May 31, 201015 yr Guitar, vox, piano, bass, three violins, and two cellos. The first song on my album "At Peace At Last," which carries the opus number "0" because it predates my opp. 1-3. Antithing Edited May 31, 201015 yr by SYS65 External Link removed
May 31, 201015 yr Kinda Beatles isn't it ? I think the mix is very good, to hanlde the cellos plus the guitar and piano... The bass is the only one I don't listen well, I think is very weak or behind all the others, I assume is playing the cello part an 8va below, so you can use it louder and with more power, (sounds like a bass with very old strings and few cheap pickups) In the last parts the voice could have a stronger Reverb to expand those loud hign words into a wider sound.
May 31, 201015 yr Author The bass is intentionally "very weak" in the mix, because it's generally doubling one of the cellos or part of the piano. When it comes to production choices like how loud to make the bass or how much reverb to use, I have to factor in the album's other eleven songs. "Antithing" has to sit comfortably next to those. The bass doesn't have cheap pickups - I don't know what to tell you. I was hoping people would remark on the songwriting and not just the mixes, to be honest.
May 31, 201015 yr Yeah, I'm sorry, you're right, I shouldn't have used the "cheap pickups" phrase, is just that those basses sound like that. We (or maybe just me) tent to focus more in the recording (mixing EQs etc) when the member doesn't post the score, now in this section is common not posting the score because very often there is no score at all. To appologize, I listened it again, to give you feedback about the music itself.... I don't know if the style wouldn't recieve this but I would use larger chords having those strings, I mean, that EM could have a major 7th from time to time, so the G#M, and maybe some small countermelodies.
May 31, 201015 yr Author I'll post the score a little later, when I'm able (it covers the strings, but not the other instruments). Thanks for getting back to me. Not surprisingly, I personally disagree about the need for small countermelodies to be added, because the piece is supposed to sound stark. Other songs on the album are more free-flowing and expansive. That may sound like a cop-out, but it's true.
