Potential new single

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Quite possibly my bands new single, re-recorded of course:


For those who are interested, recorded semi pro using a variety of mics in a partially treated room. Guitars through Mesa Dual Rec. Bass direct and mic 1x10. Drums room and close miced. Don't know many other details sorry!

General comments on the song, parts, impact, dynamics etc etc would be appreciated.
 
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Sometime when you post in the wee hours of the morning, your thread gets buried. You just have to do as you did and bump it up. :)

First....the vocals kick ass!

Guitars tones kick ass!

Love power drive of the song. You start out with drive, containing the power, letting it ride all the way up to the kick ass build up with the axes to the mellow part, back to the driving energy.... this is awesome. Fantastic axework!

This is great songwriting, arranging, and playing!!!

You have quite a drummer!!!

I think I would bring the bass up just a tad. (but it still sounds great, I just like a bit more bass) I say this, but as I listen more, I think I do like the bass as is.

I think it is a great mix!!! Sounds very very professional. LOve the ending.

I did listen to it 6xs by the way. Kudos!! You have a winner!!! :D :cool:

TRUE :)
 
Rockin song - I like it. My only suggestion would be to try to get a bit more clarity in the vocals and maybe bring the level on them up just a hair. They seem to get a bit lost some times and I had trouble making out all the lyrics. The singing was spot on, however, and the instrumentation is bitchin!
 
Strat Man said:
Quite possibly my bands new single, re-recorded of course:


For those who are interested, recorded semi pro using a variety of mics in a partially treated room. Guitars through Mesa Dual Rec. Bass direct and mic 1x10. Drums room and close miced. Don't know many other details sorry!

General comments on the song, parts, impact, dynamics etc etc would be appreciated.
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Most people here would be interested in knowing the techniques used in such a professional sounding recording. Can you elaborate more? I for one want to know. Nice job! :D
 
Thanks for the comments, I think I'm mostly concerned with, how commercial is it?! Keeping in mind we will re-record if and when we ready it for radio.

I know A LOT of it came down to mixing, we had a premix that sounded no where near as good. It has been mastered as well which helps. I think it was a SM57 close miced on the guitar cab. Recorded in Cubase through some ardvark interface. The really great thing about this and the other song we've done professional (with different people, different location) is that the room was essentially crap but the result is good. This is where it was done:
http://www.michelleklaessens.com/shed16.htm (photos not my band). It is essentially a very large storage shed. I also know a couple of very expensive diaphram mics where used, maybe neumanns, for the vocals.

- Neill
 
as always I think true pretty much nailed it.....great tune, great delivery....a keeper!!
 
Out of curiousity, I'm a New Zealander. Does the vocal accent sound ingrained in another accent ala us or british. I wasn't going for that but I'm curious as whether or not I subconsciously put on an accent when singing.
 
I really like everything EXCEPT the guitar sound & some of the metal/toolness of the riffs.
The SONG & voice are crying out for ROCK guitars not metal. The voice really is too good to keep out public hearing because the guitars are so genre based. It's not a tool melody so doesn't fit that riff style. I reckon the chords should ring more - more open chords etc to let the vocals breath.
The guitar & bass sounds in the quiet passage are GREAT but you then drop back into that almost cartoonish metal sound.
Almost fantastic.
 
Very interesting thanks. I've kinda felt that if we re-record we should try to make it a bit more indie and less metal as you say. Interesting to hear it from someone else. Although for what its worth the song grew from the metal-ness!
 
You don't sound kiwi. You don't sound British. You sound North American.

Mind you, I haven't been in New Zealand for some years. Maybe everyone there sounds like that now.

The song is pretty rockin good. I too would prefer it with less metal sound. But hey, that's just me. Metal guitars always just sound stuck in some time period to me. If it weren't for the metal sounds, I'd keep the track :)

Good luck with it
aspiring
 
Thanks for the further comments. For those of you who dislike the guitars, would you recommend making the tone overall less metal or do the riffs themselves need re-writing completely? As I said above I agree in general with this observation, its just finding a way to change it without losing too much character of the song.

= Neill
 
upon listening some more, I still feel the same as the first time. I wouldn't change the metal sound, unless of course, this is something you want to do. I like the drive and metalness of it. :) :) :)

I would still love to hear it with the bass just a tad up front more.
 
This is one great song.
There is one thing I have noticed.
Clean guitar (flanged) at 2.42 is sounding like it was out of tune but only in the first chord.
Was it Bb minor? Tone C# is dirty like guitar neck was bended for a moment.
This slow part of the song can be improved. I think the problem is guitar track. Am I really only one who managed to hear this?
Anyway, this is good song. Well done!
sikter
 
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