#1January 6th, 2013 · 12:24 PM
9 threads / 9 songs
27 posts
Egypt
Lies [Demo]
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This song is not in a battle


Written & Composed by
M.Mahfouz 'Myzym"

...this is from my demo album {Life: the touchable dream...}.

*Lies- Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaFFIN_ves   {Wait for the solo    }

www.myspace.com/foxidoband


My gear in this song was:

Ibanez {S.Serious} custom made, and Korg Multi-Effects,
Technics {Electric Piano},
Fruity Loops, drum programming & Synthesizers,
Cheap-Cort {Bass Guitars},
Radio Shack { Mic 4 Vocals },
MixCraft 2, my DAW { at this time }.

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#2January 7th, 2013 · 03:11 PM
371 threads / 187 songs
3,394 posts
United Kingdom
The guitars are sweet, cut through nicely in the mix, however everything else is struggling to cut through especially the drums. I'm not sure what has caused this, it could be too much compression and or a clash of EQ frequencies. Also I'd try cutting the reverb a bit.
The vox effect is also not helping.

I'd strip everything down, no effects and start mixing with the Drums and Bass, when you can hear everything as clear as possible without one instrument or drum fighting for the their place in the mix, then start adding compression and other effects. you will still need to do finer adjusting once you have added them.

Hope that's helped.
#3January 8th, 2013 · 04:49 AM
13 threads / 13 songs
41 posts
United States of America
I think the vocals are a little too lost. I like that the vocals are not up front, but I feel like I try focusing too much on what the vocals are. (Does that even make sense?)

Apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
#4January 9th, 2013 · 02:36 PM
128 threads / 44 songs
2,814 posts
Puerto Rico
You have a lot of layers in your music...Sounds like you are quite creative in you musical orchestration...I think is Important that you learn about eq placement...That prolly will lead you on the right direction...Now composition and arrangement wise the song is most excellent!
#5January 12th, 2013 · 05:05 PM
176 threads / 26 songs
2,342 posts
United Kingdom
re: Lies [Demo]
MyzzyM wrote…
Written & Composed by
M.Mahfouz 'Myzym"

...this is from my demo album {Life: the touchable dream...}.

*Lies- Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaFFIN_ves   {Wait for the solo    }

www.myspace.com/foxidoband


My gear in this song was:

Ibanez {S.Serious} custom made, and Korg Multi-Effects,
Technics {Electric Piano},
Fruity Loops, drum programming & Synthesizers,
Cheap-Cort {Bass Guitars},
Radio Shack { Mic 4 Vocals },
MixCraft 2, my DAW { at this time }.

Huge bagfulls of creativity and fine playing going on here!!!.
Just a shame about the overload of fx and struggling mix ...

Great ideas .... and more please ..

perhaps talk to someone local that u know about cleaning up the sound
The music is good

Swordfish
#6January 12th, 2013 · 08:10 PM
9 threads / 9 songs
27 posts
Egypt
re: re: Lies [Demo]
swordfish wrote…
MyzzyM wrote…
Written & Composed by
M.Mahfouz 'Myzym"

...this is from my demo album {Life: the touchable dream...}.

*Lies- Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaFFIN_ves   {Wait for the solo    }

www.myspace.com/foxidoband


My gear in this song was:

Ibanez {S.Serious} custom made, and Korg Multi-Effects,
Technics {Electric Piano},
Fruity Loops, drum programming & Synthesizers,
Cheap-Cort {Bass Guitars},
Radio Shack { Mic 4 Vocals },
MixCraft 2, my DAW { at this time }.

Huge bagfulls of creativity and fine playing going on here!!!.
Just a shame about the overload of fx and struggling mix ...

