I like inclusion of some of the ambient aspects. It's kind of hard but it's not raw enough in terms of the instrumentation, plus it kinda rides the rails a bit. The construction is balanced enough, what I would like to hear is maybe more of a focus to draw the sound out so it's not just like you're setting up the chorus through the verse and on to the next step and so on. Maybe put more focus on the actual introduction of different parts. It would certainly develop some mixing and production technique.

I'm still really drowsy from getting up so I didn't really understand that

it was some shit like.....do something more exciting !

Sup Lod.

So after much delibaration........i think im gonna buy this

http://www.espguitars.com/guitars/ltd-standard-deluxe/h-1007.html

Tasty right?

[QUOTE=SugarCoatedSour;18482625]it was some shit like.....do something more exciting ![/QUOTE]

Like what?


[QUOTE=benfan;18482628]Sup Lod.

So after much delibaration........i think im gonna buy this

http://www.espguitars.com/guitars/ltd-standard-deluxe/h-1007.html

Tasty right?[/QUOTE]
Yes, and being an LTD it'll be built like a tank, but I dunno, I'm just not digging the played out pointy avec EMG's thing anymore, despite owning a pointy EMG equipped LTD 7 string. I'm really GASing after an S series now, a nice 6 string I can use for home recordings instead of having to move my LP about everywhere.

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18482150][url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=572119&songID=10522457[/url]

Be gentle, there's no vox or layers and only one (shitty) guitar tone because I couldn't be arsed to wait for my singer to track his bits.[/QUOTE]
I quite like the drums, the cymbals could be a bit cleaner and more clear though. The biggest turd here are the guitars in my opinion, they seem to take up everything and doesn't fit that good with the drums. I think you're going to have a rough time fitting vocals in there with that tone. Guitar right in the middle are generally very boring in my opinion, double track them or pan them or add a lot of delay or something to give them some width.

Kicks a lil funny is there comrpessors on the cymbals? they're a lil wishy, not a bad job though

rides cool, hats aint bad, not soundin that bad

Right. The guitar and bass are just something i threw down to see how the drums cope in context should've mentioned that. And the thing with the cymbals/overheads is that the guy who mic'd them got an ass load of bleed off the cymbals from the tom mics so i'm struggling to mix the cymbals. I'm thinking of just sanple replacing the toms entirely.

Al, whats sounding weird with the kick?

listened on the comp speaks and laptop its just missing that little low end punch thick that hits ya around 80k or so depending on the sound proper meaty stuff, the clickyness of the kick is alright, i dont mind that around the 5k mark maybe narrow the eq curve for the higher kick clicky bit

hats/highends a lil raspy n hissy

i myself hate really clicky clicks but its nothing bad, this is just a bit of me and what i like i guess, i spent 2 weeks on drums for a 3 min song =| im an anal mothatrucker when it comes to em, drum sounds are pretty important they set the track up for it all, especially in a song like that

ride is nice but the cyms yea are a bit out there

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18482649]Like what?



Yes, and being an LTD it'll be built like a tank, but I dunno, I'm just not digging the played out pointy avec EMG's thing anymore, despite owning a pointy EMG equipped LTD 7 string. I'm really GASing after an S series now, a nice 6 string I can use for home recordings instead of having to move my LP about everywhere.[/QUOTE]

Id love an S7 if only they did one with a fixed bridge, and maybe a different colour option to boring black.

I think i will have to wait until July to get that LTD anyway with it bieng a 2011 model, so i might just wait till Music Live to see if there is a Mayones stand.

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18482649]Like what?



Yes, and being an LTD it'll be built like a tank, but I dunno, I'm just not digging the played out pointy avec EMG's thing anymore, despite owning a pointy EMG equipped LTD 7 string. I'm really GASing after an S series now, a nice 6 string I can use for home recordings instead of having to move my LP about everywhere.[/QUOTE]

mofunger you gotta straight up start listening to music outside of the safe distance within which your entire discography exists. I'm sure you could crank out 10 of those tracks today if you had to, although there is some merit in that, it's not very rewarding. You can produce, so start experimenting within a different framework; switch up which aspects or instruments take the lead in the song. If you're going to have an inclusion of electronic effects to ornament your composition don't just tack something on, work something out that earns it's place. I understand that you might be working up to a certain standard for yourself, and the tracks you make are ones that you're probably going to perform...but artistically there's no harm with experimenting and failing, you need more surprises. Too many bands and sounds copped in one record will just sound crap, you can't expect anyone but indiscriminate teenage mallrats to digest and enjoy that kind of stuff.

First song I've heard that's on a 7 that isn't super obviously a 7

[B][url]http://soundcloud.com/exquisitexghost[/B][/url]

scs i dont think you heard these 2

yo sup lod

nice sampling of MO, pretty true to the original. Rhythm makes it sound like it'll fall apart.

jingledress: haven't heard much flylo but I assume this is the stance of his club/dance electronica songs. Interesting mix when the timbres swell up under the club-bass and drums...certainly a goofy but evocative atmosphere. Your sampling is clipped nicely, keep the shit rolling...and be dramatic occasionally.

