www.soundclick.com/neilrutman I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! Any comments welcome. Thanks, Neil R
On 13/04/2010 15:36, Neil Rutman wrote: > www.soundclick.com/neilrutman > > I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times though > I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if > Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! > > Any comments welcome. > > Thanks, > > Neil R > > Very slick and catchy. I was almost scared off by the spiritual stuff - but this is great ;-) "Catchy" is a word I'd use - incl. the chord changes, modulations, arrangement etc. -- =========== John Braner http://cdbaby.com/cd/JohnBraner http://www.soundclick.com/johnbraner
The killer robot "Neil Rutman" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > www.soundclick.com/neilrutman > > I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times > though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - > however if Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not > object! Cool song Neil! It does sound similar to contemporary Christian music. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Re: Who's Got My Back? "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message news:... > www.soundclick.com/neilrutman > > I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times though > I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if > Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! Nice tune Neil! > Any comments welcome. Bag the synthetic horns. They sound out of place to my ear. And how the heck do you drive south on I-95 from LA? Poly
Re: Who's Got My Back? Thanks Glennbo & Poly. Believe it or not these are NOT synthetic horns but they were sped up as was drums and a few other parts. I needed to do some processing so that the horns didn't sound to affected by the tempo change. Neil R "polymod" <> wrote in message news:4bc4c859$0$4990$... > > "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message > news:... >> www.soundclick.com/neilrutman >> >> I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times > though >> I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if >> Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! > > Nice tune Neil! > >> Any comments welcome. > > Bag the synthetic horns. They sound out of place to my ear. > > And how the heck do you drive south on I-95 from LA? > > Poly > >
Re: Who's Got My Back? The killer robot "Neil Rutman" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > I needed to do some processing so that the horns didn't sound to > affected by the tempo change. The tool that will let you speed up or slow down tempo without introducing munchkin or demon artifacts is Reaper. Actually, to be 100% accurate it's "Elastique", which Reaper uses for it's pitch stretching algorithm. http://www.zplane.de/index.php?page=description-elastique Using the Elastique pitch stretching in Reaper, I've changed tempos and keys by way more than you'd ever think you could get away with, and it still sounded natural. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Re: Who's Got My Back? "how the heck do you drive south on I-95 from LA?" I cut out the verse about heading east on I 15. Neil R "polymod" <> wrote in message news:4bc4c859$0$4990$... > > "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message > news:... >> www.soundclick.com/neilrutman >> >> I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times > though >> I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if >> Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! > > Nice tune Neil! > >> Any comments welcome. > > Bag the synthetic horns. They sound out of place to my ear. > > And how the heck do you drive south on I-95 from LA? > > Poly > >
Re: Who's Got My Back? "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message news:... > Thanks Glennbo & Poly. Believe it or not these are NOT synthetic horns but > they were sped up as was drums and a few other parts. I needed to do some > processing so that the horns didn't sound to affected by the tempo change. Ooops! Thanks for the correction Neil. They just sounded weird to my deaf piano tuning ears <g> Poly
Re: Who's Got My Back? Poly you have great ears and I take the comment very seriously about the horns. Nobody wants to hear that their real horns sound fake. I'll hear what others have to say on this matter. Neil R "polymod" <> wrote in message news:4bc50377$0$22543$... > > "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message > news:... >> Thanks Glennbo & Poly. Believe it or not these are NOT synthetic horns >> but >> they were sped up as was drums and a few other parts. I needed to do some >> processing so that the horns didn't sound to affected by the tempo >> change. > > Ooops! Thanks for the correction Neil. They just sounded weird to my deaf > piano tuning ears <g> > > Poly > >
Re: Who's Got My Back? > I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times > though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if > Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! Neil, Stuck around & listened to the whole list--enjoyed it! Thanks for the post. Lamar
For the most part this sounds great. Only thing that bugged me was the horn section. The arrangement felt like it was for real horns, but the sounds sounded synthy. Having since read other comments in this thread, I see they were actually real horns but sped up. Unfortunately, knowing that doesn't make them sound any less synthy. Not sure how you sped them up (I only skimmed the rest of the thread, so it's possible I missed that), but I'd suggest trying other possibilities in case it was the method that was the issue rather than just that they were sped up. If you've got monophonic tracks instead of just a submixed section, perhaps it might be worth seeing if V-Vocal might help, playing with the formant controls to see if that affects the result. (I guess you'd have to do that on the already sped up tracks at this point, but maybe adding a slight "Darth Vader"-direction effect to try and reverse the chipmunk effect might help.) Similarly, playing around with AudioSnap rendering algorithms, whether the tracks are monophonic or polyphonic, might be worthwhile. (In that case, you'd probably need to go back to the original speed tracks, AudioSnap enable them, then do the speed up and try different types of rendering for bounces.) Short of finding a fix for the speeding up results, I'd suggest either having them redone (even with really good quality fake horns like those from Sample Modeling) or replacing the part with a part that works with a more synthetic sound. Rick -- ======================================= Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Web: www.RickPaul.info MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic ======================================= "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message news:... > www.soundclick.com/neilrutman > > I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times > though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if > Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! > > Any comments welcome. > > Thanks, > > Neil R >
