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After the hurricane I started on this and finished it just now. At the time I remember being stunned by the extent of the disaster in New Orleans,. when I was 15, my first drumkit was in the garage and it got flooded. There was 6 inches of stinking wet mud in the kick, so in a small way I can empathise with what those people went through



I've been struggling with the bass so I'd be interested in how it sounds on your speakers
 
i like the tune but not the vocal effect thru-out the whole song...maybe just during the oooo-ooooooo's. i get why its there (water) but it sounds weird enough to be too much..my only nit.

otherwize. this tune is great in every way! and a great subject matter for a tune too. :cool:
 
I think it sounds pretty good....bass is pretty big, but I don't know how you could really tame it without detracting. It's not bad, but maybe if you tighten it up a small amount on the lowest end. I'd like to hear the main vocals drier....you could probably leave the FX one really low, but put a main one that's pretty dry. Drums sound great, and the guitars fit well.

Cool tune man. I really like it.
 
Wow. Sounds pretty cool. Very frantic. It ended abruptly, but other than that it sounded good to me. :)

One thing I noticed is that its very 'loud'. How did you get it pro-loud like that?
 
The drums are a bit to roomy.
Other than that it sounds like vintage (70's) metal.
The bass is fine at the beginning but loses definition.
I don't mind the vocal effect excpet for the gargle.
 
turtlishous - It's funny, I don't even notice the effects on the vocal any more. But you're right, it is a bit thick. I've gone back and cut it down a tad. Haven't taken it off completely cuz then you'd hear whatmy voice sounds like and we can't have that! :D Thanks for the comments, very helpful


Dogman - That's the probelm I've got with the bass - it's too big, pull it back and then no one cant hear it. Yeah I've backed off the vocal effect in places. It's actually a similar effect to one I've used on your vox on some of our collabs - unfortunately they don't suit mine quite as well heh :D I think it's a better balanced mix now though. so thanks for that Ed


Greg_L - Yeah the ending has me stumped on this one. I've tacked on a drum fade, coz you're right it's too abrubt, but I might need to do it 'properly'. I pushed the volume up with a multiband on the final mix, followed by a brickwall limiter to cacth the overs. Thanks for the listen Greg


rayc - There's 6 mics on the drums and I've tried various combinations of compression on particular mics, and no matter what I always get the sound of the room . It's more obvious on the opening fills and less so during the song, so I'm making do with the way is. Vintage metal? :cool: Cool. I'm not sure which is the garglt bit lol, but that reminds me I'm out of Listerine :D Thanks ray, appreciate the comments
 
Those drums are f'in tight man, specially that intro. This is a favorite of mine by you for sure. Vocals sound really nice. I personally don't mind the effects on them, might be a taste thing. Guitars are nice and tight, real aggressive which i love. I'll be listening to this one alot man, really dug this. Almost has an STP feel but what i hear in songs is never what anyone else does so i'm pretty sure i'm just missing a few cards in my deck. No real mix advice. I heard everything pretty clearly without struggling. Nice job man

take care

gary
 
gbav - Gary thanks for checking out the tune. Good to hear your thoughts and I'm glad you liked it. I don't own any STP albums, so any resemblance is purely coincidental :D Cheers man
 
dammit haven't been able to give a single rep to anyone in this thread...gotta 'spread it around'
 
Fucking great drumming, bro. Top fuckin' notch. I thought it was DFH. Please tell me your recording chain and describe your room, if you don't mind.
 
Great arrangement of the various sounds in this - maybe the term is production. Whatever, it's fabulous array of rhythms and instruments.
Nice verbs on this.....This reminds me of some 70's metal/rock......complex and spacious....Absolutely no nits :cool:
 
Supercreep - Wow thanks for the props. There's 6 mics on the kit, 2 condensors overhead 4 close dynamics, usual story. They run into a firepod. The room is quite small, maybe 12'x7', reasonably high ceiling. Timber floor, rug covering about 3/4 of it. Cheers man


ido1957 - Well yeah 70's rock is what I grew up with so that's certainly where the influences lie. Thanks for the kind words ido, I appreciate the comments
 
Its definitely a cool tune, me likey. I like the lead vox quite a bit. If anything, the whole tune sounds just a tad wet, its not as defined on individual parts as it could be. Very cool stuff, glad I got to hear it. :cool:
 
DavidK - Interesting comment on the wetness. The only reverb I've applied is a smidgen on the vocal. The rest is probably from the drum overheads - they seem to permeate everything. My Fender amp has a spring reverb and I never use it any more. Thanks for giving it a listen David
 
That's a bad as drum beat you got there. I may have to steal it :). I think the vocal effect works really well. The only thing I'm not a fan about is that I think you may have the guitars too wide. I definatly see the artistic approach, but to me they are a bit too wide.

Anyway, I really like the composition. It has a very industrial sound to me. Sounds like something KMFDM might do :).

Good job, man.
 
Cult_Status02 - Yeah I always tend to double track and pan the guitars wide as it leaves more room for the bass and everything else up the middle. And I have to admit I don't have a cluse who KMFDM are :o Thanks for the comments
 
Great piece of music and great drumming. I don't hear anything wrong with it myself.

Guess I'm getting old. I don't know any of these artists the others are talking about. So I consider this rather original sounding. :D
 
cmhansen - Yeah I'm getting old on it myself. Zeppelin & Purple are the biggest influences around here at the moment. Thanks for the nice comments man
 
Bulls..I've listened to this song over and over and the more I listen, the more amazing it sounds. Driven, hypnotic concert stuff.

The bass intro is short but sweet, then the bass and drums become one. Tight man tight.

I like the wah/phase effects on guitars.

You do sing !!! :D

The drums are...of course, Bulls' style...fricking mucho kicko asso. :cool:

I have no nits whatsoever....it is now in my music files. Kudos !!!

EDIT: I forgot to mention the cymbals. I really like how you use them in the tune. They give it some cool texture.

True
 
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true-eurt - wow True thanks..I'm glad you liked it. I don't speak Spanish but mucho kicko heh sounds good to me. I'm going to use that one a lot more in conversation. Thanks again for the good words
 
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