My first recording and my first composition

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feel free to comment on the recording and the composition itself. By now my band has many more songs but we have only recorded this one thus far.

Please give me tips on how to make it better/what is wrong etc. thanks!



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Firstly, I believe in being honest. And I take that seriously, because typing in praise left and right is not going to give you what you ultimately want from me, however humble as it is what I have to offer.
Firstly, the keyboard player does well in playing. If that is you, then hats off.
Mix, and that is what this forum is about....
Keys and guitar are too hot. Bass, and I like the solo part that shows the bass off, is flat-sounding, frequency wise. If it were me, and this is subjective, I would put some mids and mid-highs into the bass track. Drums need to be brought forward too.

Mixwise, that is what I have to offer. Musically speaking I could wax poetic but not without your prior consent, as this forum is about mixing and as a reviewer I need to try and stay close to that, though nobody's perfect, as much as I can. Unless you outright ask me for my opinion, then I will offer it. :)
 
ok, i shall now humbly ask for your opinion on the composition itself, oh wise seeker of rock! thanks for you suggestions on the mix, i agree with what you said :)

so please, go forth and "wax poetic" on the music itself! (i did even specifically ask for comments on the song and the recording/mix quality in the original post hehe). I am withholding which instrument i play until further comments ;)
 
I was thinking about your piano playing during guitar solo and my suggestion is to remove it and keepit in part where piano plays solo.

Mix can be improved too but I'm not sure eksaktly what to do.

Would you listen and comment my song, please?

Keep making music!

see you!
 
I like what the piano was doing. Also what the drum was doing. I could have done without the guitar.

now to the mix. My main problem is that the panning made it sounded like they were playing in three different rooms. I would use less agressive panning and some atmosphere to create a sense of coherence.

also, was that kick off center? thats a no no
 
The guitar sounds like it's out of tune. Being a guitar player, It's difficult to get past that...It's all I could hear. As for the mix, as others have said...the panning is distracting, at least to me. Right now I'm listening with headphones so the panning is even more pronounced. And as CyanJaguar said, off-center kick is not heard too often unless a particular effect is desired for a certain moment of time.

On the positive side, I also think the keyboard sounds pretty good. I'm interested to know if it was done realtime or if is was composed entirely or partially in a sequencer.

My opinion...tune the guitar, pan it closer to center, put the kick in the center, pan the keyboard a bit closer to center. These things will do much for the song. I'd love to hear it again if you make these changes!
 
I agree with some of the other posts about the guitar and panning not sounding right in the mix in the first section of the song.
It sounds better later in the song when it's not panned so far, like at 2:30.
That 1:55 power chord part might sound cool with some claps in there too.
Overall, cool piece. I dig the piano sound ;)
 
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