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Rules? There are no rules. You might be over intellectualizing. Go for what sounds good to you based on your tastes. The answer to what everyone else does is out there for you to learn. My advice has always been to listen, listen, listen... to your favorite recordings. Jon

I'm checking out the new mix... It's much better but the drums are still getting somewhat lost. It may be the verb you're using- try the drums drier. You might try a reverb with a shorter tail- like a room preset for both the drums and the vocals. This kind of song is supposed to have a raw...

crawdad... my thoughts exactly. Jon

I'm listening as I type... The guitars are eating up the mix, way too loud in relation to everything else. The drums need to be the foundation of the mix and they're getting lost. The vocal recording is pretty good but they hurt at times (too sharp). The vocal verb is a little retro for me...

I comment on everything I listen to. In fact, there was a guy who was asking for feedback in the "Songwriting" forum, he posted a link to his song, I listened to it and in a moment of inspiration I recorded a quick version of my own with what I thought might be some helpful ideas. I then posted...

Clay- Giving everything their own slot in the mix is a good way to go, in fact, thats the basic principal of a good mix, but there's more than one way to achieve that. Different frequency characteristics of sounds help to seperate them ie a bass guitar won't normally mask a flute. Spacial...

I'm listening to Butterflies... Holy Crap squared... this is a wonderful song. You have a gift for songwriting and arrangement. Your voice is perfect for this genre...very Harry Nilson. The backing tracks (drums, piano) need more sonic size and depth. Please get a better drum machine...

Listening... I'm lovin' the hissy, lo fi quality. Nice guitar tone, tasty lickin. I like the tremelo guitar stuff. Bass and drums are drunk on Jim Beam. I love the psycho quality to this. You're making "clean" a dirty word on this one. Okay, I'm drowning my sorrows in a bowling alley bar in...

Wow, who cares if its country or not. It's really good. I agree with the others who said it was reminiscent of 70's pop (my personal fave by the way). Your voice awesome. Your guitar playing is great. The chord progression and melody are so sweet, nice nice nice. Yummy string tasties. My only...

It's listenable... The playing seems a little hesitant but the sounds are nice. The drums are a little boring, could use some fills and cymbals and just more playing. Speeds up during the solo, watch out for that. The singer isn't that bad, I kind of like his voice. This is the kind of song...

I thought I'd check out Temporary Insanity... Good time rock and roll feel is right on. The tune is pretty good but you might analyze your chord proggresion throughout the song and how it relates to the melody. You might find that a simpler progression and drum part would support the melody...

Don't shop your stuff- please God don't. Don't let those greedy bastards smear their corporate shmooze all over you. OK... I'm settling down now (thanks to "Despair"). How about this, all of us at this website spread the word and you start churning out cd burns at $10 a pop, okay, $12... $15...

Thanks for describing your recording technique. You get great results. Good compressors are magical and they should be free! I'm using a DBX ProVocal as a preamp. It has a compressor chain as well as verb, delay and modeling. I have no plugins as I'm using a demo version of Cool Edit. I think...

Whoa, it would take me a fair amount of listens to analyze the time changes. I know you're in 4/4 a lot of the time :) Odd time signatures, especially with anticipations are hard to figure out. I'ts funny, I have a tune called "Desperate Measures" that changes time a lot, although not like this...

I'm listening to the new version now. The BGV's are very nice harmonically. They seem a little right heavy though. The harshness thing... I think you're too close to the mic at times. Try moving in and out oh so slightly so as to not compromise the intimacy of your vocal. Good compressors can...

WATYF- If you would, describe your technique for recording the guitar. BTW, I have a piece of shit Taylor too :). Jon

I've heard of Del Amitri. My roomate had their first album and used to play it a lot back in the late 80's. I think they had a semi hit in the mid 90's. I remember a video with babies or something. Too bad they're in the "where are they now" file. Great recording and performance. Your guitars...

That's some awesome shredding. Check out this website: http://www.guitarbattle.com I would contribute but my shredding days are long gone. Jon

The longer I take to write them the better they are. The longer I take to record them the better they sound. But damn if I don't hate them by the time I'm done.

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine that writes songs. He said he always starts with a bass groove. I couldn't comprehend that. I told him that I start from a melodic/harmonic context and he couldn't comprehend that. I remember seeing some documentary about Elton John (Two Rooms?) and he...