chuckebaby
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my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
well here it is my very first upoad,the song is called -dead mans road-its a little muddy but a good place to start,now with the help of some constructive input im sure i can get future mixs to to sound better. charlie roy-all instruments and vocals written by charlie roy http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10375351
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 12:22:53
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Nice rocker Chuck!
Mix seemed fine where I was listening from.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 12:42:29
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Nice little chugger, the mix sounds reasonable here but you never know what others might suggest. Not sure the Arped bass intro works as well as it could and it shut off rather abruptly at the end.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 13:22:05
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Sounds Great! Excellent singing. Great job overall! The track seemed to have cut off prematurely. Need to extend the ending and the guitar solo.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 13:33:07
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Chuck, that was a mix between VanHalen, Ozzy Ozzborne and Midnight oil, ALL GOOD.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 14:45:02
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hey charlie, good work for your first mix. this is hard rock, you need to compress and limit the heck out of the master bus and bring the overall rms way up. the mix is muddy, too, you need to cut out some of the low end on some of the tracks and clean up the bass, put some compression on it as well and make it punch more. the vox need to be clearer/cleaner in the mix as well. make them punch thru the mix. and the ending sounds like an accident. if you want it to end abruptly it shouldn't cut off the reverb tails, especially of vox. good work.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 14:57:38
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Beagle
hey charlie,
good work for your first mix.
this is hard rock, you need to compress and limit the heck out of the master bus and bring the overall rms way up.
the mix is muddy, too, you need to cut out some of the low end on some of the tracks and clean up the bass, put some compression on it as well and make it punch more.
the vox need to be clearer/cleaner in the mix as well. make them punch thru the mix.
and the ending sounds like an accident. if you want it to end abruptly it shouldn't cut off the reverb tails, especially of vox.
good work.
i have a deep respect for your opinion beagle..i knew if you got a chance to listen to this song i would get a clean,honest review.i thank you for that and all the help youve given me here at the forum.i going to have to listen to the end again.and clean up the low end..i thank you sooo much for your reply.i owe a lot of this recording to you and the things ive learned from you..i hope it makes you feel good to know the help you give in here is much apreciated by others.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 15:02:48
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shawn@trustmedia.tv
Chuck, that was a mix between VanHalen, Ozzy Ozzborne and Midnight oil, ALL GOOD.
p.s. I am now running 64bit win7 on my laptop and having no problems using ASIO4ALL, thanks!
shawn that is awesome man,,thanks for giving this a listen...i also just checked out your soundtracks..real cool..loved volume1-dance line 1...i love that stuff,i try and incorporate it to heavy music...give me a halla when you get some new stuff down on 64..cant wait
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 15:27:18
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you're welcome, Charlie. I always hope that people take my critiques in the spirit that I give them. I never have any disdain for anyone's music here (unless it offends my beliefs, of course) and I always try to find something good to say with the critiques. you have great talent here - your playing and singing are quite good - but none of us start out with perfect mixes!!! you should have heard my first one!!! lol!
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 16:19:45
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Pretty cool tune. I could actually understand the words.... which is pretty rare in this genre....at least clearly. Good job. OK.. the end.... finish it with a button ending...wrap it up in whatever way you want but don't fade a hard rock tune.... end it big.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 18:07:17
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Guitarhacker
Pretty cool tune. I could actually understand the words.... which is pretty rare in this genre....at least clearly.
Good job.
OK.. the end.... finish it with a button ending...wrap it up in whatever way you want but don't fade a hard rock tune.... end it big.
i was worried about your opinion the most...lol..your always blunt trama force honest..i like that about you...i can live with your review..i exspected worse :) advise taken.thank you sir.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/09 19:15:16
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Love the tune. Awesome melodic vocal melody and a great performance of it. Love the guitar. The ending I'm hearing sounds cut off like it exceeded Soundclicks size limitation? Second listen, a really outstanding tune.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 08:49:12
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yes the ending is new to me..is there a way to delete a song from soundclick?cant seem to find it?so i can try it again
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 10:10:11
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just edit it and upload a new version.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 10:32:11
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Hey Chuck man this is some great stuff , your guitar lead is mind-blowing !!
You vocals are great , nice job you have a great voice for hard rock music .
Stick around we need to hear more from you friend , have you thought about getting a record deal ?
