Boo Audacity, Hooray Music!

[Evil]

I've been trying to record some of my music for ages. I finally got the hang of Audacity and mastered some of my recording techniques, and got something that I think is pretty polished. Audacity has crashed at least five times while working on this, losing almost half of my progress each time, so it's progressively gotten better. No drums at my disposal, and I didn't want to bother to match midi drums to the whole thing, because the time slows in some parts.

Critic anything and everything you want. I might, very likely, redo all of it. So anything would be great.

Strings

And I know I personally don't listen to music people post. But it's not midi! Hooray mp3!


Lyrics:

I'm not trying to be
anything extra. Ordinary
things will put me out of
place.

Now I start to see
that none of your tunes are too happy.
I still don't know why.

Oh,
you don't have to
prove yourself,
improve yourself or
dilute yourself with him
like you do with me.

I can't scream and
shout
because you won't even
talk this out with
me.

I've tried to seek the truth about
writing special things about
you, because my words don't
compare.

"It's no big surprise.
Just open your ears and shut your eyes
and things will write out in your mind."

Go ahead and burn the bridges, fence the ridges.
Wash your hands of me.
But you know I won't
watch you let me go.

Tears and drama,
fame and fortune,
keys and strings,
And the girls that cause them.

"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words,
how wonderful life is," is what she heard
"Oh, now Boy, that won't be
me."

"Life's a bitch and bittersweet.
Love is her pup and she's in heat.
And you can take this all from me."


Extra credit to anyone that can name the two song references in the lyrics.

[auriond]

I actually loved this song. You have a good voice though you sound a little tentative in here, but I'm sure that's a result of the whole home recording experience. As you record more songs I hope your voice will get stronger and surer.

On the second line, if I did not have your lyrics to refer to, I would have guess that you were singing:

"I'm not trying to be anything/extraordinary/things will put me out of place".

Though I'm not saying that's bad - it's just a bit of ambiguity there.

I like especially that you tried the harmony. It sounds like it could be wonderful - I'm a great fan of harmony singing, whatever that's called. However you do need to get the timing a little tighter. I understand that it's really difficult to do that, but with a bit of practise it should come out fine.

In summary, again, I loved it, and I look forward to more of your songs.

The "burning bridges" line reminded me of one of Justin King's songs, but then that phrase always does.

[Chicky]

Amazing voice Evil! Love it! Lyrics are great too, specially love the 'Life's a bitch and bittersweet. Love is her pup and she's in heat.'

[Da_Elf]

audacity? never heard of it. im a nuendo person myself. however thats due to the fact that i need 5.1 surround sound capability and pro-tools doesnt do that unless you get the HD series which is the top end pro-tools version and costs a crap load.

[fovmester]

I like it very much! I actually found myself singing along near the end of the song! That means I liked it very much. Nice guitar play too, although it was not completely in beat at times.

You have a good voice, and one can hear that it has potential. But to give you some constructive criticism, it sounds like you are holding back and not singing out completely. This is actually a common mistake many people do; they try to sing with feeling so they hold back. But doing that makes your voice sound unsteady, and there are some notes that is not quite in tune. So, my advice is to always sing from your stomach, try to keep your voice as steady as possible. You will find out that you will sound better, and might even discover that you can hit a higher register than you thought you could.