hardwareexorcist

thanks for the enthusiasm!! i'll do what i can to get this one finished and up asap. or at least a closer to finished version, heh. i'm really glad you're digging on it=)

thanks for the review, i appreciate someone breaking the ice on a fresh upload. man, those are some bands i haven't thought about it ages! but if i take a step back, i can see where you'd draw the comparison, so thanks for the compliment. while i was in the revision mode for this song, i experimented with some chord changes, but i felt like everything i tried broke the flow or just didn't feel right. but that was easily 7 or 8 years ago, so maybe it's an idea that i'll approach again and see if time has put enough distance in me to come at it from a new angle. thanks for the suggestion!

thanks for the review. yeah, the program i mixed this track in for some reason always feels the need to adjust my vocals levels and they either come out too high or too low. so i'm in the process of remedying the situation by just bringing the vox and guitars into the sequencer application and hopefully that'll end that issue. another part of the issue is that i prefer to mix my vocals WITH the music in leiu of ON TOP of the music, ya know? i'm still working out the right combinations of eq and compression to get the sound i'm going for. thanks for the compliments and due to the positive feedback my initial offerings have induced, i'm rather inclined to get some more up for review as soon as the site allows=) hopefully, since you'll be around more to review, that'll mean that you will have been freed up to upload some tracks of your own? you've got a great sound and i'm looking forward to returning the favor.

hell yeah! i'm glad you like this track. i kinda figured someone like you would really appreciate where i was going with this one=) i really went to town on this one trying to combine something like ministry and the prodigy, heh. yeah, i really try to monkey around with alternate arrangements as much as i can while still preserving (as much as i can) the beautiful slam that happens when a chorus kicks in at the precise moment. and some songs, like this one, just demand to be taken in so many interesing directions before they turn around and kick you in the teeth. thanks, man, you know it's always cool to know your work reaches someone that appreciates it=)

thanks for the review, man! i'm glad you're digging on this one so much. yeah, the whole track sprang up from that guitar riff. the rest of the track was done on my K2VX and recorded straight in. the singer for this project would probably wring my neck if he knew i was posting this track before completion, but hell, man, it's just too cool to keep to myself, haha. i'm really glad you like, i'll see what i can do about getting my lazy ass vocalist to do his job and get this track finished up soon.

thanks for the review! i'm glad you enjoy the synth work, this was a fun track to program and write. i'm going to probably end up beefing up the drums a touch when i introduce the guitars. the guitars have become a real interesting aspect of this track, since i'm trying to find a unique approach in my chord selections to give it a 'helluva edge' but also to do kind of what i did with the programming, meshing sounds and melody in a very perpendicular fashion, if you follow me. i hope it all turns out well, heh. thanks again!

thanks for the review! i dig the idea of the vocals ending the track and it's something i've been playing around with and it'll probably end up in the final version. and that's a really cool idea about ending with a bigger more intense finale. the final chorus could definitely go for a harder bang after the bridge and that's giving me some ideas to work with. thanks for noticing the mix and production values. this song uses a lot of both hard and soft synths, but because of the nature of the music and individual sounds, it wasn't too difficult to get them into their sonic niches straight away to give a dense layered sound but without sounding muddy or forced.

thanx! i'm you like it=)

thanx for the review. i understand what you mean about it feeling more like an instrumental and that all the changes could make using vox difficult. however, my vocalist and i have some ideas about how to lay down and process vocals so that it all fits together. i guess you'll just have to hear the finished version to know how we're gonna put it together, but it'll rock, trust me=)

thanks for the review. i really appreciate your suggestions. i always like to hear thoughts for other artists, there may always be a genius idea somewhere out there, right? i'll definitely try out your ideas and see where they go. glad you like the song, hopefully i'll have the finished done soon.

thanks for the review. i'll definitely give the tip about the drums a try. i usually compress the hell outta my drums, but i think with this track, i didn't mix them high enough because they interfered with the synths. and since it's just a rough mix, i didn't bother fine tuning everything enough to make it work. thanks for the kind words.

thanks for the review. atmosphere and vibe are critical song elements, imo. thanks for checking the song out, i'm going to be posted alot more from my various projects soon, so if you liked that one, i'm sure you'll dig some of the others i got lined up:)

thanks!!

glad you like it. like i noted in the track description, the song IS a demo and will most likely go through some changes before i consider it finished. yeah, the vox could use some better EQ and compression to be a bit more defined, but as of now, i'm content with it's level in the mix. i write, compose and produce my songs as a whole piece, so my vocal mixes are usually mixed IN the music instead of on top of the music like you find in pop or top 40 genres. nevertheless, i appreciate your input and thanks for the review!