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I like the guitars a lot. Some cool ideas, I'm guessing you listen to Creed? Did you do everything on this tune? I didn't really dig the background vox too much, and some parts were a little repetitive for me, but I think there was some real good guitar playing there.
Keep it up.
 
Good guitars.Overall sound is decent...but the song is swimming in mediocrity.Goo-goo dolls,Creed and Stained did your song about 1,000 times already.Same twist on a boring sound.Vox is a little weak in spots,too.The mix is real good maybe a little much on the low end...and fuck the drummers!They're flakey and passive agressive(Me included).That's why they made drum machines to begin with,duh!Nice work but try for a more original type of music.Turn off the radio/TV for about 6 months and see what you come up with.Your talent is being strangled by TRL,Infinity Broadcasting and mock rock wanna bees.
 
Things I noticed:

Make panning your new best friend :D The multiple distorted guitars get lost in the middle, especially the lowest sounding one that kicks in last. Might also need some EQ adjustment on that guitar, it just seems really muddy.

Nice playing :)

There's some timing issues every once in awhile, where you seem to pause a little too long before hitting the next chord. The first one I notice is about 1:14 into the song.Somewhat distracting.

I really like the background vocals.

In the opening acoustic part, there's a few semi-loud clicks. Not really sure what that is.

Nice job for your first post!

travis
 
mbuster- thanks for the props on the guitar. I didn't do everything. My roommate wrote the song and played acoustic and distorted guitars. The singer is a guy from the first band I was in back in high school (that was 4 years ago). So I played lead, bass, and programmed the drums. My roommate is in to Creed and that style so that explains the style of the song. I hope to post some of our more original sounding stuff when I get time to finish tracking it.

W.I.S.C.- I definitely agree with you about the style of the song. I think it screams Creed. But as I said, we can be versatile and are working on some original sounding stuff.

ignition- thanks for suggestions on the mix. I'm still rather new at this. I hear what you are saying about the timing.
 
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Well then, lets not make it our last eh?;) . I agree that the guitars get a tad muddy but good playing. I liked your bass playing, could of stood out a little more for my taste though. Singer has a good voice I think...but has intonation and timing prob's all through this, make him retrack this. For a first "post" it's way ahead of my first one:D . Welcome..
 
The singing is the weak point here. Sounds like you need to find your voice.


Good luck.
 
Freshears- Thanks for the post. I've been hanging out in Hog Eye, Mississippi (If that ain't country....) this week, so I've been away from the board. Yeah I should have EQ'd the lead some more to get a clearer sound. I'm not a bass player by any means, but I'm the most proud of my bass playing on this song, but I wish it would have stood out more to. It seemed like the bass almost disappears on some of the high notes. I will try to get a retrack on the vox if I can catch up with the singer. I usually see him about 4 times a year.

jake-owa- I agree that the vox is a weak point. I'm not a singer, and I'm new at this, so it's hard for me to hear stuff on the vox like yall can so thanks for the suggestions. I did hear the timing problems on the vox and some other things. Thanks for the listen.
 
hey redd,

My advice is that you put a little effort into training your voice. I hear a damn good voice on that track. Even a couple of lessons, and some regular practice could make a huge difference with your natural ability.
 
Hey Redd,

Welcome to the site! Not a bad tune. It has a very contemporary feel to it.

There were a few intonation problems (which you are already aware of, I'm sure) but the quality to your voice is good. Maybe this needs to be played in a different key more sustainable to your range.

I agree with you about the drumming situation. I think this song would come more to life if you had a real drummer, or maybe some more creative programming, but no worries... :)

Nice guitar throughout and I like the sentiment of the tune.
 
I'm surprised no one suggested (at least I didn't SEE any suggestions) about panning everything out! Every seems to be smack-dab in the middle.

Pan the drums out a bit
Guitars - Left and Right
Bass - Middle
Vocals - Middle
Back-up Vocals - Whatever's cool

Pretty common panning.
 
Hey guys thanks for all the suggestions. I'll definitely have to get to work on the vocals.

On the panning issue, here are some of the settings I can rember:

Vocals: 12 o'clock
Stereo Drum Tracks: one left and one right
Bass: 11 o'clock
Guitar 1: 9 o'clock
Guitar 2 and acoustic: 3 o'clock
Lead: 3 o'clock
Background: 3 o'clock then 9 for the last chorus

I guess when I panned the guitars I should have went either all the way left or right instead of using 3 and 9.
 
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