Listening Skills

The song I'm going to be talking about is Calvin Harris' new single titled 'Summer'. What I like about this song sounds used in the song. I like the strings in the first verse of the because they sound very real even though they are not. It also gives the first verse a smooth and subtle feel. The vocals is another thing I like about this song. The vocals sound very clear and sharp. The mic that was used to record Calvin' vocals is very likely to be a condenser mic because condenser mics are the best mics for audio sound. I like how the melody changes at 0:33 and how the lo pass filter gives the song that ready for the drop feel. When the melody changes it makes the song become more interesting and not boring, most songs are repetitive because the melody is catchy or the melody has a nice harmonic sound. This song has a nice harmonic sound but instead of keeping the same melody it was changed to something much more harmonic. The lo pass filter is filtering the main melody that will soon drop after the break. This creates a little bit of ambience for the music and also shows what is about to happen next.

Another good thing about this song is the mixing and mastering. I like how everything is not too loud or too quiet, everything is balanced out perfectly. This is what every song should sound like because is the mixing and mastering is a poor quality then the doing will sound distorted and not very pleasant to listen to. So in every song the song should be mixed and mastered to a high standard. This makes the sonic components sound clean, bright and easily heard.