Great ideas .... and more please ..

perhaps talk to someone local that u know about cleaning up the sound
The music is good

Swordfish

Hey SWORDFISH,

Yes, i admit i was so inexperienced and ignorant regarding mixing at that time { Few years back, more than 8 years}, now im a little more experienced, but not that professional,

but really ill try to avoid all the past mistakes which I've done, and will keep your words { my BAND-AMP, family members} in my head, all and most of the time....

i begun to feel that we are all the same band.

but i hope that you enjoy the music,
and actually this is what i mainly mean, when i ask for peoples opinion on my demo...cause i know that their comments on my sound productions that it SUCKS.


cheers
and till we talk again

love and respect.
#7January 12th, 2013 · 08:13 PM
9 threads / 9 songs
27 posts
Egypt
Wave71 wrote…
I think the vocals are a little too lost. I like that the vocals are not up front, but I feel like I try focusing too much on what the vocals are. (Does that even make sense?)

Apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thanks for your comments WAVE 71,

and im glad that you liked the vocals sent that far, but i tell you something,

the reason i buried it that deep was to escape the bad recording quality of my mic )), but i was surprised people liked it that why...so im lucky then.

#8January 12th, 2013 · 08:22 PM
9 threads / 9 songs
27 posts
Egypt
Marino wrote…
You have a lot of layers in your music...Sounds like you are quite creative in you musical orchestration...I think is Important that you learn about eq placement...That prolly will lead you on the right direction...Now composition and arrangement wise the song is most excellent!

Thanks MARINO for your comments in general , and especially in this one,

i' m also so thankful for offering your help, which of course ill be in-need for,

yes, exactly as you said, LAYERS, for me music is all about layers, built up in the right places till it gives out that strong one piece building, that's why in studying music, i was so interested in some term called
{ COUNTERPOINT }...

where not only a melody stands upon a rhythm part or section, but a melody stands on another melody, and the outcome will be only ONE theme...i met such arrangements in CLASSICAL music mainly...and i try to compose that why, but it wont be much exiting in Rock or Metal music...so i try to apply it only in small amounts...and of course as much little as my knowledge of it...cause im still learning.


and of couyrse, your words will lead me to the righteous right direction, and i'de like to hear your comments about the equalization frequenices, which i should have applied in one of my songs, this one for instance, and ill remix them upon your direction, and lets see the result, which im sure it will be much way better.


thanks again,
till we talk again
yours
myzym
#9January 12th, 2013 · 08:26 PM
9 threads / 9 songs
27 posts
Egypt
Denis wrote…
The guitars are sweet, cut through nicely in the mix, however everything else is struggling to cut through especially the drums. I'm not sure what has caused this, it could be too much compression and or a clash of EQ frequencies. Also I'd try cutting the reverb a bit.
The vox effect is also not helping.

I'd strip everything down, no effects and start mixing with the Drums and Bass, when you can hear everything as clear as possible without one instrument or drum fighting for the their place in the mix, then start adding compression and other effects. you will still need to do finer adjusting once you have added them.

Hope that's helped. ;)

Thanks again DENIS, for your comment here too.

i sent you a message in the Verdict's page...


May i ask you guys to write me some comments on my youtube videos and my live playing for mostly all of the demo songs......please


thanks alot.
#10January 19th, 2013 · 07:25 PM
9 threads / 9 songs
27 posts
Egypt
re: re: Lies [Demo]
swordfish wrote…
MyzzyM wrote…
Written & Composed by
M.Mahfouz 'Myzym"

...this is from my demo album {Life: the touchable dream...}.

*Lies- Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaFFIN_ves   {Wait for the solo    }

www.myspace.com/foxidoband


My gear in this song was:

Ibanez {S.Serious} custom made, and Korg Multi-Effects,
Technics {Electric Piano},
Fruity Loops, drum programming & Synthesizers,
Cheap-Cort {Bass Guitars},
Radio Shack { Mic 4 Vocals },
MixCraft 2, my DAW { at this time }.

Huge bagfulls of creativity and fine playing going on here!!!.
Just a shame about the overload of fx and struggling mix ...

Great ideas .... and more please ..

perhaps talk to someone local that u know about cleaning up the sound
The music is good





Swordfish

thank you so much swordfish,
lies means alot to me, and means alot to some of my fans, the majority of them,

ill do my best in the coming recordings...


yours
myzym
#11January 24th, 2013 · 12:33 AM
7 threads / 6 songs
20 posts
United States of America
I'm all about weird vocal FX but I think that the vocals distortion really takes away from the song, but I know this is just a demo so you can get away with it.r
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