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| Rebsie said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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Minimalist! Glad you like it. I didn't particularly plan to make it this sparse - I did the vocal with the intention of putting some music with it, but when I played it back I felt it didn't need anything added to it. Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Peter Greenstone said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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beautiful You sing beautifully. My only complaint is the loud line hiss, particularly the way that it abruptly cuts in and out, calling attention to itself. I assume it comes from the mic. If it's not possible to eliminate the hiss entirely then it's better to keep it there constant the whole time by not cutting out any of the spaces on the vocal track. Check out my latest song called From Nothing
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| Rebsie said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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beautiful You're absolutely right. The hiss didn't sound too bad in GarageBand, but when I made it into an mp3 it seemed a lot worse. I know next to nothing about technical stuff but I'm assuming the problem came from the mic and the effects I applied to it. You're also right about it being worse when it drops in and out. I'll try to do something about it next time I record a minimalist song! Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| ChrisSly said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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beautiful You can try using the Reduce "S" preset equalization. That should help minimize the hiss without impacting the quality of your vocals too much. --- sometimes more feet than shoes. Check out my latest song called La Valse Final Waltz
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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beautiful Thanks Chris, that's just the sort of tip I need. GB may be easy to use, but learning to get the best out of it is another matter. Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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Very Well Done I look forward to hearing more. I think I'll be taking my Fairport Convention to work today now. |
| Rebsie said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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Very Well Done Thanks, Mungo. I'm very glad you like my songs! Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Suzanne said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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just woman and her life something stunning about such a tune sung so simply, just you and the lamenting melody all lifted along by the story, the memory, the wind. your light touch of flute is wonderful, could have used more. would have been better to keep the hiss throughout instead of cutting in and out, if it has to be there. very nice, like Loreen McKinnitt. lovely photo too. Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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just woman and her life What a stream of compliments, thank you Suzanne. It's a very powerful song, this one, and you just have to take a big lungful of air and see where it takes you. I know I've got it right when I come over dizzy afterwards from oxygen starvation! Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| cjorgensen said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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Fun stuff You should post more songs. Two isn't enough. Check out my latest song called Gardens
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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Fun stuff I'm actively working on that, I promise! Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Epileptic Gibbon said 1815 days ago (December 3rd, 2004) | |
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What a voice! Ah, you have a lovely voice! I think the miminal use of extra instruments is just right for this track. Any more could really have made the whole thing feel cluttered and claustrophobic when what this track needs is space to breathe and exist. The flute is great and is used to just the right degree, methinks. We all know the production could be better but if you just put that from your mind you end with a fantastic aural experience. More! More! Check out my latest song called Fiddler Off the Roof w/Komrade K & Caroline
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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What a voice! Well, thank you. It's lovely to have so many nice comments. I do think this song sounds best when it's kept simple. It would have been difficult to fit anything else to it anyway because the timing is all over the place. Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| country john said 1813 days ago (December 5th, 2004) | |
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nice one . . . again . . . brilliant ! there's a lovely peacefull nature to this work of yours . . . i'm gonna download these . . . get 'em on my 'pod . . . and listen to them out in the world. see if they can help me in my quest to float above that madding crowd safe Check out my latest song called atom bomb
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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nice one . . . Oh goody, another download. Thanks very much for dropping in. Happy floating . . . Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| lomarc said 1813 days ago (December 5th, 2004) | |
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love it Absolutelly beautifull song. Your voice is able to transport me where only imagination can arrive. Check out my latest song called Switch
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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love it Very nice of you to say so, thank you. Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Nolan said 1813 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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Something different Good on you for submitting this song. It's so easy to add instruments and loops to GarageBand songs for the sake of it. You've managed to resist it and rely on your lovely voice. Very nice, Rebsie. Like some of the others have said: I can't wait to hear more. Check out my latest song called Fine
