Wolf-Ray - My Golden Girl - January '12

CharlesFerraro · Post by **CharlesFerraro** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:58 am

This was inspired by my big ol' red nose pitbull http://soundcloud.com/wolf-ray/my-golden-girl

The first pad you hear is from this synth called Alchemy by Camel Audio. Its based off a tutorial by Dan Worrall and I tried reprogramming the patch on the RADIAS and then layered the two for a super pad!

georgeinar · Post by **georgeinar** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:47 pm

Hey, this really sounds good. I like the vocal special-effects, the stuttering effect is good here. The mix is strong in the midrange and upper levels, I'd put a bit more umph to the kick if I was gonna remix this. But I'd say it's a focused and nicely executed. It could even be extended more, maybe take some of your ideas here and expand them, or re-introduce them later on. Nice job once again.

Pumpkin King · Post by **Pumpkin King** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:35 pm

Nice little relaxing tune here. Pretty meditative, and interesting. Yeah, this could easily be extended a bit more, and I think it'd be an advantage to do so since it's so relaxing. I didn't want it to end so soon since it put me in a nice little trance. I think best part of this is the nice synth pads you have flowing in there.

One thing though that I think it needs is chimes here and there.

But yeah, great work man!

CharlesFerraro · Post by **CharlesFerraro** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:41 am

f*ck*ng chimes! really wish I thought of that now.

As for reintroducing ideas, I could have gone and extended this with another verse but the ebb and flow of the song depends on the pads which are pretty repetitive. Two minutes was an okay length to keep it interesting without struggling for ideas and running the risk of monotony.

The two suggestions about the length and kick georgeinar are things I think you've pointed out in the past. I may need to change my mixing habits to bring out the kick more since it and the bass are almost always the first things I start with. When I then focus on the midrange and backings I may turn them up too much resulting in a loss of low end. And I think my songs are generally shorter because I just want to get them done. Don't like spending more than a week on the whole sound design > recording > arrangement > mixdown > master process.

georgeinar · Post by **georgeinar** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:12 pm

ok, a week? (just kidding) A week is the perfect amount of time for an initial draft for a song idea and to test out whether your idea will take wings eventually and fliy. However, as in my case, when I am expecting to develop these germs into actual songs on a cd which I hope will fly off the shelves, then it takes much more time. If you're just practicing and experimenting then a week is a good amount of time, but IMO it is most fun to take each song project as far as it can go, utilizing the various thoughts that come to you later on as you re-listen to them and brainstorm. I am right now going over all my unproduced songs and tweaking a note, or remastering for more bass or a bigger sound, anything to make each song worth it for someone to pay itunes to download and for them to feel that each song is filled with love and care and thoughtfulness and (hopefully) a touch of genius. I've been listening lately to Deadmau5, and their songs are very repetitive and seem simply to repeat maybe 3 times, like the intro developing into a techno beat then dissolves, and this happens 3 times. But it's fun when you're dancing around as there's a lot to sink your dance teeth into. I bet it did get monotonous to the people producing the sound in the studio though. The main thing with their stuff is how good the finished product sounds.