Tagged: acoustic, critique, instrumental, singer songwriter
- This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 11 months ago by Michael Nickolas.
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Raman777Participant
Hi MLR community,
I’ve been a satisfied customer of MLR for a few years and though I don’t usually post anything, I’ve garnered a lot of helpful information from all of you who post reviews about your experience with the music library world on this site. I recently finished recording a short instrumental cue and I would love to hear your feedback on it.
— Raman
Michael NickolasParticipantHi Raman, I like your cue. It’s a pleasure to hear some real emotion in a piece of library music (you can’t go wrong tuning down the sixth string to a low D). I was just listening to some recent releases from a big library and was thinking how it all sounds the same, sounds written only to sell. On the other hand, my sentimental/emotional pieces aren’t big sellers. Clients seem to love their uptemo, feelgood inspirational tracks.
You have some noise in your recording, probably pre-amp hiss from your input device. Something to look into.
Raman777ParticipantMichael,
Thanks for taking the time to listen and send me feedback.
I’ve also noticed a preference among music libraries for uptempo cues. They tend to catch the listener’s attention more quickly than downtempo cues and don’t demand as much prolonged concentration. I certainly don’t mean to say that writing uptempo instrumentals is easier than writing slower pieces. In fact, I incline towards writing slow to midtempo reflective pieces and find it quite difficult to play faster musical compositions.
As for the hissing sound in the first third of Heartbeats, I intentionally placed that pseudo-gramophone sound effect there. It fades out as the central part of the cue begins. My wife didn’t care for that sound effect; she found it distracting.
Thanks again for your reply.
Michael NickolasParticipantI intentionally placed that pseudo-gramophone sound effect there
I remember once in one of my educational songwriting projects for children I used a kazoo. I thought it was a great idea for a song for kids. The client asked me to remove “that buzzy sounding thing”. 🙂
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