american terrorist

[dope]

i cant rap
i dont know anyone that can rap
i did it myself.
please change eq and volume to taste.
please respond
thank you
: )

[dope]

so is this shitty ?
usually when your all quiet your afraid cause you dont want to say what you really feel..
stop that shit.
say it.
whatever it is.. SAY IT DAMNIT!

[alphatonez]

Hey dope,

you just need to be a bit patient, things are slow here sometimes...

I looooooove this track and i think your rap ain't bad, i enjoyed it.

And that drum beat is totally awesome to me !!!

Gotta send you a PM in a few.

Thanks for sharing this excellent piece bro

[dope]

thanks man!!! it's ok.. i know that sometimes people cant reply right away. i think my rap has the correct flow! i articulate the words correctly. but i dont have the right tone or attitude for what the song requires.
the beat is good.. i think the whole thing needs a bit of a remix because some tracks are too dull and some to bright.. again i think i have a touch too much bass.. but these things could be corrected once i get my studio up and going again. i also think i pushed the track a little too loud... it requires more dynamic range...
thats one thing i am discovering .. that you cant have massive volume and dynamic range ... and if i had to pick one.. i pick dynamic range!
i think the next purchase for my studio, which might be a long ways off.. is a set of monitors with smaller cones.. the 8 inchers are AWESOME to mix with.. but i think i need a set of 5's to master on.. so i can realize that i'm over doing the bottom end which takes a LOT of volume away from the rest of the mix.

your very welcome and i thank you for listening!! i have responded to your PM

[theBadger]

Is this you singing/rapping on this track Dope? I like it.

It's good I think. Not a genre I know much about so don't take my word for it. :grin:

Now.

From what little I know of this type of music... Which is so close to nothing it might as well be zero... It is common practice to carve a huge hole for the vocals to sit in.

I guess rappers identify all the frequencies that encompass their vocals and make damn sure that nothing else gets in the way of their voice... because it's all about the words and if you can't hear the words there is is no song.

Listening to your track... which is v good btw... you haven't done this yet. The music sometimes makes you message slightly unintelligible.

What I would do is load up one of those EQs that has a spectrum analysis feature and look (and listen) closely to where the important frequencies are (on the vocal track).

Next I would make sure that the frequencies in the music leave that area pretty much clear. This may sound odd when listening without the vox. In fact if it doesn't sound odd then you haven't carved a big enough hole.

The only exception might be the snare, which needs to be in that range and that shouldn't matter because it is timed to appear in the gaps between the vocals.

I don't much like the snare you've chosen btw. I'd throw it away and find something much more snappy personally. It needs to have plenty of character. It is a very important element of your song and is worth getting right. In fact I'd go so far as to say it is the second most crucial element after the vox.

Make that bass tighter than a homophobe's sphincter at a gay parade. Fix that lame snare. Carve a massive hole for the vocals. LPF that clicky percussion up high and away from the vox and you may be onto something.


Like I say. I know diddly squat about this genre of music. So ignore every word I've said here.


tB.

[dope]

badger what you are saying makes COMPLETE sense to me.
dood i know absolutely NOTHING about rap or how to mix it.
this song is my first attempt at rap.... i honestly dont even really consider it rap.. its like electro/hip hop with a fake rapper at this point! lol
regardless...
what you are saying to do with the mix makes complete sense and i think i can do all of those things. i figured out another thing too.. rappers never use condenser mics.. (i used a condenser.. didnt know better)
they all ways use a dynamic mic... not necessarily a stage mic... but a good studio dynamic... which i do not own! i will have to figure out a good dynamic mic for my studio... i may not use it often with my current instruments or my voice... but it's something i should get for occasions like this.

i'm glad you like the song.. it was really a complete experiment for me... i think it has potential... i think a lot of people (americans any way) can relate to these lyrics...

by the way... i'm still waiting for some input from you on "long road home" ....

[r00n]

loool
some modern poetry from the BIg MAn
i quite like it
your words are getting lost at times when other instruments come in, particularly the pads.

very well written

[olun]

Frank Zappa came to mind.... in a good way..

[dope]

thanks for commenting roon olun and shadow! sorry i didnt respond faster.. for some reason i never got a message that said there were comments on this.
i can TOTALLY see what you mean by the frank zappa thing... i'm not a big fan of zappa myself but i see where this would be something that would be influenced by him! again completely makes sense to me.

your right roon. my words are getting lost by the music.. and thats like a big huge NO NO in mixing rap music... (if thats what this is) ... so i can see where the recording itself is very confusing from just a listening perspective.

i think you are ALL picking up on the lyrical idea though... the concept... which to me is GOOD cause at least i'm writting something that people understand. it makes sense to other people not just me. and thats important and sometimes not easy to achieve.

[Audi01]

I must've missed this one oops

Yeah this track is awesome dope

The song is addicticve and the lyrics are kickin!