Two songs to bash?

[Smedis]

I have finally put these songs up on the net.
Two songs that are made at my homestudio.
One of them were made shortly after the attack of the World Trade Center.
But the song is not about that but set us in a sad mood.
You find them here.-->http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/strobeswedenmusic.htm

And you find information about the studio and gear here.--> http://freewebs.com/smedis/

 

[rweiss]

Quality is real nice, are the drums fake?

 

[SuperSkyrocket]

Good stuff!

Nice and clear! Great energy too!

I can nitpick though since that's probably what you want:

What I noticed on "Come on Down" was that the drums started out at a good level in the first verse (although I might try bringing them up just a bit from there) but when lots of things start happening (a little into the first chorus) they dropped back somewhat and never really recovered. Either they were on the losing end of some mixdown compression or they were just pulled back a little. I think the kick drum should punch at near the level of the bass line. Also, toward the end, I might bring the background vocals up just behind the lead and perhaps try for a choir sound there.

On "Don't Close Your Eyes" I would bring the drums out more (must be the Phil Collins in me) and toward the end the synth was fighting the vocals just a little.

Regardless of what I suggest, this is good quality stuff. Would you mind revealing the mic/preamp combination you used on the vocals?

 

[Smedis]

Quality is real nice, are the drums fake?

Yes they are.
It's Sonic implants Drumseries 1 for Kurzweil K2500.

 

[Smedis]

Nice and clear! Great energy too!

I can nitpick though since that's probably what you want:

What I noticed on "Come on Down" was that the drums started out at a good level in the first verse (although I might try bringing them up just a bit from there) but when lots of things start happening (a little into the first chorus) they dropped back somewhat and never really recovered. Either they were on the losing end of some mixdown compression or they were just pulled back a little. I think the kick drum should punch at near the level of the bass line. Also, toward the end, I might bring the background vocals up just behind the lead and perhaps try for a choir sound there.

On "Don't Close Your Eyes" I would bring the drums out more (must be the Phil Collins in me) and toward the end the synth was fighting the vocals just a little.

Regardless of what I suggest, this is good quality stuff. Would you mind revealing the mic/preamp combination you used on the vocals?

I think you're right. The problem is that the mixing of the songs are done in a hurry, because you like to finish. As usual I must be more patient with the mixing part.

The microphone and preamp is Behringer B2 and Ultragain Pro.