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Post by JFrankParnell on May 2, 2018 16:01:52 GMT -5
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Post by b4nj0 on May 8, 2018 4:35:44 GMT -5
Nice! Lively sound for home recording. Appealing and catchy material. Good guitar and bass sounds. Easy on the cymbals. All works for me.
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Post by ashcatlt on May 12, 2018 12:46:55 GMT -5
The material and performances are pretty cool. The recording sounds a little more professional than the cover art looks, which I'm sorry to say isn't saying much. My ears are kind of messed up ATM after a full week of LOUD music and then a week of head cold, so grain of salt and such, but there's just a lot weird here. TBH, most of it sounds like it was mixed by the guitarist.  It seems like there's a real lack of midrange detail, especially in the drums. The "meat" of those drums gets really lost for most of the album. Like, there's a low rumble from the kick and some high end splash from the cymbals and then every once in a while you can tell there's a snare or something happening. That might be fixed just by tucking the main guitar back a tiny bit and bringing the drums themselves up a touch or two. But then there's a lot of little weridnesses that I'm hearing all over the place. I think I hear a lot of your room in the guitar and vox, and I don't think it's particularly flattering. I'd pretty much have to have the tracks in front of me to identify specific areas for improvement. I don't think it would take much, and maybe it all comes down to aesthetic differences, or maybe I'm sicker than I thought... I really am sorry to sound like I'm tearing this apart. Please understand that it's meant as constructive criticism. Like, I think this is good stuff and it deserves to be presented as best it can, and it's just not there. It's not far off from a decent indie recording, and better than many, but what I'm hearing is more of a "friends and family" disc than something I'd want to have out on the record store shelves. And yeah, the "art" ain't doing any favors in that department. |
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Post by JFrankParnell on May 18, 2018 11:52:12 GMT -5
Thanks  The back cover (shown above) looks pretty great, in your hand. I resized the pic, above, to give a more accurate representation. It looked wierd, all huge like that. I was going for that 60's look and design. I even added 'grunge' to like, 'relic' it. But that didnt really show much, on the final cover. heres the disc and front cover:   |
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It seems like there's a real lack of midrange detail, especially in the drums. The "meat" of those drums gets really lost for most of the album. Like, there's a low rumble from the kick and some high end splash from the cymbals and then every once in a while you can tell there's a snare or something happening. That might be fixed just by tucking the main guitar back a tiny bit and bringing the drums themselves up a touch or two. 