Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks Ed, I was proud of my song, now I'm more proud,
I hope I have time next weekend to re-mix it and come
up with something better.

By the way I'm using a computer application called
cool edit, it's a very easy to use recording app.

I haven't acquired a mixer so I'm constantly plugging
and unplugging in order to change instrument.

well, thanks again, let's see what else I come up
with.

regards.

Pedro


Hi, well, I'm really proud of my recording, I know
there's big room for improvement, 

--- liberatusvirus@... wrote:
> Hey Pedro,
> 
> I just had a listen. Give yourself some credit, but
> if you can't, 
> I'll be happy to do it. First of all, as a firm
> believer in the 
> inextricability of form and content, I am reluctant
> to critique 
> someone else's work on purely artistic grounds; the
> assumption should 
> be that what somebody did is what they meant to do.
> But that still 
> leaves some room for third-party commentary in the
> matter of 
> technique, since certain correctible technical
> limitations might have 
> influenced the final product.
> 
> Just for the sake of reference, the song reminds me
> of what people 
> did back in the early punk days of the late 70s, or
> even the early 
> psychedelic days of the mid-60s, except for the
> length. I don't know 
> what recording equipment you used, but the Yamaha
> sub/sat system on 
> my computer sounded bottom-heavy, and I don't crank
> the bass. I'd re-
> mix with a little more top end to get a slap from
> the snare and a 
> shimmer from the cymbals. I take it that you were
> playing the hi hat. 
> I agree with you about variation; a closed hat on
> the verse and a 
> ride on the refrain might have worked well, using
> more delay on each. 
> Trying various re-mixes in general is not a bad
> idea. I tend to agree 
> with something Leon Russell said with respect to his
> singing voice: 
> If you don't like your singing, don't hang back;
> sing (and record) as 
> though you love it, and everybody else just might,
> too (cases in 
> point, Russell, Dylan, Waits, et al.). I don't agree
> that fills are 
> necessary. I belong to the school of simple being
> better, unless you 
> have a good reason not to play simply. I didn't miss
> anything in the 
> drumming at all. I liked the directness of the kick
> figure, though I 
> might have mixed it down slightly so that it melded
> better with the 
> bass pattern. 
> 
> I'd be proud of what you've accomplished. A little
> re-mixing and 
> editing for length might give it more of an impact.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 


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