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Messed around with an 80s sounding waltz with loads of guitars today, in my quest for finding new sounds and improving my production workflow. Again, thought I'd post it here! Hope you like.

For the nerds: Been trying out using delays to widen things like hihats (with a spread of like 5-6 milliseconds). Working with more gated 80s reverbs, and parallell-saturating drums to make them sound more broken and alive. The bass is from a Juno 60 emulation, really love the sound of the Juno synths, so many modern synths do too much and end up too complicated to put in songs, the Juno stuff is so clean it's easy to fit into the context of a song.


Comments

Laurel Pekarske

saw the title and was expecting “LoOk At ThIs PhoToGrApH”

Kat

I'm vibin. This is so chill. 🥰

Roomie

Lol I know, these would never be final lyrics because of that, it was just what popped into my head when singing. None of it makes sense lol

Anna

No idea what any of the technical stuff means but it sounds great. I was really expecting Nickelback. 😂 But as always your voice sounds great and I love how you always change things up.

emy

Super cool. Those drums have lotsa personality

Sugary Magnolia

Finally! A better "Photograph" song 😄 Loving the new sounds you're experimenting with. Very fun!

Dannielle O'Neill

Bc I'm a word nerd 🤓 the phrase Sound Doodle makes my brain really happy. Lmao It makes sense and sounds fun. Also, I am now calling writing drafts Word Doodles from here on out.

Lany Stout

Sounds good Joel! I like the slowed down vibe, dont get to hear that too much from you and I love it

MediocreAtBest

lost me in the second half even so it still made me laugh

Shannon Kraushaar

I suppose I’m a wannabe nerd - wish I could listen to an explanation of what different sounds different effects or choices make. I think I’d have a greater appreciation for music production and composition if I could hear (for example) what the hihats sound like with vs without delay. I don’t know the language hardly at all, but I always felt like I had “smart” ears. Thanks for sharing all these previews with us!

Jessistache_73

I'm intrigued how you wanted it to sound more "broken". Is that to make it sound more "real" and less mechanical? Loving these sound doodles 🥰

Phoebe Grint

I don't know anything nerdy, but it sounds relaxing and peaceful, I think. Btw, love the doodles 🙃

Clair (Teampanda)

You're so adorable when you go full geek mode with your music terminology. It's like someone unleashed a thesaurus of musical literacy into your brain and it explodes out in spurts of melodic flutters across the page/videos!

Airyckah Lane

This is a sway beat.. the kind of tempo you sway to when at dances… not complaining.. just can see this being played at every middle school dance and wedding

Mari

LOL thank goodness, I was worried for a second

Bookdragon 43

Love the chill vibe of this song !!🥰🎵👍

Courtney Walker

I love how relaxing this song is. Makes me wanna listen to it while chillin' out in nature.

Chauchie Cortez

Oh my gosh, I love this! I just closed my eyes and listened. The soundscape feels really cozy to me. Definitely something you turn on and enjoy while the world fades away.. 🌌 I could use a full version of this 🤗

Sabrina Detchon

Very soothing. It's making my brain think of another song but I can't pin it. Definitely something I would listen to on moody day to help me chill out/relax.

Tonya Davis

I felt that way too! (Of course it could be because I WAS in middle school in the 80’s!)

Jaime

I am loving this new avenue you are going down I was an 80's girl and your voice really gels well with with this

Magdalena Slodczyk

As my brain likes to visualise things using my (sometimes too strong) imagination - within seconds I could see some couple having their first wedding dance to that song 😅 that could definitely be a wedding hit ✨

Rhiannon

Love the vibe of this, so chill and cosy and kinda nostalgic 😌

Sigga

Saw the title and thought to myself 'I will not listen to this', but luckily I decided to read the comments and saw it wasn't the Nickelback's song. This sounded great!! Sorry Joel, you are amazing and I love your voice, but not even you could make Nickelback's Photograph sound good to me.

Sofie G

I'm already nostalgic for this😘

Becky Lorion

Loving that you’re sharing these. Just like everyone else, I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized it wasn’t a cover of Nickelback 🤣 But anyway, the sound of this is super raw and chill and I love it.

Cas

I'm enjoying your little doodles and interested in seeing how you incorporate the things you have developed into your future songs!

Shemsi Alhaddad

The tune, and not the lyrics, kind of sounds like the Wonder Stuff’s Sing the Absurd.

CK DeP

💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

CK DeP

Hii Joel!

SpyroShurtagul

This is awesome! I would love to have more "Sound Doodles" <3

PhantomFidget

🎶 Conductor Photograph Noises 🎶 🐾

Sofía Reyes

Love the 80's references (my teen ages) and my son loved the "nerd" explanation. Thanks a lot for doing that. You are fantastic. <3

Lisa Hontschik

I would a 1000% buy this record. Please, please finish this song!

N M

Can someone please tell me where I might have heard this kind of walz?