New songs - new EP - all produced witth Sonar X1

Hi guys Just wanted to let you know that my band's new EP is available to listen/download/buy CD on http://www.reclaimmusic.com I hope you like! Facebookers can post on http://www.facebook.com/reclaimmusic I've already posted "Clearwater" here but here's another (short) song called "Forgive" http://soundcloud.com/reclaim/3-forgive

nice song.
It's difficult to know what you were going for from a production point of view.
For me, it has the feel of 80's indie (The Smiths, Orange Juice). If that's what you were going for, good stuff.
If you were going for a more current sound then maybe more dirt/saturation on the vocals/guitars/drums - make it more lo-fi a la White Stripes, Black Keys, The Hives.

Nicely done. I get a Stone Temple Pilots/Queens of The Stone Age vibe from "Forgive".

The mix is great. Clean, tight. I agree the vox could come up more without harm.

Enjoyed that.

Cheers
Shad

Well, Queens of the Stone Age are a band from the 2000's and is still around today.

This is one of the best songs (Forgive) I've heard on this forum recently.  This reminds me of a very obscure 80's band called Bourgeois Tagg.  To me, this is interesting with two thumbs up.  Good production as well.  

Twelve Dream of Dr. Sardonicus is a classic Spirit album - check out the track Nature's Way by Randy - also a great cover version by Christopher Cross.

daryl1968


nice song.
It's difficult to know what you were going for from a production point of view.
For me, it has the feel of 80's indie (The Smiths, Orange Juice). If that's what you were going for, good stuff.
If you were going for a more current sound then maybe more dirt/saturation on the vocals/guitars/drums - make it more lo-fi a la White Stripes, Black Keys, The Hives.

Nah, that's exactly what I don't want to do - don't want to follow trends. There's another song there on my site called called Keep it down that has more lo fi on the vox but no I find bands like black keys/white stripes to be ...well, not my thing. Ok, wimpy, there, I said it. Limp wristed rock. Hmm maybe I shouldn't type while I'm in this mood!!

foxwolfen


Maybe its a matter of perspective. Perhaps it can be viewed less as following a trend and more of giving the song what it needs. Certain songs lend themselves to certain production styles.

I do understand the resistance to comparisons with other music. I, for one, try to be original, but often this is hard to do (and according to RIAA, impossible ), and inevitably comparisons are made.

I try hard to minimize making such comparisons myself, but occasionally I do. Most often they are meant as a compliment. In this case, I made my comparisons to show that the style is actually still current, and not dated as such comparisons often leave me feeling.

It's also a matter 0of the collaborative process and dealing with oher band members with clashing ideas of how things should sound. In the past our very stubborn vocalist really was totally against any discernible reverb or delay on his voice. He also liked his voice very clear and up in the mix, whereas our drummer likes vox very much to the back! After our last EP I'm happy that the band let me mix pretty much on my own and just chimed in when I uploaded to dropbox. I used the cakewalk vocal strip(the newer one, not the vintage channel) and found I got great results very quickly, and I used a lot more delay and reverb. Of the three of us, I would be most in tune with what is "current", even I listen tolots of 70's stuff on vinyl. I just wanted to go for a cleaner (unhyped) sound, nice and clean and separated like what I like to hear

this is very cool.  love the bass.  the rhythm guitar does get a little repetitive, IMO, but that seems to fit this style.  great vox.

really nice work!

Hi Grayzer
Like both these tracks - Forgive does sound a little like the Smiths crossed with a bit of Quintessence but who cares, as no matter how original we all try and be, someone can always hear something of someone else's music in ours! 
Soul Eaters is a really good track and enjoyed listening to that 
Cheers
Nigel