garyb** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:47 am

groups of this caliber rarely play on u.s.a. streets...
good job on the guitars. micing something isn't really that hard. it's just like the voice, you point he mic at the object and go... fun, no?

my only complaint is that the reverb (especially on the drums at about 3 min) is a bit hollow and boxy for my taste. i really like the overall mix, though. i also like the use of dub effects throught he whole piece.

this song is really pleasant to listen to, melody-wise. it'd be a good anime closing theme.......

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paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:18 pm

This is very nice, Ken.
I would bring back the melody(strings) a few clicks to bring them more "on beat"(mind you, having it drag a little may be more representative of the text).

Are those congas in the back with that reverb? I agree that it sounds a bit dodgy.

Guitar sounds great!

Bracelet Z · Post by **Bracelet Z** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:39 pm

Hi,

I will not talk about the music separately. Hope it's ok:) Because I listen through really bad speakers...

But I can hear, that it's really nice song. So multicolour, free... I can relax after the busy day, when listening to this song.

Bracelet Z

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:36 am

glad the guitars sounded okay to a guitar player.

The percussion sound is a djembe sample. I think phaser on that channel may be causing the boxy sound.

Glad to be hearing good comments tho. The band will be thrilled to hear them.

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:26 am

Could music be more bland and formulaic than this? Perfect for the radio!

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:24 am

Tis the good ol' "song" form, basically. But ya, you're definitely right about the tune not being on the innovative end of things. One classic form down, perhaps I can take what I learned and whip up something different next time.

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:03 pm

Wow! i like it!

I think it sounds very "fresh"

Nice track!

Liquid EDGE · Post by **Liquid EDGE** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:21 pm

Very nicely produced, have to agree with braincell.. pure cheese. i nearly puked..

did i mention that the production is well good..