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I posted an original I did called "Bullet to the Head" a week or two back. The comments (FoulPhil's in particular) convinced me that the chorus was sluggish and took the piss and vinegar out of a potentially "rockin'" song. I came up with a new chorus and bridge, and I owe Phil a "thank...

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee... KNIFE is not a knife! This is one of the first songs I wrote, and one of my favorites. I did this recording recently... I plan on re-recording it over the weekend using a metronome so I get the drums right for once. I'm looking for any feedback you can give...

I've seen people mention "monitors" on this site since I've been on it, and like a dunce I just assumed that a monitor was essentially a computer program that graphically showed the output of each track and therefore visually showed the optimum volumes of the tracks when mixed together, or...

I don't care for pro wrestling, but a friend of mine I hadn't talked to in years does. He asked me to write a song on the guy that went apeshit a few years ago. Challenge accepted! I wouldn't post it except I think the sound turned out decent and could use some opinions on what works and what...

I bought a Peavy Vypyr VIP 2 40-watt amp because I needed an amp I could also use for bass. I was completely new to playing guitar, so I have no experience with any other amp. This thing has a shitload of settings on it, and I like many of them, but what I'm looking for is something that...

I wrote and recorded this a few months ago and am curious if anyone thinks it's a decent song. I put very little time into writing a song, mostly because I only have until the booze wears off, but here's my progression: pick up the bass and come up with a four-note rhythm that, as far as I...

Can the mods delete this? I hit the enter button by mistake.

I was able to get behind the kit for the first time in a couple weeks yesterday, and I hammered out a cover of Blood For Blood's "Cheap Wine". I did this song about 6 months ago and wanted to hear the difference between the two, given the recording/mixing tips I picked up here. There certainly...

I tried something new with mixing the kick drum yesterday that worked pretty well, and I'm verifying it now by doing it with two other songs. These are covers. This one is ridiculous, but amusing. I covered it a couple months ago, telling a friend that, while the original is just terrible, I...

Quick background on this... A couple months ago I was close to the TV at a bar that had one of those high cable channels on that are just music (in this case, a '60s rock channel)... and this came on. I was captivated. This is not my type of music, but the catchiness (and to some extent...

I got a couple of songs here that I had left unmixed a couple months ago... just mixed them and would appreciate anyone giving an opinion as to how they sound. Honesty is appreciated, even if the truth is just heartbreaking. These are both Bad Religion songs, by the way. Skyscraper is the...

I've only played with two different snare heads (Evans hybrid coated for most of my time drumming, and just switched to an Evans hydraulic blue). Also have only ever used a 30ct snare wire on the bottom. Anybody have a favorite snare head and wire? What kind of tone do they give you?

Wrote and recorded this last night. Lyrics are stream-of-consciousness crap that I wrote in 15 minutes, so no deep meanings there... I was focusing on coming up with some riffs and putting them together. Sound and performance is not at the level that most stuff on this site is, but what are...

I remixed this song I did maybe a month or two ago (a cover of Black Coffee, by Black Flag)... I made the following changes in the remix: -Less compression on the snare (barely any) -Less compression on the overhead mic -Panned the overhead tracks (I always copy it and put it on two tracks) as...

This is it for me, I don't want to see a goddamn instrument for a few weeks. Recorded a shitload of songs, yet still haven't taught myself a real chord. This is a cover. It is rather slow. It's crude and unpolished, but I don't think it's that bad, especially if not compared to the original...

This is another Drag the River song (must be Drag the River day), but this one had easier vocals and I don't think I screwed them up. Anyone who has the time, do me a favor and point out the flaws. I did no EQing of any guitar, bass or vocal tracks, and I think I maybe should have brought out...

The first song is American Waste by Black Flag (originally), a song I recorded months ago, in the infancy of my sojourn as a recreational music player/recorder. I remixed/remastered using things I've learned over the months, and I think I got it in half-decent shape (the kick drum mic I used...

This is the first song I ever wrote and recorded. I wrote it after a friend of mine got busted for DUI... I took to calling him "Drunk Driver" for a while, and he's the "DD" in the song. The lyrics are meant as a joke, not to be taken seriously. I'm pretty new to playing instruments, so the...

Hello! To DP-24 owners... when you record electric guitar (using an amp and a mic, that is- not plugging into the mixer and using the mock guitar effects)... do you use compression while recording? If so, do you have a compression effect setting you generally use (the three components below...

The Warren Zevon version is well outside my pay grade... this cover is closer to the GG Allin version. In my opinion this is the best song I ever recorded, possibly because the bleak lyrics and tone suit the "imperfect" nature of my recordings. Or maybe it's just such a well-written song...