song about whores, gats, cash and cannibals.

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freedom of choice may be a mistake so i'll pinpoint a piece i'm not ashamed of to gently lure you in before the suck takes hold...please share thoughts, viciously if necessary...I'm aiming for "radio" worthy...at least from a production standpoint.
recorded in cwpa9, drums are sequenced in flstudio5, guitars, bass, vox and mix is moi. my speakers suck. no idea myself, how the lowend sounds. hail satan.

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Sounds good. The guitars sound nice both clean and distorted. The bass does seem a little buried-I would like to hear that cool meandering bass line during the verse sections better. Drums sound good and the part is programmed well. I don't like the snare sound, makes it sound like a drum prog-like the sound is too slick for the piece at hand. Maybe it's just a bit loud? I don't care for that particular verb on it either, but this is just personal preference stuff. I like the echoey vocal, but it gets too repetetive, I would have left it off for the verse and on for the chorus?

As far as radio worthy-sound? sure I guess, length? NO WAY

This is a 10 minute epic! This might be a bathroom break song at a college station, but damn 10 minutes is loooong. The start goes on too long before anything interesting happens IMO. The end could also be cut down-there's like almost 1:30 of solo noise guitar there.

Well those are my opinions, enjoyed the listen(s)

Strat
 
Thank u strat, hah, u would like the guitar tones... its a fender strat lol. That was definitely a helpful look at it though, i was torn with my snare level i remember, and for some reason i couldn't find the right balance... it was too high or too low... i then remembered reading that in mastering a decent use of compression could bring down overly loud snares... as for the verb... again, just experimenting... any ideas what a good standard is for a snare like that? i think i used plate...

i was having a long conversation before mixing that song down about predelay... a friend of mine who is a pretty decent mixer, (mostly when it comes to eqing though) has insisted that a pre delay between 40-59 was a good way to go...

blah. Thanks a lot for your insight, gonna tweak some tonight.
-j
 
Yep. 10 minutes is way too long for the radio.

Sounds a lot like Jane's Addiction.

No comments on the mix; it sounds pretty good.
 
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