1st Full Length Album!

[MG5thAve]

I've gotten more feedback on reddit than this forum! Bump

[maxbackstrom]

I've been listening pretty fast on several tracks and like the mixing allthough it's not the kind of music I listen to everyday. A lot of tracks are like two minutes not longer. That is new to me.
My english is not that good so I'm not sure how to say this that is a positive reaction from me, well I'll try to say what I mean: the tracks sound like each other in the mix, same volume out same amount of high and low frequency in the instruments. That is difficult for me, to mix to get the same kind of bassound from the bass and the same sound from the vocals - on several tracks. So one question of importance is, did you also do the mastering yourself?

[MG5thAve]

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, I suppose I was looking for some critique/tips on the quality of the recording and not so much the music itself, so I really appreciate the comments. I also thought it'd be fun to post the gear I used and get some suggestions on better equipment that I could be using for this type of music.

The album was not mastered in the traditional sense.. I just organized all of the rendered tracks to a single project, organized them as to when I wanted them to start/stop, and put a very light glue compression on the entire project to keep levels consistent. Then I bounced each WAV individually and posted!

[maxbackstrom]

I'll say well done.

...to keep levels consistent...

There are one word I was searching.

[fretsforlife]

Originally Posted by MG5thAve

I've gotten more feedback on reddit than this forum! Bump

It seems like that doesn't it? threads like these will get 700 views with 4 comments, but if you say something like, "In my opinion, you can emulate a great analog sound through soft synths", and you're in for 20 pages worth of feedback

Anyway, I had a full length listen to this album through a pair of KRK Rokit 8s and I gotta say, you've done a fine job with this. I also listened through Ultrasone PROline 650 headphones too. It sounded a little bright through the cans, but thats typical of them.

I do this as a hobby and am by no means a pro, so my comments might not carry much weight, but if I produced this I would be very proud of myself. I think the drums sound great for the style and I love the guitar tone, especially the acoustic sound at the beginning of Steal Away! Most of all, there weren't really any sore thumbs sticking out. It seemed like you got everything to gel nicely including the vocals.

The fact that this hasn't seen a mastering house is just awesome, because honestly at this point I think, why bother? It sounds pretty consistent and balanced like it is, no?

The concept art is just bad ass!

If I had to dig deep for criticism, I might say that at times, the bass was a little top heavy and dry for my taste. It seemed a bit midrangey but only on certain tracks. Maybe it's that Fender jazz, but definitely not a show stopper by any means.

So, are you actually in this band, or did you just produce the album?

If this were the type of music I listend to on the regular, I'd have no problem paying 7 bucks for this. Awesome job, and I hope one day my mixes can come close to this.

[MG5thAve]

Frestforlife: Thanks for the feedback... I appreciate you taking the time to listen to the entire album! I mostly tried to mix using my monitors (Tascam VL-X5's), just because I tend to mix too bass heavy with headphones.

As far as mastering goes, I really wanted to get that done but the singer of the band had a good point in saying that for the purposes of this project the mastering would mostly be self-serving. It's not a professionally produced album and people wouldn't get *that* much more enjoyment listening to this slightly louder/wider. I still would like to hear what it could sound like though

For the bass, the tracks that I'm not as happy with were actually when the bassist did not use the fender jazz. The tracks with that bass came out great! Would definitely only want to track with that bass next time. I just couldn't really get the other ones to sound quite right.

I'm not in this band, though am in another band with the drummer and singer of this one. We're all friends and I enjoy their music so I offered to produce the album for them. Again, thanks so much for checking the album out in its entirety!