(Heavy / Instrumental) - I

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Post 27 Oct 2024

It's been almost a year since I've recorded/posted any new music. Time really flies, doesn't it? That's not to say music has completely been on the back burner. Several months ago, I started playing live again. Just simple things for solo acoustic shows which have been fun. Last month I decided fire up Reason and start recording again.

One of my problems is I tend to sit down, come up with a ton of ideas, expand the ideas into full songs and then tell myself I'll wrap up the mixing/master phase later. 95% of those songs end up unfinished on my hard drive. In an attempt to avoid repeating that trend, I've decided to record a bunch of music I've written over the years but never recorded. The plan will be to compile these songs into an album of 5-8 songs. Here's the first song from The Lost Tapes.

As an added plus, being away from recording, mixing and mastering allowed me to take a new approach to mixing and mastering. To my ears, this turned out to be my best sounding mix to date. Enough blabbing... here's the song. As always, open to any comments, criticism, likes, dislikes, etc.



https://officialstrangers.bandcamp.com/track/i

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TritoneAddiction
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Post 27 Oct 2024

Sounds really good. Nicely recorded and played.

Yep there's always a battle to finish songs all the way through. With some songs I'm simply not motivated enough to put all my energy to make them the absolute best they can be. But rather than throw them away I try to make them "long enough" and make the mix "good enough". Not a perfect solution, but I'd rather have a finished song on the shorter side and with some issues than unfinished projects that never sees the light of day.

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Post 28 Oct 2024

:thumbup:

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Noplan
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Post 28 Oct 2024

I like it. Good sound.

strangers
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Post 29 Oct 2024

TritoneAddiction wrote:
27 Oct 2024
Sounds really good. Nicely recorded and played.

Yep there's always a battle to finish songs all the way through. With some songs I'm simply not motivated enough to put all my energy to make them the absolute best they can be. But rather than throw them away I try to make them "long enough" and make the mix "good enough". Not a perfect solution, but I'd rather have a finished song on the shorter side and with some issues than unfinished projects that never sees the light of day.
That's a solid approach to keeping the momentum. Very useful tips to keep in mind going forward. Another thing I've been making a conscious effort to do is print to track as early as possible to avoid going back for endless tweaking. Lock it in and keep going.
Noplan wrote:
28 Oct 2024
I like it. Good sound.
Thanks. Guitar driven music isn't the norm here so I'm glad some will give it a chance and potentially like it.

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WolfZeit
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Post 29 Oct 2024

I'm listening to this in headphones and it sounds great. You have placed the different elements really well in the stereo field (if thats the right expression.) Your arrangement is excellent, you give us little breaks in the bridges (like 1.30) at just the right times. Rock/Heavy Metal isn't my go to music, but I enjoyed this a lot. The guitars are very present but never become too much and you've got the levels/EQ spot on.

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Post 29 Oct 2024

This rocks. Great symphony of guitars 🎸
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FrankJaeger
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Post 29 Oct 2024

Can't help but bop my head to this. Vocals would set this track ablaze!!!
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Post 30 Oct 2024

Wonderful song! Only change I would like is to bring the lead guitar work a little more to the foreground, maybe just with an increase of the lead midrange. The lead guitar sounds so good, it's a shame it gets overpowered by the guitar chords. Stronger lead midrange would make the notes of the lead melodies stick out. Great work.

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