Bob...feel free to forward if you like...
Eric Clapton [xxxxxxx@xxxx.com] wrote:
Mike:
Here are my comments on your friend's CD after listening to it:
Overall:
Very good mixing, EQ and panning. Good level/loudness consistency song to song. Good noise reduction, but a few audible artifacts (either due to noise reduction and/or compression ?). Very nice instrument voicing, Good, enjoyable performances - work on expression (get wild occasionally !!). Do a million takes if needed, but capture that one awesome lick that defines the song. Fades need work - use logarithmic fades in/out (or just longer linear fades). Overall nice, clean quality of sound.
Song 1) Wonderful guitar tone and good performance. Suggest breaking up the background organ sound a little - add a bit of rhythm or occasional lick to the organ part.
Song 2) Very nice guitar tone and interesting composition - but could use a bit more body. Seemed like the extended beginning of a song - through its entirety. Throw in some sort of well defined bridge or alteration.
Song 3) Very nice theme. Good keyboard performance. Liked the guitar sound - but performance was tentative - try more expression occasionally. Clean guitar performance, but try building to a stronger presence. Wasn't wild about the synth-sax type sound. A more realistic sounding sax sample would have sounded awesome in the song. Either that or a bluesy Hammond organ sound.
Song 4) Very Pink Floydish - I like it. Again nice guitar tone, this time with a bit more authority. The mix sounded a bit "hot" - organ was slightly dominant and could have made more room for the guitar.
Song 5) Good variety. Good composition. This is a good song to feature guitar skills. Nice transition to e-guitar solo. I would suggest after the e-guitar solo, when returning to the classic guitar sound, try harmonizing classic guitars on a repetitive theme.
Overall, very enjoyable - good effort.
- eric