Electric Pussycat - original glam rock (no, it's not about that)

[BroKen_H]

Sounds pretty good! Agree the kick is a bit boomy in spots. Is the lead tone intentional? It's a bit cold and unfriendly (tinny?). Probably meant to be considering the subject of the song... Like the vocal. Very clean and enunciated well.

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Ok. Third mix is up.

Electric Pussycat | Lipstick

Beefed up the lead guitars.
More verb on vocals. Less vocals overall.
Less verb on drums.
More bass (didn't really change the tone much, but I think volume should make up for it)
Arrangement changes - changed how the robo voice is processed and removed the wonky time-signature changes it induced.

Thank you all so much for the feedback! Keep it coming!

 

[rayc]

The bass is too far back to lock in with the drums - it should match the bass drum at least.
The quiet vocal needs something - vol or clarity?
MUCH improved though VHS.

 

[ibleedburgundy]

electric pussycat original glam rock no its not about that

(yes, it is literally about a time-travelling cat who has come to our era to destroy us, terminator-style)

Thou doth protest too much.

This is getting there. Well played. Lots of energy.

The thing at 2:34 is a cool idea but I feel like the execution is not great. That phrase should be in your face and all fucked up and loud. Right now it's kinda anti-climactic.

The snare, hi-hats and bass drum sound fantastic. The toms sound mid-rangy and relatively dry, maybe even a little flat. Do you have the same amount of reverb on them as the snare? Personally I'd scoop them a bit and let the frequencies at approximately 80-120Hz and 2-6K come out. The 2-6K gives attack. The 80-120K gives tone. Scoop at 500-1K to reduce boxiness. Are they only hit in 1 fill in the whole song? - That seems like an odd choice. I don't think the song is missing them or anything but at that point I'd say fuck it and not hit them at all.

The start of the guitar solo sits in the mix nicely. Then at 2:20 those higher frequencies are kinda above the mix rather than in it. Maybe ride/automate the fader to taste for that last solo bit.

 

[Robus]

The third mix sounds more cohesive. The band doesn't sound so much like it is in the orchestra pit now. I agree with rayc that the bass could come up slightly to fill out the sound. Good performances.

 

[BroKen_H]

The solo sounds a lot better. The last 5 seconds kinda shrills and kills (gets above the mix). Much better balance between the bass and drums. The robo voice could be brighter...? Dunno, just doesn't sound "there" yet.

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Thou doth protest too much.

Legit, we stole the title from a sleazier glam band we used to share practice space with. They left their songwriting notebook lying around to a song called "electric pussy" about... I dunno a fleshlight or something. We said, "yeah, but it'd be better if it was about a time travelling cybernetic cat sent from the future to destroy the past".

Thanks everyone. I'll look into that bass level and lead tone some more.

IBB, no, only the kick and snare go to the verb bus. I'll double check to see what the toms need. (I'm a little surprised no one had commented yet; they've always felt loud and out of place to me)

Yeah, still working on the robo voice. It's hard to get MS Sam through a vocoder to enunciate clearly.

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Mix 4: Electric Pussycat | Lipstick

Louder bass.
Less harshness at the end of the guitar solo.
Better robo voice.

 

[rayc]

MUCH better.