Any comments on these recordings?

[jonorigin]

Can anyone offer me any feedback on these recordings? We spent 2 hours setting up and recording these songs at the weekend, and I was looking for some tips on the mix or the songs in general!! Anyway, you can grab the songs from here:

http://www.brokendaylight.com/songs

Thanks very much

Jon
broken daylight
http://www.brokendaylight.com

[jonorigin]

No replies eh, they must be perfect then!!!

[joro]

Originally posted by jonorigin
No replies eh, they must be perfect then!!!

yes....of course.....

whatever you say....


When you fall is a cool tune musically man...
lyrics are hard to understand...
vocals are straining but do stay in pitch....
a lower register might be cool....then use the lead vox as a vox harmony track...
drums sound very well performed....I like the ride and the crash a lot...
you guys must gig well....
good live sound man...

What was the signal chain?

[jonorigin]

Thanks for the tips there!!! It seems to be my biggest weakness that I always write melodies at the high end of my range and it ends up sounding strained. I like the idea of useing the lower one as the high melody though, think i'll give that a go tomorrow!!


Signal chain? does that mean the stuff we use for recording and stuff? (we don't really know what we're doing here, just trying to muddle our way through!!) Basically I have a PC with a MOTU 24I i got second hand, running Sonar with Ozone. Then I use some cheap rackmount preamps into an akg drum mic set, a couple of sm57's and a 58 for the vox valvetronix amp and vocals, and DI the bass.

[joro]

Originally posted by jonorigin


Signal chain? does that mean the stuff we use for recording and stuff? (we don't really know what we're doing here, just trying to muddle our way through!!) Basically I have a PC with a MOTU 24I i got second hand, running Sonar with Ozone. Then I use some cheap rackmount preamps into an akg drum mic set, a couple of sm57's and a 58 for the vox valvetronix amp and vocals, and DI the bass.

Man..that's beautiful....
good job man...keep at it...

[betty rumble]

I am trying to listen but my player keeps skipping---- sorry, I will try again later

[gmiller1122]

Almost Drowning -- I really like this one. There's a groove that's easy to fall into. The chorus is the weak link -- it doesn't have the punch that the verses do. Arrangement-wise, that is.

Just a Game feels forced. I'm not sure why, but it feels as if the vocals, the playing, etc -- something's not there. Emotionally, not musically. I don't know if that makes sense.

When you Fall -- Ah, the emotion. It's back. This one has a certain warmth to it. The vocals are low in the mix. I'm no expert, but maybe some reverb? They sound as if they're a voice over. Karaoke-like. But the playing. Very tight and driving.

Thanks for the listen. These were cool. Keep having fun.

G

[jonorigin]

Thanks for the advice there, lots of good tips for me to think about!!

[LeksBD]

Sweet. In comparison, the remixes sound much better. Thanks for the critique guys.