Hi guys, we are releasing our first original song. Since it is difficult for all four of us to get together and record, I did everything myself. Constructive criticism is more than welcome.

This is my first time writing, producing, mixing, and everything else that goes along with creating a track. We really hope you guys like it. Thank you for your time.

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Thank you for the kind words, stratdancer. I know I have a long way to go, but luckily I only do this as a hobby. I will keep making tweaks and edits as I learn more.

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I like the dreamy quality of the song, and the guitars are great in terms of sound and mixing.

I do have two suggestions. First, the drums could use some more fills to make things more interesting. Second, I think the bass sound needs to be tweaked a good bit. Admittedly, I need to listen to this through headphones or much better speakers, but the bass didn't sound full enough or powerful enough to carry the low end of the song.

Thank you for the feedback, edwardsand and montereyjack66. I couldn't agree with you guys more about the drums needing more fills, etc... Programming the drums was a challenge, but I will continue to improve and hopefully it will make the song sound better.

As far as the bass, I can definitely make it sound fuller and more powerful. I will say, listening through some high quality headphones, the bass does sound much, much better than listening through an iPhone or a laptop. Having said that, I will definitely make some changes to it this weekend.

Again, thank you so much for the feedback. This is exactly what I needed to improve and make our song internet radio playable!

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^ Yeah drum tracks are a pain, it took me like three days making one drum backing track. Even then not perfect yet, its hard to find drum pattern combinations that will groove or match up with the rhythm of the song. That takes a while too find.

Not bad for a first stab at recording. I hear the surf beat.

The drums could be louder, instrumental surf always featured the drum kit big in the mix. I couldn't hear the bass either if there is one. Could boost both up in the mix to me

Reminds me of Bullwinkle or some song like that. Sounds like a D minor key type surf song with the root note on the A string at 5th fret etc.... lots of surf songs like that. Nice job. Recording is hard to do.

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More great comments and advice from you guys. I did listen to it on other devices, and I definitely needed to make some tweaks. Also, I added the bass to both channels, and made it sound much louder and fuller.

I also raised the volume on the drums. I will work more on the drum pattern as soon as I get some free time. I am happy to make more adjustments if you guys think I need to.

You guys are right, it does kind of have a Bullwinkle vibe. However, I hope it has a good deal of originality to it, as I put a lot of thought into the lead, bridge, etc... Thanks again!

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Thank you, imafunkyman!

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Ok my above post sounded harsh.
I appoligise.
Sorry I didn't mean to be derogatory toward your efforts of song writing.

the chord progression sounded like a song I had heard before, and that is common in music now days.
Mea culpa.

"SixStringSurfer wrote:

Hi Joelman, I didn't take what you wrote in a bad way at all. I really appreciate you taking the time to listen to it. Let's face it, the song is very basic, and the mixing is mediocre at best. The chords are A minor, D minor, and E minor.

Some people IRL have not been as polite and/or constructive as everyone has been on this forum. I appreciate all the comments in this thread, and will definitely try to do better on my next song."

First please let me say I liked you song. For doing it all by yourself I say bravo! It's an big effort to produce , play, record, filter, and publish a song all by yourself.

Second as a critic of it I would humbley suggest nothing,,,,but doing it again with another song. The more you do it the better you will be.

As for myself. I'm 70 yrs old. I've heard a lot of music. Everything sounds familiar. And my productions in the last three yearly comps that I've offered here are nothing to brag about either. Just an old man in his bedroom at a computer trying to be young again.

I've recently learned of the method of reversing the structure of a song to achieve a new song. It seemed like stealing to me, but upon though. I think. Why not? It's all just audio mathematics anyway.

Don't get slowed down by old men trying to be experts. Keep making your music. I'll be happy to listen to it. Believe me I've heard a whole lot worse than your song. At least your sounds like surf.

Joel

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Really didn't want to selfishly bump this thread, but I couldn't help it. Joe from The Eliminators e-mailed me a few days ago, and said he really liked "Late Night Surf." His exact words were "nice tune, very surfy and cool." That really made my week!

Speaking of which, it has been a rough couple of weeks for me as I caught the virus. I was rushed to the emergency room because I couldn't breath, and had a slew of other symptoms. Anyway, that's another topic for another thread. Hope everybody is well!

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