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Hey all, I'd appreciate some feedback on these. Check out "Green Sunset", "Polylydia" and/or "Ives' Nightmare". "Ives" is the most experimental. www.myspace.com/ookness Thanks!!!

Even more astounding is the $600 new acoustic with a solid top. :eek: It's disgusting, really.

"they're not even built with the best materials - mostly we're talking mahogany and rosewood here - not AA or AAA Maple and Ebony." Mahogany and rosewood are some of the best materials you can use. Mahogany is stable and strong, perfect for a neck or a body. Rosewood is far more stable than...

I agree that the snare is a little lacking. Maybe that drum just has a deep sound. Personally, I would give it more bark (upper mids maybe?) Also I think I really hear the room in the snare, though not so much in anything else. Maybe this is what you're going for, but it's a very hi-fi sound...

Beautiful guitar playing! The vocal is also very good and I like the "room sound" you got on it. Song-wise, there's nothing wrong with it and it's very strong material. Mix-wise, I would bring the drums out a little more. It's hard for me to tell, but it sounds like the drums are programmed...

Thanks, I really appreciate it! I built that acoustic. It's still a little constipated-sounding, but it's starting to open up. Here's some pictures of it. I'm still fiddling with the neck angle and action. http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Georder/acoustic%20guitar/

The best way to boost your confidence is to get out there, make mistakes while performing, and keep performing. ;) I used to have terrible performance nerves. I still do (who doesn't?) but now they're just "excitement nerves", like I can't wait to do it. Open mikes are a good place to wet your...

Thanks bozmillar. Pretty much everything was recorded with the same condenser, except that I generally DI bass because I don't like fussing with my amp. Recording and mixing isn't really my strong suit, as I'm a music comp major and I tend to focus on the material and the playing. Re: the...

Ah, but see, you don't need drums to make music strong and powerful. That's just one tool. Perhaps challenge yourself and see if you can make it strong and powerful some other way? ;) Good work though, young padawan.

I have say, the tempo change sounds like a mistake. I would make it more pronounced. The chord progression is confusing to me. If you're writing tonal music, there's only so many things you can do that "work". Maybe it would sound better with a melody over it, but I don't know where the...

Here's my advice. This song would work on an album if followed by a louder, more energetic song (more energetic relative to this song). To "work" on its own, it needs to come to a climax. You have a very chilled out sound, which is great, but it's completely static for the whole song. My...

Thanks, I really appreciate you listening! I know what you mean, some of the songs don't "flow" from one section to another.

So I've been recording some expiremental music, using noise here and there as well as "kitchen percussion" (pan lids, tea kettle, etc.) Any feedback appreciated. Check out "Green Sunset" and "Evening Star." http://www.myspace.com/ookness Thanks!

My brother mostly wrote this song, collaborating with our bassist. The only thing I recorded is the lead vocals. I already know the mp3 quality may be pretty bad. I'd be more interested in thoughts about the song itself, not the quality of the mp3. But... any thoughts are welcome. "Broken...

"all it has to be is off 3 cents this or that way and its useless. i feel like giving up." No! Stick with it, man. I can't count the number of great string players I've heard. Just discipline yourself and plug away at it. Fight the good fight... eventually you'll be a great player! :) "...