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| Rebsie said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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Something different That's very nice of you, thank you so much. I'm glad you like the minimal arrangement. The idea was to make the listener focus on the voice without any distractions. Rebsie Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| ka-klick said 1812 days ago (December 6th, 2004) | |
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More please Really love your voice, glad you chose not to clutter this up with much else. As to the noise floor, that's a toughie, now that everything's been recorded, but it's a good idea to try hard to watch your recording levels closely and get rid of as much hiss as you can at the input stages when you're going to be using that much reverb and echo, since they will tend to accentuate it. Some of the EQ settings mentioned elsewhere here may help. Another thing to watch out for (depending on what you input with) is sometimes (and I still don't know why) the input can get set to 8 bit mono - check in "Audio MIDI Setup" (in Applications/Utilities"). If it is it'll sound like that, with a lot of added hiss and crunchyness. - Just something to watch out for. As others have said - please post more! Check out my latest song called Big Bad World - Live 1-16-2009 plus - MJRF
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| Rebsie said 1779 days ago (January 8th, 2005) | |
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More please Many thanks indeed for the tips and the encouragement. I always seem to have trouble with line hiss, especially when there aren't many other instruments to drown it out. I have a very small voice so I usually have to put the input levels as high as possible, and that may be part of the problem. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| webbwork said 1811 days ago (December 7th, 2004) | |
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Beautiful Great old song, lovely voice. Thanks Check out my latest song called Hangin' With MoneyMark
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| Rebsie said 1779 days ago (January 8th, 2005) | |
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Beautiful Thank you! Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Mr. EI Oval said 1811 days ago (December 7th, 2004) | |
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Wish I could vote on this! This is excellent. It has the feel of an Irish Air. I think thats the right description. Your voice is wonderful. Keep it up and share some more of these. Downloading and iPodding this! Check out my latest song called Dance under the Clocktower
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| Rebsie said 1779 days ago (January 8th, 2005) | |
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Wish I could vote on this! Thank you, a download is always a great compliment. I know what you mean about Irish Airs, there's a lot of similarities between English and Irish folk songs because they use the same type of key (old fashioned ones which aren't used much in other styles of music). Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Bazar said 1808 days ago (December 10th, 2004) | |
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Beautifull voice! I love your voice in here! :) Check out my latest song called Lundi Monday
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| Rebsie said 1779 days ago (January 8th, 2005) | |
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Beautifull voice! Thank you. It means a lot to me to have these lovely comments. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Iseae said 1781 days ago (January 6th, 2005) | |
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Cheers Love the song! very lorena macennit esque (no, I can't spell, and no, I don't care) Beautiful. Great mood set, though I would have enjoyed a little more instrumentation as the song progressed, maybe some drums or what not. You might try dropping the gain on your mic (not sure of your setup so I don't know how that might be done) to lessen your line noise. Check out my latest song called Vickys Song
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| Rebsie said 1779 days ago (January 8th, 2005) | |
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Cheers I'm using a half decent (but not brilliant) microphone through an iMic, which is not an ideal setup. If I knew which of these was causing the most hiss I might be prepared to upgrade. But it doesn't help that I have to keep the input gain very high because my voice is very, very quiet! I'm not sure if there's any solution to that (other than learning to sing louder). Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Mystified said 1781 days ago (January 7th, 2005) | |
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Echoing.... ...all the nice things that have been said, above. Lovely voice, so expressive and so perfect for the folk songs you are singing and want to sing. I like the 'minimalist' approach for this song, myself, and as far as mic hiss is concerned--I don't feel so alone now in the same challenge! Seriously, though. Keep singing and posting. Looking forward to hearing more from you! Check out my latest song called Father Time
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| Rebsie said 1779 days ago (January 8th, 2005) | |
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Echoing.... Thanks for those lovely remarks. Looks like we have the makings of a Line Hiss Self-Help Group. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Joanna said 1760 days ago (January 27th, 2005) | |
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Gorgeous! Absolutely lovely vocals and a stellar performance. I don't care about line hiss, so I'm gong to forego the complaining about that. I, too, sang a folk song and went even more minimal than you -- I did it a capella. So to me, your musical bed sounded darn good. The flute was an especially nice touch. Now I must go listen to the rest of your songs. Check out my latest song called Nellie G.
