Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

In my experience, good composition will overcome a lot
of poor production.  I hate to suggest it, especially
without hearing it, but perhaps you should look at the
music in the intro and work on making it more
interesting.  I can think of many tracks that open
with nothing more than piano and vocal that no one
considers so boring as to not be worth listening to,
so it is unlikely to be your instrument choice that is
causing the problem.  Good production can certainly
increase the interest in a song, but I don't know that
I'd look to production tricks as the primary solution
to a boring section (well, at least with musical
music.  Electronica and rap and such are a different
story).  But then, I'm hardly an award winning
producer, so what do I know?

--sam

--- Kamm Schreiner <kamm@...> wrote:


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> Did it ever cross your mind that "sound better" has
as many 
> different meanings as there are different people?

I guess that *is* pretty vague. <grin> It is just that
the intro to the song
sounds so uninteresting compared to the rest of the
song. It doesn't make me
want to keep listening past the intro. I just haven't
been able to think of
a way to make it better. Maybe I should reconsider
having just a piano and
vocal and add another instrument. Maybe I should scrap
the whole thing and
come in with a strong intro instead of a reflective
intro.

I guess I'm just looking for ideas on what others have
done to make a solo
vocal sound special other than reverb and EQ.

> Btw, you'r saying most of your music is MIDI based.
There is 
> no way to make a MIDI piano sound right, at lesast
not to 
> people who actually know the sound of a real piano.

Well, very true in factuality, but modern synths can
come mighty close. I
just don't think that is what is the limiting factor
in this case. It may
simply be that I don't play well enough in which case
I need to think of an
alternative intro. Currently I'm lacking lyrics for
the middle of the song,
The beginning and ending of the song are basically
done. (I'm extremely
happy with the ending of the song. I just don't think
anyone will listen
long enough to hear it.) Once I get the lyrics written
and recorded for the
middle of the song, maybe I'll post it for critique.
It is probably much
easier to make suggestions when you've got something
to actually listen to.

Kamm


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