This is what happens when a prog metal bass player writes a pop song just to prove a point

Cool.

I like the dynamics of the part where the guitar distortion is turned off.

I suggest using that sound though the vocal parts during the rest of the song.

More dynamics and allow the vocals to come through better.

 

Hi Mr. @archisland,

That is actually really impressive. Sure, it's pop but I like the hooks and the breakdown and the instrumental interlude section. It sounds just as good, if not better, that what I'm hearing on the radio these days. My personal preference would be to have the vocals up just a little more in the mix so it's not so hard to hear the words (that's pop music for you), but overall that is very nice work. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

Hi,

I edited my comment while you were responding. Still, I really like that track. Bringing the vocals up just a bit would make this old man enjoy it even more!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

That was really good!

 

This is better and more interesting to listen to than most modern pop. Great work.

 

I like it! Dead cert for Sweden's entry next year. I can't wait to hear it in the final when you have the children's choir walk on stage to do BVs for those big final choruses!

Strangely reminds me of the UK's last winning song - it's cheesy as anything but it's still a cracking pop song!


And frankly, this will never be bettered!!!

Rutger Gunnarson, what a bass player!

 

And yes, I agree with the others... a touch less saturation on the main rhythm guitar part, perhaps a touch more compression to smooth it out and bring up the vocals a little bit. But that's really just nit picking.

AND the children's choir on the big ending choruses...

PS Have you ever checked out the UK prog metal band Threshold? They've got a load of albums on InsideOut and Nuclear Blast. They are properly prog metal but also not scared of throwing in a singable big chorus and catchy hooks into their tunes where it suits.

 

0:27.
The lyrics are funny. Well done.
-When I think "pop" in the modern sense I think about lots of automation and post production. This track is more like light metal/hard rock, in that it could be performed live very close to the recording. I don't know anything about eurovision song contest, but if you really want to get a track on it, I think maybe consider that the songs that won are like one big album, then try to write the next song for that imaginary album.
All good advice in above comments.
Keep us updated if you revise the track. I always enjoy hearing the "time-lapse" of song development.

 

Well, you can always write in different genres for different musicians. Just like musicians that play covers, you can write the songs that others cover too. I think your song is good, even if you don't prefer to write pop, it turned out well IMO.
I always upload my music stems, and I get some pretty cool remixes and reinterpretations that way. I mostly write rock and pop, but most remixes that others make from them are dance music. It's fun to let go of a song creatively and see what people do with it.

 

You could always go full Lordi! LOL LOL LOL! I watched the year they represented Finland just to see what happened!

 

I avoid Eurovision like the plague but would take a lot more notice if the entries were as good as yours!

 

Thought it wasn’t pretty cool and I’ve heard a lot of your other stuff on YouTube over the last couple years. You great tones.

Having gone from a nu metal band to a prog metal band back to the nu metal band myself I have to say I honestly enjoy writing the simple stuff. It sounds huge in PA systems at shows, attracts more people to shows, and to be honest I got to a point where I felt like I was playing more complicated music for the sake of playing more complicated music. On our most recent album I challenged myself in several different ways. One was to make my bass lines simple but still fun to perform. Another was to be more of a multi instrumentalist and producer (I did all the keyboard/virtual instruments work and was much more into helping with vocal ideas.

Here are some of songs off our newest record.

This one is kind of like a Staind or Seether Like ballad you can here some of the strings and piano work i did. As simple as it is I’m proud of the bassline on this one also.

This one you can hear a little bit of My more progressive influences but it’s also a very simple rock chorus and bridge.


This one is very Taproot/nu metal. more balls to the wall