Re: Who's Got My Back? "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message news:... > "how the heck do you drive south on I-95 from LA?" > > I cut out the verse about heading east on I 15. LOL ! ! ! Poly
Thanks for the comments Lamar and Rick! Neil R "Rick Paul" <> wrote in message news:... > For the most part this sounds great. Only thing that bugged me was the > horn section. The arrangement felt like it was for real horns, but the > sounds sounded synthy. Having since read other comments in this thread, I > see they were actually real horns but sped up. Unfortunately, knowing > that doesn't make them sound any less synthy. > > Not sure how you sped them up (I only skimmed the rest of the thread, so > it's possible I missed that), but I'd suggest trying other possibilities > in case it was the method that was the issue rather than just that they > were sped up. If you've got monophonic tracks instead of just a submixed > section, perhaps it might be worth seeing if V-Vocal might help, playing > with the formant controls to see if that affects the result. (I guess > you'd have to do that on the already sped up tracks at this point, but > maybe adding a slight "Darth Vader"-direction effect to try and reverse > the chipmunk effect might help.) Similarly, playing around with AudioSnap > rendering algorithms, whether the tracks are monophonic or polyphonic, > might be worthwhile. (In that case, you'd probably need to go back to the > original speed tracks, AudioSnap enable them, then do the speed up and try > different types of rendering for bounces.) > > Short of finding a fix for the speeding up results, I'd suggest either > having them redone (even with really good quality fake horns like those > from Sample Modeling) or replacing the part with a part that works with a > more synthetic sound. > > Rick > -- > ======================================= > Rick Paul > Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) > Web: www.RickPaul.info > MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic > ======================================= > > > "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message > news:... >> www.soundclick.com/neilrutman >> >> I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times >> though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however >> if Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! >> >> Any comments welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Neil R >> >
Re: Who's Got My Back? New mix up that I'm pretty happy with. Thanks for the feedback. www.soundclick.com/neilrutman Neil R "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message news:... > www.soundclick.com/neilrutman > > I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times > though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however if > Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! > > Any comments welcome. > > Thanks, > > Neil R >
Re: Who's Got My Back? Mix sounds great. I'm not a big fan of the electric piano-like solo, which seems to lose some energy. The sound feels a bit too sine-wavy, maybe more like an FM electric piano than a real one, and the combination of the sound and playing (a bit too straight? perhaps quantized???) seem to me to lose intensity. I think it is better without the brass, though. Rick -- ======================================= Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Web: www.RickPaul.info MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic ======================================= "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message news:... > New mix up that I'm pretty happy with. Thanks for the feedback. > > www.soundclick.com/neilrutman > > Neil R > > "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message > news:... >> www.soundclick.com/neilrutman >> >> I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times >> though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however >> if Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! >> >> Any comments welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Neil R >> > >
Re: Who's Got My Back? Thanks Rick! Neil R "Rick Paul" <> wrote in message news:... > Mix sounds great. I'm not a big fan of the electric piano-like solo, > which seems to lose some energy. The sound feels a bit too sine-wavy, > maybe more like an FM electric piano than a real one, and the combination > of the sound and playing (a bit too straight? perhaps quantized???) seem > to me to lose intensity. I think it is better without the brass, though. > > Rick > > -- > ======================================= > Rick Paul > Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) > Web: www.RickPaul.info > MySpace: www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic > ======================================= > > > "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message > news:... >> New mix up that I'm pretty happy with. Thanks for the feedback. >> >> www.soundclick.com/neilrutman >> >> Neil R >> >> "Neil Rutman" <> wrote in message >> news:... >>> www.soundclick.com/neilrutman >>> >>> I am spiritual and like to address some religious questions at times >>> though I am not a Christian songwriter (nor am I a Christian) - however >>> if Christian radio wanted to play this song I would not object! >>> >>> Any comments welcome. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Neil R >>> >> >> >
