Surf's Up (w/67 Vocal)

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I just sat in my studio for about 7 hours cleaning the piano from the 67 solo best I could, or at least making the vocal more prominent,
Then, I put it over the backing track, wa-lah!

Plus... there's a bonus

MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?blqf1vxvx8ul6il

[Austin]

How 'bout just upload it to a filesharing site?

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Oh... good idea

[pixletwin]

The pitch from your two sources doesn't quite match up, does it?

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Well, it wasn't ment to be pasted on, I brought the pitch up by about a semi-tone, and it fit well to my ears...

Read below

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Just went back, DOH I uploaded my barely edited vocal version

That was... embarrassing You don't think i'm THAT tone deaf haha

I Just Updated with the correct one.

New Link, Just in case : http://www.mediafire.com/?blqf1vxvx8ul6il

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

BTW: Forgot to mention, this is WIP, the coda needs to be touched up a bit

[rab2591]

I had to get used to the pitch shifting, but very nice dub!

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Thanks

I'm working on the piano fades, i'm actually thinking of just leaving the whole piano in, it really adds to the song!

And yes, chipmunk Brian is strange at first, but eventually it grows

TO-DO:

-Fix piano fades
-Clean up Coda

[runnersdialzero]

Why not change the key of the track?

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Why not change the key of the track?

I tried it, I liked this better, the feeling stays the same, but I may change my mind after another listen...

[Lookit]

Very, very nice! I'd be interested to hear a pitched-down track version, too.

[Bleachboy]

Very, very nice! I'd be interested to hear a pitched-down track version, too.

That would be the best solution imo. That's what I plan to do. But this one's nice!

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Just decided that lower = better, I also added as much tack piano as I could, I fixed the coda up and its almost perfect now!

Now, to "finish" part 2...

[pixletwin]

I am excited to hear the finished version. 

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Yeah, I'm close to finding a cool solution for the lack of "Part 2" backing.

Also, I added Carl "dominoes" with Brian, it sounds SWWWWEEEETTTT!

Also, all lossless.

Win.

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I decided not to do the part 2 thing, I was gonna isolate the 66 demo's piano and add a ton of reverb, I might do it sometime but...

here's the lossless finished product

WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?2bnkuevsd1uz2e4

[pixletwin]

Nice work. I like it! 

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Thanks!

[tansen]

Oh man, with all due respect, that sounds terrible. Pitch-shifting a 'poor' vocal performance to the 'album' track.. Changing the key of the track would be a better move. Also, your problem is that Brian is singing to an out of tune piano, so obviously his pitch will be following that, hence not really working with a pitched down track either.

[JeremyM]

Oh man, with all due respect, that sounds terrible. Pitch-shifting a 'poor' vocal performance to the 'album' track.. Changing the key of the track would be a better move. Also, your problem is that Brian is singing to an out of tune piano, so obviously his pitch will be following that, hence not really working with a pitched down track either.

Were you listening to the finished product WAV: (http://www.mediafire.com/?2bnkuevsd1uz2e4) or the preliminary MP3?

[leoleoleoleo]

the pitch shift makes it sound like bruce johnston!

[puni puni]

i already did this to see what it would sound like
http://soundcloud.com/gkgherojgre/surfsup2
(backing track phases out because of the lazy way i changed the pitch)

[tansen]

Oh man, with all due respect, that sounds terrible. Pitch-shifting a 'poor' vocal performance to the 'album' track.. Changing the key of the track would be a better move. Also, your problem is that Brian is singing to an out of tune piano, so obviously his pitch will be following that, hence not really working with a pitched down track either.

Were you listening to the finished product WAV: (http://www.mediafire.com/?2bnkuevsd1uz2e4) or the preliminary MP3?

Both - and while the .wav is better it still has too much of a chipmunk effect. It works a helluvalot better with the track pitched down, despite the phase issues. None of the really work in my opinion though..

[harrisonjon]

Is the problem inherently unfixable given the sources?

I also think a general problem with Surf's Up is that Brian's chord switch before the Dovenested Towers section isn't really right. It's like the bad join in the released single version of Strawberry Fields. I don't think Brian ever resolved that; was it just too high a mountain?

It's arguably the most complex composition a pop composer has ever attempted.