Garbage File #1: Haunting

@porwest (96158)
United States
March 25, 2023 7:34pm CST
As promised, a garbage file. It was a song I was working on that I threw into the infamous "garbage pile." It just wasn't doing anything for me even though most of my "music" is out of the mainstream to say the least. I worked on it a little bit before I just threw in the towel and said to myself, I have nowhere else to go. If you think I should finish this one, that's part of the point to some of this. Let me know what you think. I can always go back to it and do what I need to do.
https://soundcloud.com/porwest/haunting?si=d716f153459d431b805ad2460937633d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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5 responses
Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
26 Mar 23
It has a good tempo. I wish I could hear drums more, though
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
5 Oct 23
Mixing has never been one of my strongpoints. lol Luckily music is mostly just a hobby for me. And of course, this is an unrefined garbage file anyway.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
26 Mar 23
I like the song. If you could bring the vocals out a bit more. I struggled to make out the lyrics at some points. I enjoyed the rhythm and flow of the instrumentals.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
14 Aug
If I ever decide to do anything with it, certainly I'd mix it down. But because it's just raw and in the "garbage pile," I didn't go forward with any mixing at all. Glad you liked it, though.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (141846)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Mar 23
You could add some more action to the song and it would be good.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
26 Mar 23
That’s about like my poetry. Sometimes it just doesn’t go anywhere and I toss it. I like the music but seems like it needs a little something.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
26 Mar 23
It was one missing a lot, completely unfinished. I gave up on it long before I made any decision on arrangement, and even the lyrics were just jibberish to form an idea around how they would sound. I definitely will keep this one in the garbage pile. lol
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
27 Mar 23
@RubyHawk It was completely unfinished. A lot of times these are just basic ideas that I record bits and pieces of, trying to get an idea of where I want to go. Even the lyrics, such as in this case, are really just jibberish to get an idea of how I want to sing the actual lyrics. Nothing is mixed, mastered, or otherwise "tweaked" and thus, is garbage. lol
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318848)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Mar 23
Yes, finish it and please provide the words. It's the only thing I didn't understand. I loved the music.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
14 Aug
Thanks for the feedback. Always appreciated. This is a "garbage file," and so it was never mixed down, meaning none of the track levels are adjusted etcetera. Something you generally do after you have a completed song. Then you go back and mix it and adjust everything.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (318848)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Aug
@porwest Sounds like what I do with my writing. It's called editing.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
17 Aug
@just4him lol. Yep. Something like that. I will admit mixing is a bit more involved. But essentially the same thing.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (183896)
• United States
16 Apr 23
I couldn't understand the words; but I liked the tune.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (183896)
• United States
22 Apr 23
@porwest Yup. We make up our own words.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
14 Aug
@LindaOHio To be fair, this was in the "garbage pile," and thus, there is no final mixing involved. The tracks are all raw. Most of the time a completed project has all the tracks leveled and adjusted.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (96158)
• United States
22 Apr 23
I always hear that, and then I listen to so many songs where you can't hear the words badly enough that most people get them wrong even when they think they hear them. lol
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