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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall Uniqueness | #1 | 4.688 | 4.688 |
| Listenability | #3 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Overall | #3 | 4.350 | 4.350 |
| Composing Quality | #4 | 4.312 | 4.312 |
| Execution | #8 | 4.188 | 4.188 |
| Correlation to Theme | #14 | 4.062 | 4.062 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Link to Streaming Service (YouTube Recommended)
https://einelthefox.bandcamp.com/album/mira
Description
This is the first draft of my song called Mira and also maybe for an upcomming project. The lyrics and most of the electric guitar have been ideas that are almost 8 years old but never came together for a song.
The song is about a man longing fore something he cannot achive. In this case it is about the double star constellation Mira, that can be found in the star constellation Cetus. It is quite a freaky thing you should look into.
The stars have been found by the german amateur astronomer David Fabricius on August 13 in 1596.
The Song will most likely change a lot in further iterations. For this version I was more concentrating on getting an 80s inspired sound with a more modern sound. Other idears have been to fuse an orchestra or string band with the more rock oriented setup.
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All hail the space duck!
Description of Setup (Optional but recommended)
Guitars: Fender 80s Japan Stratocaster | Moded Strandberg Boden Fusion
Bass: Steinberger Spirit XT-2 Standard
Amps: Neural DSP Rabea Massaad (Guitar) | Neural DSP John Petrucci (Guitar) | Nembrini PSA1000 (Bass)
Synths: Arturia Pigments | Cherry Audio CR78
Microphones: Slate ML1 (Modeling mic) | Shure SM7b
Effects: Universal Audio Spark | SoundToys | Native Cubes plugins
No Sample libraries have been used for this project.
Lessons Learned
Vocals are hard! Be it mixing wise or actually singing. Biggest problem so far was de-essing and there is still far room for improvement. If this project will actually see the light of day I definitly need some vocal lessions and also need to refresh my skills on the guitar.
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Wow! Incredible. The guitars/strings, the progression, the vocals — and my god, the vocals are amazing and fit perfectly with the guitars and the themes. Perfect! I need a whole album of this music. Great work!
Wow...absolutely beautiful song! The chords, the vocals, the lyrics, it's all so mesmerizing. Also, you're such an amazing guitar player, I really loved all of the different riffs and solos throughout the song. I've already listened a few times over and over! 😅
Already said it before in the discord, but really like the vocals 😄
Really great performances, a solid mix and just overall sound world, I think the only thing that stuck out to me a bit, was the distorted guitar at 02:05 onwards was a bit heavy and when the vocals came back in, it ended up fighting for attention with the vocals a bit for me.
Vocal production is also a a lot better than what I usually manage to do, so I'd say you did a really good job!
You probably know of it, but in case you didn't, the Audio Alignment Panel in Cubase (under the audio menu) is great for getting vocal doubles tight (if you don't mind loosing a bit of the human element, that is 😉) and has worked great for me.
Stellar work!
Really stunning! Progressive Rock isn't something you hear a lot in jams like these and it was a pleasant surprise! The vocals especially are fantastic. My favorite bit was around 3:10 or so, that little lead in the background is so nice, it's small but it adds so much! great work
Wow! What a track, felt like a whole movie. That introduction was awesome, and your vocals killer. The sound was super professional and full. Kept me entranced all the way through
Pink Floyd influence is strong here, and it suits the theme so well. The sound design at the beginning in particular is subtle but top notch.
You can really perceive the “demo” feel in this, both in strengths and weaknesses: the raw, organic instrumentation gives a vibe of rugged authenticity to it all, although at times vocals were indeed a little rough. I appreciate you tried to find your own singing style.
Bravo nonetheless!
Oh my goodness dude! This is by far some of your best work. Love the vocals and just the whole song. You are so talented! The guitars and instruments work so well together with your voice.
I love the beginning dialogue, that really set the mood for the whole song. I really hope you will be able to finish this project. Its awesome. Crazy respect to you! Vocals are hard and you did a great job of mixing them.
You are a boss Einel. But as Kale said, the only thing that could be done to improve it is the mixing I think.
I've already heard this a lot on the Discord, so I don't have too much to say, but the vocals, as always, are super beautiful. I think that dialogue at the beginning was really well done and set a nice tone for the whole piece. The mixing is very well done! And the entire feel of the song really gets to you and sets the mood!
Really great submission, really great guy (no bias(probably)), Great work! :D
Vocals are awesome. Voice acting is awesome. Your voice is definitely an asset for future submissions, and is something to develop further.
You have an interesting voice as well, definitely good for vocals/voice acting.
This was overall just very enjoyable.
I'm not sure what I would add, to be honest. Mix wise, there could be perfecting, but its well within the range of professional. Great work!
The voice acting is really well done and is an engaging intro to the track! I really like the direction you took on this jam’s theme. Full points for uniqueness from me! While I don’t feel equipped to comment on most of this given lack of experience in this genre (and there are some great comments I see below), I do have some formal vocal training and what struck me about your vocals is that it is clear that you understand the words that you are singing and that extra bit of emotional congruence goes a long way to grab ahold of me tight throughout the song and touched me on a very human level. I really like this as is, but I also am interested to hear what it would sound like with the orchestral accompaniment like you suggest. Tremolo swells at the “feeling tired” part feel like they would add rather than detract possibly? Good luck with finishing your project and thank you for sharing!
Dang dude this was absolutely lovely! The vibes are top notch and the time signature changes were a really nice touch.
While I enjoyed the melody in your voice, I really like the part writing you did in your guitar tracks especially with the voice leading in the distorted sections. My only real bit of criticism, which may just be my personal taste, is that I might consider experimenting with different tones for some of those distorted lead lines near the end. To me each part sounds a little treble-ly and I would probably try playing with a darker/more neck pickup-sounding tone even if for the sake of variety.
Listening to the instrumental track makes me think I could really do more with the space in my own mixes, there's always so many little details in your work that I could probably hear something new every time I hear it.
Thanks for sharing this, and keep up the good work :)
P.S. all hail space duck
Really nice song, it really put me in that magical moongazing mood. You did a great job on the vocals, but mix wise i thought they could've been a little wider and fuller in some sections. I noticed that you already used doubled recordings for the background vocals, so i guess you could do the same for the main vocals (you could also add a take sung an octave lower for more body), but i know it can be really hard to sing multiple takes and get them all right, so this is just a suggestion for when you'll develop the song more. Also, in the section starting at the 2 minute mark, i think you could either lower the guitar or boost the vocals a bit, because it's kind of difficult to focus on the vocals this way. Great job overall and good luck on continuing this song!
Hey Denn, thank you for those tips. Like mentioned in the submission page mixing vocals is not my forte since they need their own tool set and also need a more "dynamic" approach (specially getting harder when it's your vocals you're working with). Your tip with the stereo field sounds quite true, sadly I only now invested in a good doubler since the other sounded a bit meh. The octave down trick never really worked for me :(. It always sounds a bit to muddy or not noticable at all and since the real recordings are already muddy sounding anyways I never really bothered with it. But when the jam’s over I should give your recommendations another try.
Cheers mate!