A novice's first attempt

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Hi guys,

Okay, I know I am feeding myself to the sharks here :), but here goes.

This is just a rough draft of a song I am working on so that I can work out my mixing and recording techniques. Any suggestions and comments would be apreciated.

A couple things to consider: I am not looking for pro quality recording, a decent demo is fine by me. I do not have a *studio*, this was just recorded through my bass amp by a Shure 57 that was pluged straight into my soundcard. I used a $60 CDN program called MAGIX Audio Studio And the drums are just a drum machine program I have.

I haven't worked out a structure for the song yet, I still have more parts to work out and assemble, but I'll do that later. I only set out to experiment with recording...

Oh and ther are curently no lyrics...

http://guitarlibrary.com/index.php?page=mp3_view&mp3_id=43

Thanks for your input, and remember, this is my first mix ever...

Rocinante.
 
Not bad at all for a first attempt - especially for the manner in which it was recorded. Try pulling up the drums a bit, and cutting some of the high end from the sampled cymbals. I'm not sure if you recorded guitar and bass, or just guitar, or just bass or what - if you recorded a bottom bass line, it needs to be a bit more defined.
Again, not bad at all for a first attempt.
 
Thanks for the input...

...Yeah, I know about the drums, not much I can do, because the drum program doesn't have an EQ, so I had to EQ it in the mixer that came with the recording program. So when I EQ it, it affects the whole kit. I may seperate each piece of the kit, and import them as idividual tracks so that I can tweak them individually.

There are two guitar tracks and one bass track, but I had to use my little sister's crappy Yamaha Bass from her school because the E on my fretless is busted, and I've got new strings on order. SO I didn't bother defining the bass too well. When I actually make it into a proper song, I'll have my bass, and I'll get a better sound out of it.

Thanks again for your input :)
J.
 
Hey...I like it a lot! Sounds like your off to a great start. Good luck with the lyrics...I find that it's sometimes tough to add words after you have most of the music already written.

Thanks for sharing the song...
 
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