QUICK SONG: Composed, recorded, mixed and bounced in three hours

[ahjteam]

The playing isn't the tightest in the world and I will re-record the guitars on later date, but all comments are welcome...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338211/ahjteam/ahjteam_latenightmystery_v05.mp3


edit: Oh yeah, this song will have vocals and it is decicated to Marcus Hedwig and his nightly quest to find out what song he was having in his head... too bad the video is gone now, but the thread is still here and the tentative lyrics are here.

edit: link updated sep 13

 

[ahjteam]

yeah, it's not finished yet, I need to rewrite especially the lead parts, I'm getting sick of "the solo" at the end of the song. any comments from anyone else?

 

[Dalinkwent48@aim.com]

Its got potential, it starts to get a little repetitive, id try and add some more to the lead, its pretty catchy though, Id like to program some drums for this if your up for it.

 

[ahjteam]

Its got potential, it starts to get a little repetitive, id try and add some more to the lead, its pretty catchy though, Id like to program some drums for this if your up for it.

yeah, it sounds repetitive because it doesn't have any vocals yet.

 

[ahjteam]

Updated the link with new leads and over the top editing on the breakdown part etc. Talk about mega man soundin' leads

 

[Mikaël-ange]

The concept behind made my day

 

[ahjteam]

Another update, link in the OP. The track has now even more guitars and I added this nintendo-esquee synth to chorus.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I'm being brutally honest here, so bear with me. First of all, the playing is quite sloppy, especially in the lead parts. That's something you just gotta work on. Second, the mix isn't very balanced. The cymbals sound like white noise at times, while the drums are buried beneath. The bass could use a bit of work, too, IMHO it sounds like a "plop" rather than "brrrrm" the way it is. There's also a clicking/popping artifact every now and then, is this a temporary glitch in my end or is there something wrong with the mixdown?

The song has potential, though!

 

[ahjteam]

First of all, the playing is quite sloppy, especially in the lead parts. That's something you just gotta work on. That's something you just gotta work on. Second, the mix isn't very balanced. The cymbals sound like white noise at times, while the drums are buried beneath. The bass could use a bit of work, too, IMHO it sounds like a "plop" rather than "brrrrm" the way it is. There's also a clicking/popping artifact every now and then, is this a temporary glitch in my end or is there something wrong with the mixdown?

On playing; Yup, I've acknowledged it long ago that I still suck as a player and it even reads in the first line of the OP, so nothing new there. On the mix; I need to work on that after I can get the track into it's final form The cymbals sound like crash noise because the samples aren't very good that come with the kore player's sky kit. But atleast I like the bass guitar as it is, don't want it to be like distinctive or much louder as the raw sound from the bass sucks pretty bad Listened again and didn't hear any clicking or popping? Might be from bad editing tho.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I checked again and you can hear the popping after the first part in the short bridge (?) section with the bass and guitar feedback, for example.

 

[ahjteam]

yeah, now I heard it also, I gotta check out what it is after the classes.

 

[ahjteam]

It seems that the pops were on the bass track, but I don't have the bass at my disposal atm, so it will have to wait. Anyways, I re-recorded the leads, but I'm not still 100% satisfied with them. Link in the OP.