Angels Call Out

[Hanson]

Genre

Rock

Instruments

Rickenbacker Bass, Gibson Les Paul, Epi 335

Here is a new song I just finished writing and recording. Hope you enjoy.

EDIT: New version posted to YouTube. Raised the vocal levels per your input. Hope this version sounds better.

 

[DanTompkins]

Great, I really like this. What kind of effects pedals (real or virtual) are you using for the guitar?

 

[Hanson]

Hi Fender Dude. Thank you or listening and commenting.

All guitar tracks are recorded through AmpliTube, amps, cabs and pedal sims.

 

[Craig Anderton]

I like the music, no problem there! Your voice has a human quality that you use to good advantage. I wouldn't be afraid to have more vocal, sometimes the guitar in the left channel seems to compete with it. Take into account I'm admittedly old school in thinking that the vocal should always take priority

BTW I dug the pickup switch trick at the end, it's nice to hear someone resurrect it

The only other suggestion I'd make is that it sounds like the kick is triggering compression that affects the overall track, like there's a compressor on the master bus. Is that correct? If so, consider using the multiband compressor so you can compress the kick without having it modulate the other instruments.

Question: It sounds somewhat like an LCR mix. Did you plan to do this, or did it just naturally evolve that way? If that was the plan, it's the type of arrangement that lends itself well to an LCR (or close to LCR) mix, so...good planning. Or good intuition, your choice

 

[Hanson]

I like the music, no problem there! Your voice has a human quality that you use to good advantage. I wouldn't be afraid to have more vocal, sometimes the guitar in the left channel seems to compete with it. Take into account I'm admittedly old school in thinking that the vocal should always take priority

BTW I dug the pickup switch trick at the end, it's nice to hear someone resurrect it

The only other suggestion I'd make is that it sounds like the kick is triggering compression that affects the overall track, like there's a compressor on the master bus. Is that correct? If so, consider using the multiband compressor so you can compress the kick without having it modulate the other instruments.

Question: It sounds somewhat like an LCR mix. Did you plan to do this, or did it just naturally evolve that way? If that was the plan, it's the type of arrangement that lends itself well to an LCR (or close to LCR) mix, so...good planning. Or good intuition, your choice

Thank you for listening and commenting Craig! I'm very happy that you like the song.

You noticed the pickup selector trick on my LP! I haven't done that in a while myself.....maybe since the 80's.

I will have to check on the kick. I don't honestly remember if I had any compression on the master bus. Lately I have been separating my mixing and mastering approaches, typically with just light compression on the mix or as little as I can get by with.

Thinking about it, I think I have kind of always mixed in a LCR approach. I kind of learned mixing that way, LCR, forward and backward....visualize the stage.

 

[Hanson]

I like the music, no problem there! Your voice has a human quality that you use to good advantage. I wouldn't be afraid to have more vocal, sometimes the guitar in the left channel seems to compete with it. Take into account I'm admittedly old school in thinking that the vocal should always take priority

BTW I dug the pickup switch trick at the end, it's nice to hear someone resurrect it

The only other suggestion I'd make is that it sounds like the kick is triggering compression that affects the overall track, like there's a compressor on the master bus. Is that correct? If so, consider using the multiband compressor so you can compress the kick without having it modulate the other instruments.

Question: It sounds somewhat like an LCR mix. Did you plan to do this, or did it just naturally evolve that way? If that was the plan, it's the type of arrangement that lends itself well to an LCR (or close to LCR) mix, so...good planning. Or good intuition, your choice

Craig, You were the first to call it out. I waited to get a bit more response on another forum. Raised the volume on the vocals. If you get a chance, let me know your thoughts on this round.

 

[Craig Anderton]

Good move, there's no need to be shy about your vocals. I'd even pull down the left channel guitar a little more to make sure it doesn't take attention away from the voice (this is more noticeable on mono playback than stereo). IMHO the more you prioritize your voice, the better. I know you can pull even more out of it, so take advantage of that!

 

[Midiboy]

By any chance have you ever heard of the band Daniel Amos (Terry Taylor)? This song reminds me SO MUCH of them! I really like this a lot! I do notice the compression that Craig pointed out. I'm wondering if your master channel has the threshold set to high as well and it's hitting the "brick wall." Especially when the cymbals crash.

But, regardless, this is a really great song. Love the lyrics as well. (And the pick up trick). lol

 

[Hanson]

Thank you for listening and commenting Midiboy! Really excited that you like this song. You and Craig both have better ears than I. Being that I’m not able to hear the issue, I’m reluctant to mess with this mix. I’m in no way saying that it doesn’t exist, I just don’t feel like I could fix what I can’t detect.

I have another original very close to being finished and will be posting that soon as well.