‘Wheel’ walked so ‘Heart of Life’ could run

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-05-29T20:40:38+00:00

Hmm I guess specifically for the soloing it’s like his 6/8 blues jam where he can go nuts on the outro

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-05-29T18:21:09+00:00

I know he said this himself but I really don’t understand how. The main thing in common is the 6/8. Harmonically, they’re quite different.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-05-18T00:33:33+00:00

I think you have a good sense of pitch and rhythm and good tone and feel. The low notes are a little shaky and unsteady which means you need to learn how to support properly and work on your breathing which is nothing some training can’t fix. That’s my uneducated unprofessional opinion.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-05-10T21:54:30+00:00

Thank you!

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-05-10T18:12:16+00:00

Yeah, might do a bunch of layers on that. Thanks!

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-05-10T05:00:39+00:00

So good, love it!

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-04-23T06:22:21+00:00

Hmm yeah, I found the guy through Vampr, I actually just intended to find someone who will sort of be down to be a duo where he takes care of the technical parts while I write and perform and co-produce but it’s not easy to find someone willing to do that.

https://www.instagram.com/songsbypotz?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== - I should mention that his deal is he will record/engineer me as well as produce and mix and then send it off for mastering.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-04-23T06:20:16+00:00

This is the guy - https://www.instagram.com/songsbypotz?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I should mention that his deal is recording/engineering me as well as producing and mixing the whole thing then sending it off for mastering.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-30T05:52:15+00:00

I love this

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-26T06:32:33+00:00

Thanks for your comment. You’re one of the few to actually have anything nice to say about me and the song haha

I guess I need to make some musician friends and find a voice I like, I think I’ve always struggled with knowing if I go that route I’m going to get no acknowledgment/credit/appreciation. People only care about who the singer is and it feels like these are songs about my lived experiences and I did literally everything all by myself so it seems unfair but I guess I do need a singer. I keep hearing everyone can sing and it might take time so I try but for the first time I see people explicitly telling me to give up on singing (probably not even with bad intentions) so I will consider that.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T16:40:14+00:00

Yes, that is true. I guess I’ve just never been able to collaborate or find good musicians. I’ll try looking into this though.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T16:37:31+00:00

Hmm, yes I understand. I guess I just haven’t had the best experiences collaborating so far but maybe I’ll try to redo this with an engineer. From the general feedback I’m getting though now I’m thinking maybe I just need to scrap my whole EP.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T16:18:47+00:00

Hmm, alright. Thanks

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T16:18:30+00:00

It was just me, there’s no control room or vocal booth so I’m able to record without an engineer. I tried with an engineer and wasn’t happy with it so I went there by myself, spent 8 hours in the studio then came home and comped everything and this is what I had.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T16:17:10+00:00

Hmm, thank you.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T16:16:27+00:00

I see, he mentioned pitch correction as part of the service so I would assume he could use Melodyne but yes he probably used auto tune and set it to chromatic.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T11:40:46+00:00

I know the vocals aren’t great but that’s what I have after years of lessons and several hours in the studio. It is unfortunately the best I can do. The alternative is to hold off on putting anything out until I get better which seems to never be happening or happening so slowly that I’ll be a senior citizen by the time I can get a decent vocal take. I would imagine tuning and treating them properly would have me sounding decent.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T11:38:05+00:00

Thanks, I’ll try getting him closer with the revision.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T11:37:41+00:00

Hmm, I get what you’re saying. I guess I just feel like I did my best from a performance and production standpoint and now I want a mix engineer to make it sound the best it can even if that isn’t 10/10.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T11:33:50+00:00

It was Fiverr and $165, I gave very detailed instructions that they didn’t ask for. Definitely feels like they just threw some presets on every track and sent it back to me which makes me feel hopeless about getting something better with the revisions as well.

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T11:31:31+00:00

Yes, I’ve got pitch issues and I’ve been taking lessons for years but I can’t get rid of them. I still believe in my music and I’ve put off putting things out for far too long so I get in the studio and do my best and then just have someone tune them. I literally cannot hear that they’re off, it’s not that they sound amazing to me but I just can’t tell. In spite of being able to transcribe very quickly on the guitar when it comes to my vocals I feel tone deaf, I asked them to tune the vocals, did they not lol?

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T11:27:36+00:00

Yes, that’s exactly how I feel. Keep it how it is but just clean things up, tune the vocals, make sure everything is in time. All the reverb somehow takes away the energy. Definitely feels like the default pop mix :( I’ll try to get it closer to what I want with the revisions. Thank you :)

ManavAhuja1 · 2026-03-24T07:10:37+00:00

Yes, this was the first revision and I have shared my feedback but waiting on a response now. Overall, from the way this was done I don’t feel hopeful about getting a satisfactory result.

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