Song for you--"October Night"

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Song for you--"October Night"

Unread post by jwool » Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:36 pm

hey guys. check out this new song i wrote. im really looking forward to hearing some feedback. thanks very much for listening!

october night: http://www.allwool.net/jeffwool-octobernight.mp3

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Unread post by fatjack » Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:23 pm

interesting song there jwool. i have but one piece of advice: not so much reverb on the vocals. since it was just one guitar and vocals, there is a lot of empty space. because of this, the "rebound" of the voice due to the reverb is really noticeable
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Unread post by acidrain » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:27 pm

hey jwool,
I really like the song.. I honestly can't tell that there's a lot of reverb at all. I think it sounds great.
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Unread post by geekmug » Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:37 pm

I don't mind the reverb really.. but I do have to wonder what you used to produce the reverb? it has a lot of artifacts, and I think this what stands out more than the signal in the bounce. Usually there is some kind of "Smoothness" control on reverb.. I think nudging that slider or value over some will make it sound better. And I think the artifacts are just the high freqs. sticking around a little too long.. While, I am making comments on the sound engineering.. I think the high-end could be rolled-off like 4db around the 14k> area and make it sound better too (entirely subjective). Sorry, these probably aren't the comments you are looking for..

The song itself.. beautiful.. but you probably already knew that being as you seemed to be a seasoned veteran.. I listened to the other songs on your website. Since you are looking for feedback, I figured I'd speak my opinion that your acoustic+electric songs sound like the band is missing.. they all scream "I need bass and drums" .. but they are all wonderful songs, don't get me wrong. good stuff.

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Unread post by longleggedfrog » Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:58 am

I liked it a lot. Great Song. Very different than the norm, but I felt it ended abruptly......and it is a very short song, there could be a small instrumental break in it and let us down in the end a little easier. Again, I really enjoyed it.
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Unread post by epdmb00 » Thu Jul 03, 2003 12:14 pm

Sounds really good, not a finished product but almost there.
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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Thu Jul 03, 2003 12:49 pm

Holy shitballs!!
Couple of suggestions...looooooooooooooooooonger...........
and a wicked jam in the middle would be great..

It reminds me alot of a goo goo dolls tune, NICE!
I on the other hand really like the ending, I would definately keep that..

Great stuff, post some more

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Unread post by epdmb00 » Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:16 pm

Just visited your website and checked out the other stuff, sounds great. I'm on my last year at maryland too. let me know if you get any gigs near school, id love to check it out. go terps!
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Unread post by Roastbeef » Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:33 pm

Wow. :shock: Very impressed. Probably one of the best originals I've heard here. I think the production is very good and the reverb is not too intrusive, IMO. Trippin was right. Kinda like Goo Goo Dolls meets Cry Freedom...

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Unread post by firedancer86 » Fri Jul 04, 2003 2:11 pm

Very proffesional man :D

Congrats...you seem to have the great ability to compose music...you voice sounds perfect for the song, and I would love for you to post more :)

and YES, it would be better longer and if you added anther track to it...I would love to work on a solo track to that!

Great stuff...what are you using for equipment (guitars, mic, recording system etc.)?

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Unread post by jwool » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:21 pm

Hey guys,

Thanks to all that responded and to all that listened. I really appreciate youre comments and suggestions and I look forward to hearing some of your originals.

Firedancer, if you would like to work on a solo track, I would definately love to hear it.

Equipment used for this song:

AT4033 (vocal) > dbx386 > Allen & Heath 16:2 mixer
Taylor314K (direct--Prefix) > mixer
For reverb I used a Lexicon MPX-1
For echo I used the A&H onboard effects
*These 2 channels were recorded live to an Alesis Masterlink ML-9000 with onboard compression.

If anyone is in the Washington, DC area and would like to have their stuff recorded, send me an email and we can work something out. Thanks again for listening. I'll try and post some new ones soon.

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