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Wassup?
So I made this song after many months of doing boring testclips for mixing, shit that sort of thing can make you go crazy

Anyway here´s a clip called "Out Of Time" and contains stuff like pod xt, DFHS, Schecter C-7 Black Jack, Ibanez Ergodyne 5 string, Pro Tools... It´s a little (hopefully) punchy metalcore kinda thing and I hope you guys dig it. No vocals or melodyguitars yet but the songstructure is finished.

You can find it on MySpace.com - Daniel Andersson - Växjö - Rock / Pop / Metal - www.myspace.com/dmandersson
sorry, don´t have soundclick yet

[The Dark Wolf]

Listening on Sony MDRs.


THE BAD
1. Guitar tone sounds like Bulb. Eh.
2. Snare sounds weird as heck!
3. It has a weird, overall kind of "muffled" (?) quality to it. Subtle, but there.


THE GOOD
1. Nice songwriting. Good structure, good flow.
2. Decent production, overall. In fact, pretty darn good. I've heard better, but I've also heard much worse. I'd put you in top 15% of home-produced stuff.
3. Nice melodies.


THE DOWN-LOW UGLY
Nice job. I'd try to sound less like Bulb, with the whole "djent" thing, maybe work a bit more traditional vibe in your tone. By any means, I wouldn't start over, but maybe go with this direction 70%, but then add some new stuff, kinda your own thing. This made me think 'Bulb Jr.' big time, and he kinda has his own thing, y'know? Still,


I give it a thumbs up.

4 out of 5 Ronnies.

[KaLeVaLA]

Verry nice man!
Verry pop`ish (somethings not really my cup of tea) but i liked this one ...oh, that was on the song Fading


The other one that you probably did this topic on was great man
Top notch! God damn, love your tone! Care to share it?

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I kinda knew this was comin´.... damn, I HAVE to start over because I really don´t wanna be a clone or what you call it. Thanx for your input, I think I will erase the song if there´s gonna be too many similar answers here just so you guys know. I respect Mr. B for was he does and didn´t think I would get that similarity..

[The Dark Wolf]

I wouldn't start over at all. It just has a similar vibe as Bulb. But it still sounds like its own thang.


But do like I do. Mix n' match styles/tones/approaches. Throw a breakdown in this song or something, or some blast beats. But overall, it's kick ass work. Bulb doesn't have a monopoly on this kind of approach anyway, and I myself steal it liberally here and there, when I think it fits.


Keep it. It's good. Don't be childish and throw the baby out with the bathwater dude, c'mon. Just take opinions and advice, think about things, apply what you feel works, and build from there. No need to be all drasticdramatic n' shit.

[nine squares]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

I wouldn't start over at all. It just has a similar vibe as Bulb. But it still sounds like its own thang.


But do like I do. Mix n' match styles/tones/approaches. Throw a breakdown in this song or something, or some blast beats. But overall, it's kick ass work. Bulb doesn't have a monopoly on this kind of approach anyway, and I myself steal it liberally here and there, when I think it fits.


Keep it. It's good. Don't be childish and throw the baby out with the bathwater dude, c'mon. Just take opinions and advice, think about things, apply what you feel works, and build from there. No need to be all drasticdramatic n' shit.

Well I AM gonna cry tonight and maby don´t bother changin´ my daiper for this No, hey I read ya... just felt like a punch in the stomach after many hours recording and mixing, my bad. Hey I DID ask for opinions right?

[The Dark Wolf]

Yep.

And it's good shit, man! Seriously. I would feel proud as fuck if that was my work.

But just mindless praise? Man, to me that's worthless. I'd rather have valuable feedback from conscientious, knowledgeable peers. Like me.


Basically, I guess I'm saying you're probably like 70-80% "there", to really, really kick ass stuff, IMO. You're already far past most musicians, and probably most people even on here. It just needs a bit more thought, a bit more tweaking, a bit more introspection. You could use that kind of "Bulb'-ish place as a springboard, and from there, develop completely new ideas that he'd never think of. Look at Zeppelin. They took that simple, tried and true blues motif, twisted that fucker every which way, and created not only original, interesting, bad ass music, but works of art that have stood the test of time.

[nine squares]

Will do...

[Greg Pope]

Awesome stuff, Good from start to finish. The production is great, I love the drum sound and in general its all good

[Rick]

I think it's really good. Keep up the good work.