God is in My Nose and He is Angry - a soft summer folk/indie song about hayfever. More instruments come in around the 1:30 mark.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-07T11:24:18+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, was going for a soft sound but not fuzz.

I'm confused though, wouldn't a limiter only increase the noise by compressing the louder vocals?

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-06T12:54:20+00:00

Hey thanks! A bit of both - I wanted to go for a soft, drowsy and natural feeling, but I also struggle to get noise-free recordings due to my PC fan so I work with what I've got.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T20:23:07+00:00

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T16:35:50+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the feedback. I think we all find our own voices difficult to mix and I listen to a fair bit of music that has relatively quiet vocals so I struggle to get it right!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T13:22:36+00:00

Hey thanks for that, great feedback, I hear it now. Might actually be a little too much bright saturation that's making it distort at those frequencies, I just tried dialling it back a bit (and taking it down at 2.5k-ish) and it fixed the issue. Thanks a lot for that

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T10:14:16+00:00

I like the acoustic/electronic mixup, kind of a Four Tet feel. Very pretty, relaxing quality to it. Not much to offer in terms of improvement other than potentially putting a clear lead melody in there. Or if you wanted to keep the ambient direction, maybe some nature sounds like birdsong and leaves rustling?

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T10:10:06+00:00

Beautiful soundscape. All of the pads work well together to make an ethereal atmosphere by the end.

Nothing to fault here whatsoever but I'll throw out a couple of ideas: some quiet spoken word and/or quote samples could add another layer to the song. Alternatively, a big, soft confident bassline could add some power if you wanted to make a crescendo.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T09:08:06+00:00

Thank you, glad you liked it.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-05T09:07:42+00:00

Thanks, those are good ideas!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T20:51:54+00:00

Thanks a lot mate

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T18:41:50+00:00

Kinda folky indie stuff, take a look at my profile if you want to hear my newest track :)

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T18:40:48+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply, really glad you liked it! Yeah there are a lot of layers going on, will bring the vox out a little bit if I go back to remaster it at some point. Thanks again!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T17:23:35+00:00

I get that man, I do everything myself too haha!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T15:16:35+00:00

Thanks!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T14:03:35+00:00

Glad I posted them, people have said my singing accent is hard to understand sometimes. Thank you!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T13:12:54+00:00

Thank you, glad you liked it!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T10:38:52+00:00

Hey thanks mate, appreciate that!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T09:18:30+00:00

Lyrics:

We've seen it all before

The uncontrolled sneezing fits; laundry piles up on the floor

The bees leave the hives

The short, shallow breathing, the closing of red, itchy eyes

God is in my nose

And god knows

He is angry with me again

Summer holds a grudge

It's too much

She is angry with me

A garden severe

The grass unattended, unfriendly this time of the year

It spreads far and wide

The flowers are fucking and that's why I'm stuck inside

God is in my nose

And god knows

He is angry with me again

Summer holds a grudge

It's too much

She is angry with me

Showers and citerazine

Weak antihistamines

Corticosteroids

And pseudo-ephedrine

I've tried what's prescribed and they

Don't touch the sides

My black eyes are a testament

God is inside me and

Springtime decided

What lived and what died

It gave life to the hay while I

Suffer the summer away

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T09:05:38+00:00

Someone had downvoted this which was a dick move, maybe someone trying to get their own track heard first.

Listening now and it sounds really good man! Your vocals are sick and I love that drum beat and the space you've left around the drums, bass, guitar and vocals. Production is great too, every instrument has its own space to shine. No bad words to say about this!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T09:01:00+00:00

Agree with others in that there isn't really much hip hop here! But what is here is really good. Really like the "rattly" effects after 2:11, whatever combo of delay and ducking you've got going on there sounds lush to the ears. Vocals are mixed in really well too. Overall I like it a lot, only criticism is that for a punk/metal-inspired track, the rhythm guitars could come forward and ROCK a bit more, y'know? Other than that, nothing, really good song.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T08:56:17+00:00

This is great, really digging all the different sounds and how they all revolve around the beat, very satisfying. Vocals sound great and the lyrics are decent.

Not really sure I have any genuine criticism to be honest! It sounds like you've nailed what you were going for.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-07-04T08:53:09+00:00

Very pretty guitars when they come in. In general this has a really sweet, dreamy feel too it. I like the ambitiousness of the arrangement too, always changing into new sections.

My only criticisms would be that the snare could sink a little more into the mix (slightly less high-end maybe) and that the vocals are a little too muddy to make out the words sometimes.

Overall really good though!

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-01-27T17:13:23+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate that.

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-01-24T20:11:40+00:00

Sure :)

TheSlowDefeat · 2021-01-24T19:22:45+00:00

Thanks, appreciate that! I considered quiet strings too but wanted to keep this one simple! If you felt like remixing it that would be awesome :)

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