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Old 12th May 2006   #12
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Just listened to "oh sam"

The biggest problem I hear here is the drums. Good sounds, but they sound really dead and uninteresting. Samples maybe?

If they are samples, you need a real drummer that can bring some life to the tracks, and make sure you use room mics when recording a drum set.

I really like the sounds you have going on here though, the piano is nice and natural sounding, and the guitar is very nice also.

Definetely get new drum sounds though, the gated snare sound is particularly obnoxious sounding. The overdubbed crashes really sound phoney too.

But don't be too hard on yourself, these are really great sounding tracks you got. I think on the recording side, you're doing very well, you might want want to work on adding more instruments to fill up the sound, and "arranging" the song a little more. I didn't hear any bass guitar, (i think), just adding this piece would do wonders for your tracks.
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