Classic Rock - The King

[YellowDwarf]

I'm having some trouble with this song. It's a classic rock, 3/4 song with Dylan-y lyrics and Robin Trower-styled guitar, except I'm not Robin. It ended up sounding like Dave Gilmour on a bad day, but that's another story.

One problem is that my buddy Mark does the drums on this with 6 mics, in a really small room. I have no control over how he does it, I just deal with the tracks when he sends them to me. Sometimes the snare has a nice crack, other times it's clunky. I think his wife vaccuums the room and bangs into everything, but he's in Scotland and I'm in Canada, so ...

Anyway, knowing this, can you have a listen and see what you think? = SoundClick artist: RetroYellowDwarf - page with MP3 music downloads

Thanks!

 

[aaronmcoleman]

drums are really distant compared to everything else. i know you have no control over that, but it's throwing the whole thing off.

the effect on the right guitar is ok, bring the effect down some...it's kinda too much for me. the soloish guitar gets drown out by the phasey one on the right. and the phasey riff gets too repeatative for me.

bass sits pretty well, but without the drums sounding right it's hard to tell.

vocals are ok, again, I don't like the weird effect.

 

[YellowDwarf]

drums are really distant compared to everything else. i know you have no control over that, but it's throwing the whole thing off.

the effect on the right guitar is ok, bring the effect down some...it's kinda too much for me. the soloish guitar gets drown out by the phasey one on the right. and the phasey riff gets too repeatative for me.

bass sits pretty well, but without the drums sounding right it's hard to tell.

vocals are ok, again, I don't like the weird effect.

Thanks, man. I try to hide my 1/4 octave vocal range behind some effects to try to keep listener's minds off of it! ... You're right about the riff and, though you didn't say, the repetitive bassline, I was trying to make a univibe sound without a univibe pedal and ... fail.

Nice job with your ears, I appreciate your time.
DW

 

[fuzzsniffvoyage]

The drums sounded a little out of place in the beginning, but settled in nicely. I dig the song and the sound. Some Jon Lord style organ would fit the groove. Cool song, well done.

 

[YellowDwarf]

Thanks, fuzz ...

Yeah, I'm always missing a decent keyboardist on the stuff I do. Maybe you'd like to lend a hand?

Glad you liked the tune!

DW

 

[toad_uk]

Nice feel. I went straight to the link without reading the comments and straight away though Trower. Bass is nice and punchy. Would have liked some reverb or a long delay on the vocals, a little bit of top on the drums (drums are something I have a problem with, but yours sound better than mine).

 

[YellowDwarf]

Nice feel. I went straight to the link without reading the comments and straight away though Trower. Bass is nice and punchy. Would have liked some reverb or a long delay on the vocals, a little bit of top on the drums (drums are something I have a problem with, but yours sound better than mine).

Thanks a bunch for listening. It's so much easier when someone drums for you, but it's hard not to have that "artistic" input on them - like do this, add some flams and so on. I'd like Mark to be more of a dynamic drummer with lots of rolls and stuff, but he's not that kind of drummer, just a hobbyist like myself.

I put a short slap-back on the vox to hide my off-key low voice, but never thought of anything long. Let me play with it.

Thanks,
DW