I don't know if this is the right place to post this. I'm in a band from manchester called faded youth and we just recorded our first demo and i wanted to get people's opinions. www.myspace.com/fadedyouth06
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JAG MY PLUG!
first impressions, and i'm writing this as i'm listening...
'Intoxicated':
The electric guitar is making me kinda seasick. It's drifting in and out of time. Vocals too loud. Music needs more variation. Could do with a dynamic change for the chorus. Two minutes in and my attention is seriously waning. Maybe get some backing vocals in.
Yep, you REALLY need to vary what's happening with the music because it's doing exactly the same thing for the whole song. I'd also consider upping the tempo of the whole piece; it's a bit tiring at the moment...Get the bassist to do something more interesting/prominent to improve the general groove of the song...
out in my heart
3 seconds in and i'm thinking you're going to be getting sued for ripping off 'About a Girl'..The first drum fill as well!
I have exactly the same criticisms as the last one...As a listener, there is nothing to keep my interest up...there aren't really any hooks or anything to detract from the lack of musical development either.
The vocals aren't strong enough to carry the song as it is currently.
ouch.
Dear Person Plugging Your Band,
This is a generic message to help you with your plugging.
Here on the Drowned In Sound messageboard we get a lot of random plugging on the boards every day.
Most people are happy to see it, a lot will just ignore it. Most people on the boards will happily listen to a track or two to check you out. However there are a few things to note.
1) SAY SOMETHING about your band other than ‘please listen’ – if you get people interested they are more likely to remember you and check you out.
2) Do not pretend it is not your band. It’s lame.
3) BE FUNNY if possible.
4) DON’T post a reply half an hour later asking why no one has listened yet. A lot of people are in work and might listen when they get home. IF YOU GET THEIR INTEREST (see rule 1)
Best of luck with your promotion and your music
restlessboy.x
chhhhhh
Is the vocalist writing the lyrics? Maybe someone else should have a go? I agree with Joshua_t, the vocals are WAY to loud and the whole thing doesn't really hang together as a whole... I think I can see what you're aiming for but you really need to get people's attention and then do something with it once you've got it... I don't want to be too harsh because as you say it's your first demo, but I wouldn't go hoping to get signed or anything off the back of it boys....
harsh but fair...
ooh! do mine next! like a cheggers plays pop type thing! :D
http://www.download.com/amyblue
elecro-doom-rock-duo
do me as well
www.myspace.com/oh-i-can't-be-botherd-with-this-and-i-haven't-made-a-new-song-which-isn't-shit-for-god-knows-how-long
Ah but..
Amyblue... you already KNOW I like your music... where's the sport in that?
you can do me if you like
www.myspace.com/powerupup
i don't think i've had your opinion yet
:D
hah!
just got that...!
Fuckin' A!
that was great! I love all the chopped up messy-yet-precise loops and glitches... and the picture appeared to be dancing in time with the music... Made my day that did...
Do me!
no, just do me!
oh right.
www.myspace.com/samhuxley
it's kinda a year old now, so someone will proabbly try and compare one of the songs to editors.
like, i was so before them nnnuur!
it sounds a bit like
editors
ha ha ha
not really - i can't hear anything at work
Well...
I think you need to be a bit more confident with your vocals... they falter a little at points and your voice sounds a little weak... This however could be considered a good thing to a great many people so no harm there. Great drum sound on those recordings, and I quite liked the songs, but felt that when the chorus kicked in the guitars needed just a little more bite to give it that tidal wave this-is-the-chorus-so-sing-along-motherfuckers type feel... I quite liked it overall, just a few tweeks to consider.
well...
....i cant believe people are being so nice and listening in!
do me do me
www.myspace.com/stickboyuk
xxx
you like
badly drawn boy, no?
umm...
....well i cant say i dont like him but at the same time i cant say that hes my fave and apart from maybe being a manc i dont think i have that much in common musically.
But its nice to be compared to someone i like
x
Ok.. last one today
I'm getting tired of all this positivity here!
Right then... Well... I like the builds, I like the instrumentation, I like the voice... I don't like the multi tracking of the voice though... I know I know, it thickens up the vocal sound but unless it's exactly in time (which it's not) it's something of a headfuck as regards panning... And that was on speakers... I'd have fallen over by now if it was on headphones.... Still, it's not enough to detract from some well arranged singer-songwriter fare.
oh...
....i like that
"music to make you fall over"
cool thanks
x
i'd agree,
'today'
the vocals are a bit headachey...if you want to do that double-tracking then maybe make the second take a harmony? It's a reasonably well-written song, quite well arranged...Something isn't quite there though...It sounds a lot like the commercial radio-rock thing a la Feeder...a tad too long though i think, and once it starts to build it doesn't really 'take off'...
ha...
....compared to badly drawn boy and feeder in the same day
the world has gone nuts!
maybe it lacks that ommphh but in fainess i do only record in my bedroom so its pretty hard to get that big BIG sound...not that im really looking for it
thanks for the comments though..... an opinion is only an opinion at the end of the day
x
Sonic_James_Doom
Was that in reply to me, or original post.
i'm confusssed.
fuckin hell
what have we started?
The one about...
great drum sounds and the like was yours Nuts N Gum. God I'm tired now... haven't listened to that much new music in ages.... I'd better some some feedback in return for all this...
i'd suggest
double-tracking your vocals when recording them because due to one reason or another they sound quite weak...You could also do with a bit of compression to even out the general recordings...Another thing that strikes is that maybe you could vary your vocal range? It's a bit on the Ringo Starr-side at the moment; only a few notes...
I would drop 'if you relocate' a couple of keys down to make it a bit darker sounding innit...Not bad though...
shit
that one was to erm, samhuxley
hehe i understood
thanks for the response, i feel a bit stupid for pimping my old music on here, i stopped doing this!
yeh i was never really happy with my vocal takes for it, so i guess it could be stronger.
as for vocal range, never really thought about that before, it's fairly limited in a richard ashcroft kinda way (i'm hopefully not as disgustingly bland as him).
Re: Compression, i'm hopeless at production (you can probably tell the first track wasn't produced by me, and the last one was, albeit when i was 15)
dropping a key? i dunno about that but i'll keep it in mind tehehe.
"Charlotte Church looks fit in my newspaper"?
Timeless
haha
do this band
biggest thing to hit Malmesbury in months har! pretentious if you ask me
www.myspace.com/innerkor
i love this thread
we should make it the official spamming thread!
Your songs are quite interesting actually
chris
'quite interesting'
that sounds like a 5/10 comment to me
pah!
still, better than 'your songs are total shite'
thanks
x
Well,
they held my attention enough for me to want to listen to them again
lol
" Sounds Like A heart breaking in two,
then, eaten, diguested,
and sewn back on! " haha
no kidding this is how the band promote themselves in my hometown..gah!