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here's a rough mix of a new song of ours.. got lots of work to do still but i figured i'd let you all have a listen..


any advice on what to start with.. the bass guitar needs to come up a bit... any suggestions on the drum sound?

 
good song :)

take this with salt, but....
i don't like the sound on the clean guitar, i'm not sure why. and when there's a lot of stuff going on i don't hear the vocals well enough.

but like i said, it's a good song :) well done
 
yeah i noticed that too after listening to it a couple times.. I should eq the guitar a bit to make room for the vocals..

thanks :D
 
Hi eeb...I have listened several times and I love the good feel this song puts out. I love the tempo too!! Makes me happy!!

In the intro when the hat comes in around 00:33, I think the hat could be brought up a tad. Those two taps(I hear a spot for a third, but cannot hear it) may seem minute in importance of the song, to you or others...but to me, they are very important...of course, I am a bit on the nutty side...:D You have to strain to hear those two(three?) taps and they make an excellent signal, for take-off in the song.


I like how you have structured and arranged the song. I am lousy at structuring anything, so when I hear someone else do it, I am fascinated.

You might bring the vocals up a bit ...and/or back down, both the acoustic and lead guitars...letting the vocals shine.

I personally feel the acoustic could come down a tad in it's role, throughout the song. Other than the intro, which seems to be the acoustic's "shine" spot, it sorta gives the feel of fighting with the lead. Not that a guitar duel is a bad thing..lol...but to my ears, this song cries out for the acoustic to wrap around the vocal, as a cozy blanket whilst the lead keeps cool crisp air flowing round and through the song keeping it's energy level rockin'....

With the lead and the acoustic both UP in the mix, they are not only burying the vocals, but getting muddled within each other a bit, I think...Or maybe play with the panning a bit.

This is a very cool song eeb!!:cool:
 
hey thanks!!

yeah i still have some work to do.. the mix isn't quite as clear as I'd like but realistically this is a 10 minute mix job and a few hour long mic set up job.. first time I really really took my time with mic choice and placement.. a little bit of patience pays off big time i realize.. because this song almost mixes itself.. i'll post a better mix soon, once i get a chance to really sit down with the song. It's nice to get some people's opinions before i do though.. gives me some perspective on what needs to be done
 
Vocals sound really good (good singer) and professionally recorded except for how they get buried as the song goes on...

As Nicole said, I don't like the sound of the clean guitar either. Around 1:10 or so, the clean rhythm guitar on the left speaker sounds good. It's the one on the right side I don't care for.

It's a good song, I still think there's quite a bit of room for improvement mix-wise.
 
I'm with ya on the clean guitar sound.. I'll have to tweak it.. if not maybe re-record..

hehe i'm glad the left sounds good.. first time i recorded with my new baby (orange rocker 30 combo) I was very happy with it..
 
There's a great big difference between the left and right guitars. At times they seem to be competing against each other. I wanted the left guitar to be doubled and panned right, mainly to give the song some sonic balance. Without a doubt, I love the tones of the instruments in the mix, just not the balance. I agree with the previous post about the vocals disappearing a bit later in the mix. Sounds like the whole thing is run through a big fat tube compressor - I like that!
 
good voice, I do also wish it was more out front at times. I agree with the comments about the hats in the beginning as well. Good song though, I like the guitars.
 
Great vocal... tone, intonation, expression. It could come up a bit. Really nice gtr part that comes in at :37 but I think it needs some dynamics control from its entry to 1:07, and where that repeats later . The rhythm gtr that plays from the beginning of the song is out of tune. Tune that sucker up!
 
really? I'll have to take a closer look but i never noticed any bad tuning issues at all.. i'll solo the track tonight and check it out
 
Hi

I like the song a lot. Very nice mix of guitars and vocals. It needs a bit of polishing but there are a lot of interesting ideas in there. I really like the electric guitar on the left.

Excellent work !

/Jack Real
 
Nice feel and writing to this tune. To me (listening on headphones) it doesn't sound balanced. The left channel guitar riff is cool, but too dominant in the song... too loud and bright and what I end up focusing on. You want those vox to dominate... maybe try lowering the guitar volume, bringing it closer in, or chopping some high end off. Or chopping some frequencies from the guitar that the vox are best at. Good tune though, enjoyed it :D
 
thanks everyone!

I'm going to be working on this a bit tonight so we'll see what i come up with..

everyone gave me really good advice and i'll consider it all when i sit down to do some mixing tonight..
 
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