a song of mine...suck/notsuck?

[rayc]

I like it. My only nit is the low string line is a bit thin & doesn't have enough wood. Where was the mic pointing? Sounds like it's picking up heaps of bow & string but not much wood - I'd give a tiny bit of verb and some mids. the other strings are nicely happening.
I like the arrangement and the melody is excellent.
O reckon you should let the ac. guitar shine through a little bit more here & there.
Nice work - keep tweaking & REPOST.

 

[cello_pudding]

i like loud strings..the guitar holds its own part...but i like the strings louder than what you would normally hear.

you can still hear the guitar, and the voice kicks through pretty well, so i like this mix as is (besides the bad timing/intonation.

 

[cello_pudding]

i'm getting really frustrated with this. i wish somebody could just play this for me.

i suck so bad. its just cat screaching right now. all it has to be is off 3 cents this or that way and its useless. i feel like giving up.

 

[Ibuildmyguitars]

"all it has to be is off 3 cents this or that way and its useless. i feel like giving up."

No! Stick with it, man. I can't count the number of great string players I've heard. Just discipline yourself and plug away at it.
Fight the good fight... eventually you'll be a great player!

" like this mix as is "
The mix is fine. I think the ritards are fine. I didn't hear timing problems--just some playing with the tempo, which is artistic. The writing is good. The arranging is good. Just work on the pitch of the strings.

 

[Supercreep]

Here is my uneducated opinion, without knowing what you're after:

The song is too busy most of the time because of the strings. It has an arrangement, and it's melodic, but it doesn't build on any themes, and doesn't really take you from point A to point B; it just sort of plunks you down at point B and sneaks off while you're not looking.

Unless this is a band, and it's a situation where the strings need to be equal partners with the guitar and vocals, they need to be pared way back.

Take into account that I view the guitar as the rhythm section here. I'd have it mixed to the vocal, which would be the most prominent sound.

I'd then creatively arrange the strings to add counterpoint or emphasis, or to echo a vocal theme, or any of a million things you do with strings.

The way it is now it feels like you blow your string wad in the first twenty seconds. Unless the strings have something powerfully important to say, I'd try to hold off on introducing your first string sound until your second verse, and perhaps save your most complex string arranging - especially sounds covering low end - until the last fifteen seconds or so. Don't let the strings overpower the guitar.

-Casey