[QUOTE=SugarCoatedSour;18483761]mofunger you gotta straight up start listening to music outside of the safe distance within which your entire discography exists. I'm sure you could crank out 10 of those tracks today if you had to, although there is some merit in that, it's not very rewarding. You can produce, so start experimenting within a different framework; switch up which aspects or instruments take the lead in the song. If you're going to have an inclusion of electronic effects to ornament your composition don't just tack something on, work something out that earns it's place. I understand that you might be working up to a certain standard for yourself, and the tracks you make are ones that you're probably going to perform...but artistically there's no harm with experimenting and failing, you need more surprises. Too many bands and sounds copped in one record will just sound crap, you can't expect anyone but indiscriminate teenage mallrats to digest and enjoy that kind of stuff.[/QUOTE]

Although overly verbose, I hear you. That track was written as a full band though so the structure is pretty much final. As for layers and vocals I've got lots of ideas for that. I've been meaning to make this release sound more 'finished', in that in isn't just 3 tracks recorded with drums bass guitar and vox, so I'm going to start listening to stuff and pick out little quirks and ideas that could work well with the compositions.

Kuffuffs, I just got me some new drum samples so I can actually finish off the drum velocities and whatnot now. So expect a little bit more progress on that track coming soon :)

Aight fatty. Pick a tempo and get a basic drum track down and I'll start tracking geetars

Any of you guys ever ordered anything from Warmoth? Im toying with the idea of modding an old Affinity Strat iv got knocking around and im looking at replacing the neck first off.

I can send you just the drums as an mp3 now to track to if you want? Not in any better state than before, just with better samples on. I've only done reassigning to the new map, I haven't done the velocities yet. Or played with kit sounds particularly.

That's fine. I was dicking around with it once and couldn't figure out the bpm

Kit sounds way better heh

inorite. Mostly not happy with the main crash sound, so I'll see what else is in there. That's literally like the default kit, I've only had the plugin for an hour or something. Better things to come! Might put the HD500 to the test when I track the bass for realsies. Should have it pretty soon.

Hangover: I hate you, please go away

In a month or two I'm gonna post the best damn track that's ever been posted on these boards.

[quote=Sad But True;18482649]Like what?



Yes, and being an LTD it'll be built like a tank, but I dunno, I'm just not digging the played out pointy avec EMG's thing anymore, despite owning a pointy EMG equipped LTD 7 string.[B] I'm really GASing after an S series[/B] now, a nice 6 string I can use for home recordings instead of having to move my LP about everywhere.[/quote]

Reading this made me think - I don't think I've GAS'd after anything since 2007 o.O Does this mean I've stopped being a guitarist by definition? :P

Had a beer last night that was 14% it blows yer bloody head off

Good night, can't remember much of the details

/Hangover

Lod: I need a name for my solo recordings but I'm not really getting much inspiration. the only name I've come up with so far is [I]Homage to a Shame[/I], which is my favourite Oceansize song and also an awesome name, but does it sound too much like the generic, 4 word, emo-core names?

Homage to a Shame prolly gayest name ive ever heard

name your band The Smackdown Hotel or Roody-Poo Candy Ass

here are more band ideas

Fuck the IT Department

It's My Birthday on Facebook

Stone Cold Steve Autism

Urinals Creep Us Out

Women with Interests

Bears Run Really Fucking Fast

4 Legged Hookers

Spider Crotch

Smoke Machine Birthday Surprise

Mr. T Fucked My Wife

Cuckold and Cambria

The Brutality of Taco Tuesday

Math Was Hard (In Highschool)

Daddy Issues

Disfigured Figurine

Action Fighter 5

Ultrahard 9000

Aroused Insect

Sexually Molested Androids

Agoraphobia is for Pussies

Rootfuck

PS go listen to my new TeChMeTaL song i made a thread

Only if you stop using lower and upper case letters like that

ok im sorry my bad

did u listen yet

In progress
will comment in thread

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18484868]Lod: I need a name for my solo recordings but I'm not really getting much inspiration. the only name I've come up with so far is [I]Homage to a Shame[/I], which is my favourite Oceansize song and also an awesome name, but does it sound too much like the generic, 4 word, emo-core names?[/QUOTE]

see i am a genius

don't call it homage to a shame but don't call it some gay vulgar piece of crap like raayl suggests

I am loving the shit out of them. Seriously went straight into my favourite bands after like 30 minutes of listening. Reason I chose an Oceansize song name is sort of a double homage (lol see wut I di-you get the idea) in that their band was named after a song and they've inspired me to incorporate ambient post rock stuff into my alt/metal solo project thing. Now that I think about it 'Homage to a Shame' works perfectly.

im gonna name my dissonant metal EP "Aborted Insect"

There's a couple that I remember from that band name generator, [I]Lamp Cannibal[/I] and [I]Intuition Of The Delicious Jelly
[/I]


And I think I'm gonna go with [I]Homage to a Shame[/I]; it seems to fit what I'm trying to do with the EP. I'm going to be making 2 30 minute EPs that run like one song but with different movements, like a smaller Catch 33. at first I was gonna make one of them really heavy 7 string stuff really reminiscent of Catch 33 with the repeated riffs cycling through and one quite technical tuned to C# on my 6 string, but now I'm thinking of merging ambient post rock stuff into both of them, but having the 7 string one quite proggy and riff and the 6 string one more melodic. I'm going to be doing vox on all of it but I also want guest spots all over em, I've got a couple of really good guitarists in mind and a funky bass player. Raayl you up for doing a guest spot on it when I get round to it in a couple of months after new job/alter eden tracks?

[QUOTE=Epidemechanical;18484921]im gonna name my dissonant metal EP "Aborted Insect"[/QUOTE]

rofl I like this

being aborted is bad enough, but an insect doubly bad

SBT. Call your project Attack of the Massives. The artwork for your e.p can be Gregg Valentino ( see my avatar ) Ronnie Coleman and Dorian Yates all flexing...........with a guitar in the background. It would be huge!

i named an ep lo fi flo