Nice one , this was refreshing music your creating with powerful vocals !
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 10:41:14
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Hey Chuck man this is some great stuff , your guitar lead is mind-blowing !!
You vocals are great , nice job you have a great voice for hard rock music .
Stick around we need to hear more from you friend , have you thought about getting a record deal ?
Nice one , this was refreshing music your creating with powerful vocals !
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nightrider..hey thank you very much for the words man..have you got anything up to listen to?..let me know id love to hear it..if not and you want to set it up let me know and i can walk you throught it..i just learned myself,its easy..beagle and a few others gave me some ideas on how to do it. @beagle.thanks beag will try.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 11:10:42
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I know one thing that's been helping me as I'm learning to get better at mixing, is the EQ graph in Alloy, where you can see all the frequencies in the track you are working on. Yes I know "use your ears" blah, blah, blah. But sometimes visual confirmation of what sounds are where can be helpful (at least for me).
For example, I was surprised by how far down a lot of sounds start off at, and many of them which I hadn't been high passing, I now do.
Anyway, great song, good mix. Little bit of tweaks it could be a great one.
Thanks for sharing :)
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 11:45:43
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YOu know, more than ever I'm realizing that we all have different ideas of what a mix sounds like. I think this is one of the best, cleanest, rock mixes I've heard up here, including our Bliss. CLEAN, Mark Cline mixes our Pugtones music very clean (imagine that :-) ) I can tell which instrument is where. I can do that with this. I really like the vocals. Remember, I'm a songwriter and not an engineer. Those guys have forgotten more than I ever knew about mixing. So, I liked the tune a bunch. I hated the ending LOL!!
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 12:16:01
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chuckebaby(if that's your real name),
Good tune.
Well done.
Ending was clipped off or intentional?
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 15:25:53
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YOu know, more than ever I'm realizing that we all have different ideas of what a mix sounds like. I think this is one of the best, cleanest, rock mixes I've heard up here, including our Bliss. CLEAN, Mark Cline mixes our Pugtones music very clean (imagine that :-) ) I can tell which instrument is where. I can do that with this. I really like the vocals. Remember, I'm a songwriter and not an engineer. Those guys have forgotten more than I ever knew about mixing. So, I liked the tune a bunch. I hated the ending LOL!!
thank you very much sir..it means alot im sure youve got some years in the buisiness as well as i..and coming from a songwriter its greatly apreciated..i need to work on a few things here..one is the ending..i really should have listened all the way through..i was more concerned about getting it to actually post because its my first..gotta work on that.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/10 20:10:54
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Charlie,
Listened again and again and I'm not a rocker but the mix just really really works. No mash up of guitar on guitar on guitar, simply a place for everything. Very nice. You should be very happy with this.
The ending? I'll wait on that. The delay on the vocals is a little heavy for me in places. I'd like to not know it's there but it stands out in a couple places.
Great vocals, great lyrics, great guitar work, and again a great mix.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/11 14:22:53
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this tune made me grin like heck...i really enjoyed the thrust...good work all the way round! fairly predictiable but not in a bad way....
I really really like this!
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/11 17:10:12
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I love it ...MORE Compression and COWBELL please!!!!!!!!
Whoa.... to you ...oh...earth and sea...
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because he knows the time is short.....
let him who hath understanding.....
reckon the number of the beast.....
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it`s number is.....
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/11 23:49:54
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Sure sounds good to me, but listen to the guys who know what they're talking about. (but I really do like it anyway) :-) (well, except the ending, but you can fix that I'm sure.)
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/12 08:36:15
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Enjoyed the track. Guitars sound great and drive this along. Drums sound a little mechanical. Programed? Crashes are maybe a tad strong and yes, fix that ending. Nice work.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/12 09:07:13
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bretb thanks man..your right they do and those crashes just sizzle..ill never forget the summer i lived in okc with my g/f kasey..i loved it
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/12 09:27:13
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Hi Chuck, congrats, you're no.1 on sounclick, good job.
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/12 10:13:14
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wow...i am humbly impressed...thank you for letting me know
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/12 10:51:02
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number #14 on the website in over 200,000 songs...what does this mean?....lmao!!
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Re:my very first upload-DEAD MANS ROAD
2011/03/12 10:59:17
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It means your good...really good. ; )
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