Re: [LAU] New music: Shoegaze

Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:
>
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, James Stone wrote:
>
>> Here is my last track of the year (although probably not finished).
>> Early 90's shoegaze style with lots of nods in the direction of the
>> likes of My Bloody Valentine, and probably/maybe some Goth influences
>> too??
>
> Pretty nice... thanks for sharing.
>
>> One thing I'm not totally happy with is the "fizzy" distortion. I think
>> this might just be a result of using the computer rather than a valve
>> amp, but I'm particularly interested in improving this aspect...
>
> Especially after listening to the MBV link you posted, I think you're
> pretty close with this sound. (I'll call it the "guitar" part... even
> though I think it's a synth.) Prob. all you need to do is turn down the
> mids... maybe add a stereo delay with a very short delay (20-100 ms),
> and a different delay time for L/R. (BTW, I'm a guitar player...)
>

Thanks for listening! The main problem with the distortion sound is that
there are no highs - I have to cut them as they are just digital
distortion - and very unpleasant. I will have a tweak with things as you
suggest and see if I can get it a bit better.

> Also, I think you need to turn up the bass and the drum parts a lot
> (compared to your distortion sound). Maybe for the bass part, take off
> the distortion. This may mean you have to turn down the "guitar" part a
> little bit. Also consider adding a little more motion to the bass line.
>

OK.. sounds good.

> The vocals being a little low is fine... but they should maybe stand out
> a /little/ more. If you turn down the mids on the "guitar" part... I
> think it will help in this area, too.
>
> I like the reverb on the drums a lot. :-)
>

Thanks!

James
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Received on Sun Dec 20 04:15:02 2009