• My new song, The Cassowary, now available on the internet near you!
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Finally finished it. Been working on it for months. Comments and criticism would be p cool and much appreciated. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmgiE6kaZc&feature=youtu.be[/media] Soundcloud, if you prefer. [media]http://soundcloud.com/tomheinis/the-cassowary[/media] Download link on the soundcloud page!
I know it's nearly impossible to get some feedback here, but seriously?
Even though i'm not a huge fan of this genre, I still appreciate the work and effort you have put into this, nice job OP :smile:
The riffs are decent, but those drums really need improving production wise. They sound really weak and all the cymbals (especially the hi-hat) have this terrible ear-pearcing sound thats incredibly grating. Also, something about the guitar sounds unappealing. It has a kind of echo to it. Maybe it's that you recorded multiple tracks for the same riff, but all the effects are the same on both? So in short: Your songwriting is pretty good, but work on your production.
[QUOTE=Hakita;42754795]The riffs are decent, but those drums really need improving production wise. They sound really weak and all the cymbals (especially the hi-hat) have this terrible ear-pearcing sound thats incredibly grating. Also, something about the guitar sounds unappealing. It has a kind of echo to it. Maybe it's that you recorded multiple tracks for the same riff, but all the effects are the same on both? So in short: Your songwriting is pretty good, but work on your production.[/QUOTE] Yes, the drums are something I've been trying to improve the most. Cymbals especially, because they do sound pretty fabricated at the moment.
Sounds pretty solid to me. Gotta say though I'm a horrible guitar player so i'm easily impressed, but melody wise it sounds good and the song really keeps moving along. For the drums, they aren't the best indeed, but a bit of EQ and filtering might help that already, next to throwing them off the beat slightly to give a more dynamic - human played feel. To be honest though, I kinda figured it was about the guitar mainly anyway, so I hardly noticed the drums.
Really like the 0:30-0:40 break there and the following. I'd really like to know what you're using to record this, because then I could verify what's wrong with the guitar. It fits songwriting-wise and all, but some of the notes sound like they "strike" too hard when you're not purposely palm muting. It's kind of jarring and I think it'd sound great smoother. Maybe take a bit off the top of the treble range and balance the lower parts out for a clearer range. Can't comment much on the drums because I personally use really shitty drum machines, but I guess I'd have to say that there's too much in the bass region for them to be that far back in the mix. Besides production, it's not bad! Gave you a follow.
I'm using a Line 6 POD UX2 as my interface and Pod Farm for all the effects. Reaper as the recording platform.
This is fucken amazing.
[QUOTE=tigge;42996123]This is fucken amazing.[/QUOTE] Thanks, highly appreciated!
Honestly it's stuck in my head. Good job!
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