First home recorded song...

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Nice!

First one or not, that's good work. Well written, played. Stellar job if this is your first recording. I like the vox. Great back-ups. I like the dynamics, the changes.

I even like the song.

Details?
 
Thanks man. Appreciate that.

Recorded on a Dell laptop with an M-Audio Fast track.

The only mic is a Shure SM-57 pointed a couple of inches straight at my Fender Bassman amp. I had to do all my drum parts seperate because I only have one mic, so all those were a little tricky to get the timing down. Just a little cheap drum kit.

I didn't mess with the EQ because I don't know anything about that yet. To me everything sits well, but I know that it could be better. Just a matter of learning all that.

I recorded the vocals in my closet.

Thanks for the comment. Made me feel like hours of work not wasted.

Thom
 
Ah yes. I forgot to say what program. Sonar 4 Producer.
 
WOw, this is a great song.

Like the intro buildup.

the singing is excellent!

Good guitar work.

Is that real drums, because they don't sound like a drum machine to me. I likey.

I like the subtle sustain/feedback on the outro.

A lot of good energy in this song.

I love the crash being up front the way it is, and the ride tapping.

The mix sounds pretty good too. The lead guitars do seem a bit bright, but I don't know much.

I voted ya hot at soundclick!

TRUE :)
 
VERY nice. I wish my 5oth recorded song could be that nice.
 
Thank you for the kind words, guys. Much appreciation.
 
DigitalSmigital said:
First one or not, that's good work. Well written, played. Stellar job if this is your first recording. I like the vox. Great back-ups. I like the dynamics, the changes.

I even like the song.

Details?
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what he said.
 
Copyright that song, dude!

Further proof that it's not the tools, it's the talent. Excellent song, BTW.

Only a few tiny criticisms.

1) I don't really care for the splash. But I know you've gotta work with what you've got, and I've certainly heard worse. I'd really love to hear a detailed blow-by-blow of how you did the drums. Call me a geek, but I find that stuff interesting.

2) For the sake of old farts like me (who I realize you're not really trying to appeal to), the vocals could be just a tad more intelligable (sp?).

3) The intro needs to be a little louder in relation to the body of the song, as well as some of the background vocals.

4) I'm not too keen on the way the rythym guitar cuts out to silence. It may be intentional, but to me it makes it sound like a sloppy edit.

Like I said, some of it is probably just a matter of taste, so if it came out the way you intended, feel free to ignore this.

But you really should copyright it, because I think in the right hands it could sell well.

Keep 'em comin'.
 
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I don't know. I don't imagine I'll ever have to worry about it either. But I'm sure this has been covered in the songwriting and marketing forums. I'm just saying I think you have a winner there, and it wouldn't hurt to copyright it. Actually, you should probably hang out in the songwriting forum, because you definitely are one, and maybe they could help you out.
 
Thanks for the advice Cardioipotent! Will definitely look into it.
 
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Any last suggestions before I take this one down?

The one called "Enough Time".
 
pretty darn good. i used to be more productive with my cassette 4 track and my sm57.

it has a lot of creative stuff and effective production
 
on copyright, get yourself a form SR from copyright office on the web, fill it out and claim the copyright to the sound recording (SR) and the underlying song. send in the 2 copies on audio CDR, and $30 and send it priority registered, i also do return receipt request. then in a week, look up the number online at the usps site and see that they got it. then 4 weeks later you get the return receipt, but without any sig., they're too busy for that. claim that it is published, since it is now. and you should be done. but read the info at the copyright office web site to check. they also have instructions. you can also save the pdf file locally on your pc for the next time.
 
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