Personal Tastes Volume 1

Personal Tastes Volume 1

Most of my blog posts have been about some of the work i have done, but i would like to share some of others peoples work that i like not because of the music but because of the production.

New Frontier - Donald Faygen

My course leader last year introduced me to this last year. Its used by audio engineers all over to test speakers and front of house systems. Its now a personal favorite of mind but is sited by Many as the best sounding recording ever made.

  6:00 - Dream Theater

A friend of mine introduced to dream theater two years ago. I can remember so clearly hearing the sound of those octobans filling the room and descending into a technical master piece! Such a punchy tight drum sound really great in my opinion. The best thing about the album is the drums are live drums unlike the previous album where mike portnoy stated it was mostly triggered. Saying this turn it fairly loud on good monitors and you can hear how gated everything is :L. So here we have 6:00 and Pull me under (from the second album) make sure to listen for the differences. 

  Am I Evil - Metallica

I love the sound of the early metal how trashy and rough it sounds. In my opinion i prefer it to a lot of the post hardcore stuff that gets released. What i love the most is the guitars there is so many doubled tracked ryhtum parts here giving it such a thick sound, Adding in a bass player that makes his bass sound like a guitar. The drums sound a bit tinny in the cymbal departement, but the rest is just brutal. 

  Welcome to the jungle - Guns n roses

A Massive fan of this band and the album. But if a track stands out its this beut. Punchy drums, dirty guitars, a deep bass and hole lot of axl rose. I love the production from start to finish on this album it cuts away the crap of a lot of the 80s metal/glam rock and returns to the classic rock roots with some bang up to date studio work. top notch

  November - Guns n roses

Sadly guns n roses slipped from there early sound for the use your illusion albums. The production here has been polished within a inch of its life. Its worth mention for just how sonically good it sounds and the epic instrumentation. A few interesting points mind, the strings are actually from a keyboard :L.

  Slave to the rhythm - Grace jones

Worth pointing out because of the drums, really great sound to em. Check out the bridge for them on there own and just listen to how massive they sound!

Thriller - Micheal Jackson

Though it needs a better link this songs sounds surprising thin when listened to on good reference monitors. Not slating the guys who worked on the album its just intresting.

All Along the watch tower - Jimmi hendrix

Listening it may not seem special in terms of production. But what makes it special that all those overdubs and strange effects panned from left to right where done by hand live. no pro tools or automation this was the 60s. Whats even better is this was done on a 4 track :O. Many takes later we have all along the watch tower.

  Fallen Angles - Black Veil Brides

Sticking with the metal i recently discovered this while watching scuzz. For modern metal it doesn't seemed to have suffered much of the brutal production but still sounds meaty. I like the punchy drums though i believe there triggered/doubled. What i like the most is how the guitars just sound live and real and are left with that under produced kinda feel.

thats it folks! Please check out these on good speakers and use better sources if you can.