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  • "Taking It All" (p.2)
2015/01/07 19:30:05
batsbrew
dcumpian
Hey Bat!
 
Cool tune! I'd like to hear a little more room on the drums as well, rather than just making them louder. Guitars are really well done, though the panned rhythm guitars almost overwhelm the vocal in spots. Bass is lacking a little on the bottom, but I like the way you EQ'd it.
 
Regards,
Dan
 


thank you for reviewing, dan....
my overheads have very little room sound in them....
so i'll be on the hunt for a really good reverb that i can parallel compress and mix in on.......
i'll probably re-record the rhythm guitars,
and find a girthier tone to sit below the vocal range,
that might help them sit better and still be loud.
 
2015/01/08 09:37:55
batsbrew
Wookiee
Ears primed in expectation for the remix.
 
Little more on the drums please, little more of the bass please.


drums and bass, check.
 
thanks wookie
2015/01/08 09:48:32
clintmartin
Sounds great to me...It kind of reminds me a bit of STYX. I could hear them doing this song back in the day.
2015/01/08 17:03:19
batsbrew
jamesg1213
Excellent stuff as always Bats. Yep, those drums need to be BIGGER . Love the acoustic sound and the harmony lead guitars. Great handful of riffs too. Track actually reminds me a little of a short-lived band called The Darkness, had a couple of hits over here.



hey, i remember 'the darkness'....
they had that cool tune 'i believe in a thing called love'
 
heheh, thanks for listening
2015/01/09 10:15:40
batsbrew
clintmartin
Sounds great to me...It kind of reminds me a bit of STYX. I could hear them doing this song back in the day.


hi clint!
thanks for listening..
 
but styx?
hm, didn't they have lots of synthesizers and hammond b3 sounds?
i guess maybe some of the early tommy shaw stuff?
 
either way, glad you liked it.
2015/01/09 12:43:27
clintmartin
Yeah, I certainly prefer your guitar driven productions. It was the song itself that reminded me of old Styx not the recording. It was meant as a compliment either way.
2015/01/09 14:15:02
batsbrew
CLINT,
That's cool, about the styx comparison....
it's been a long time since i listened to any of that stuff,
now you've peaked my interest......
gonna go dig up some old styx on grooveshark......
2015/01/12 16:00:18
stevec
Love the transparency of the guitars in the intro, and the width and fatness after.   Really really good.   And the guitar parts themselves are very cool.   Vocals and harmonies sound great and like mentioned above the mids and highs come across nicely.    Just need a little bottom to balance things out and this could be smokin'.
 
Oh, and the lines towards the end were great. 
 
2015/01/13 10:54:00
batsbrew
stevec
Love the transparency of the guitars in the intro, and the width and fatness after.   Really really good.   And the guitar parts themselves are very cool.   Vocals and harmonies sound great and like mentioned above the mids and highs come across nicely.    Just need a little bottom to balance things out and this could be smokin'.
 
Oh, and the lines towards the end were great. 
 


THANKS STEVEC!
 
i'm glad you heard it the way i heard it!
LOL
 
but yeah, i'm going to take another pass at it, because i like it so much, and i can hear things better now.
 
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