sounds like a british action show theme song...
...but i like it
the tempo is good, the tune itself sounds like it should be fast, but then the guitars sound kinda silly up in the higher registers. maybe i'm just a fan of low guitars...
it cuts off at the end!
i know what yo umean w/ the tempo, but the reason it cuts off is cuz the drums you hear are on my guitar effects pad, and its a bitch to hit the button w/o stopping the guitar sound..so i had to cut it like that...it sounded really shitty before i did haha
thx for the comment
rockin' it: definitely a nirvana influence there
this is pure grunge, a great callback to the 90s garage grunge sound, which has just as much to do with the equipment used as with the loud recording style and sound... cool stuff. i like the clean guitar part during the verses (there's a little high note in there on the 'lead' guitar that really does it for me), it switches up the perception of grunge needing constant barre chords to really rock. the vocals during the heavy pre-chorus are especially reminiscent of cobain, but you can actually use use vibrato in your voice, which is something cobain never could pull off, so kudos for that!
the sound quality needs work, but duh. there are a couple of times where the drums seem to kind of trip through the fills and rolls, but other than that, the performance and arrangement is solid. since you said this is your simplest song, i'd love to hear some of your more complex songs.
rock on!
Wow, thanks, that means a lot from you.
Our more complicated songs are more punkish, but you should check them out anyway.
soft spot for stuff like this
i love the usage of the lead guitar here, even though it probably should have gone off the bass and done it's own thing sooner rather than right near the end... sound was good and grungy - lo-fi excellence!
the simplicity of the tune was complimented by its shortness, and it was good that there were only very few moments where the beat didn't quite keep up the pace. if you're gonna have a short song, it better be a) moody as hell, or b) a beat that won't quit. this was a little of both, and it rocks for that.
favorited.
thanks a lot.well describe.it's good to hear what you said.or to read what you wrote should I say.
no, no, no... THIS is sex!
totally. your use of the ghost chords really makes the sadness of this song perfect. the spears reference so near the beginning works, like even at first you, the writer, don't even know how deep the feeling goes. by the time you sing "i am the cancer," i believe you! :) i love the effects on the vocals, but i'm a big fan of that in general. your voice is so sultry at times, and then so punky and grungy girly or something in other places... it really is sexy!
I don't know if sex is the right kind of word for this song but oh heck why not
Thanks for the ten!
Peace Sour-Cherry
definitely cool
its moody and dark, and yeah perfect for an apoclyptic game menu. like gears or something. i really like this! its like silent hill a little, which is some of my fav music. glad you kept the gavel, even if it is part of this whole other story of how the song came to be. nuts about warner, corprate's clamping down...
the tension of all that comes out in the music. it works really well.
if you remix this at all, i would suggest some reverb on the other drum elements, in addition to the gavel.
and a little more variety with the piano doings would really round out the whole sound. not just that same little five note sample.
Wow. That's the quickest response I've ever gotten. Thanks for the criticism. I really appreciate it.
potential
this has potential. you have potential. this was ok but there was no real rhythm to the chords. the notes all just slid into the next one.
and yeah, laying down bass, drums, and multiple guitar parts is time-consuming in ways that are beyond tediousness!
ok for being in the demo stage. yeah it suffers a lot from the digitized quality of the guitar(s) and vocal. the sining was very grunge, a la mudhoney or sonic youth. but like i said this has potential. keep at it!
Thanks, I appreciate the constructive criticism. :-D
definitely driving...
totally do some drums and bass to this too... it rocks!
short and simple but wow great sound!
(images of running red lights, GTA-style...:))
Thnks for the response! I have my brother working on drums and i have a lead guitar track i am fiddling with to go over top.
better than 2.0 for some reason...
i like the altered tempo-ness of this version better. you go from this slow and grueling version of the riff. good effect on the guitar, really shined at 1:00 with the power chords. i like the change-up there. i like the dynamics of this song. even with the distortion you make the guitar soft. excellent playing skill!
it wasn't really repetitive at all, which is a bonus in my book!
Really?
Wow, I didn't think it was that great.
Thanks man! I'm more confident about playing now.
Oh and check out Euphoric Depression 2.0
like sonic youth!
that's immediately what i thought of when listening to this! i like it. the crazy soloing and the spoken word vocals. real cool. too short, though, and although the main beat along with the riff was nice and heavy-sounding, this song may have benefited from a kind of breakout section, or ending, where its more or less a straight beat with more or less one of the same riffs as before.
Yeah I kinda recorded it in one straight shot, I really couldn't think of a break out section and didn't feel like writing any more lyrics. Thanks for the 8 though!
this was cool
i like the melody of that second chord in the progression... what's with the timing? (and silverguitar's attitude?) the beat cycles out of the loop a little bit throughout, and then especially at at the end there at 2:20...
i like music like this, a simple beat and melody, it's soundtrack music, for walking/driving in between scenes or something, going after the bad guy or getting the girl... it's motivational metal. good stuff, but a bit more variety in changes and a bigger atmosphere would make this a truly epic song... nice job though.
I'm glad you liked it. The timing... yes... its off... big time. Originally this song was just going to be a concept recording, so half the recording was done with no metronome or drum beat. So I kinda took my concept recording and started to put the rest on top of it. Listening back to it, I probably should have done it right.
Thanks for the review.
Ross Allaire is an author, composer, screenwriter, EMT, and security officer who lives, works, and plays in the Philadelphia area.
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