Stone Birds' Songwriting Journal

Antonio · 07-11-2009, 01:10 PM

cool, i'll give it a listen

Stone Birds · 07-11-2009, 01:14 PM

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Artist/Band: Stone Birds
Album title: If I Fell Into Black Water EP
Genre: Folk / Neofolk / Lofi

Tracks:
1. If I Fell Into Black Water 6:32 (new version)
2. M.O.N.D.A.Y. (Instrumental) 3:19
3. Sour Candy 2:34
4. Ruhe 4:36

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thanks, i'm not sure if its your kind of music though.

P.s. i quoted because i wanted it on this page.

Antonio · 07-11-2009, 01:18 PM

eh, i'll give it a shot

Antonio · 07-11-2009, 02:00 PM

well, i just listened to it, and i really like the tone of your guitar, really crisp. you have a pretty deep voice for a kid your age too, hehe.

it seems though, that you need to work on your timing a bit on the first song. it really sounded like you were off time a bit, especially when singing. idk, unless you intended for that, it seems like you could do benefit with practicing singing and playing at the same time

Stone Birds · 07-11-2009, 02:05 PM

are you Kweejibo on last.fm?
if so you loved all my songs except for the instrumental.
also folk music does that a lot with timing.

Antonio · 07-11-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

are you Kweejibo on last.fm?
if so you loved all my songs except for the instrumental.
also folk music does that a lot with timing.

yes i am, haha. i usually "love" tracks that i can definately see myslef listening to again

i like the instrumental too, but it was moreso an ambience type of thing than something i'd rush too listen to. still good though.

oh and, so it was intentional then? cause i mean other than that, the song sounds good

Nicktarist · 07-11-2009, 04:29 PM

Trouble downloading. Could you possibly use another site like Mediafire or Savefile? You don't have to register to savefile to use it.

VEGANGELICA · 07-14-2009, 12:49 AM

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1. If I Fell Into Black Water 6:32 (new version)
2. M.O.N.D.A.Y. (Instrumental) 3:19
3. Sour Candy 2:34
4. Ruhe 4:36

Hi, Stone Birds, I downloaded and listened to your 4 tracks. They all have a very somber quality, I feel, similar to the songs you have posted on your MySpace page.

I particularly listened to Ruhe because your lyrics are posted earlier. One question I have is what sort of microphone setup you have, because it sounded (to me) as if this song had some background noise that was quite loud. Like Antonio said, you do have a very low voice, which makes it unique! Sometimes in Ruhe it was hard for me to tell, though, what note you were singing, and I didn't know if this was intentional or not.
--Erica

Stone Birds · 07-14-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

Hi, Stone Birds, I downloaded and listened to your 4 tracks. They all have a very somber quality, I feel, similar to the songs you have posted on your MySpace page.

I particularly listened to Ruhe because your lyrics are posted earlier. One question I have is what sort of microphone setup you have, because it sounded (to me) as if this song had some background noise that was quite loud. Like Antonio said, you do have a very low voice, which makes it unique! Sometimes in Ruhe it was hard for me to tell, though, what note you were singing, and I didn't know if this was intentional or not.
--Erica

the noise was intentional i recorded it while it was raining outside (Ruhe Only). i used a basic computer mic for the recording of all tracks except #2 (which was recorded line-in and MIDI).

Also:
#1
voice and guitar (recorded together)
Stereo chorus layering

#2
Distorted Synth Pad
Bass Tones
Hammered Guitar
Wind noises (early in song)
Random Effects
No special stereo layering

#3
Drum Program
Vocals (kinda crappy)
Guitar (D & G Strings)
Guitar (B & e Strings)
Toy Electric Piano (lofi)
Piano (R) and B & e Strings (L), rest are basically centered

#4
Rain noise, Guitar, Voice (All recorded together)
Stereo chorus layering

VEGANGELICA · 07-14-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds

the noise was intentional i recorded it while it was raining outside (Ruhe Only). i used a basic computer mic for the recording of all tracks except #2 (which was recorded line-in and MIDI).

Ah...rain! I'll have to listen again more carefully and figure out why it didn't sound like rain to me. Now that I know it is rain, I probably will recognize it! Thanks for the info on your recording methods.
--Erica

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