How to handle cock head bass players that want their bass too loud in the mix?

[Soundlurker]

Maybe the lowend isn't evenly spread out. When I first listened to the latest mix I also thought it lacks bass, then when I listened again I heard it pretty clearly but there's still some hole in the spectrum. I think you mix is missing the bass guitar's harmonics which are often what people perceive as bass.

 

[Uladyne]

...also, a lot of times you can change the name of the file, resend it and say "adjusted the bass volume, tweaked the tone here and there" and most of the time people will believe you and even say they like the "new" one better.

add like 10 ms to the beginning of the song so that when they compare, there's something different.

hahaha.

Dude thats fucking awesome.

 

[paladin shredder]

try really jacking up 6-8k on the bass to bring out the metallic sound of the strings, this will make the bass more audible on laptop speakers. then, smash the shit out of it with a compressor. then do some multi-band compression with c4 or something to shape the overall sound.

 

[Uladyne]

I'm not a fan of this band at all...but i guess that's the life of a recording engineer?uke:

Hah yea that's pretty much the reason I don't take recording too seriously. I'd rather keep it a hobby as to not spoil the fun. It's especially horrible when you record a band and you think something is so god-awful that it makes you want to burst out in LOL's everytime you hear it, and you have to sit through it during a mix session with the entire band huddled around you and you're trying to keep a straight face. "Dude, are you okay? Looks like you're gonna be sick." "Pft, yea, man i'm alright. It's just crazy how your singer does thoes awesome high pitched screams there, pft."

 

[brianhood]

Hah yea that's pretty much the reason I don't take recording too seriously. I'd rather keep it a hobby as to not spoil the fun. It's especially horrible when you record a band and you think something is so god-awful that it makes you want to burst out in LOL's everytime you hear it, and you have to sit through it during a mix session with the entire band huddled around you and you're trying to keep a straight face. "Dude, are you okay? Looks like you're gonna be sick." "Pft, yea, man i'm alright. It's just crazy how your singer does thoes awesome high pitched screams there, pft."

LMAO
you basically summed up the whole recording process with this band. I mean, the recordings arent THAT bad....i can actually stand listening to them, so i guess i did my job. I just felt kind of bad making them sound like a real band on recording, knowing that they can't pull any of this crap off live....like at all.

but whatever. First post, no care ever.
don't feel like getting into a "bands shouldn't record things they can't play" argument.