My band's first song/recording-Feedback?

bronzehydra · #1 01-07-2011, 04:04 AM

Hey guys, my band recorded our first song in october 2010, and I never posted it anywhere yet besides a few times on Facebook.
We're a group of 5 Juniors from Kamiak High School in Mukilteo Washington. Our Current band name is Lead Based Paint, but I think we're trying to find a new name.

Here's a link to our song "Eye of the Storm":
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9772607

Tell me what you guys think of the song, and any suggestions you think would help us.

Thanks-
Adam

spaz21387 · #2 01-07-2011, 04:20 AM

The drums sound off for a metal song. does your drummer know how to blastbeat? and you cant even hear the bass.

Denny Coon · #3 01-07-2011, 04:38 AM

Structure is pretty cool. I agree with the not very heavy soundind drums thing but that could be the muffled mix. You should look into a company called Disc Makers, and see if they will master 1 song and send you a remastered copy. you may have to purchase a block of cd's to get this done, but its worth it!! They compress everything so there are no spikes in volumes, but make sure what you send them is what you want to hear because they dont remix it. When you pay for thier service they put it on Itunes and a few other places for you. Do you not have a singer?

Rockmusician · #4 01-07-2011, 04:38 AM

Drumming is terrible. Not right for the song.

Vincent P · #5 01-07-2011, 05:02 AM

Agreed, the drums need to be cleaned up quite a bit. Not a bad piece though.

pnut166 · #6 01-07-2011, 05:04 AM

If you like, you can send me the tracks and I can try to clean them up / remix / remaster it. I`m learning how to produce, and this would be a good learning project for me. PM if interested.

bruiser1964 · #7 01-07-2011, 05:22 AM

The mixing is really bad... If you paid for 2 days in the studio and thats what they gave you then I'd be PO'd. You all sound competent not sure about the critisism about the drums they sound ol just badly mixed and the same for the bass. Very muddy, over compressed and inconsistant throughout the mix eg bass drum comes and goes. If you have a copy of the original mix you could try and get someone to do a remix? Try the guys at Homerecording forum and see if they will do a mix for you.
Good luck

Arranger · #8 01-07-2011, 05:34 AM

That's really quite unique and calling it progressive metal is a good title for the genre. Vocals would throw it into a new realm and make it infinitely more marketable. Also, I don't know what is necessary for the players' styles to be considered suitable for any particular purpose, but if that's the sound you're looking for, well, that's all that really matters. I like it because it's different. It's art and you're allowed to do anything you want with it!

Keep doing what makes you feel good and maybe you're just breaking into a new style of music that nobody ever considered. For a few younger musicians this is a real achievement and you all have much to be proud of. Congratulations and keep up the good work!

bronzehydra · #9 01-08-2011, 02:36 PM

Thanks for the feedback, guys
Bruiser: We actually didn't pay for the 2 days, a friend of mine let us record in his studio during his free time so we decided to use that opportunity to attempt to record it haha. We may or may not attempt to re-record it because we want to start writing more material

Spaz:Yeah, he does know how to blastbeat, but we couldn't really figure out where to put it throughout the song. And yeah, you can only really hear me during the jazzy thing in the middle of the song

Rockmusician: I can maybe see how the drumming doesn't fit the song, but I dont think the drumming is terrible. But thanks for the kind words, bro

Arranger: Thanks, i really appreciate it! We've been looking for a vocalist for the longest time, but to no avail... hopefully one of these days we'll find one!