Need help with my rock mixes

[aml4]

Hey guys, there are two songs i recently submitted to "Modern Rock"/"Hard Rock" listings but I'm pretty unhappy with how they sound. I figured before I start remixing them I would ask for some advice:]The songs are "The Bloodening" and "The Hills". Thanks, -stevehttp://www.taximusic.com/hosting/home.php?artist=stevelemaire

[marcblack30]

Steve, these sounds great as is to me. I especially enjoyed "The Hills", the only thing i could findis that around the 20 sec mark, there's some strings (panned right) playing the main melody line,i would just bring them up a notch.and for "The Bloodening", i would crank up those bad ass drums a bit, not too much, just a little.These are very well put together, nice arangements and production, you shouldn't have any trouble finding homes for these two.BTW, what are you using for drums? is that Battery?good luck,Marc

[aml4]

Nov 16, 2008, 2:51pm, marcblack30 wrote:Steve, these sounds great as is to me. I especially enjoyed "The Hills", the only thing i could findis that around the 20 sec mark, there's some strings (panned right) playing the main melody line,i would just bring them up a notch.and for "The Bloodening", i would crank up those bad ass drums a bit, not too much, just a little.These are very well put together, nice arangements and production, you shouldn't have any trouble finding homes for these two.As for "The Hills"...I was thinking that maybe there is too much variation in the volume...like maybe I should bring the quieter parts up to match the louder guitar parts? Or is that not something that matters to prospective buyers?Nov 16, 2008, 2:51pm, marcblack30 wrote:BTW, what are you using for drums? is that Battery?Its EZDrummer. Costs a little over $100 and its absolutely brilliant. Highly recommended to anyone who doesn't have the budget to hire a real drummer:]

[marcblack30]

it sounds good to me, the dynamics are good IMO.I use EZD, you did a nice job with them, i can usually recognize them, is that the DKFH kit?

[kitz]

Nice work Steve!! Hope to hear more of your work!!Lot's of luck!!Kitz

[aml4]

Nov 16, 2008, 8:02pm, marcblack30 wrote:it sounds good to me, the dynamics are good IMO.I use EZD, you did a nice job with them, i can usually recognize them, is that the DKFH kit? No but I'd like to get DKFH for the heavy stuff, I had to use some other samples with the kick drum to get it to sound right. Btw the first two songs on the player on your website have a loud buzzing on them, at least on my computer...p.s. the ones without buzzing sounded great :]

[marcblack30]

thanks for the heads up. i recently learned i may have some of my mp3's converted higher than 44.1 and some people are having trouble with them.thanks