Needing some feedback

[Projbalance]

Hey, I've been learning and applying new techniques to my mixing and what not and I wanted to get some opinions. Travel on over to:

WWW.MySpace.Com/VioletGrey

and listen to "Thousand Hour Scream" and "Frayed", if you would. They may be lossy due to the compression, but they still come through alright. Just hoping to get some feedback on them. Thanks!

Michael

 

[ido1957]

Listening as I type...

FRAYED
- nice intro like the rhythm guitars
- bass is well done clean and clear
- voice building/growing as songs builds; cool
- could be the voice and guitars struggling to occupy the same sonic space (EQ?). I have that exact problem. I need to realy work on that. but back to your song...lol...need more vox definition so I can hear that great voice
- catchy tune, stays in your head after it's over.....

Thousand Hour Scream
- cool "slower" rock tune
- good lead in intro/and through verses is good volume.
- nice chord pattern after the verse/getting heavy now ....cool
- brought the vocals back in just right and took out the lead nice transition
- gets really rocky next - cool ( I say cool a lot can you tell?)
- losing the rest of the instruments with the really heavy guitar maybe back it off a tiny bit.
- need more vox definition again... it's so close though....
- very nice guitar playing; very original and it rocks
- this is opening in Quick Time so I have no time references (sorry)

These rock man - very nice....

 

[Projbalance]

Wow, that's a pretty "blow by blow" commentary. Thorough and flattering. Thanks a bunch!

 

[TravisK]

it sounds like you have a good voice, very interesting tone which is good. i get tired of the same voice all the time.

but the truth is, i can barely hear it. and i certainly have little idea of what you are saying in thousand hour scream (the one i am listening to). I'll keep typing as i listen. Though the rhythm guitar has a distortion on it (very light) that i would not have chosen, it sits well with the drums. is the bass in the mix much? i hear it more than i feel it, which may be your intent.

i love your vibrato on your voice, again, i want to hear it. excellent use of the "lead" guitar.

the drums just did a weird thing when the distortion comes in strong. but that might be the intent, they are lost under the guitars now.

I would add something to the long part of the same two chords right before you drop back out to a cleaner guitar. but man, the effect was preserved of dynamics. way to drop back to the other part, sounds great. and here is your awesome vibrato (reminds me of michael stipe of REM with a higher voice) that i can't understand. nice changes on the guitars rhythm when the distortion comes back.

YES, break your voice there. perfect (i wish i could give you times but myspace is being a bitch) right before the breakdown. make it do that more.

overall, good song, but i want to hear you and the drums a bit more. can you bring those up?

thanks!
travis

 

[Projbalance]

I think a lot of those sound issues come from MySpace itself. They only take MP3's encoded at 128kb and then they lower the quality to play them through a flsh based player. It's no excuse, but it is something. I've been trying to bring the vocals up in the mixes, but I just get to damn uncomfortable with how loud they get. Glad you liked the song though!