Recent content by Hot_Mess

I'm a newbie so I can't really give you the technical feedback you're looking for... I just wanted to say it sounds terrific to me, the guitar parts seem to blend together but I can still hear everything that's going on, and I enjoyed listening.

Wow! Great song! Here is my constructive criticism. It's very general. You are a really good singer. In my opinion, this song would be better served by more emotion, less technical exactness in the vocal. I'd rather hear some mistakes, some growling, and more expression. Nice work!--Jessica

Anyone have advice for how to find a stomp sound that will fit my song? I'm kind of hoping to pay just a few dollars for the specific sound I need, rather than downloading some huge pack. Here's the song I want it for: https://soundcloud.com/jessicazin/the-noise I don't think making it myself...

Very cool song! Charming and modern. I really like the tone of your voice. Awesome: "almost all notes are out of my comfort zone..." Here's my constructive critique: When you're doing the spoken part, in some parts it seems too calm and collected compared to what is being said. Like the "idiot"...

Great, thanks Jnke and Frits and TripleM. Very helpful. I think I agree with every one of the points both of you made. This forum is so helpful because I didn't hear those things before. I did humanize the snare but I agree it doesn't quite match. I really need to learn how to manipulate EQ, I...

Great song! I really like it. Here are my suggestions... I don't like the way you said "three" in the beginning. When the lead vocal is singing without the backing vocals, it sounds too thin and unadorned. (Sorry for my lack of technical terminology!) I think it would sound better a little...

Thank for any advice you can give me to improve it! I'm very new to this, and this is the first song I've completed since getting monitors. --Jessica https://soundcloud.com/jessicazin/the-noise

This is so stupid. But I can't figure out how to get a cd, inserted in my computer, to play through my monitors. The sound will only come out of my computer internal speakers. I've got the monitors plugged in to an audio interface or preamp or whatever it's called (Focusrite Scarlett 8i6) and...

So I just got my first pair of monitors (Yamaha HS 50M). Up till now I've been mixing on headphones. This is really a question about mixing on headphones. I think that even with my monitors, I'm going to probably do some mixing on headphones because of my family/privacy/humiliation concerns...

Thanks for all the feedback. I did just get some Yamaha HS50M monitors from craigslist and just set them up and tried them today. I guess it does make sense that having different tracks with different types of reverb will sound funky. Going to have to think about that, and about a vocal booth...

I think this is a really good song. I love the arrangement and the melody. The lyrics...well, I'm an atheist. But I still really like it. I would say that the biggest weakness in my opinion is the drums because they sound so fake. (Sorry!) In particular the last cymbal in the drums loop. In my...

Thanks for the encouragement Frits! That Kimya Dawson song about Corey Haim et al. totally inspired my 80s song. You nailed it. I think I was kind of overcompensating with my "fake fake fake" comment, I'm defensive about doing everything with software instruments...Specifically what I meant is...

Thank you bouldersoundguy and miroslav for the suggestions. I will try singing close to the mic and see how that sounds. I will research the bass traps idea. I read that you should tape blankets to the walls. Is that a good idea? I kind of like the idea of making it as dead as possible and...

Also, don't freak out but I'm mixing with headphones.

Here are some photos of the basement. This is the biggest room of the house, although the ceilings in the family room are somewhat higher. I know I've got some severe limitations here, I just want to do the best I can. Also, I can spend a few hundred a couple times a year probably, without my...