Maalox Moments (Stomach For it Reviews)
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:04 pm
Review away!
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The Weakest Suit wrote:this might be my favorite cover art ever.
brilliant.
Hey, thanks. Albatross just asked me that very same thing, drë.drë wrote:i just came here to say the same thing... WTF ? Mr Garfunkel?The Weakest Suit wrote:this might be my favorite cover art ever.
brilliant.
Yeah, dude - I couldn't believe my eyes. It's like christmas!drë wrote:also, WTF ? Woodward?
First off, Go Buckeyes! Born in Bowling Green, OH.joshw wrote: Billy's Little Trip - Damn, the average volume level here has really been creeping up here over the years. This is the worst example of this so far - great production hurt by terrible mastering. Definite Rage Against the Machine vibe here, but not so much as to be a ripoff. The breakdown is badass. This is a good tune - modern, inventive, and it doesn't take itself too seriously.
What is this compression of which you speak? Also, I was more ripping off "Can't wake up" by KRS One, which was stuck in my head at the time of recording.joshw wrote:
Frosty The Showman and Smashblade - The vocals seem need some compression to keep them even. Decent flow (though some "hardcore" parts are a little awkward). Very cool hooks and loops. The main riff reminds me a little of "Bitch Please II" from Eminem's "Marshall Mathers LP", but is more repetitive. Very fun tune, though!
Thanks, but if you mean to imply my production or performance have rough edges (which I'm sure they do), I'd appreciate details, a lot. I know about the crappy drums, of course. Doing drum patterns doesn't come quite as naturally to me as the other aspects of songwriting do, so songs I write and record in the limited time I did this one don't get much polishing in that department. More practice would help, I suppose.dirgetheband wrote:Since this is called “Song Fight!” and not “Production Fight!” or “Performance Fight!” I give this a VOTE. Your song rocks just too much. Suggestions? Obviously, having more elaborate drum patterns would help. This is great work.
Okay, I’m at work practicing my “unproductivity” so I’m going off my memory. Two things:jast wrote:Thanks, but if you mean to imply my production or performance have rough edges (which I'm sure they do), I'd appreciate details, a lot. I know about the crappy drums, of course. Doing drum patterns doesn't come quite as naturally to me as the other aspects of songwriting do, so songs I write and record in the limited time I did this one don't get much polishing in that department. More practice would help, I suppose.dirgetheband wrote:Since this is called “Song Fight!” and not “Production Fight!” or “Performance Fight!” I give this a VOTE. Your song rocks just too much. Suggestions? Obviously, having more elaborate drum patterns would help. This is great work.
Every little bit helps. Thanks.dirgetheband wrote:Okay, I’m at work practicing my “unproductivity” so I’m going off my memory.
First off, I did a bit of cheating on the vocals because at the time of day I did the recording, I can't really get the low notes that well. That may account for parts of the sound (though I do like it this way). I recorded all vox tracks (many doubled, some tripled) on a 1" condenser mic (SP B1) going into a generic preamp and then to my PC sound interface. I don't think the signal was too hot, even though I record at 16 bit and thus close to 0 dB, because I'd have gotten horrible clipping otherwise. Anyway, the vocal tracks are in fact compressed rather harshly at 5:1 (rather low threshold too). To a certain degree that's because I wanted to squeeze a lot of dynamics out of the vox, but mostly it's because I had to rush the recording a bit so I couldn't make up for all dynamics issues the proper way.1. I seem to recall the vocals just didn’t sit well in the mix. They seemed a little compressed, and by that I don’t mean that it sounded like your compressor was breathing all over the track, but I mean it sounded like the vocals just didn’t have enough body. Were you recording with a condenser or a dynamic? Was the signal recorded too “hot?" I’d be interested to know your signal path on the vocal track.
I may have to do that.Okay, the drums. I’ve always been a big fan of nice sounding drums, whether artificial or not. And I’m a big fan of experimentation in regards to drums, too.
Nah, all I ever do is lap-drum and mouth-drum. I might actually get better tracks with real drums and a bit of practice using them properly (and a room where I can play them without anyone killing me, and enough money to afford them, ...), I don't know. I think the main problem is that it's pretty hard to experiment with combining samples in my track editor. I guess I could have a dedicated session of playing with that, though.Perhaps a stupid question but do you ever air drum?
(emph. mine) Plus points for using a word that doesn't directly translate to my native language.joshw wrote:This borders on overly campy
Thanks for taking the time out!jast wrote:Bonus review for Mr Late Submitter.
slats -- Personally I think the vocals sound rather weak in contrast to the instruments; I'd have suggested mixing them differently but it's probably a matter of taste. As is the fact that the mix feels rather asymmetric, most of the guitar action going on in the right channel. Tires my headphonified ears. Anyway, this is a pleasant song with a nice sound and the performance to go with it (the vocals are a bit uneven, dynamics-wise, but that's no big deal). I'm not quite sure whether I like or dislike the parallel riffs in bass and lead guitar. I think it's like. All in all, the song is quite okay but it's just not very exciting; to me it's just generic blues. That means no vote this time, especially given this fight's competition (if circumstances had been different, who knows...). Next time perhaps.
Excuses noted. Expecting awesomeness later on.slats wrote:I'm still a novice at this whole recording thing, and that was compounded by lateness. Had the song been due when I thought it was, I would've had my son in the house to help me with the mix before I submitted it. Yes, I'm that old. For now, I'll accept "quite okay." This site was a neat discovery. I'm hoping to get some of my songwriting and performing chops back, while improving my recording skills.