Dreamy Ballad Odd Time Collaboration, FINAL MIX AND COMMENTS Options

[Daniel Realpe]

Hi guys!

I couldn't find a way to upload the file to GMC so I used this website I found:

Final Mix Mp3

Great takes overall! Thank you for participating, it was very fun to listen to your collabs. Here are some comments I wrote when listening to your takes. Off the top of my head.

- Jafomatic: (0:00-0:37)

I enjoyed your bends and slides. The two guitars create a nice effect when they start splitting.
Good job on using the whole stereo spectrum, it really stands out in the mix. The final lick is very expressive with the muting, good job. The tone you got is very sparkly and attacked, very bluesy, sounds good over the BT.

When I laid down the track in my DAW, it didn’t sync perfectly when matching the starting points, I had to move it by watching the start of the wave. Just a detail but worth mentioning.

- Keilnoth: (0:37-1:12)

I liked the turn you did when changing to the second part (in the Am7). The bend to reach the high B was in perfect tune, very expressive!
You seemed a little hesitant when the track comes back to the beginning. At the end the bends are slightly out of tune, careful with that.
The guitar feels a little small with the patch you are using, as if it was coming from a tweed. I don’t know if it is intentional but just so you know. Other amps and other EQ give a bigger sound. Maybe it’s too dark?

Overall I feel that you are a little hesitant. Hit the strings hard and bend them aggressively. At least one time before doing something mellow.

- NoSkill: (1:12-1:48)

You have a rounded melodic idea in your head and come back to it to reinstate it, that makes it easier for the listener to become familiar with the theme, good job!
Try making jumps on the Em scale too, not only up and down.
Don’t be too careful when thinking where the beat is, instead just listen to the BT with more attention and let your hand fall on the beat naturally. I say this because I feel that you are rushing a little bit. Also be more careful muting the strings, I can hear sometimes dirty intervals when two strings ring.

Maybe there’s a need for more brightness in your patch, and less distortion.

- Neurologi: (1:48-2:27)

Good job clarifying the phrases by pausing between them. The delay is set very precisely and gives the nice fugue effect. I like how it fades at the end.
The rhythm is a little off for instance on the third phrase, the starting is out of the pulse.
You used an Em scale, that gives the solo a totally different vibe than pentatonic, good to have as many tools you can use. One thing that might be useful is not always use it up and down but make jumps on the same scale, like the one interval I heard somewhere in there: B-E. There are plenty of lessons in GMC about that.

The tone mainly depends on how you hit the strings, I feel that you are being a little too careful. On the final fast run I can see the intention. You start off pretty good but half way it’s like notes take you by surprise. Plan the whole before you make it, this is what exercises are good for.

For the patch I think it might use some presence so it stands out on the mix. Maybe the delay is affecting some here so one thing I sometimes do is EQing the feedback of the delay so it sounds a lot darker that the original sound source and then they don’t get confused.

- Hammerhead: (2:27-3:02)

I liked how you started with a dissonant interval. Sounds pretty interesting to me. Then you open to an Em scale which “normalizes” the melody giving it a nice effect. The open string licks had a bizarre effect over the backing track in my opinion, good thing.
Loved how you slowed down on the ending part, very nicely done.

The tone used is quite bright, the wah exalts the highs even more, that’s probably one thing to take into consideration.
There’s an slight timing issue at the very end. It’s hard to tell what you wanted to do.

- Skennington: (3:02-3:39)

Your non-musical references were very effective to me. Very well put together, you really painted a scenario in my head!
The intro clean part sounds great with the backing, just perfect. There’s an slight off note on the last part on the lead solo.
The ending slowed phrase was very good to end the solo, rounded the idea very good.

Nice tones both clean and lead.

- Methodseeker: (3:39-4:14)

Props to you for taking risks! You have clear in your head how to sub-divide over this odd signature, good job! You have a good timing sense. Some of the dissonances gave an interesting twist to the idea.

Careful when using dissonances (Although this can be very relative). They have to be treated very carefully, meaning you have to resolve them pretty quickly and not place them on strong beats (This case the 1 - - 4 -). Some of the notes sounded too off. I heard you used the C# somewhere in there, I liked the colour that particular note added to the solo.

The tone you used is much better than first upload although it’s still too thin in my opinion. You could round it up a little more with some EQ and try using compression so that some of the attacks that peak don’t come out as loud and everything sounds more even.

- Maharzan: (4:14-4:49)

I liked the way you rounded an idea. It has a sense and a direction. Very good job on that. I loved how on the second part when the backing track comes back to the beginning you created kind of a climax, it really stands out and makes the solo very expressive.

There’s a slight intonation issue. Some notes seem a little out of tune, I think it’s because you got used to do small bends, it’s good to clarify clearly when you do bends and when the notes are still. Play with no bends just to practice.

The tone you used is a little dark. There’s probably too much reverb, that’ll clear it a little more.

- Dexxter: (4:49-5:22)

Great expressive solo, very good job. I liked the minor seconds sounding harmonically, those dissonances put there stood out.

At the end you sounded a little uncertain, many attacks of the notes were out of the beat, it’s ok when a few are but when many are off beat sounds unorganized.

Very nice lead tone!

- Daniel Realpe: (5:22-6:08)

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