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Hi all Here's a new Celtic-style song, " Listen To Me ". I've added flute and vocal harmonies (with the Helicon Harmony GTX) I know very little of Celtic music, however I really like the feel and sound of it. ANY comments welcome. Best JanR
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Very good work. Very clean sounding. Thanks 4 sharing
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Hi Jan, I thoroughly enjoyed this. You've got an excellent sound happening. I'm always a sucker for things written in 12/8! You've managed the time signature really well. Since you asked for comments, one thing that occurred to me as I listened, and I don't know if it's useful or not, but if this was my recording, I'd bring the vocals a little more forward and drop off a little of the reverb (in the verses in particular). I also found myself wondering if the vocals would benefit from a tad of higher freq. EQ. That's just my two krone's worth of comments  Yep, I really liked this. All the best, Noel
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I enjoyed the contrast in styles here with the celtic thing against a rather rock sounding drum track and I like the flute motif because it’s simple.
Vox slightly indistinct for reasons already mentioned
All in all, an interesting piece, Jan.
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PGFantastic, Noel & mglinert
Thanks a lot for listening and comments.Yeah, tweaking the vox has always been a challenge for me, hence your comments are appreciated. Actually there is no 'clean' reverb on the vox tracks, as I have used stereo delay on this tune.
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That's a very good song, Jan. It lifts well as it goes along and I liked the vocals and panning of the components.
Personal comments, take with a pinch of salt: I think the intro is too long and the whole backing should come in at 00:18 rather than 00:35. Vocals, yes they need a bit of 'air' at 12-15Khz or thereabouts. The delay on the end was a nice touch but it suddenly got cut off which spoiled the fading away effect.
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Hi John
Thanks for listening and and your comments, appreciated. Your thoughts about the lenght of the intro is just right, I agree, but for other reasons I left it there. On basis of the previous advices I remastered the song, adding some air to the whole song, and in my opinion it lifted the tune a bit.
Thanks again John
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Hi Jan, I've just listened to the remastered version. Wow! You've really lifted the song up a few notches with the changes. This version sounds much more engaging! It's an A+ from me All the best, Noel
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I've just listened to the remastered version. Wow! You've really lifted the song up a few notches with the changes. This version sounds much more engaging! It's an A+ from me
All the best,
Noel
Another big A+
Would you mind sharing what your flute soundsource was?
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Hi MarioD Thanks for listening. Yeah, master really matters, not an easy task though  I used the EastWest Goliath library. At start I intended to use the "Irish Low Whistle", which I thought would fit well to the feel of the song, but ended up using the "Flute" from the "Orchestra" library. Thanks for feedback // JanR
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Hi Jan,
Nice. I think this would make a great soundtrack for film/tv.
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Thanks for listening and comments Josie
// JanR
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Hey Rock Celtic is this a first ? I understand that if you pan the vocals slightly to the right the brain will focus on that . Cool song Jan !
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