My most rash ranting ever: We need to record again. This just won't work out.
To start, the drums were bad. They're just not right. And the mere fact that it wasn't recorded as a whole, the fact that the tempo changed at the bridge was just too obvious. There were a lot of missed cymbals, the rolls were bad and the kick drum was wrong at some parts.
The bass recording was an injustice to the newly purchased Yamaha. There were some parts in the chorus where the bass was leading the drums. And the tone wasn't set right (but i'll probably owe this to the lack of a pre-amp.)
The keyboard was high by an octave. It made it difficult for the vocals to sing the song.. there were a lot of flat notes on the vocals because of this. It's probably better to split the keyboard and strings track.
Guitar 1 plainly sucks. The volume wasn't leveled in the intro, and it had a terrible end. Same goes for Guitar 2. Can't hear Guitar 2 between the chorus and the second verse (obviously the strings track was louder and it wasn't in sync with Guitar 2.) I'm owing this to the fact that I've practiced a lot longer than everyone else, but my mistake was the fact that I had limited practice with a guitar that's connected to a good (Marshall MG Series) amp.
Guitar 3 was nowhere to be found. Same goes for Guitar 4.
Vocals was dead. Sounded like she was singing because she was forced to do so. It's the 'need to' or 'have to' rather than 'want to.' She was good in her own right, but it's dull. It's plain. There's just no 'feel' to it.
Now you know why there has to be an emergency meeting. And I'd like to remind everyone that we only have two weeks left.
If it's just the effort, we'll probably win this contest--but that's not what they're looking for. If we wanted them to see our efforts, we won't give them a song.. we'll give them a rant. These people are obviously looking for results and I believe that with the kind of performance we had last weekend, we're just not taking their expectation seriously.
It's time we get serious. It's no time for burning out. It's about time we stand up and tell them--'we're the best band there is.'
Sabi nga ni Master, parang magkaiba tayo lahat ng key. Masyado mataas si Master at masyado ako mababa. At parang putol-putol yung song sa ilang parts. I mean, kung pakikinggan mo yung original, may flow at laging may nangyayari na magical (for me) sa background (I think effects yun ng keyboard hehe). Ayun.. Huhu panu ba panu ba pataasin ang boses.. haay...
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