advice on my music
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- wrugs
wanted some critiques of my band's music. honesty applauded.
- Mal0
It's a lovely mess. I dig it.
- acescence0
I like the music, a bit verby on the mix, but it's a sound. however, being a drummer myself, the drummer's timing (or lack of) causes me great pain.
- CyBrain0
Enjoying track 1. Reminds me of Crystal Castles a bit. There might also be a trace of 60s garage psych/Velvet Undergroundian nostalgia, but in a good way. It still sounds fresh.
I like Smokey Courts. I'm as big a hippy as the next guy, but maybe this one could have been a little shorter? I'm trying to imagine how it would fit in the context of an album or a set.
Hot Paths is a good uptempo track to come after Smokey Courts.
Good luck with the band.
- whatsup0
I love psychedelic music. I love Pink Floyd and the psychedelic stages of the Beatles. But this feels a bit repetitive, dead/ depressing (which can be bad or good). I like the rawness of the instruments but then it doesn't take me anywhere. The echo filtered vocals are somewhat annoying and hardly hearable.
- Yeah, the vocals need to be clearer some how, One voice, or less reverb.CyBrain
- JazX0
Going for that minimalist style stuff, eh? Sound German to me.
- ok_not_ok0
2 words: Pet Sounds
- wrugs0
3 words : ok
- oblib0
third place at the high school talent show.
- mudchicken0
stop asking for advice or critiques.
- version30
be better
- cashface0
myspace? it's a trap
- thatblokemike0
vocals drowned with some washy effect causes me as a listener to assume you have no conviction in your poetry. monotonous tones rather than melodies to achieve an influence from an era gone by will leave you in the bars and on myspace. get some conviction and evolve the sound to 'now'. Be inspired rather than trying to be something that happened.
- version30
don't
- wrugs0
jesus christ that bad huh? hahaha
- thatblokemike0
well you can play instruments and your trying, so there's potential. I just think at the moment you guys are still making music for yourselves and not for others. laymanise a little and put clarity in the poetry.
- why is this a bad thing? just asking, i'd actually interested in your answer.airey
- airey0
it's subjective.
as for 'thatblokemike's' opinion, ahh wtf?
"vocals drowned with some washy effect causes me as a listener to assume you have no conviction in your poetry". no offence big mike but please don't ever become a professional critic.seriously? fuck me, i think i'll email 'A Place To Bury Strangers' and tell them they're not convincing as they drown their 'poetry'. fucking hell. i'll let their worldwide fanbase know also.
personally i think it's great man. then again i'm past it so wouldn't know good if it fell on my head wrapped in copies of 'good' magazine obviously.
- airey0
also, parts of it made me think of tortoise (track 2+4), parts of the usual joy division / early new order (track one), and a shite 60's tv show inhouse band (hot paths) so there's range at least to one listener.
- ismith0
Listen to this and take some cues:
http://www.myspace.com/automatic…
:) think you'll like it and find some useful ideas.
I think the melodies could be a little less flat, but otherwise it's on a nice track I guess.
- yes. all good. anything touched by fugazi is awesomeness.airey
- wrugs0
yeah this ataxia rules.
- airey0
i really dug these guys when they released the cd a few years back:
http://www.myspace.com/autolux