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Cool beans

Heard this on your myspace. I have to say that your production is improving by leaps and bounds! Did you change up your methods? I may be asking for your advice in the future. I'm glad to hear you doing something that has a little more kick than a lot of your other stuff.

The guitar leads during the verse (starting at 1:50) harken back to Queen ala Innuendo. Props to your guitar guy.

I'd like to hear you roll off some of the bass and turn up the mids on your vocals in the chorus (they get buried under that wall of instruments which is a shame). You going to pay to get this stuff mastered for your album? Keep 'em coming man.

AlexSandford responds:

Wow, you're a sharp listener! Yeah, I did some tweaks on the song for the album, one of them was bringing out the chorus vocals more.

As for the methods, yes. One of which is using a full band, better mics, and I know a lot more about music then I did back then. Particularly when it comes to arrangement.

My guitar guy must be the best guitarist in the Inland Empire. He's amazing. Sean Johnson.

The masterers within my price range really wouldn't make much a difference. I mean the amplitude is fine, and the EQ is fairly balanced. I'm happy the way it is.

I absolutely love getting detailed reviews like this. Thanks so much!

pleasent

nice voice you've got there. would sound better with the whistles and bells that come with some processing and eq-ing, but do with what you have right? The arrangement was a little bland... that is, there was very little variation (dynamics, strum pattern etc) as far as four minute acoustic guitar vocal songs go.

Would like to hear some original compositions from you. Buy yourself a decent microphone and recording program. Clean up that guitar (weird frequency ringing in there) and keep on doing your thing.

SatoDraygonFist2 responds:

The way i record all of this is painfully basic. I sit with a 12 string acoustic in front of a macbook, and i record the guitar part first so that's why the strum pattern is rather uninspired. Thank you for your words, and I'll sure take into consideration what you say!

i dig it

i'm loving this caucophonus mess. no decipherable key. the drums are in 4, but the rest is all over the place. neat stuff. keep it up.

Spikrodd responds:

actually there not, i set the tempo at 82 and when i placed the drums at that speed, it sounded generic :/

Anyways, thx 4 teh review and possible 5 i think!

cool man

hey man,
this is really cool. Has potential to be a groovin' alternative rock song. But as it is, you can't really call it pop. This belongs in the techno catagory. I sure dig it though.

delete-my-account responds:

I didn't know what category to put it in. Anyhow, i didn't choose the category.

Very moving

There are just certain combinations in regards to Lyricism, phrasing, meter and chord progression that seem to make songs poignant and moving. I wish I could figure out that combination... but maybe it's not to figure out, maybe it just happens.
You wrote a great melody, and though the words are simple, they sum up a lot of feelings that I think most people have. I appreciate your reasons for the sparsity of this arrangement, but I'd also like to hear a full band version of this... If you don't, I might just record it myself =)Alex did a great job singing this. I also liked the solo @ about 3:20

Sometimes I wake up still asleep, Escape the world, escape my mind. Great lyrics.

Naitzmic responds:

Glad you liked it.
If you wanna make a fully orchestrated version, you're more than welcome to do so. I'd be excited to hear it.

Thank you very much.

Mega-metal coffee shop

You don't seem as proud as this, but this particular version could be performed live. I think you should hit the open mic coffee scene with this.

DarKsidE555 responds:

Haha, yeah, maybe I should. I'm still suprised how much reviews this one has. Thanks for your's too! :)

Rad

This brings back some memories. The drums sound a little plinky on this track.. it must be a little older. You've really refined your production. I fucking love metal/ megaman. A match that was meant to be.

DarKsidE555 responds:

Indeed! More Mega Man will come up in the next time! Thanks for checking it out man! :)

Check out my songs!

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