Creep Steve

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This is the song Creep Steve (with fixed broken link). It is about a guy I didn't like.

Style wise I was feeling hints of Dylan, Robyn Hitchcock, Pink Floyd and a blues band in a bar where everyone is drunk kinda thing, at least that's the idea I had going in. You know what happens to intentions.

Looking for feedback on the mix and such. Right now there are two big things I am unhappy with - the huge, out of place, processed robot snare and the vocals that
are smeared/lack definition and are too low. As I posted on other samples - I'm well aware of the limitations of my voice and trying to get a better vocal take would not accomplish anything :-)

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. All the songs I've been posting and will post are intended for an 'EP' that I will zip up, post on the net and distribute to my friends on my birthday as a sort of reverse present.
 
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Definitely see the Dylanesque and Floyd hints. Like the guitar thing that happens at 1:39. Lots of nice guitar things going off. Vocals could come up a touch as you said. Not sure what you meant by smeared? I prefer real drums, even badly recorded real drums to processed drums, but the drums here sound pretty good, they didn't distract or sound too roboty to me.
 
toad_uk said:
Definitely see the Dylanesque and Floyd hints. Like the guitar thing that happens at 1:39. Lots of nice guitar things going off. Vocals could come up a touch as you said. Not sure what you meant by smeared? I prefer real drums, even badly recorded real drums to processed drums, but the drums here sound pretty good, they didn't distract or sound too roboty to me.
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Thanks for checking it out. Re - smeared - I added a light chorus to try and cover up some of the pitch problems, and ended up not liking it at all. I also over cut eq in a critical area.

I also hear you on the edrums - they are the bane of my existence. I would love a kit - but I am SOO not a drummer, and I have no space or environment for recording real drums. I find with my little simmons kit and vstis that I can bash out a sloppy part that doesn't sound too programmed - and clean up some of the obvious mistakes - BUT the thing that is killing me about this track now is the specifically the snare with EXACTLY the same volume and sample every hit.

Thanks again!
 
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