New song - Hiss'story

[Romain Xavier]

Hi Andy and thank you !
You are not the first to tell me that my voice sounds a bit like Bowie but it s ok :-P  
About the fade out you have a point … 

>  There's a lovely swoopy sound at 2:09 that's really great, but is a little buried.


I did it in purpose because they are quite harsh sounds (Middle + High freq)  and I was afraid to put too many sounds in the spectrum at this  time.
Also depending on the speakers I checked on,  they were sometimes coming out too loud and I wanted to avoid this as possible.
So they are there but not here … I recall Joost liked those ear candy too .. :)

For the two-note xylophone-ish issue you mentioned, it does the same to me … it s a bit to much :(  I will try what you mentioned.
True : a middle 8 is definitely missing but I don’t think I will add this to this song  … 

Thank you again for your inputs ! 

Romain 




> On 13 Jan 2020, at 21:52, Andrew Robinson <andrew at bml.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I really, really like this one. The production and the vocals in particular are great, there are hints of Bowie in there at times. I love the spacious mix, and the way the percussion uses the stereo field. No frequency or distortion/saturation issues at all,I think you've nailed the mix perfectly.
> 
> Criticisms, if I have to... the fade-out is to early and too fast. I'd like to hear at least a couple of bars of the outro before the fade, which eats into the last chorus at the moment. There's a lovely swoopy sound at 2:09 that's really great, but is a little buried. More like that over a longer outro might be a good recipe?
> 
> The two-note xylophone-ish sound all the way through did start to annoy me a little on about my 3rd consecutive listen, not a big issue, but maybe try dropping out out for the choruses so it lifts the verses?
> 
> I like Jay's idea of a middle 8, that would being it up to normal pop song length. A good place for a guitar solo maybe, or have the xylophone-ish sound break it's 2 note pattern for a bit?
> 
> - Andy_R
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 22:22, Romain Xavier <xtechcode at gmail.com <mailto:xtechcode at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi everyone !
> 
> Here a song that made in the end of last year.
> 
> I must thanks Joost for giving me small feedback before to send the song here,  Thanks dude !  
> 
> The song has a simple structure : Intro - Versus - Chorus - Versus - Chorus - End
> It is not too long and it is not too short (2 min 47)
> 
> I spent quite some time to mix and master the song all by myself, and I think it translates quite ok to different monitors :) 
> However, I am curious to know what you think about it  eg : if the voices are to loud,  or if there are some freq (Low, Low Mid, Mid, Hi Mid, Hi Freq)  bothering you, if it s distorted / saturated too much  etc  … 
> 
> Gears used : 
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> Logic Pro  Synth : Alchemy, ES E, Sculpture, Drums
> Yamaha Ex5
> Guitar (Rocktron Chameleon)
> Bass 
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> Cheers !
> 
> Romain 
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