The Song Fight Bulletin Board

Oh, hey, I just noticed I have a bit of unsolicited advice to give in response to one of the self-reviews.

nyjm wrote:/// i wish i could get that "bass" solo to be more prominent without clipping the hell out of everything ///

One magic incantation to do that is to send all other accompanying tracks through a common compressor (don't compress too much, of course). This pulls back the tracks a bit so that the remaining tracks (bass, in this case, though I think it's a good idea to combine drums and bass) get more focus.
In addition, you can compress the bass and add a bit of gain to get the weaker parts (if any) level with the parts done just right, dynamically.
The rest of the magic is in EQing the different tracks so they don't steal each others' most interesting frequency bands.
Finally, a (good) master limiter helps with managing clipping, though limiters can easily mess things up big time.

I used to do too little of all of this but lately (e.g. my "tank" song) I'm a lot more satisfied with how my mixes sound.

By the way, congrats HipCola. You really did a killer tune. I was just listening to this fights play list again this morning. I got too busy to review, but I was thinking good things. The Canadians really planted the flag deep on top of the SF mound for this title.

I'm currently working on a new album, and I decided to redo my entry for this fight. The tempo and verses have been totally changed, and I think it's a much better song now. I changed the name to "Suffocate" since there's some lyrical changes in the chorus which appear to have a little hook potential.