No more old shit.

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Some new shit. :)

This is a bit rough, the drums will be replaced (me on drums on this one), and some of the rhythms go out of time. Other stuff will be added to cloud the mix up a bit more. Lead will be added at the end. Anyway, check it out, hope you like it. All feedback, positive and negative welcome.

Emeric


oh yeah,

 
Great job! I was hearing a background 16th note arpeggio line that went from really low to really high and back one measure at a time in large leaping steps. The notes would form the chords already being played.
Nice amp tones as well.
 
yeah...nice sound on the gtrs.. It does get a little old after awhile and a new rhythm/texture/something would work...like a bridge?? great vocals...nice sounding voice. The drums need some guts to their sound and brought up louder (but I like bonhom drums now, too!) Good start.
 
Nice job Emeric,

Sounds very smooth and relaxed, wish I could achieve that.

Mix sounds just right to me, very nice drum sound, nicely mixed to the kick.

Thanks for the 96kbps, generous of you to give up some quality, for download time sake. I think it's a pretty fair compromise. Still sounds pretty damn good.

I like the intro alot, with the kick, and guitars, built nicely. Also nice slow fade, worked very well.

GT
 
Very nice "shit"!
The guitars are mixed well.The vox are smooooooth.I dig your voice a lot as wll as the lyrics/melody.I think a time or key change would kick this song into where you want it to go.Cant wait to here what the new drums add to it.
Dont cloud up the mix.Its almost there.
Ginzoo
p.s. What is the guitar/amp.setup/config.
 
Another great one. I like this song a lot. Great drumming ... great lead & bg vocals! ... excellent guitar work. Did you use POD on this? what kind of guitar is it? I like the hard L/R pan on it ... really drives the tune and makes it more powerful sounding.
I wanted to hear the lead vocal a little louder ... but that's the only comment I can think of.
I look forward to hearing the final mix!
 
Dug it, as usual. mixmkr mentioned adding a bridge to break it up... maybe. But it's such an open groove you can have a blast adding ornamentation. Tons of room for tasteful little snippets of ear-candy to fill-in the holes. The lead will soak up the repetition at the end, of course. I figure the arrangement is in good hands-- I'm dyin' to hear where you take it.
 
Drstawl: The appergio idea may not be a bad one, I'll give that some thought. Might help to break the monotony.

mixmkr: Yes your right, the guitar rhythm pattern does get a bit repetitive, almost to point of annoying maybe. I am hoping to do some other leads that will offset that hopefully. I tried to write some type of chorus but just couldn't come up with a suitable change. Thanks for listening to it.

GT: Thanks, yeah 96K also helps with the upload time as I'm on a modem as well.

Ginzoo: The guitar is an old BC Rich cheapo Korean model, with really old strings on it :) A guy trying to sell it to me lent it to test out over the weekend. It's not a bad guitar, but I've found a better one since then. I needed a humbucker sound, and the tele just couldn't cut it of this one. The amp is the POD.

BK: Thanks for the drumming compliment, I can't play anything too complicated but can occasionaly hold the beat. These will be redone.

pglewis: Yes, I'm hoping I can break it up with some kind of ornamentation, and yeah also hoping a lead at the end will break the repetitiousness.

Thanks for the feedback! Lots to think about here.
 
Emeric,

Listened again, the second guitar to come in sounds a little bass heavy, or too loud, my only complaint.
Great song.

GT
 
Emeric,

Gave it another listen. One complaint, the second guitar to come in is a little too bass heavy, lighten that up and the vocal will also balance out better. Just another two cents.

GT
 
Is there an echo in here?

HELLO.....hello, YUP.....yup.

YOP.....yop....yop.
 
Hey, you can drum! I was wondering if you'd get beyond the acoustic strum background on this one. The sound of those guitars is delicious. Scrummy, as my gay colleague says. This stuff is more confident on all fronts. Two thumbs up.

