My Best Friends... |
"My Best Friends Girlfriend." Ok. I made the lyrics louder. Let me know what you think of this tune. All criticism appretiated!
I like the guitar and the melody too, but as I've said before in these reviews watch out for the melody doesn't limit you. If the same melody gets repeated too many times, the song tends to get boring even though it is a great melody. It doesn't have to be improvisation, just variation. The best places to do that, I think, is when you have a word or phrase you want to emphasize. Then you can put that extra feeling into it and let people know they have to listen to that part. Hope you understand what I mean.
Nice track, I especially like the guitar line. I agree that a less 'whiney' vocal style and some more melodic diversity would help this alot. With some decent production this has some cool potential.
Magic tip for you - aiming a microphone at the sound hole of your acoustic guitar produces a boomy sound. Aim it from slightly above the neck (IE closer to your head), about six inches away from the neck (away from your body), aiming directly at the middle of the fretboard somewhere in between the 12th and 15th fret. Angle the mic towards the sound hole slightly at an angle, still with the tip of the mic hovering above the 12th-15th fret, and you will get a much better acoustic recording sound.
Magic tip for you - aiming a microphone at the sound hole of your acoustic guitar produces a boomy sound. Aim it from slightly above the neck (IE closer to your head), about six inches away from the neck (away from your body), aiming directly at the middle of the fretboard somewhere in between the 12th and 15th fret. Angle the mic towards the sound hole slightly at an angle, still with the tip of the mic hovering above the 12th-15th fret, and you will get a much better acoustic recording sound.
I rather enjoyed this song. While the recording quality wasn't the best, the song was heartfelt. As for the how you sing, to be honest, I think it sounded great. Some people are stronger and more comfortable singing and playing one way than another, and if that's how you feel the most natural, I say go for it.
Honestly, I think this song would sound wonderful if you had another instrument in the mix - perhaps piano or a violin, but that's pretty typical in the music genre that I would place this song into. Good song; very versitile - and I can see many implimentations of it - from a full band to just you playing it by yourself.
Honestly, I think this song would sound wonderful if you had another instrument in the mix - perhaps piano or a violin, but that's pretty typical in the music genre that I would place this song into. Good song; very versitile - and I can see many implimentations of it - from a full band to just you playing it by yourself.
Thanks for the recording tip DaveUK, i'll have to give it a shot. I really don't know the first thing about recording so if you or anyone else have any more recording tips, I would really appretiate it. Thanks to everyone else for the reviews, and please keep them coming!!!
is it worth the aggrevation to write yourself a song when it's clearly not worth writing for. i was looking for some pacman but all i found was hippos in tight purple thongs.
What the #%@! does that mean?
The singing pitch needs a little work. Pretty good tune overall, though. The bass is WAY too high, and the vocals are too ambiant, or sung too far away from the mike.
The singing pitch needs a little work. Pretty good tune overall, though. The bass is WAY too high, and the vocals are too ambiant, or sung too far away from the mike.
unlike the others, i think the vocals can work fine if the song were stronger
by that, i mean some of the same things others have said, like... i doessort of sound like you were far away from the mic or something. i'm not sure. maybe it just wasn't pre-amped very well or something. *shrugs*
beyond that, i'd just give the song more parts. the "my best friend's girlfriend" part is fine, but it gets repeated so much that i'm waiting for more in the way of lyrics.
really liked the bridge, vocally and with the guitar. especially the guitar part.
give it some more work, but i think you've got a decent vision of this song. make it happen now!
by that, i mean some of the same things others have said, like... i doessort of sound like you were far away from the mic or something. i'm not sure. maybe it just wasn't pre-amped very well or something. *shrugs*
beyond that, i'd just give the song more parts. the "my best friend's girlfriend" part is fine, but it gets repeated so much that i'm waiting for more in the way of lyrics.
really liked the bridge, vocally and with the guitar. especially the guitar part.
give it some more work, but i think you've got a decent vision of this song. make it happen now!
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