This is my first song...

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Excalif

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Hey,

I've been playing guitar for about 2-3 years for now. (Im 16 years old)
and having my dad owning one of these neat axe-fx, i thought i could record something. (for my very first time)
so i did..it took me about 2 hours for everything...i know the playing could be better...
but i was hoping about some advice/feedback for songwriting and mixing esp. from pros like you guys and girls.
i showed it to some friends and they seemed to like it.

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OK... when I was 16 (mid 80's) this is what I was doing with my time: smoking pot, getting drunk on weekends, skipping school, causing my parents grief... in short... being a shitty rebellious teen. I was certainly not doing anything constructive like recording awesome instrumentals!

Your first recording? Wow. This inspires me to play... which I'm going to do right now. Thank you!
 
I have to say, I like the chord progression. Nothing to change there!
Of course, the mixing is thin, and the drums need a bigger impact.
but what most people listen to is the song it self, lyrics, the chords. Take guys like bob dylan or neil young, their first records sounded like shit, and still does, but the music is just so awesome!
Eventually make the drum pattern different, so when the chorus hits, the drums really builds up the song.
Most pop music is like this "Intro, Vers, Chorus, B section, B-Chorus, vers, ending chorus"
you have to think how you arrange your music, arranging it just right can make the song smashing!
Improved playing helps a lot, but there are programs like ableton that can be used to make it sound tighter.
But the best way is just to take the riffs apart and train it to a metronome, first slowly, then faster and then the original tempo.
When recording rythm guitar, it's very popular to record two tracks of the rythm guitar and pan one left, and one right. That way you get a wide stereo image. Just like the drums are in stereo.
But things like bass and lead guitar should be in mono.
Spend a lot of time on youtube and google to search for mixing tips and ways to record stuff. I spend a lot of time looking at "behind the scenes" footage of albums I like, just to find out how they recorded a certain part of a song and stuff like that. Interesting stuff!
When I start out, I spent a lot of time one http://www.about.com
But these are three things to read now:

http://homerecording.about.com/od/m...usic_Achieving_A_Professional_Mix_At_Home.htm

http://homerecording.about.com/od/mixingyourmusic/a/mixing_basics.htm

http://homerecording.about.com/od/mixingyourmusic/g/How-To-Double-Guitar-Tracks-During-Recording.htm

There is so much free information on the internet.
Either way, keep posting more stuff, that's what the forums are for, sharing stuff.
And I do like the stuff you make, so...

-Spazi
 
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Guys! Thank you so much for all your replies. I did a second recording with a new song. I tried to follow some stuff you all mentioned here on the board.
The style is more like the first song. And again it could be better played. But for myself its more a learning process for how to build a song. :)
Still having trouble with the bass though. Right now im recording over studio headsets. (and then comparing the sound to 10$ speakers). And mostly the low frequencies are really different.

Download Test3.mp3 | Kiwi6.com

edit: here is a version with mastering (which a friend did):
 
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