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2010/10/01 10:44:41
Subject: Would anyone like to download my band's album? It's free!
Aye, that's me. I'm the singer/songwriter in the band.
Hope you enjoy it - don't forget to join our facebook group! We're pretty committed to giving our content away for free, and we're already talking about doing an EP/mini-album in around 6 mths if this goes well. Also, we'll be releasing remixes and acoustic tracks periodically. Joining the group is probably the best way to stay up to date with it all.
Thanks again for taking the time!
Automatically Appended Next Post: HA! I was replying to Del'vhar there, not you Mr. M! I'm NOT the singer in THAT band, although I really, really wish I was!
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Click 'buy now', then enter '0' as the price. It should bring up a 'download' button. Just click that, then it should start downloading the zip. I've just tried it and it seems to be working fine. Sorry for any inconvenience, mate!
Nah, not really - I've had a year of vocal training as part of my degree. It doesn't always show in the music we do, to be honest. I sing most comfortably in the super-tenor range, but a lot of our stuff requires me to sing quite low at times.
Wow Im really impressed. Usually when people I know say "Im in a band" Ill hear them play and wish I hadnt But you guys got some talent for sure. And you can SING MATE! I too had a problem downloading the cd as a whole, but I seem to have no problem song at a time. Very nice Im enjoying listening to it
2010/10/01 14:48:20
Subject: Would anyone like to download my band's album? It's free!
KingCracker wrote:Wow Im really impressed. Usually when people I know say "Im in a band" Ill hear them play and wish I hadnt But you guys got some talent for sure. And you can SING MATE! I too had a problem downloading the cd as a whole, but I seem to have no problem song at a time. Very nice Im enjoying listening to it
Thanks! I've been getting reports that some people have had difficulty with the download - thanks for persevering! We're in the process of sending them a strongly-worded email, in the grand English tradition...
You reminded me of the movie Lightning Jack with Terry Hogan in it. Where he was reading the paper about him, and the editor left out the Lightning part of his name. I tried youtube to find that part but alas, I was let down lol
2010/10/01 20:31:37
Subject: Would anyone like to download my band's album? It's free!
@Albatross: I've had Enough Is Never Good Enough in my head all day. Scars is another favorite. I wish the recording soundscape was a little more . . . three-dimensional? Your voice seems too much in the background.
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It COULD be the mastering... We did it all ourselves, and sometimes mastering is best done by an outside person with fresh ears.
I'd not really noticed that, to be honest - after listening to something for as long I have with this you stop 'hearing' things, if that makes sense? An example is reverb - the longer you listen to a piece of music in one sitting, the harder it becomes to 'hear' reverb on things like vocals ('hear' in the psycho-acoustic sense, i.e. hear, process and interpret, I suppose...), so you just end up adding more and more until it sounds like it was recorded in a cathedral!
I'll certainly take that on board though, mate. Thanks for the feedback. And for paying! That's mental. I kind of feel bad. I'm very grateful, though.
Well, my download worked fine, and I'm listening to it now.
To be perfectly honest, my initial reaction to the first track was: 'meh', but it's really growing on me. I really like it now. You're an excellent singer, and if I had any money to spare and wasn't Scottish by descent, I would definately pay for this. I still may.
It's kind of coldplay-esque, but with a different feel to it that I can't quite place. Still, it's very good, and I wish you and your band the best of luck in finding a label or at least making some money out of this - you deserve it after all.
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"I swear 'Grimdark' is the 'Cowbell' of 40k" - Lexx
Ok I think I figured out a way around the problem... I couldn't get any of the links to go through when I put 0 as the price (sneaky devil you) but it worked when I put 00! (take THAT, Capitalism!) I'll have a listen to it later, too early right now to start blastin' music.
Overall a good effort, but I did have some thoughts. I mean this all in a purely constructive way and I apologize in advance if it comes off as anything other than that.
First, I think it feels kind of juvenile in the sense that all the songs seem to be cut from similar molds. It's not a terrible thing and if it works for you that's great, but across most of the songs I'm not getting a sense that you're trying to convey a different feeling. I think it has something to do with the fade in sounds at the beginning that slowly progress to you singing at around 0:20 in each song. Also there's not much variation in tempo across the songs so everything just feels kind of lethargic to me.
You have a great voice, it's got a crooning feeling that reminds of Morrisey from the Smiths. That being said, it seems like you sing in the same way each time and to me it doesn't add any emotion to the music. I'm not entirely sure how to express this, but it seems that you're going through the motions and don't feel what you're singing.
Once again, sorry if this comes off as overly critical but I'm just trying to outline the reasons I didn't care for it. I did some recording a couple years ago and our finished product was nowhere as professional or accomplished as this, so congratulations on finishing it and best of luck to you guys.
2010/10/02 19:42:35
Subject: Re:Would anyone like to download my band's album? It's free!
IAmTheWalrus wrote:Overall a good effort, but I did have some thoughts. I mean this all in a purely constructive way and I apologize in advance if it comes off as anything other than that.
First, I think it feels kind of juvenile in the sense that all the songs seem to be cut from similar molds. It's not a terrible thing and if it works for you that's great, but across most of the songs I'm not getting a sense that you're trying to convey a different feeling. I think it has something to do with the fade in sounds at the beginning that slowly progress to you singing at around 0:20 in each song. Also there's not much variation in tempo across the songs so everything just feels kind of lethargic to me.
You have a great voice, it's got a crooning feeling that reminds of Morrisey from the Smiths. That being said, it seems like you sing in the same way each time and to me it doesn't add any emotion to the music. I'm not entirely sure how to express this, but it seems that you're going through the motions and don't feel what you're singing.
Once again, sorry if this comes off as overly critical but I'm just trying to outline the reasons I didn't care for it. I did some recording a couple years ago and our finished product was nowhere as professional or accomplished as this, so congratulations on finishing it and best of luck to you guys.
This. Though part of it may be the fact that this is far from my normal musical diet.
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