Stay (Pop/Rock Demo)

I'm still filing down the rough edges on this one I'm working on.  The track is a throwback of sorts to the late 80's sound that I grew up on.  It's one man band performance.  I wrote, tracked and produced the thing on my own and I'm looking for some feedback. 

http://soundcloud.com/irish916/stay

• All the music was recorded in mixed in Sonar X1. 
• Vocals were tracked through a B-2 condensor into Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
• Guitars were a mix of direct patched distorted guitars using my Pod X3 Live, as well as direct signal processed by guitar rig 5. 
• Bass was from the NI Scarbee Collection (M-Bass), played via my M-Audio keystation and edited in Sonar's midi editor
• Drums are Toontrack Superior using the Metal Machine expansion.  Grooves were boxed from Toontrack, edited in Sonar's Midi Editor
• Keys-  Pianos provided in Sonar X1

Lynn


OK, I just commented on your other song a moment ago.  This is entirely different which showcases your versatility.  There are some production issues here, but I'll let others comment on that for now.  It does capture the 80's quite well, and your performances are top notch.  I like the guitar tones, in particular, and the variety of textures, in general.  I'm going to avoid making comparisons to other bands and just call this a nice stew of several major influences.  Well done.

Thanks for checking it out Lynn.   I appreciate your comparisons to the other track.  I like to write a wide variety of music. There are some other tracks that I'll be sharing shortly that branch out even further.  The 80's influences a lot of what I do, even in those other styles.  I've always liked a big mix as some of my most influential producers like Fairbairn, Rock and Lange. This track in particular is more of a mix in progress.  I look forward to hearing what some of resident experts recommend. 

Vocals, excellent. Bit of a cheap trick thing going on, which is high praise indeed. But...to my ears, the drums are a bit lagging, bringing the tempo down. But nice sound overall.

Agree with Bapu ^^, the drums are letting down what could be a great production. They're over complicated IMO, this song needs a good groove. fantastic vocal performance however, and a killer guitar solo.

I liked your vocal - reminds me in some places of Robin Zander - liked the delay on your vocals.  Like the 1st verse and the guitar sound was terrific.. I  was expecting a short pre-chorus and then a slam into the chorus so I think the dynamics weren't to my liking - but that's just my taste.  Good job   
 
Allan
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