A different mix - what do you think about this?

[Atheist]

Ok, here's a mix of my prog/tech/jazz metal song. It's a bit different from most posts here - it's not down tuned, the bass is stealing lot of frequences from form guitar cause it's composed to play a big role in music, it has some jazz in it...

So is it really "different" or is it just crap?

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4314253&q=hi

Sorry for no download, but it's still work in progress and I don't want a hunderd version on my songs floating around (I happend with another band I played in).

PS I just opened my sound click band page, so it's not cleared yet (what ever it means) but it's seems that the streaming is working.

 

[Radd]

Very, very cool! Reminds me of Athiest/Cynic/Dream Theater.
Real impressive. You guys should check this out. It deserves more replies.

 

[Atheist]

Thanx

I know it's not a pro recording, but I was shooting for some Spiral Architect/Cynic vibe of the mix + a bit more groovy (cause the riff's are groovy).

Maybe I should post this on Neal Kernon's forum.

 

[Atheist]

I guess everyone who played it heard the into and ran away.

 

[Ola Englund]

I liked this alot! Ever heard of Spiral Architect? I feel the same vibe as when listening to them.
Good job!

 

[AmirH]

Wow! that was really really well done!

 

[Atheist]

Ever heard of Spiral Architect? I feel the same vibe as when listening to them.
Good job!

Then my work here is done. Exept, I have to record it better so I can compare to them- the song is a bitch to play.

If I can only make a guitar sound more homogeneous. Other then that I'm really satisfied with it since it a Digitech tonedriver pedal into gt-6 for a cab modeling.

 

[Nebulous]

Spiral Architect? I can barely listen to them, this shits groovy and not overbaring! Nice work man.

 

[daveotero]

Cool track, I dig the bass tone alot. What strings, pickups, DI were used?

The Piano sounds kinda crappy. I'd mix it a little lower with a bigger, more open verb unless you can find some better samples.

Anyway, cool tune. listened to it twice

 

[JBroll]

I can't listen to much Spiral Architect myself, but I love Cynic. I like the clip, the bass just sounds a little 'nyyeee' to me in the beginning bits, a little too fusion-y, but it fits in pretty quickly after that.

I can see the Cynic comparison a lot more easily than Dream Theater, it reminds me a lot of the instrumental track from Focus - apart from the piano, maybe finding a patch similar to what they used on their guitar synths could help.

Jeff

 

[Atheist]

@daveotero:

For the bass? It's Trilogy VST.

I've been using that crapy piano for years and totally got used to it. Thanx for reminding me to change it - I can surely find some free samples that are better then this one.

Glad to hear you dig the tune. I have tons of riffs but I need countless hours to arrange a song to sound like good and not overdone.

@JBroll

I was in dilemma - to mix the biginning differently or not. It sounds odd - compressed metal drum set playing jazz, but it's part of the song, not just some jazz attached to it, so I left like that.