A couple tracks from an EP I'm working on: are they any good?

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Hey everyone,

This is my first MP3 clinic post. I've got my own little recording studio going (I have the gear, but record in people's homes, practice spaces, etc.).

This is a band I've been recording for the past couple weeks. I'm at the point where the tracks are all there and I'm on my first round of mixing. I am wondering whether I should compress any of the drum tracks... I feel like I should just because that's what people do, but I am getting a decent sound out of them, and more importantly, the punch of them is there.

What do you guys think about these mixes? Good? Bad? Any comments are appreciated! I've got a lot of practice recording my acoustic band, but I'm new to the whole full-band recording experience.

The Urge:

When The Beat Stops:


-Tony
 
update: mastered versions

Well I never really got feedback here. Not sure why, was it how I posted the mp3's or something? I used my MobileMe to host them...

Anyway, I took the mixes to a studio here in Chicago that the band has worked with in the past. The engineer there suggested that if I had a room mic (which I did: a Fat Head about 6 feet from the bass drum at bass drum level) I should compress the shit out of it and seat it in the drum mix. I did that and subsequent things since posting these mixes. When The Beat Stops was renamed to Vengeance, and there are two 30-second samples of the mastered versions (they took them to a mastering house in Chicago) are on my web site.

For what it's worth, here's what the final product ended up sounding like. This was my first full band recording session so I feel it ended up being ok. The master somehow made the guitars seem way quieter than I had in my final mixes but overall I'm pleased that you can hear everything that was being played. Plus, most importantly, the band liked it!

The Urge:

Vengeance (aka When The Beat Stops):
 
n00bs are given very little attention in the clinic, especially if the quality of the mat'l is good. Make some crappy recordings and the "help" factor rises exponentially. I didnt like the snare sound on Urge in the first post. Mastering did wonders in the 30 second snippet for the sound with the exception of the snare. I'd leave it all.
 
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