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| Rebsie said 1750 days ago (February 6th, 2005) | |
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Gorgeous! Thanks Joanna, I appreciate your comments. I've listened to your a cappella song and it's excellent. I love singing a cappella but had been afraid to post any on MacJams in case people didn't like them ... perhaps I'll upload one and see what happens! Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| legato said 1733 days ago (February 23rd, 2005) | |
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your voice soars higher than mountains What a great voice with such little accompanyment. My mind flows with such imagery I can't even begin to describe them. Mountains, birds that soar, ice and snow, wind and most of all you on the hillside with flowing white robes singing... Awesome thank you. Check out my latest song called The Hour - Knossos (Live Practice)
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| Rebsie said 1733 days ago (February 23rd, 2005) | |
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your voice soars higher than mountains Thank you. I'm really glad it takes you somewhere and fires up your imagination. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Stun Nutz said 1704 days ago (March 24th, 2005) | |
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simple beauty nicely done... sounds like enya, but more of the real deal... there is much beauty in it's simplicity. Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected
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| Rebsie said 1551 days ago (August 24th, 2005) | |
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simple beauty Thank you! Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| dwwave said 1575 days ago (July 31st, 2005) | |
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snow and drone Enjoy the drones very good voice excellent! Check out my latest song called One Half Person
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| Rebsie said 1551 days ago (August 24th, 2005) | |
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snow and drone Nice of you to say so, thanks! Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Dwayne Plain said 1524 days ago (September 21st, 2005) | |
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Simple & spiffy You probably don't remember but what are your "drone" settings? I like your drone quite a bit. The flute is a good touch as well. I like how little you've done yet it's all where it should be. Check out my latest song called Billy Goats Gruff (and rough!)
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| paddler said 995 days ago (March 3rd, 2007) | |
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It.. took me about half an hour to scroll to the bottom of this list of compliments! So heres another one! - loved it.I'm intrigued - where do you find the lyrics? I used to be fascinated by books of old sea shanties from Portsmouth - there were just hundreds that you never hear sung.Your'e almost inspiring me to re-vive some of them! Have you ever heard 'Corn Riggs and Barley Riggs' - from the old version of the Wickerman? - I think that was an anonomous poem originally - this country is full of lost and hidden folk music and poetry! Check out my latest song called Tiger Flame (Halloween Challenge)
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| Rebsie said 994 days ago (March 4th, 2007) | |
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Thanks! This is such an old recording and was done on my really crappy previous recording set-up, hence the line hiss ... I love the song though and I've recently been thinking about re-recording it. Where do I find these old songs? The internet and other people's recordings, mostly. Sometimes I nick stuff from obvious sources like Steeleye Span or Anne Briggs, and I also trawl through wobbly old "field" recordings of old geezers yodelling in pubs. This song is relatively well known on the folk scene but I try to find lesser known songs where possible ... there's some fantastic stuff out there, as you say. And no I don't know the Corn Rigs song ... Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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| Peter Bauckham said 928 days ago (May 10th, 2007) | |
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Love it This is wonderful Rebsie - I love the arrangement - it reminds me of June Tabor (I'm a big fan of her minimalist stuff too). I've only listened through my TV so far, so can't really comment the recording's sound quality, but in any case the song shines through. Another fav. Peter Check out my latest song called All The Same (CBGB) (Last Chance Challenge)
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| elfdaughter said 674 days ago (January 18th, 2008) | |
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Simply stunning.. I've just been going through some of your older works, Rebsie, and I love thins one. It's really beautiful, and one I've not heard before. (Strange, since it comes from my area!!) Check out my latest song called Carol of the Bells 2009
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| LunaTrick said 179 days ago (May 27th, 2009) | |
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Stands so well... .. on its own... Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)
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| Rebsie said 179 days ago (May 27th, 2009) | |
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Still, I'm very glad that someone did a better version of it for me. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)
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oldlibmike
This is refreshing - almost a capella. Definately features
the voice more and that is great for this piece. Very
soothing.