Well that was fun. I went with doctor Who in his time machine, going all the way back to the sixties, where I recorded this song. Yes, it has a doctor Who-ish theremin, but to be honest it’s just a synth trying to be a theremin (don’t tell anyone
https://soundcloud.com/dorian-urac/the-man-from-the-sun?si=667bf44a1648446da60ab2a23fce0cc2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingAlthough it (hopefully) sounds pretty sixties, the music is created using solemnly VSTs. While mixing I used VSTs simulating vintage equipment like vari-mu compressors, passive Pultec EQ and tape simulation.
My question for you: Does is sound vintage enough? Is the mix alright? I ask, because I had a hard time getting this to sound vintage while not becoming boxy or harsh. Maybe it still sounds too hifi? Someone at Synthforum (= Dutch) said I should add clicks and audio drop outs and such. Also not sure on that.
LyricsEvery now and then
A saint comes from the sun
Always right about moral virtues
Yes, he knows it all
He’ll come to your doorstep
To blast defences away
A lovin’ kind of hatred in his eye
It’s with love from the sun
Sun ray through your window
It boils the house
If you don’t take up his kindness
You’ll be toast in the sun
Oh how his knowledge is so great compared to us all
Feel your own insignificance
in the shadow of the man from the sun
Oh so bright in his wisdom
He burns away the doubt
There’s no reason to have any fears
Unless you say he’s not right
A crack in your window
It’s too late to run
You’ll be cooked and grilled
By the man from the sun
A stone through your window
Storm wrecks town
He’ll never be sorry
For the man from the sun
He knows it all