You got those Evanescence tones dialed in, the piano notes just nailed it.  If this song was even half as fun to listen to as it was to make you both must have had a ball.  Love that you turned to Mr Numan for the EQ...is there anything that man can't do?

You got those Evanescence tones dialed in, the piano notes just nailed it. If this song was even half as fun to listen to as it was to make you both must have had a ball. Love that you turned to Mr Numan for the EQ...is there anything that man can't do?

I'd say you nailed the sound. Great stuff!

I'd say you nailed the sound. Great stuff!

Can I get a yes f*cking yes?! This is just awesome. I think the most fun part for me (as an evanescence fan back in the day) was anticipating those builds and riffs and hearing exactly what I wanted to hear - the words "yup, exactly, effing perfect" kept running through my mind over and over. This was a studied, informed and passionate arrangement. You got all the nuances and  surprises and shifts and turns and twists perfect.

The vocals and lyrics were great too lol and I loved the guitar but I am such a nerd for genre mastery like this lol. Great track!

Can I get a yes f*cking yes?! This is just awesome. I think the most fun part for me (as an evanescence fan back in the day) was anticipating those builds and riffs and hearing exactly what I wanted to hear - the words "yup, exactly, effing perfect" kept running through my mind over and over. This was a studied, informed and passionate arrangement. You got all the nuances and surprises and shifts and turns and twists perfect. The vocals and lyrics were great too lol and I loved the guitar but I am such a nerd for genre mastery like this lol. Great track!

Oh, we had a great time - it's been a minute since we've done a rock song together. She's not an instrumentalist anymore, but she has a great ear for how something should sound - i.e. "get rid of that repeat, it kills the energy!" (her batting average is way over .500 for good ideas). We have a great creative dynamic

Thank you! I like taking things apart and figuring out how they work

Thank you!! I LOVE listening to music and figuring out defining characteristics. It makes me think of Weird Al and his genre parodies, songs written "in the style of". What's the musical shorthand that will get you 80% of the way towards a sound with only 20% of the effort? LOL

[quote=lament.config]You got those Evanescence tones dialed in, the piano notes just nailed it. If this song was even half as fun to listen to as it was to make you both must have had a ball. Love that you turned to Mr Numan for the EQ...is there anything that man can't do?[/quote] Oh, we had a great time - it's been a minute since we've done a rock song together. She's not an instrumentalist anymore, but she has a great ear for how something should [i]sound[/i] - i.e. "get rid of that repeat, it kills the energy!" (her batting average is way over .500 for good ideas). We have a great creative dynamic <3 [quote=Beefpounder]I'd say you nailed the sound. Great stuff! [/quote] Thank you! I like taking things apart and figuring out how they work :D [quote=neon liminal]Can I get a yes f*cking yes?! This is just awesome. I think the most fun part for me (as an evanescence fan back in the day) was anticipating those builds and riffs and hearing exactly what I wanted to hear - the words "yup, exactly, effing perfect" kept running through my mind over and over. This was a studied, informed and passionate arrangement. You got all the nuances and surprises and shifts and turns and twists perfect. The vocals and lyrics were great too lol and I loved the guitar but I am such a nerd for genre mastery like this lol. Great track![/quote] Thank you!! I LOVE listening to music and figuring out defining characteristics. It makes me think of Weird Al and his genre parodies, songs written "in the style of". What's the musical shorthand that will get you 80% of the way towards a sound with only 20% of the effort? LOL

I KNEW this was you right away! You both nailed this one handily - it sounds so smooth and heavy. I like that the vocals are front & centre, and that rich tapestry of guitar & orchestra behind everything makes the whole thing soar. Standing O, friend!

I KNEW this was you right away! You both nailed this one handily - it sounds so smooth and heavy. I like that the vocals are front & centre, and that rich tapestry of guitar & orchestra behind everything makes the whole thing soar. Standing O, friend!

go team! y'all killed it

go team! y'all killed it

Thank you! Vocals were one of the things I rolled back - we had recorded like three more lines, but ultimately decided that it made it feel muddy. Only kept the single harmony line at the end. She was all, "I like the raw feel of the single line". She was right.

Thank you! I like writing songs by myself, but I will fully admit that I'm better when we work together

[quote=MRDRCAT]I KNEW this was you right away! You both nailed this one handily - it sounds so smooth and heavy. I like that the vocals are front & centre, and that rich tapestry of guitar & orchestra behind everything makes the whole thing soar. Standing O, friend![/quote] Thank you! Vocals were one of the things I rolled back - we had recorded like three more lines, but ultimately decided that it made it feel muddy. Only kept the single harmony line at the end. She was all, "I like the raw feel of the single line". She was right. :) [quote=jwh]go team! y'all killed it[/quote] Thank you! I like writing songs by myself, but I will fully admit that I'm better when we work together <3

As a teenager/young adult who was SUPER into goth rock (Nightwish and Within Temptation were my JAAAAAMS), I super appreciate this! Y'all hit the mark perfectly here. Really loving the combo of the melancholic vocals with heavy distorted guitar. Can I has more of this? Please? Hahahaha... Great job!!!

