My first prototype was a demo I recorded and mixed. I will go over some of the feedback I received and how I am reacting to it.
- To much distortion on the vocals. They don’t sound human.
- I need to consider how accessible I want the project to sound. Making the vocals sound more clear could make it sound better to a larger audience. I need to consider and balance how I want the project will sound with “pop” production. I don’t want this to be inaccessible to the average music listener. I lowered the made the vocals more clean in the newest mix.
- Make the vocal passages closer together to make the song more engaging.
- I don’t think I’ll change the structure of this song, but this is a good thing to keep in mind as I continue writing songs.
- The drums sound distant.
- Right now the drums are electronic, I will have a real drummer rerecord it next month. There is reverb on the drums which gives them a distant feel.
- There isn’t enough low end (bass).
- I was not happy with the bass tone. I was having a lot of trouble getting it to sound right. I checked out some books about mixing from the library and tried different approaches to mixing the bass. I highly compressed the low end of the bass to reduce some of the problems I was having with it.