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Fattonz Just Startin'
Fattonz
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Feb 7, 2009
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Oct 11, 2009 2:55 PM

New Song...November

The lyrics in this song are actually a poem a friend of mine wrote for his wife a few years ago.  My challenge was to fit it to melody while keeping it as original as possible.  As it turns out I didn't change a single syllable.  His wife typically listens to bluesy type rock so I wanted to write in that genre while keeping with the original feel of the poem.  The arrangement is not typical but I think it fits the poem.  I just threw down a scratch vocal as it will be later replaced with my friend's vocal.  He has never sang before so it should be an exciting challenge.  Once complete he will present the recording to his wife as a birthday gift....

 

Critiques welcome

 

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8203304

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • aaron__aardvark Just Startin'
    aaron__aardvark
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    Oct 11, 2009 6:05 PM (in response to Fattonz)
    Re: New Song...November

    Fatonz,

    The song itself is good.  Lead guitar is quite good.  My biggest gripe: some of the vocals are pitchy.  Maybe some sort of pitch correction would help.  It should be a hit with your friend's wife!  I heard Elton John wrote songs to go with Bernie Taupin's lyrics.  I think that would be rather hard.  Don't think I have ever done it (and I have over 230 complete originals recorded).

    • Fattonz Just Startin'
      Fattonz
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      Oct 11, 2009 6:38 PM (in response to aaron__aardvark)
      Re: New Song...November

      Aaron, thanks for the comments.  Vocals are definitely my weakest link.  Ironically this was one of my better performances :-) I have around 20 recordings and this is the first where I actually used no compression at all.

       

        I have been thinking a lot lately about a stand alone editing/pitch correction program that would allow me to record with my DAW, dump the tracks into my PC for editing, then back into the DAW for the mix/mastering process.  I have pitch correction on my recording unit but it sounds unnatural.  With three kids I also don't want to get into anything too expensive.  Would $600-800 get me anything decent, does anyone know?

       

      As far as fitting an existing line of lyric to a melody...at first I thought it was going to be tough.  I actually thought I would be doing tons of re-writing.  However once I had a melody it was just a matter of fleshing out the phrasing...

      • aaron__aardvark Just Startin'
        aaron__aardvark
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        Oct 14, 2009 11:12 PM (in response to Fattonz)
        Re: New Song...November

        Roughly 2 years ago I bought an Antares AVP-1 demo unit for about $340.  I bought it primarily for pitch correction, but it also has some pretty good mic modelling, compression, & some other things.  Sometimes its pitch correction makes things sound better, sometimes worse, sometimes no significant change.  I've heard the newer Antares software (for a computer) is better, some people like Melodyne a lot.  A magazine I read said Melodyne is more difficult to use.

      • mikey1 Just Startin'
        mikey1
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        Jan 24, 2007
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        Oct 15, 2009 11:33 AM (in response to Fattonz)
        Re: New Song...November

        I'd go with Autotune EVO. Easy to use. Subtle to crazy correction. Tons of features. Automated. Fix one note or fix em all. Add vibrato. Use a midi keyboard to set the melody. Change timing, inflecton and dynamics.

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