NOTE: The following recordings were listened to on my work laptop with {censored}ty Apple earbuds, reflecting a lowest common denominator listening experience.
Let me know what you think:
http://sittinidol.com/SittinIdol_TheCurrent.mp3 http://sittinidol.com/Homestead.mp3 http://sittinidol.com/WestPoint.mp3
First of all, it's nice to see a Calgary band doing well (go Flames!). The songs sound professionally mixed and mastered, but please correct me if I'm wrong. They are quite spacious and I can easily hear all the parts. The vocals, which sound like a cross between Eddie Vedder and James Hetfield, are featured, front and center in the mix - a decision that I agree with. I heard a bit of distortion in the vocals near the beginning of "The Current", but I'm not sure if this was intentional or even an mp3 artifact. I haven't decided if I like the sound of the snare drum yet. I could argue that it sounds electronic in some of the softer areas (ie: the opening of "The Current"), and that it might have too much "snare" and not enough "crack" for this style of music. But then again, it doesn't sound bad in any way - I'd just be interested to hear what a different snare would sound like in these mixes. I was trying to determine if any kind of pitch correction was being used on the vocals, but I couldn't come to any kind of conclusion. I thought I heard some correction artifacts at some point, but it might have been an aural illusion...
