Song I recorded for a buddy. Comments please

[Freudian Slip]

I had very little to do with this song besides recording it.
It's still not quite where I want it, but getting close imho.
What I am mainly concerned with hearing about is the drums. I have had a hell of a time with drums in the past. I think I have it about licked now. I have been investing in Mic's and got another interface so that I can use enough mic's to pretty much close mic the set.

Anyway let me know what you think. I would be happy for any suggestions. I do know there are still issues in the song like trimming some S's up off the vocals and other things

PS my ears are not that good on cymbals & hats so I mix them a little below where I can hear them well. Let me know how that worked.

F.S.

 

[JasonBird]

Off to a great start

hey there,
I can hear the snare and the bass drum ok, But I'm not hearing any of the cymbols or hats. in my opinion the vocals need to be brought out in the mix more, along with the guitar solo. The bottom end is drowning them out to me. Kind of a droning tune, almost pink floydish, There's a buzzing at the end also, is that an effect?

My $.02 worth!

JasonBird

 

[bigbubba]

Chris Rhea feel.

I'd cut the guitar down by 1/4 of the vol. That's leave the focus on the perc and the vox. The tune sounds cool.

The Vox are hard to understand.

 

[Freudian Slip]

Thanks for the input guys.


JasonBird:Thanks for the input. I'll try bumping the overheads & hat mic some.

thanks Bigbubba. I'll mess with the guit and vox a bit. I have had the feeling the song is getting a little fuller than it should be for the style.


Thanks again guys.

F.S.

 

[Freudian Slip]

New mix & link

I have to really thank ya Bigbubba. The guitars had run away with me somehow and where masking alot. I had not touched this in a while then when I went back in I was too focused on the drums.

As far as the vox go I added some more 5k and manually knocked down some S's. The person singing is not a singer soooooo He tended to start lines with his mouth closed and taper out at the end. I have gone threw alot to get it as understandable as I can with eg, major compression, automation, etc.
The plan is to retrack them at some point. He was sort of nervous the first time round.

Anyway here is a cleaned up version. Let me know what you thing.

F.S.

 

[bigbubba]

It sounds cooler. The song is cool .

I'd say lower the rhythm still by 10-15% volume and raise the lead guitar. It sounds really cool and drives the song really nice. All instruments other than the rhythm guitar are sounding just right and set the mood perfect.

The song is really cool. The voice for this kind of song is fitting.

Again Chris Rhea feel to the song.

 

[Freudian Slip]

It sounds cooler. The song is cool .

I'd say lower the rhythm still by 10-15% volume and raise the lead guitar. It sounds really cool and drives the song really nice. All instruments other than the rhythm guitar are sounding just right and set the mood perfect.

The song is really cool. The voice for this kind of song is fitting.

Again Chris Rhea feel to the song.

Thanks. I will revisit it tommorow. On my setup it sounds like if I lower the rythem much more I will have to drop the pad down too.

Ya I like his voice on this song. The fact I had to compress the hell out of it did serve to bring out the scratchiness which is cool. He just needs to pronunciate a little better and put air behind every word.

I personally like Road to Hell, wish Chris Rea had more songs like that.

I know my buddy likes Leonard Cohen, The future. Another guy with sort of a one off song.

Anyway, thanks alot.

I think I'll take this into the real world before doing too much more.

F.S.