Re: [linux-audio-user] My First Linux Song

Shayne O'Connor wrote:

>Luke Yelavich wrote:
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>>On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:12:45PM EST, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
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>>>well, it's taken awhile, but i've managed to complete my first song on
>>>linux!
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>>>http://www.machinehasnoagenda.com/downloads/The_Girls_-_The_Sailor.ogg
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>>>(please be kind in any comments - i'm especially open to tips on
>>>mixing/mastering).
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>>One thing that immediately sprang to my attention. Tuning. I found my
>>attension was constantly distracted by the guitar tuning in particular.
>>Fine for the vocals to be how they are, as it can certainly create the
>>right mood for the song, but the mood doesn't carry through if
>>instruments aren't in tune.
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>do you mean the guitar and bass are out of tune with each other, or that
>they're not tuned to the proper pitch?
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>the bass i'm using has more dead notes than a writer's wastebasket, but
>it doesn't bother me that much. i really think the general muddiness,
>and bad levels mentioned by ron parker are more of an issue here ... at
>least that's all that i personally can focus on when i listen back to it
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>(i should say that, to me, this song has more than a bit of a tribute to
>the musical forms of Pavement ... and correct tuning in this context has
>no more relevance than good singing ... )
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>thanx for listening and constructively criticising :)
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>shayne
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Yes the guitar is out of tune a little, but the song has alot of
potential. I really like your style. After listening to it once I kept
humming it all day long.

                   Rick B
Received on Mon Feb 14 08:15:04 2005