Nice work....Some tasty licks going on here...
Recording Guitars is tricky, because efx or compression can
cloud the overall signal and change it's dynamics, some want that
sound and some got it, don't want it and can't get rid of it....
What I do is record all my guitars No efx... Just volume that way if
it sounds good with nothing on it, when you add candy it's even better...
As well the signal response in the track, stands it's own ground and
takes it's place in the track, in a clean way...

If you know all of this, then I'm spitting into the wind so disregard...

Nice work and well done....

Peace...TG.

Another great track from your rock cannons...I'm glad you're sticking to your style which I appreciate very much..:)

Rock on_____Orlando

"Thanks man, appreciate the kind words. I am stoked to start working with Addictive Drums. Will be working on something this weekend.

Thanks for all your input, it helps. It's always good to get outside input and opinions. The support is highly appreciated."

No problem. I'll look out for a new track using Addictive Drums when you post it. I expect the drums to be much better and am sure they will be. I've just very briefly had a look at a review of AD and found this criticism: "It's not possible to have more than one kick, snare or ride cymbal in a kit."

The review was from 2007 but that's a bit annoying if (still) true.

I use Superior Drummer and you can add extra kit parts, which is great for mixing up the various add-on packs you buy (I have bought many).

With Addictive, what you might need to do is load a few instances of separate kits and then have a whole load of MIDI files on each track and just keep experimenting with moving them around until you get things to flow perfectly and sound quite distinctive. You might, for instance, want to have a different snare for verse and chorus so you can then try moving the MIDI parts between the different kits you have set up.

This is especially useful for someone like me who likes to mix up the genres and sort of force one on top of another. My detailed drum programming is a big part of that. Even if you just want to do straightish rock stuff, working with a lot of fills that you mix and match and edit and fine tune can really help make it sound as though you have a killer drummer rather than just a decent one, which is what you;d get if you lazily just used the MID files included in AD without much extra editing or layering.

Don't forget to pay close attention to your velocity levels of each kit piece. You can edit them in your sequencer. Sometimes, there's quite a heavy sound that plays at the top velocuty level (127) so sometimes you need to carefully reduce this (especially for snare and kick). The velocity levels of the playing is important for giving the right feel as the timing of the playing and the choice of kit part played.

If you don't already know all this, you'll probably find it out anyway but I thought I'd just give you a heads up and some things to think about early on. Ask me if any of this advice is not clear enough and I shall clarify...

Good luck!

Hi TopVega,
Good song. I am not sure you need a vocal part: maybe a keyboard player who could keep your pace would be more beneficial than a singer. Just an idea...
Liked & downloaded it.
Take care, Domenico

This is good and there's a definite song in there for a songwriter to make something of.

It builds and gets better over that first minute and those twin guitars work really well. Nice mix between the rhythm riffs and the lead psychedelic stuff.

Glad to hear you're getting Addictive Drums. I haven't used it but have other, similar hypersampled. I have many times on here recommended such software to producers as lower quality loops just don't cut it and you can do so much with these hypersampled acoustic drum products. Your stuff will be way better and new grooves and fills will give you ideas for riffs and how to progress your music.

While this track is a bit samey, it's all good stuff but would benefit from those Addictive drums and the proper song over the top. Keep going because it's well worth pursuing but there's still a long way to go to make it as good as it could and should be.

Good strong track. I like it!