Recent content by Crazy Luke

I Listened to the first song, very ethereal, and haunting (in a good way). Regarding writer's block, what works for me is - Don't start off with paper and pen (keyboard and DAW) and say to yourself, "I'm need to write a great song" Instead, un-pressure yourself by starting off by saying to...

Good song, very pleasing to ears. The lead vocal could be pitch-corrected to get it into a more pro level. Also, the lead vox could go back into the mix, it's a bit to upfront, like you are singing to a karaoke program.

For the lead solo, try panning to one side, then use a Haas effect to make appear a bit on the other side. Then bring up a bit.

Needs a vocal bump

Lead vox could use a high self at 3k and up?

Here's a cool trick that I have been using lately that makes panned cymbals in virtual drum sets I bit more real. If you have cymbals coming out of individual channels like I do, to be stereo summed later, use a Haas effect to put a bit of a delayed iteration of it in the opposite stereo field...

Could use a bit more kick to pop out

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Sounds like your trying to get sonic elements of this song to pop out using compression and limiting on the 2 bus, when you probably needed to make that happen earlier in the chain. There is a bit of warble on the crash cymbal, and that is usually a sign of over-squashing the mix (and that...

Thx, jimi I liked your latest submission as well.

Yea, I +1 Strat's comments re: mid-range heavy for about half of the instrumentation on this. I would first get rid of any unnecessary low frequency stuff that's going on with things like strings by using a high-pass filter, then using an eq dip that will attenuate the brassy-ness as well...

Good mix, overall. I would keep the kick and snare going, though, even through the breakdowns, if you want to keep it as a "band playing industrial metal", as opposed to one guy triggering Ableton Live. In other words, I would love to see how this would be played live at a show with people...

It's actually a popular move that came about predominantly in the 90's

OK thx andrushkiwt. I will experiment with more gain on the guitars and repost

I (inho) am close to finishing this metal CD of 10 songs. Here is the 2nd song called "Psych Knife." Please let me know what can be tweaked on this.