I've listened to this six times and I can't tell if there's a bass guitar on this one. Either the guitars are carrying all the bass, or the bass guitar isn't distinct enough. Look, if I don't comment on the bass, it's not feedback from me, right? :D

Structure: when that guitar takes off at 1.30, it delivers all sorts of satisfaction, but then it seems to me the song's begging for something different at 1.56 too - maybe more soaring guitar? Maybe a bridge? Maybe one less verse in the whole song? I haven't tracked the words enough to know if you could get away with that. I hate it when people make suggestions about lyrics and song structure in my own songs. Are you the same way too? If so, I won't do it again. Until the next time. :D
 
Good call to ditch the tele on this Emeric... the humbucker definately adds a lot more of a "fuller" sound on this than your other tunes that have a dirty guitar in them.

Cool tune though... bring on the final version.

If you're writing new stuff... you could do a concept album... Sunday, Monday, Tuesday... :D
 
At 4 mins a cut and 7 days, that's only a 28-min CD. He'd have to add significant public holidays as well. Or maybe generic days: Birthday, Doomsday, Salad Days...
 
GT: yeah the guitars need some balance, I didn't EQ them so they are a little bass heavy.

dobro: The bass is pretty week on this one. I was muting way too much, and I don't really have a bass line for it yet. That's not a bad idea dobro, chopping of the last verse, maybe replace the 3 verse with the last. I may do that and ride out on F somehow, and not go back to the G pattern. Could probably keep it at around 3:30 - 3:45.

Cooperman: Yeah, it's been awhile since I've used any humbucker's. I think I will use them more often. Sunday doesn't mean anything, was just the day I uploaded it on.
No concept album here..

CMiller: Yeah, I'll be rerecording everything, I sorta have to now anyway since the structure will change a little.

Thanks for listening.
 
Thick guitar sounds, nice beat, excellent vocal work... I give it an 89. Stay with the new E, you are jumping off a springboard and landing on your feet- in interesting places.
 
Bring back the Tele for the POD!!!

I the trippy quality of the song. It really is a nice relaxed, drive down the highway type of tune.

But the rythem guitars! Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much low end!!! By a long shot. At the expense of the whole mix.

The more I hear the POD, the more I dislike it. I really don't hear the "real life" guitar tones everyone raves about with them. Every one I have heard has had the same mushy low end sound, with a sort of non detailed top end that ONLY a tube amp set up right can give.

Ditch the POD reverb. The delay effect added a cool texture, but you need possibly a nice Hall reverb instead of the cheap sounding Spring reverb provided on the POD. I would probably use a bit less reverb no matter what to give the delay a bit more definition.

Emeric. The guitars on your submission for the comp CD sounded in a whole other league then this songs guitar tones do. Keep with the winners! :) Bring back the Tele and whatever amp you were using before.

Again, like you comp CD entry, I didn't really hear any bass guitar either.

Real drummer will be nice....:) You kept the beat quite well, but it obviously lacks what your drummer brings to a song (he seems to be quite competent! :) )


Vocals work well for your voice. Maybe try adding a little chorus and possibly, just maybe, play with a aural exciter. I think you have that type of voice that would really shine with that combo.

Ed
 
bball jones: Glad you like it and thanks for checking it out!

sonusman: Yeah, I guess they are a bit bassy - POD tends to do that. With some EQ I think I could reduce it quite a bit, but I guess it doesn't matter since their guide tracks. I do like some of the sounds the POD is capable of, but I also should put a mic on an amp once and awhile. Bass guitar - not really there, the guitars probably don't help. I picked up this lado guitar with a humbucker in it, i'll give it a shot miced. Thanks for the listen/feedback!
 
I am in total disagreement with Ed. Keep those guitars just so, but take whatever drums and your vocals and tuck them subliminally behind the guitars. Fuck yeah. Go for that My Bloody Valentine sound, amigo, you're past the hard part.

@1:44, lead guitar sounds good for song. Before that, the lead seems out of place for the song I happen to be envisioning.

Love to hear final product, you make great music, Emeric. Can Dig!
 
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