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This link immediately closed itself on my iphone (not after getting me to accept the cookies) and sent me to a warning page about hackers trying to steal information on the desktop PC... what was the date of the thread and was it on this folder? I'll try to find it scrolling through the site...

Hi Kerfoot, Initial impressions remind me of Blink 182 era sort of pop punk... is this your band? As I'm relatively new to the forum I don't know your backstory, so I'm going to make assumptions(!). This sounds like a band recording that I'm guessing you have recorded and mixed? As a demo...

This is democracy manifest.

Hi all I'm looking to invest in a pickup for my acoustic guitar so that I can connect it to amps/recording applications etc. Does anyone use these/have any good recommendations? I want one that I can simply put under the strings on my acoustic and plug straight in. I've been looking at...

Hi all! So I’ve really appreciated the feedback I got from some of the members here. I have taken into account specific things regarding the opening track (monochrome) and slightly “moistened” the dry guitar sound as well as reducing a hefty chunk of reverb from the vocals. Overall the track...

Hi TripleM, thanks for listening to Monochrome. I think you're right about the vocal / guitar dynamic being a little too contrasted with the dry sound on the guitar and the reverb on the vox (love the sewer down the drainpipe analogy btw :D). I'm really struggling with that guitar sound at the...

Thank you Manslick - really kind comments. Cannot tell you how much I appreciate you having a listen through, especially to all of them, means a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed them too. You are right that all "electric" guitar sounds will have been recorded on acoustic guitar and then made to...

Hi manslick This piece is certainly coming across nicely but you’ve indicated some concerns already that it might be limited a tad too far. The bass doesn’t sound too loud in the mix to me - if anything it could be louder to my ears. The guitars sound good. Drums do sound slightly...

Hey - just wanted to swing by and comment to let you know I’ve had a listen to your track this evening and really enjoyed it. The vocals and octave harmonies are sounding really good. The chorus is very catchy. Really like the high energy of the piece. I think the drums aren’t what I would...

Hello, So I want to get my first impressions down as no matter what anyone says - first impressions count! 1. LOVE that you didn’t decide to take on all of Slash’s guitar solos and merely end up imitating them - the heavier and lower riff way of doing the solo not only avoided the above but...

Very helpful re. the vocals, thanks! You’re right of course. I’ve seen that you’ve posted something here recently so I’m going to give it a listen now and will let you know my thoughts in due course..

Hi 24Fretz Thanks so much for your comments - really appreciate you taking the time to check out the songs and offer some feedback. I completely agree with you regarding the vocals. You are correct that I have not had lessons with vocals (I'd be fooling myself to think that wasn't evident in...

Ah ok - that’s frustrating! Good to know though, thank you. I sing relatively close to the mic on the iPhone so that clarity is increased, otherwise I feel the background noise increases too much or it sounds muffled when I am further away. Something to experiment with in future if I do...

Hi there msnickybee! First things first - the guitar on this song is first class. I love the sound also, forgive my ignorance but is this an electro acoustic or did you record with a mic? The sound is lush. I love the chord change when you sing “high and dry” and especially around 2:08...

Hi Robus, thanks a lot for listening to the first two tracks! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. You're right about the setup, I've known for ages that I need to get some more equipment to aid with songwriting. Need to ensure I make it happen sooner now rather than later. I'm sadly...

Hi Spantini thanks for listening - that's greatly appreciated and so are your comments! Glad to hear that they are listenable. Are you able to elaborate slightly on the vocal frequency being fatiguing? It's something I can look to avoid or improve going forward if possible... thanks.. :)

Dear all, I'm a newbie to this forum and wanted to share a project/collection of songs that I've put together. I started seriously recording and songwriting in 2009. I record everything these days through a mic on my iPhone and do all the mixing in Garageband on the iPhone too.. I realise...

This is a really great track. Following on Soundcloud now. Mix sounds really solid. Good job.

Really interesting read here and it seems the consensus amongst a lot of songwriters is that the lyrics come after the music. I am no different. Words fit around the music based on the melody you can hear and hum along to when you've got an instrumental base to grow out from. It's encouraging...

My advice to you would be to think about when you are strumming, do you normally tap your foot to keep time? If you do, then this is your mind and body finding the rhythm in what you are playing, and creating a natural metronome to keep in time to. View an automated metronome much in the same...