Be Thou My Vision-First Post

[scruggsjaredp]

So don't kill me if i've posted in the wrong section or who knows what, this is my first post as a member of this site. Anyways, I thought I would just ask for feedback on this multitrack I did of my arrangemen of this old hymn, Be Thou My Vision, and ask if you guys think it could be made into a full-blown multitracked song with several verses?

-also, I know there's a lot of noise in the background, but I did these tracks with the built in mic.

[Saijinn Maas]

Nice! I liked this a lot! I'd definitely like to hear a full version of this. The harmonies are great!

[Gnasty]

Hey i don`t no what kind of br you are using or what song this is but that is some great harmonies.

Make it longer and it`ll be one great tune!

[scruggsjaredp]

are we required to use a boss product or any real multiboard to be a member of this community?

let me clarify: i'm only sixteen years old, and the only things i can afford right now are audacity (haha) and this built in mic with my computer.

[Bluesberry]

We are open to all recording medium, whatever you have to make your music, we want to hear it.  The Boss MicroBR is a real nice inexpensive solution for making real good sounding recordings, and real portable, thats why a lot of us on here have them.  I think your track sounds really good, fantastic vocals.

[scruggsjaredp]

thank you. i do good with coming up with the best chord progressions for a thirty second clip, but i've never been one to be able to "drag something out" into a full song, cause then when i do, it sounds just that.. dragged out and repetitive. i could sure use some pointers with that kinda stuff; also, if anyone on here is really partial to dissonant music, point me to them as well!

[Ferryman_1957]

Agree, great vocals and lovely harmonies. It could definitely make a full song but you would need to make sure you had a better microphone to cut down on the background noise a bit - that would become wearing more than your singing.

Making it longer? You identified the real issue - dynamics, if you repeat the same thing verse after vers it will be boring. So you need to think about some different treatments of the verses. I recall some hymns tend to have a structure where the first couple of verses are similar, then there's a quiter verse, then the final verse is a crescendo. So think about how you could do that with a vocal arrangement (if that's all you are using for this).

Cheers,

Nigel

[fenderbender]

Wow this is really nice
I agree with the comments above a better mic and you will notice the differce -
but apart from that -your harmonies are great
so look forward your next posting

[Rickocaster]

Great vocals.  Your arrangement and use of music theory is really good.  Keep submitting your stuff.  I'll look forward to hearing more.

[hooper]

Nice first post, Jared and welcome aboard.  Fine job of arranging and performing the vocal harmonies.

You might want to be keeping your eye out for a good deal on a (maybe used) Mirco-BR.  Might even find one on ebay for $100 or less.  You can't buy a decent mic any cheaper than that. With the M-BR you get a great mic with pre-amp plus lots of processing power.  A Micro-BR used in conjunction with Audacity would give you  lots of recording and mixing capability.