QUOTE (tonymiro @ Mar 12 2014, 04:25 PM)
Just going back a little to why you need to aware of how importnant your demo is, this is a quote from Mercury Prize winning producer Andy Ross:
Andy states "The day of the demo is over. Unsigned artists and bands serious to get signed have to understand their CD is their CV. They need to compete on the same level as signed acts for the best gigs and airplay in order to get noticed.''
Hate to say that he's got a point there. We've all discussed this matter and we intend to delete that demo as soon as the new tracks are done (with better production value obviously)! We are also going to re-record one or two of those tracks with a bit more consistent structure as well. We're hitting the studio very soon, probably within the next weeks so we'll have to wait and see how it turns out.
QUOTE (Spock @ Mar 12 2014, 06:49 PM)
Just now hearing this for the first time - I am VERY impressed!
It's not my style of music, but my son plays drums in a band of your genre - so I will definitely send this to him.
I like it, you guys are really good at what you do, and I'm just listening on laptop speakers but the only thing I can think of to critique would be the production of the recording. You guys have the talent and the demo sounds great, but if you could hook up with a master producer he could take your sound to a whole different level.
My favorite part was the groove that comes in at 3:50 and the awesome change up at 4:40.
The vocals - not my thing, I like the GRRRRRRRRR but in moderation, I personally prefer real voice vocals, with an accent of GRRRRRRRRR. Having said that, your vocalist is great at GRRRRRRRRR!
Your guitars sound tight and clean, the riffs are easy to hear - which is much more than I can say for my own shit.
Nothing but congratulations on this from me - keep it up and get your name out. Really good stuff.
Wow! Thanks for putting a HUGE grin on my face
I know the growling ain't for everyone, but I personally love the contrast between the melodic aspects and the brutality of it all! Thanks for your kind words, sir! You made my day
QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 13 2014, 10:01 AM)
Tony is right about what he stated below and you should have this in mind
And about the production, yes indeed, it's cool to have an organic but modern approach to things
As experience will grow, you will instinctively know what you want from the sound of your music, if you are really into understanding things. It's very important to be able to tell the producer what you have in mind so that his touch will stay true to your meaning.
That's actually one of my main lessons I've learnt from being in the studio - If you have a vision about your music, you wanna do everything you can to fulfill that vision, no matter what anybody else says! (other than your bandmates, ofc) And this was far from my vision, but that's how it turned out.
Thanks for your response!
QUOTE (Darius Wave @ Mar 13 2014, 10:46 AM)
Never thought of it this way but those are wise words...
Indeed very first impact of a band makes it stay on the surface or...
Possible to get, low cost Home production quality is currently pretty high and we should try to get best possible results
There is of course a bad side of this as well. I know at least a few bands that doesn't sound live even close to what has been done on CD. Now it's easy to get an amp sim of good amp, use Toontrack drums and helian bass stuff...But when it comes to live performance..it show the real level of a band so...current home studio possibilities have their bad sides as well
Yup, we'll take whatever gig we can, be it 500 people or 5. We've been getting very good response after our concerts, but I can't help but think that people will kind of think differently about us when they get home and find that demo, lol! Hopefully not though, as you said, live performances shows the real level of a band! Thanks for the response
QUOTE (Caelumamittendum @ Mar 14 2014, 12:02 PM)
It's not exactly my thing with the growling, but it's a well done piece and you will only improve from here on, so it's a very good first step! Well done!
Thank you very much, man! That really means a lot
Sorry to say we aren't getting rid of the growling any time soon, haha! Hopefully you can listen to it the way I listen to Periphery - focus on the instrumentals!
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