"The Same" (Modern Rock) - First Recording in 5 Months!
 
Hi, Guys,
 
It's been a super busy few months for me, and I haven't recorded anything new since March.  Since then, I setup a new DAW, and have been reinstalling, reauthorizing and updating all my software, plugins and VIs, and have been back up and running for a about a month.
 
Trying to record and mix gain is almost like starting all over!  I hope I'm able to get back into the swing of things fairly quickly.  Over the last few weeks I was able to "piece-meal" together a couple of songs working a half hour here, forty five minutes there, and so on and so forth.
 
This song is called "The Same", If you can spare three minutes, please give it a listen and let me know what you think.  As always, any and all helpful comments, suggestions, constructive criticism, input and ideas are welcome, and also greatly appreciated! 
 
NOTE: Mix #2 up now, thanks to everyone for your good input, observations and advice!
 
After everyone's observations, for the remix, I added a touch of grit with a bitcrusher to the bass guitar, did a little bit of EQ surgery on the bass tracks, beefed up the low end on the drum bus a little bit and low-passed out some of the brightness that a few of you mentioned on the drums.
 
Hopefully it's sounding better, and the overall volume levels are still pretty even.  Please let me know if you think anything way out of whack!
 
Thanks again, folks, for your input!
Bob
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"The Same" 
  
128kbps MP3 on SoundClick at: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11863148
 
Or Better Quality MP3 on the "Test Mix Page" Player at:    www.BobOister.com/test-mixes.html
 
Crank it Up!  Thanks in advance for your input and observations!
Bob

dude- you're a friggin' awesome metal guitar player w/ an equally awesome voice.  love the stereo spread in this mix.  the deep E string bend-flats remind me of the last Alice In Chains album. vocals have this Ozzy meets Dokken vibe but with your own unique vocal stamp as well. harmonies are sweet and remind me a bit of Ratt. i LOVED this. great tune.  A+ 

This song really kicks! As usually great voice and excellent guitar play and mix. Really like the lyrics too.

Bob, this is terrific.  You're talent is ever present, and your production skills are great.  Songs like this deserve a wide audience, and I hope this gets heard by a lot of people.  You're one of several people on this site that ought to be doing this for a living.  Carry on!

I think Heavy Bob has surpassed Heavy Metal, man that is some serious downbeat.  You get that dark heavy beat but you manage to do it and still keep it musical.  Good job.

Daryl

Great stuff Bob.
As this is a test mix, I hope you don't mind me saying - the vocal seems to go out of sync/time with the backing around 2.35 and continues until the end of the song.

great song.. rocks nicely .. sounds good

Bob,
 
Good one, nice hook, love the guitar tone and playing, and you threw in a few Brian May harmonies.  Well done.
 
I might add a little bottom end to the kick.   Also a little distortion to the bass, I like how a little distortion on the bass adds some harmonics and definition. 
 
Regards

Pretty polished for a test mix Bob! Huge sound, really powerful and wide. You've really got those backing vocals down to a fine art now, very distinctive use of harmony and effects. Heavy, but a catchy song, that's always a neat trick to carry off.

Bob Oister


"The Same" (Modern Rock) - First Recording in 5 Months!
 
Hi, Guys,
 
It's been a super busy few months for me, and I haven't recorded anything new since March.  Since then, I setup a new DAW, and have been reinstalling, reauthorizing and updating all my software, plugins and VIs, and have been back up and running for a about a month.
 
Trying to record and mix gain is almost like starting all over!  I hope I'm able to get back into the swing of things fairly quickly.  Over the last few weeks I was able to "piece-meal" together a couple of songs working a half hour here, forty five minutes there, and so on and so forth.
 
This song is called "The Same", If you can spare three minutes, please give it a listen and let me know what you think.  As always, any and all helpful comments, suggestions, constructive criticism, input and ideas are welcome, and also greatly appreciated!
 
 
"The Same"
 
It's the Only Song on the "Test Mix Page" Player at:  www.BobOister.com/test-mixes.html
 
Crank it Up!  Thanks in advance for your input and observations!
Bob

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