Just how bad is it?

[steelphantom]

I finished recording a quick demo CD for my brother's band. They mainly play classic rock cover songs. I just want to get some opinions on what needs to be fixed here (I'm sure there's plenty!). I can go back in and remix it (which I will most likely do later), but the tracks that are here are final. I know there are quite a few mistakes in these songs. :-/

The songs are on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/overdriveband13

Thanks!

 

[ido1957]

Mary Jane...
Minor minor nits on this...
Could use a little more cymbals, or overheads...
Vocals are a little dry (for me)....
The spread is very good - listening on headphones it has a real "on stage" vibe...
The recording sounds very good overall, and the vibe is great, reminds me of the original and maybe the Band in it's sound... Lock down those settings they work for me....

 

[steelphantom]

Thanks a lot! I'll consider adding a bit more overheads to the drums. I'm thinking that the crappy myspace file compression could have something to do with that, too. I'll have to experiment a little more with vocal reverb. Right now I'm just using the Lexicon Pantheon "Hit Vocal" (or something like that) preset at about 7% mix.