As a teenager/young adult who was SUPER into goth rock (Nightwish and Within Temptation were my JAAAAAMS), I super appreciate this! Y'all hit the mark perfectly here. Really loving the combo of the melancholic vocals with heavy distorted guitar. Can I has more of this? Please? Hahahaha... Great job!!!

whoa! amazing, great sound!!!

whoa! amazing, great sound!!! <3

Thank you! Nightwish and Within Temptation? YESSSSSS....two musical touchstones for me as well I got to see WT in 2007, one of the best concerts ever. As far as more....we're planning on it. My wife has lyrics she really wants to make into a goth rock ballad

Thank you so much!

[quote=jegasus]As a teenager/young adult who was SUPER into goth rock (Nightwish and Within Temptation were my JAAAAAMS), I super appreciate this! Y'all hit the mark perfectly here. Really loving the combo of the melancholic vocals with heavy distorted guitar. Can I has more of this? Please? Hahahaha... Great job!!![/quote] Thank you! Nightwish and Within Temptation? YESSSSSS....two musical touchstones for me as well :) I got to see WT in 2007, one of the best concerts ever. As far as more....we're planning on it. My wife has lyrics she [i]really[/i] wants to make into a goth rock ballad :) [quote=zone limits]whoa! amazing, great sound!!! <3[/quote] Thank you so much!

Yep. Nailed the Evanescence vibes. Felt it in the first couple seconds. Dead on.
Amazing job. Love this.

Yep. Nailed the Evanescence vibes. Felt it in the first couple seconds. Dead on. Amazing job. Love this.

Hail yais! \m/ feelin the melodic metal vibes throughout.  An excellent combo with the drums, strings and guitars supporting the soaring vocals.  Well done!!

Hail yais! \m/ feelin the melodic metal vibes throughout. An excellent combo with the drums, strings and guitars supporting the soaring vocals. Well done!!

Dang, this is a sweet listen. I think you nailed the description with your own words of "heavy and smooth" for the gothic metal guitar, but really for the whole track. Heavy rock structure smoothed over with your wife's soothing vocals and the string orchestration on some of the transitions. Nicely done!!! 

Dang, this is a sweet listen. I think you nailed the description with your own words of "heavy and smooth" for the gothic metal guitar, but really for the whole track. Heavy rock structure smoothed over with your wife's soothing vocals and the string orchestration on some of the transitions. Nicely done!!!

Thank you! I was hoping for "vibe" rather than full on aping

We played with the vocals a lot, but really felt it went best with a raw vocal Thank you!

I hadn't thought about it that way before, but you're right! "Smooth" is a defining characteristic for gothic metal as a whole. Strings and vocals serve to buff off the rough edges off the guitars

[quote=BarristerPlong]Yep. Nailed the Evanescence vibes. Felt it in the first couple seconds. Dead on. Amazing job. Love this.[/quote] Thank you! I was hoping for "vibe" rather than full on aping :) [quote=Tone Matrix]Hail yais! \m/ feelin the melodic metal vibes throughout. An excellent combo with the drums, strings and guitars supporting the soaring vocals. Well done!![/quote] We played with the vocals a lot, but really felt it went best with a raw vocal :) Thank you! [quote=Bunjigram]Dang, this is a sweet listen. I think you nailed the description with your own words of "heavy and smooth" for the gothic metal guitar, but really for the whole track. Heavy rock structure smoothed over with your wife's soothing vocals and the string orchestration on some of the transitions. Nicely done!!! [/quote] I hadn't thought about it that way before, but you're right! "Smooth" is a defining characteristic for gothic metal as a whole. Strings and vocals serve to buff off the rough edges off the guitars :)

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Yup, Evanescence for sure. You have the production skill with this heavy instrumentation that I just have no clue how to make. Especially since I'm not a very good guitar player. haha. Another awesome song!

Yup, Evanescence for sure. You have the production skill with this heavy instrumentation that I just have no clue how to make. Especially since I'm not a very good guitar player. haha. Another awesome song!

Thank you! It's taken a while - I first tried approaching this genre a little over ten years ago. I went back and listened to that mix, and ye gods it's a mushy mess...something clicked this year I don't consider myself a good guitar player, but the community at WB has helped my confidence a lot. You're better than you think, too.

Come to think of it, does ANY guitar player think they themselves are good? I mean, Yngwie does, but I'm not sure about anyone else LOL

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I'm not super familiar with this style of music but can definitely hear the Evanescence (or at least that one song ). I can definitely hear the smoothness you described, it's heavy without being harsh which I really enjoy. Nice!

I'm not super familiar with this style of music but can definitely hear the Evanescence (or at least that one song :lol:). I can definitely hear the smoothness you described, it's heavy without being harsh which I really enjoy. Nice!

Stellar performance from you both. Maybe the vocals can get a few more layers at some point, but it's good as it is.
- Devieus

Stellar performance from you both. Maybe the vocals can get a few more layers at some point, but it's good as it is. - Devieus

Thank you! I am absolutely saving these EQ settings for future use

Thanks! 100% agree on the additional vocal layers. We tried, but didn’t get anything we were satisfied with during the week.  Something to try and get working in the future.

[quote=Cursory]I'm not super familiar with this style of music but can definitely hear the Evanescence (or at least that one song :lol:). I can definitely hear the smoothness you described, it's heavy without being harsh which I really enjoy. Nice! [/quote] Thank you! I am absolutely saving these EQ settings for future use :) [quote=Devieus]Stellar performance from you both. Maybe the vocals can get a few more layers at some point, but it's good as it is. - Devieus [/quote] Thanks! 100% agree on the additional vocal layers. We tried, but didn’t get anything we were satisfied with during the week. Something to try and get working in the future. :)