My song got played on the radio DC-5 recording

[Sixstringpsycho]

My song "Masquerade" under my project Horizon's Dawn was played on the radio tonight. I am on cloud 9 to say the least. The song was recorded with my 1978 Gibson Les Paul and my Mesa DC-5 Combo, No effects.
check it out and tell me what you think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-X8zJhCnX8

 

[zodiac272]

That's so cool! congrats getting on the radio... really good song. the vocals were great. I actually like the vocals better than the guitar parts, but the guitar sounded really good too. nice dry tone. have you ever tried it with a heavy distorted guitar interlude in it? like for a solo or one of the later verse/chorus? I kinda dig a ballad thats mellow and then gets angry and distorted for some contrast. thanks for sharing!

scott

 

[Sixstringpsycho]

Thanks for checking it out and the compliments. It's interesting you suggested a distorted interlude because we actually have a version where it goes heavy for the solo (completely different) and the final chorus then back to clean for the outro. We never recorded it. I always wanted to record a clean/electric with vocals only tune. I'm mainly a metal guy so the focus of HD has been to write different stuff. I'm glad you dug it.

Justin

 

[Blaklynx]

Congrat on the airplay. Well done.

Enjoyed it. The lyrics and story telling were good.

If I can be a little critical.... the vocals seemed a little too up front and it seemd a compressor (overall) needed to be used more effectively. Some of the solo piece and a few passages of vocals seem to jump out a little too much dymanically. I understand that trying to get a balance between dynamics and compression for a ballad such as this is a task in itself.

Whichever way, it doesn't matter. You got played on radio! I wish I could!.... Band days and taking over ze world seems a long shot for me these days..... :lol:

 

[Sixstringpsycho]

Congrat on the airplay. Well done.

Enjoyed it. The lyrics and story telling were good.

If I can be a little critical.... the vocals seemed a little too up front and it seemd a compressor (overall) needed to be used more effectively. Some of the solo piece and a few passages of vocals seem to jump out a little too much dymanically. I understand that trying to get a balance between dynamics and compression for a ballad such as this is a task in itself.

Whichever way, it doesn't matter. You got played on radio! I wish I could!.... Band days and taking over ze world seems a long shot for me these days..... :lol:

Great input and thank you. I'm enjoying it a ton. It's my first airplay so I'm gobbling it up