Surf Song Returned for Recording

[andygabrys]

Hot off the press! another return!

Surf Kittens on my taxi page

the enigmatic "recording" box ticked off. Anyone have any opinions why?

thanks

[erikstotle]

I'm not sure why this would get a return. It sounds equally as good as the forwards I've heard. Mine was returned as well with recording checked and info added saying the drums were holding the performance back. After hearing the forwards I kind of agree but that doesn't stop the disappointment.

[playagibson]

Hey !
Mine was returned too. They said not enough reverb on the guitar and the drum groove wasn't surf. I kinda agree about the drums but I disagree about the reverb.
Enough of my whining
I listened to your track and the only things I noticed was the guitar track was probably too dry. The drums were a bit dry too. The tom rolls were a bit too " out front " so to speak.
Your performance was top notch as usual, I think it just came down to production. Original surf music is drowned in reverb and mud and we went too clean.

Rich.

[pedrocosta]

the recording sounds pretty good to me.
If that's not good enough I'll never get a forward for sure.
Discouraging.

[eeoo]

Hey Andy - Cool tune, great pickin'. Something about the drum fills sounded a bit awkward to me, like they weren't transitioning back into the groove very smoothly. That's all I got.

eo

[erikstotle]

Hey Andy - Cool tune, great pickin'. Something about the drum fills sounded a bit awkward to me, like they weren't transitioning back into the groove very smoothly. That's all I got.

eo

If that were the case, I'm thinking, the "performance" box should be checked, as opposed to "recording". Kind of confusing, in a way. But I guess that is the nature of "Y" listings.

[andygabrys]

Hey !
Mine was returned too. They said not enough reverb on the guitar and the drum groove wasn't surf. I kinda agree about the drums but I disagree about the reverb.
Enough of my whining
I listened to your track and the only things I noticed was the guitar track was probably too dry. The drums were a bit dry too. The tom rolls were a bit too " out front " so to speak.
Your performance was top notch as usual, I think it just came down to production. Original surf music is drowned in reverb and mud and we went too clean.

Rich.

I guess I used up all my weekly ration of reverb on the 80's rock thing!

thanks all for the comments. I will check those drum fills.

[andygabrys]

Hey Andy - Cool tune, great pickin'. Something about the drum fills sounded a bit awkward to me, like they weren't transitioning back into the groove very smoothly. That's all I got.

eo

If that were the case, I'm thinking, the "performance" box should be checked, as opposed to "recording". Kind of confusing, in a way. But I guess that is the nature of "Y" listings.

That is one issue I have with Y listings. its hard for me to figure out what those 3 little tick boxes really mean.

so I take it that "recording" means recording / sound quality / mix / master?

[eeoo]

I wouldn't try and interpret it, I'm a proponent of a simple yes or no, the boxes just raise questions.

eo

[AlpacaRoom]

I wouldn't try and interpret it, I'm a proponent of a simple yes or no, the boxes just raise questions.

Agreed. Sounds like quite a few really nice tracks got returned on this listing, and who knows why. Listening to all the forwards, I'd say maaaaybe they were looking for high-energy, tremolo-picked guitar and pretty-wet sounds.

But frankly, who knows. This is a cool track, and I don't doubt you'll be able to get it placed someday.


-Nick