1st uk garage demo
Yo guys. Here's a quick uk garage demo I've done with my sister aka Zozu on vocals. Very early stages. Let me know what you think. Hope you enjoy!!
Yo guys. Here's a quick uk garage demo I've done with my sister aka Zozu on vocals. Very early stages. Let me know what you think. Hope you enjoy!!
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I cant hear the singing at all on my phone (im out out)
Agree with @5pinlink re: genre
This sounds a lot more like the 4/4 US garage style started by labels like Strictly Rhythm in the early-to-mid 1990s. UK garage (which didn't properly start until late 1996/7) was always more of a 2-step rhythm, except for the (mostly-awful) 'speed garage' era from 1997-1999.
Todd Edwards (US producer) is a good example of the 4/4 gospel-influenced bouncy garage that helped kick-start the UK scene. And that earworm of a track by Tina Moore (Never Gonna Let You Go) in the late 90s is probably where the 2-step trend started in the UK.
There's a brilliant site all about the history of US/UK garage here:
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/the-history-of-the-uk-garage-family-tree and also http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/90s-garage-us-uk-connection
All of this is a long-winded way of saying that your track (as nice as it is coming along) is not really UK garage. I also agree that the vocals are too recessed.
Aaaah Todd (the god) edwards, I hate all of these genres to be honest, but the pitching and triggering he did on vocals was off the f******g chain !!
Re: your production skills - Nice one!
imho, the bassline could come down 1 db (and/or get side-chained to the kick maybe?) and the vocals could come up 1 db
Here's the 2nd demo guys. Let me know what you think!!!
Anyone feeling it?
It sounds high quality to me, I can’t comment on the song itself, I don’t like UK garage sorry.
No worries. Anyone else?
No worries thanks for taking the time to listen to it. Anyone else feeling this or not lol?
@The_Bro
It's catchy, but could be considered a little repetitive for modern tastes - however it does nail that 90s Strictly Underground early house sound (whether intentional or not)
If you're keen to get more genre-specific feedback, it might be worth posting this in House & Garage web communities, or submitting it to SoundCloud groups of a similar nature.
The people who post here on Intua represent many different styles of music, and whilst we're all happy to comment on the technical side, it can be a bit harder for us to judge if it's a good track.
No worries thanks for taking the time to listen to it mate.
I'd give the vocals some further processing love, they sound recorded in the closet. On desktop I'd recommend http://www.voxengo.com/product/voxformer/ for iOS I'd look at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-rack-fx-vocal-effects-processor/id950058913?mt=8
They were recorded in the side room not quite the closet but close enough lol!!
Try the bathroom, you get a free reverb