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[musical5]

1st time throwing one out in here. I recorded and mixed this in Sonar. Any comments appreciated.


Thanks
Justin

 

[chrisharris]

Smarter people will be along to give you actual constructive advice. I'm just stopping in to say "Welcome," and the tune didn't suck.


-The Lazy One

 

[M.Brane]

Nice mix!

Love that snare! Vocals could be a bit more up front, especially during the chorus. Gets kind of crowded in the mids there toward the end, but overall very good.

 

[WATYF]

One of the gits is oat of tune.... (the clean one on the right)


But the mix sounded pretty darn good actually.


The vox coulda used to be up front a bit more when it got really "driving" towards the end. They kinda got lost. And what did you do to the ride cymbal at 3:30?? It sounds like you've got the compression stranggle hold of death on that thing... Maybe lay off the threshold on that puppy just a little...



WATYF

 

[musical5]

Thanks guys,


There was no compression on those overheads. Mustve been a phase issue. You arent the first to notice it.



Thanks again,
Justin

 

[musical5]

Oh ya,

One of the guits was out of tune. Im was just too tired to fix it.

Thanks,
Justin

 

[jake-owa]

Nice recording/tune. The vox get a bit swallowed in the chorus, try less voices and more vol on the center vox.

 

[W.I.S.C.]

Right off the bat...Great snare sound!Sounds like you been at this game for a while.Chill song,too.What Jake Said...IMO,this sound is Potentially marketable.Another Freddy Prince Jr. Soundtrack Hit.(that's not a dis...)Good work.

 

[TripleM]

Nice song. I can only echo some of the other comments... The vocals, especially the lead, are a bit low in the mix - in the chorus the backing vocals are plenty loud cover up the lead vox a bit. And one guit is a bit out of tune.

I wonder what this would sound like if the vocals were all doubled. Maybe a doubled part on the electric rhythmn guit. Just thoughts. You might want to experiment...

Trip...

 

[musical5]

Thanks guys for the feedback. I probably should have added a couple more guitars but I suck playing electric. I was afraid of making a muddy mess. I stay away from double tracking lead vox (too eightys). The chorus was double tracked but a little weak.


Thanks again,
Justin

 

[dafduc]

Sweet!

Vocs are a bit low, refrain's a little thick in the middle, but tune and arrangement are solid. Nice use of dynamics! Like the singer's voice too.

I think the refrain might just be an EQ fix. Plus, I'm listening on crap speakers now, so I could be all wet...

Still, congrats. Especially nice drum recording. What's your setup?

Daf (who works with drum loops so he doesn't have to mic drums)

 

[participant]

Awww MAAAAAAN! What's wrong with this picture? All those responses, and no serious props to this? GIMMEYAFRIGGNBREAK!

What a nice recording. The arrangement is damned near perfect. The vocals might be a bit too "edgy" (near distortion)... but IMO that could actually work. Drums sound amazing. The reverb on the snare is very interesting... almost like it's inside a 5' x 5' box...

I heard this yesterday, and it amazes that there haven't been any serious thumbs up here. Not that I love the song itself, but the production is friggin 99% perfect. Listen to that ride cymbal from about 3:40 on... isn't that just damned perfect? come on, peeps!

Great job on this; any critique I could do (on monitors) would be very small nitty stuff.

5 for great production.


-C

 

[Kramer]

Excellent production.Damn near perfect use of instrumentation.The vocals just need a little more presence and thats about it.I bet you could do a remix of this in a few days and make it perfect.

Really good song.

 

[musical5]

Participant,


Thanks very much for the kind words.




Justin

 

[musical5]

Kramer,

Thanks. I just need better preamps. Mine lack good high end detail. If I EQ I just get esss.



Thanks,
Justin