hmmm, haven't heard that one before. "alternarock"? what's that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock
are you referring to excessive verb, too much buildup in the mid-low freqs or both? i generally try to be very conservative with my use of verb, but i'll take another peek. as for mud, that's certainly possible. i'll put the scope on and see what sticks out.
Not really the verb, but rather the levels, and it seems like the bass fills out all the room in the song, not leaving any space left for the other instruments.
The vocals are PERFECT, but the rest is very unbalanced.
it's most likely the bass that's outta tune. it's a cheap ibanez and i was too much of a lazy ass to correct some intonation issues. i may re-record it.
When I listened to it again i actually noticed that its an intonation problem in your guitar that shows in some chords.
Probably that combined with the guitar that fools my sence of pitch to feel that the vocals are out of pitch sometimes too.
So too give you something more to go by:
The vocals are good, and so are the drums.
What you need to take a look at is the bass and the guitar, because they are really unbalanced.
I think you need to pull of some bass on the guitar, and lower the level on the bassguitar a little.
A method I use quite often is that I try to match the levels of the bass with the kick, and the level of the guitar with the snare.
It doesnt work all the time, but often.
Edit: Changed to the right URL.
Edit2: Apperantly its called Alterantive Metal, check out Alter Bridge, its a band consisting of the same people as creed, and thats the sound I was thinking of.
