Gimme your albums I'll rate them 1-10

[Constructivist]

Guitar tone is pretty jarringly brittle, like in a way that sounds a lot like it was recorded directly through a distortion pedal into the DAW. The mix needs more bottom end, or something. I think the first thing to do would be to clean up the guitar tone into something that gels better with the bass and drums and then go from there. I'm really digging the vocals, though, and I'm not generally a fan of many extreme vocalists, but those vox were cool as hell!

You have a keen ear sir. Indeed I record the guitars by taking the DI out from a Laney Ironheart straight to the interface. Small apartment, neighbors... so I can mike up a cab. Cleaning up very broad guitar spectra has always been a challenge. Any recommendations/tutorials on this? Thanks for the guideline on how to mix it better. Trust me that helps as much as the nice comments on the vocals. Cheers!!

 

[cip 123]

You have a keen ear sir. Indeed I record the guitars by taking the DI out from a Laney Ironheart straight to the interface. Small apartment, neighbors... so I can mike up a cab. Cleaning up very broad guitar spectra has always been a challenge. Any recommendations/tutorials on this? Thanks for the guideline on how to mix it better. Trust me that helps as much as the nice comments on the vocals. Cheers!!

Use similated cabs in your daw, or something like a torpedo live/studio unit before you hit your daw

 

[Constructivist]

Use similated cabs in your daw, or something like a torpedo live/studio unit before you hit your daw

That I already do. I am not proficient with EQing the guitars properly. Any recommendations?

 

[p0ke]

That I already do. I am not proficient with EQing the guitars properly. Any recommendations?

Well, the guitars are kinda thin and the bass is somehow hiding behind them. It can be heard here and there, but it's not really doing what bass is supposed to do. It needs more low end - it would probably improve the guitars too if you could get it to punch harder. The drums could use some punch too.

 

[Santuzzo]

Im a noob trying to do everything himself so please...go ahead...an opinion would really count.
https://theconstructivist.bandcamp.com/

I was just listening to your track and I really like it. Very cool song!
I don't feel I can comment much on anything production as I don't exactly consider myself an expert on that field, so anything I'm saying here you may want to take with a grain of salt. I do think the guitars could sound fatter, but I'm not sure if it's a matter of EQing or the actual tone itself. Maybe both?
I do like your vocals a lot, especially the aggressive parts! Did you record those in a bedroom at home?

 

[coreysMonster]

Newer mix on Spotify if you have it:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3wRcRh3WUswejgeq3DJJeu?nd=1

Old mix on SoundCloud if you don’t:
https://m.soundcloud.com/cannonbeach33

EDIT: P.S. whether you like what you hear or not, it’s pretty awesome that you laid out an open request to listen to the music of your fellow forum members. You don’t see that every day!

Listening on the first link. I like this. This is fun. It's kinda dumb, frat-ish, but that's not a bad thing. I give this an 7/10.

How's your tolerance for instrumental rock, in the Andy Timmons/Joe Satriani sort of vein? If that's a genre you don't really care for then feel free to skip over this, I'm not gonna ask you to listen to something you're just pre-disposed not to enjoy, but if you at least occasionally dig that stuff, have at it. This is a couple years old by now and thankfully while I can nit-pick the recording/mix/playing, I'm still not really embarrassed by any of it. I'm still slowly writing for a follow-up (another project is consuming all of my recording time) that's probably going to be a bit mellower and bluesier than this (and, after breaking through a few playing plateaus and seriously upgrading my signal chain, should be both better played and better recorded).

https://drewpetersonguitar.bandcamp.com/releases

If you don't really care for it, at least do me the favor of properly roasting it in style. At a minimum, though, clipping should be minimal, lol. (though fair warning, if you start at track 1, "Whiskey & Laudanum", and not the preview track, "Red Skies," it opens with a solo acoustic guitar, and I absolutely mangled it in a record simulator )

This is 9/10 shit. I have zero complaints and I love this. I'm buying this with the next paycheck.

Alright I'll jump on this, hah.

Most recent stuff (more interested on an opinion of this one):
https://tomhansen.bandcamp.com/album/the-omen

I know the intro of the first track is slow, buuuuut give it some time .

Stuff from over a year ago:
https://tomhansen.bandcamp.com/album/wave

Another 9/10? How?? Holy crap you're not only good, you're insultingly good, how can guys like me compare to you?

Well fucking done man.

https://capturethesun.bandcamp.com/

Instrumental prog stuff that tries to not be too wanky

Solid 8/10. Nothing to complain about. Keep on keeping on man, this is great stuff.

 

[coreysMonster]

https://cloudcartel.bandcamp.com/

Feedback would be much appreciated

Put this out with my band recently, I have my own opinions on the good and bad parts but if you could make it through the whole thing with a solid opinion it would be a great help.

