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Hey all
This is the first thing I've posted on here and would like some honest opinions. Rip it apart. It's a rough cut, and I don't think I'll be recording vocals for a while, but I'd like to see what I can do to make it sound better so far.
Thanks

http://www.nowhereradio.com/jp/singles
 
Hard to judge it as a song without any vocals but...
I has a rather crisp and clear sound. Listening both with my 271's and Fostex PM-1's. Maybe the effects on the guitars is a tad too heavy and can lead to fatique in the long run? Also; the sneaking sound that came in totally panned left early was too much noise in my opinion. And I would really like to hear a tad more reverbed and distant snare on this one. Snare also a tad too high in my opinion.
Other that that, great stuff all over if you ask me.
 
Definately some awesome guitar stuff going on here. I like the distorted guitar after the second chorus. That gets overused in some songs, but well done here.

I really like this. It'd be hard for me to really comment on it unless we were in the same room listening to it. I just imagine hearing this in a full rock instrumental with live drums and cymbal crashes. I like the style achieved here, though.

I would say maybe make the segues between chorus longer and build a bit more personality, so to speak there. Because they sound cool enough, a few more bars would help the song, I think, because by the third chorus it gets slightly overplayed. Maybe you could use that acoustic riff again after the first half of the last chorus. And that lower riff you use before the 2nd and 3rd chorus could be kept at normal volume, while the rest of the music fades for the end of the song. I don't know if that's what's playing on the sides during the chorus, but still . . .

I swear I hear 10 x better music just in this forum alone than mainstream music. Affordable music recording is a great thing for the arts.

Keep us posted on your work. It's real original and cool.

Everyone else, listen to this song. It's great.
 
Thanks for the replys.

I am working on mixing up the sequence of the song, as well as trying some things with the (shitty) drums.
Like I said, I don't know when I'll be able to record the vocals, so rather than wait a couple weeks, I decided to get some opinions on what I have so far.

How are the guitars? Too much mid? Too thin?
someone told me the chorus was too high pitched for them, but didnt elaborate much.

-jp-
 
Cool sounds. Nice balance.

Not the usual rock mix so the choices are well, yours.

Weird snare sound it gets drowned a bit. The mix is pretty well behaved though on my end. The plucky clean guitar sound could be a bit tighter.

A lot depends on how vocals are going to fill out-fit into this. Around 2:30 some clammy notes but again I am not hearing it in context so...

There's a general mid build that will be an issue when it comes time to get the vocals to play nice in here. I would try cleaning up some 2.5-4k in the guitars.
 
Yeah I think there's a too much mid, I'll take them down a bit, add a little treb on the chorus
Thanks

Was waiting for a post from jake :)
He doesn't pull punches

-JP-
 
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