I need some feedback on these songs I recorded.

[AASteveo]

http://www.angelfire.com/moon/aasteveo/songs/songs.html

I just recorded these two songs last month. The first is Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani and was just my lead guitar played over a backing track. I went direct with a Toneworks AX100G into a 2-input micro-mixer. Ghetto, I know, but oh well.

I would have used my 57, but I live in a dorm and there were just too many damn annoying noises during my tracking (people knocking on the door, drunk idiots screaming in the background, etc.). Also, I had a deadline so I couldn't waste time trying to get the mic perfect.

The second is Voice of the Soul by Death and it's just me on guitar. I used an acoustic/electric that was recorded both direct, and mic-ed with an SM57. I had to mix the two signals together on my micro mixer and record to one track. The electric guitars are direct, the same way as with the first song.

I edited them with Cool Edit Pro on my PC.

So, give me all the constructive criticism you can. This is one of my first full song recording projects, and I want to know how to do it better.

[F_cksia]

What kind of deadline were you having for this?
First (before listening): if the backingtrack is pre-recorded, the only thing you recorded was the guitar, and we cannot commend on the tone of it, what do you want to hear?

I´ll get back later, downloading is too slow (13 minutes for the first song?)