alternative rock mix critique

[tnelson494]

Cool song. I'm still trying to do the same thing as you so take all my shit with a grain of salt (or whatever). Doubled vocal seems a little pitchy during the chorus and when the chorus comes in it seems like the bass drowns out the guitar and almost sucks the excitment out of the buildup. I'd like a brighter snare but that could just be me. Extra silence at the end could be cut but thats not a big just was waiting for something when I saw there was like 15 sec. after the song was done. A heavier guitar during the chorus would be cool but maybe just bass thing. Just little things I'm tossing out cause I love the power you convey with that tune. Love Tool and Circle you guys realy nail that vibe.

[heyman]

Sound wise.. good job, but you need to have some transition between verse and chorus. There is no buildup, it almost goes down a step dynamically.. maybe bigger guitars during the chorus.. It just seems like it should be bigger ..

Great job and the singer is spot on for Maynard..

[tvanveen]

I agree with the other guys.

I would just add it seems to have a bit of an overall harsh quality to it. Probably an easy mastering fix, I would think.

Cool song, good job.

[cable]

thanks for the feedback! its definately appreciated. regarding mastering, we intend to get everything professionally mastered (recommendations of a relatively cheap place in brooklyn/nyc would be welcome.) regarding the harshness, we had to give the song to a label person a few weeks ago, so we had a friend run the mix through waves L2 to get the volume up a bit. (the version above is through waves L2.) the limiting was slight, and the harshness was there before the pseudo-mastering we did. we did, however, use guitar rig for the guitars. this thing sounds great for clean/effecty sort of stuff...but totally breaks up for distortions/heavy effects. our guitarist's pickups are a little bit noisy, so im not sure if that was a factor. we're talking about biting the bullet and buying a reamp box and a mesa just to get around using GR for the heavier stuff.

[heyman]

Cable, check out www.westwestsidemusic.com They are a very good mastering place, over the line in Jersey... Prices are very reasonable and Alan - who does the mastering has worked with some great bands who's albums I think sound really good..