rock/emo/weezerish - need some input

[shackrock]

www.mp3.com/quad_5_crew

i recorded all those songs there with a stero double tie clip mic from radio shack for 30 bucks. We did each part track by track. 2 distorted guitar tracks, sometimes more.

just need some input on it, i'll take anything

i just ordered newmics and got a 4track for mixing (mostly drum set). So once i get a recording of a song with this new stuff, i'd like to compare them, to see the difference.

Thanks.
http://shackrockinc.tripod.com

 

[Eurythmic]

Why, that's "Foolish Games" by Jewel!

I downloaded "I Came In". Although I'm not generally too big on emo, I thought the song was fairly catchy. As grating as it is, I really like the screamed vocals that are panned hard left and right at the chorus. It's different. I dig it.

Maybe put a little more time into the vocals? I know that's sort of how punk works, but they are fairly out of tune.

The sound is surprisingly good for being recorded with such a cheap mic.

Do you have a bass player? If you do, I can't hear him at all.

Oh, and I really like the addition of the keyboard.

I think it's altogether pretty good. I bookmarked your page, and I plan to download the rest of your songs in the future.

 

[shackrock]

nice

thanks for your input, that's definately the sort of stuff i was looking for.

and be sure i'll post up some of my new stuff so you guys can compare with me, that would help a ton as well.

thanks again...and anyone else - please also add input! haha

 

[Executivos]

I listened too, I'm pretty much into emo-ish punk stuff. Eurythmic pretty much covered all the things I heard...I'd definitely spend more time on the vocals. The bass is too quiet. Overall the recording quality isn't the greatest, but it's a really good song, and thats more important.

You probably know this, but it's really clipping.

Your sound, (at least on this song) reminds me of a band called Finch, from ca...they are on drive thru records. Kind of an emo punk thing with hard backup vocals. You should check them out. (i think they're on mp3.com)

 

[shackrock]

nice

thanks for your input - and i checked out that band finch too.

yeah - the whole cd we put out was with a mic from radioshack, and not much experiance with recording/mixing/and esp. mastering as you can tell.

since then, i've been recording with real mics (what i could get with my few $$, haha), and i've read up a ton about recorings, mixing, acoustics, and especially the needed compression (although i'm not positive if i've got this down yet).

again - i'll be putting up one of our newer song up here hopefully sometime in the next few weeks to compare. it'll be a screamo song...hopefully you'll like it.