Personally proud of the solo on "Rocket Science" but feel free to crush my shred dreams!

This was a trip. I greatly enjoyed it, even though I personally don't care for the guitar tone.

9/10.

If I wasn't so lazy I would just make a fake album with nothing but harsh noise mixed so god damn loud that it shouldn't even be humanly possible just to fuck with OP and his fear of clipping.

You didn't even make the lazy joke album so we all know you'll make nothing.

Alright, I'll play. Here is a single song; vocals aren't done yet, so it's an instrumental. Yes, I'm a fan of gain. No, I don't care if you can hear everything crystal clear. Yes, it is almost nothing but clipping. If it hasn't sucked out too much of your soul, there's an EP linked in my signature. https://soundcloud.com/kailm-1/blood-of-deliverance-a-dying-breed

This one is hard. Not because of what it is, but because of what it could be. I'm gonna give a 5/10 for this. You have talent, and you can do better.

 

[coreysMonster]

Rip me to shreds hahahahaha! This is the first album i ever did. The stuff i produce now is light years better, but...it's the best i could do at the time.

https://theicaruseffect.bandcamp.com/releases

Don't lie to me, this is not your first album. Regardless, this is rock solid dude.
9/10.

Im a noob trying to do everything himself so please...go ahead...an opinion would really count.
https://theconstructivist.bandcamp.com/

Okay this sounds much more like a first album. But, you have creativity. I like what I'm hearing even if it's not perfectly recorded.
I give this an 8/10. YUGE potential.

 

[coreysMonster]

Sorry for ignoring the thread for a week, I'll be back tomorrow. Life continues, eh? Also you guys have some kickass bands, like holy shit

 

[cip 123]

This was a trip. I greatly enjoyed it, even though I personally don't care for the guitar tone.

9/10.
.

Ah thank you dude!

The second ep (could be an album at this point) is being written and we'll be in a better production space to focus on tones.


Also glad you made this thread I've had fun exploring music here.

 

[JP Universe]

Song off our debut EP. Awesome that you’re doing this!

 

[cip 123]

Song off our debut EP. Awesome that you’re doing this!

Writing this as I'm listening just now.

But this is solid. 8/10 I say this though there are things to improve upon. The reason it's so high is cause this stuff is so easily markatable. You've written something that can definitely catch the attention of a lot of people.

Main points of criticism, condense it, (listen to the contortionist reimagined) this could easily play on the radio. Second point if you write something like this again, get a hook, your chorus is good but it needs a hook, the vocals are strogg but could be more powerful of you wanna stick with the same melody, perhaps just drop everything out for a bar and hit that first bit of the melody hard on the vocals to really try and stick it in people's minds.

But dude there is definitely something marketable, you'll be pissing me off if you don't go hard on your marketing and promotion, get that on the radio, talk to people. There's something there.

 

[Seybsnilksz]

Not my album, but I helped a friend with it. He wrote most of it and played all the keyboards (keytar). I wrote one part, produced, and mixed the album. All of this was in 2015.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6fzbFiqL4b9GMDcocTeRl7?si=wr_ZNPbyT6CKcDDEJpC_Xg

 

[TedEH]

Thank you for doing this. The ego boost is appreciated.

Also, makes a good thread for hearing what everyone else here is up to musically.

 

[Constructivist]

Okay this sounds much more like a first album. But, you have creativity. I like what I'm hearing even if it's not perfectly recorded.
I give this an 8/10. YUGE potential.

Love you dude!

 

[Constructivist]

I was just listening to your track and I really like it. Very cool song!
I don't feel I can comment much on anything production as I don't exactly consider myself an expert on that field, so anything I'm saying here you may want to take with a grain of salt. I do think the guitars could sound fatter, but I'm not sure if it's a matter of EQing or the actual tone itself. Maybe both?
I do like your vocals a lot, especially the aggressive parts! Did you record those in a bedroom at home?

Thanks for the comment. Vocals are recorded with a Rhode NT1A straight into the Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 in a small bedroom. Doesnt get any cheaper than this.

 

[Constructivist]

Sorry double post

 

[JohnIce]

Song off our debut EP. Awesome that you’re doing this!

Definitely getting a Pendulum vibe from the vocals! I dig it, you have a sound that's kind of your own, but beyond that the songwriting itself isn't all that attention-grabbing to me. Then again that gives it a more tranquil, droning vibe that wouldn't be possible otherwise.

 

[92guitarguy]

All of my stuff. I wouldn't say that my newest release is the best one. They all have their pros and cons Just take the one with the most appealing artwork haha
Thanks to everyone who takes a listen!
https://transcendentalexistence.bandcamp.com/

 

[chipchappy]

Old album upload from 2 years ago. IMHO the bass is a little too high, and my songwriting has improved since then, but it's the only thing I have to show atm. Do your worst!