Night Sky

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Night Sky

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First song I've ever posted here with vocals. I may re-record some of this, but all in all I think I've improved a ton from when I first started to record myself singing and couldn't even stand to listen to my own voice.
I completed this entire song over the span of about four hours. I just couldn't stop working on it! For the first time in a while I was just REALLY into writing a song and it was a great feeling.
Anyway, here's the stuff I used:
Acid Pro 7 (DAW)
Garritan Aria (Piano and Bass Guitar)
Tone2 Firebird (Synth Arpeggios)
T-Force Alpha Plus (Solo synth)
One shot samples from the Acid Pro library

Lyrics:
You're just a kid leanin' out your window sill,
(lonely, lonely, lonely)
Eyes to the sky, hold on but what is that?
(A silhouette up there)

I float among the clouds,
I play among the stars,

For lengthy chats of this and that,
And late night trips to Dairy Queen,
I'm here.
And when you feel there's no one else to call,
I'll be right there.

An alien, an angel from space,
sent to be your friend.
This darkness you're in,
is gonna end.

And now the time has come where we say goodbye.
(Off I fly to the night sky)
Dry your eyes, and I will try to dry mine.
(The tears do not stop flowing)
You will become a star,
The moment you leave this earth,
I tell myself,
Everything happens for a reason.
But still, I'll miss you so.

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SoTJake

2016-10-09 13:04:13

First off, the song is nice, the composition is thought through and it's overall a nice listeing experience. The synths and isntruments are well mixed and the melody is really calming and relaxing. I really like the voice lead.

Your singing is also good, although you need to work on keeping the long notes stable.

"I float among the clouds,
I play among the stars" <--- at this part you really had problems holding the high notes stable; there was much unwanted vibrato but with practice this can be solved. But you mostly hit the right notes and there were only 1 or 2 occasions where there was a little disonance but again: practice solves everything. Impressive voice btw.

I don't know if you have the resources, but it would also be nice to mix your singing better; maybe also some effects like reverb or a flanger. Would have given the song a new edge I think.

Overall a really nice song, was nice listening to it.

Maverickmode responds:

Thanks for a well thought out and helpful review. I agree, I definitely need to work on keeping the pitch stable on long notes. Truth is I kind of marathon recorded this all at once, and I didn't feel like doing any of it over, but I didn't realize quite the extent to which I was wavering on notes. I'll probably fix it some time soon.
I'm definitely going to change some things up in the mix (I realized that the vocals were just a tad too loud for the rest of the track), and I'll give it a listen with reverb on and see if I like it. I usually add reverb to my vocals anyway, not sure why I didn't this time.