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January 6th, 2008
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Location: China, oh yes!
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I Sing,(God help us)
Is it OK if I post something with no guitar on it? I was experimenting with Reaper, (fantastic program) this afternoon and doodled around, resulting in this, an ode to a Korean girl I taught last year,Lee So Yeoun, and her friend Jang Ji Woo, the LOUDEST girls I have ever met.
This is the first serious attempt at recording vocals, advice please. My thanks to Frank Zappa by the way! 
Ian
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January 6th, 2008
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Ian,
Thats very good work. Nice vocals too.
Nothin sweeter than the sound of music comin out of a 6 string box - EZ me Music / ASCAP
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January 6th, 2008
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'A song a day' seems to be my motto at the moment, thanks Eddie, by the way, did you see what jomo said about 'Larry China'? I was really touched. as I was by all the comments posted.
Ian 
Last edited by Ian McAllister : January 6th, 2008 at 06:23 AM.
Reason: typo
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January 6th, 2008
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Jomo???? I've been called worse I suppose 
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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January 6th, 2008
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My apologies John, I didn't catch all the typos apparently!
Ian
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January 6th, 2008
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Oops, forgot to comment on the song!!!
Don't worry about the typo - I make my share of those!
I have no idea why you would be worried about your vocals, they're fine and fitted into your song very nicely. The recording is clear and nicely mixed. The lyrics are great and I really like the line 'her grandma thinks I'm handsome'. Is that you doing the ooooeeeoooo stuff in the background/chorus as well??
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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January 6th, 2008
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It's all me apart from the drums, that's a machine
Last edited by Ian McAllister : January 6th, 2008 at 07:06 AM.
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January 6th, 2008
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Really nice 50's 60's feel to it...well done Ian...nice skills ya got!
"To play without passion is unexcusable" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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January 6th, 2008
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The vocals are fine.
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January 6th, 2008
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Nice! It has a great oldie rock feel.
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January 6th, 2008
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Very cool! Nice lyrics. Sounds like you had a lot of fun putting this together.
Now for the critique part- it sounded like you were swallowing the mic, especially on the bass part. When recording you want to make sure that your loudest parts do not reach 0 on the meter. This prevents clipping. Remember that you can always bring up the volume during the mix by using a compressor (or even going in and doing a normalize/gain). Also, I would think about doing a pit more with panning the vocals.
Chris
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January 6th, 2008
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Really cool oldies song, vocals we nice.
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January 7th, 2008
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Thanks everyone, I like a bit of silliness!
Chris thanks for your invaluable tips, I really need help like that. I was surprised at how much I liked the sound of my double tracked voice on the first two lines. I stopped to come up with more words, and when I went back to it, everything sounded different. I've started to keep a recording log, listing settings etc.
I've said it before, I know that the stuff I'm posting is rough, but I'm just really pleased that I've started to work on music again.
I just found out today that I've got four weeks free starting Friday of next week.
Expect to hear a lot from me then!
Ian
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