SplAdamB

I can cut some acco. and Elec. Guitars for you. I have a cheap condenser mic and a digital 4 track with sonar for mix-down. Let us know, hope you get the forum started soon. Gonna need samples of what you have so far. Can make acidized loops for you if you need. I can get some pretty nice production values with my set-up, and need some stuff to work on right now. Hope it will sound good enough. Oh yeah, I live in Lafayette Louisiana.

I've blown people away with the crunch I could get off their rigs that have shitty Gain/Saturation, and the only way to that is to scoop the mids (reduce them to at least a quarter less than Bass and Treble). It doesn't make stuff sound better, it actually kills some of the fullness, but as a fan of crunch Low mid = crunch. Unless your gain/saturation is made for metal, scooping mids will give you better palm mute - down picking crunch. oh yeah, I almost always record guitar parts with pre eq's but everything else flat and post eq it. When in doubt, always post EQ on mastering. Sorry I'm so late to the forum.

I've feared for some years that the internet/song download phenom. will bring the death of the album. Albums are a representation of a body of work, a period or phase of an artist or band, and gives the listener the chance to connect on a level that a single cannot. More importantly, an Album shows an artist or bands ability to put together an entire body of work. Just think how different music would be without the contributions of some epic concept albums. They give the ability to express an atmosphere, a conceptual view into an era, place, feeling, way of thinking or style. They also show a consistency of skill and song writing ability that singles could never relate. Please remember to support the validity of the Album. Anyone could make a one hit wonder, but it takes a collection of talents to make an album. Except of course if your Britney Spears.