WENT TO AN ACTUAL STUDIO! please listen

corrosivemind19 · #1 03-26-2007, 08:52 PM

Hey guys,

Before i had some basement recordings of our music, but we forked up the money to finally go to a studio. We spent many hours on this demo and we put one of the songs up on myspace, if you would please listen and tell me what you think i would really really appreciate it.

http://www.myspace.com/2wheels1

Thank you so much.

Ben

chris_nairn · #2 03-27-2007, 07:43 AM

Nice.

BullHorn · #3 03-27-2007, 07:56 AM

I really like the bass at around 1:30 - 1:50

Some of the parts are very good. Although, it is too progressive for me. :P

corrosivemind19 · #4 03-27-2007, 02:29 PM

Thanks for listening, that part is my favorite too.

Twistad · #5 03-27-2007, 03:22 PM

Wow, good job! That was awesome music!

corrosivemind19 · #6 03-27-2007, 10:13 PM

Thanks Twistad, i appreciate it.

agreatheight · #7 03-28-2007, 11:15 AM

I like the song a lot

it's frickin bithcin! Sadly, there's isn't much of a chance for airplay for you guys me thinks, lol.

I am not overly impressed with the studio quality tho - the drums sound too live / not processed enough, the guitars sound small and prolly should have been double tracked, and the overall mix is rough.

But you guys played well and that bodes well for the future!

Sarbecue Boss · #8 03-28-2007, 12:53 PM

I LUV IT

that was really cool, very original and well executed

corrosivemind19 · #9 03-28-2007, 01:37 PM

Its true, we probably wont ever get airplay,

but its really not about that for us at least. Im sure many say that, but its true. We just want to play shows and have fun.

Big nebula · #10 03-28-2007, 08:21 PM

Content is important,but presented badly it's generally ignored.
Keep at it guys and I'm not saying that the content is bad but I am suggesting that the mix could be better.

Benjamin Strange · #11 03-28-2007, 11:32 PM

Ultimately, posting a question regarding sound quality and then linking to your Myspace is ultimately pointless. Myspace's music player totally destroys sound quality; even the best sounding productions sound terrible through their server.

Beyond that, it sounds ok. I'd like to hear a little more seperation of the instruments, as they tend to blend together and I can't really tell where one instrument ends and the other begins.

In regard to the songwriting, it could stand a bit more colour. Think about actual songwriting; while I think this is pretty good, it seems more a collection of riffs rather than a cohesive song.

IconBasser · #12 03-28-2007, 11:43 PM

hey, did you use the carvin IC4 in that recording? It sounded kinda like it. (I've got an IC5)

corrosivemind19 · #13 03-29-2007, 12:16 AM

Yes i did use the icon. And Benjamin, I agree with the song sounding like a bunch of riffs mashed together because essentially thats what happened, but we worked at it to try and make it transition well and the song flow together. We will put up the rest of the songs on the demo and you can check those out(hopefully more structure). But again, thank you everyone for listening.

nysbob · #14 03-29-2007, 08:21 AM

If you can figure out a way to get paid by the note, you're golden.

I had a little trouble dancing to it, though

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corrosivemind19 · #15 03-31-2007, 12:51 PM

hah yeah i know some parts are kinda weird, not really dance worthy

. But we'll have more stuff up in like a week if you are interested.

corrosivemind19 · #16 04-09-2007, 09:36 AM

bump....

more songs coming next week

spindizzy · #17 04-09-2007, 11:20 AM

Really an interesting mix of all the styles and folks you refer to in your list of influences. Not crazy about the drum mix (as others have pointed out) but over all well executed. I would consider how to find some melodic themes that could be added to tie the various sections together as a more cohesive composition like one of your influences Zappa would have, even in his weider more experimental stuff. You will find with folks like Frank who orchestrated his compositions in a very classical way, he would look to certain themes that would establish and the reprise within the context of the composition (meaning that theme might be played by almost any instrument within its own context) as a way of providing a thread for the listener to tie up the entire piece so that it seems less of a combination of unrelated sections and more an entire concept.

Just a little armchair quarterbacking but I am assuming you are looking for this type of input. Keep at it and don't worry yet about marketability. The stuff that defines marketability is often that which first appears to be unmarketable by a current standard. Folks said that the grunge bands when they started were "un-marketable" which they also said about almost every jazz fusion band of the seventies. Yet both went on to define an entire generation of music and were, in their own spaces, very marketable just to a more specific niche. The Internet may well remove this obsticle to pure expression very soon. Besides, I am assuming you are in it for the music and if dollars or fame come with it cool, if not well there is still the joy of the music. Looking forward to more of your stuff.

Spin

corrosivemind19 · #18 04-12-2007, 08:49 PM

Thanks Dizzy I really do appreciate all the input. I'm looking forward to know what you think of the other songs that will be up soon.

christobass 416 · #19 04-12-2007, 09:00 PM

I feel so special. You friend requested me!! Eeee!!

Really diggin the stuff. I'm really getting into aggressive instrumental music.

Unknowndude · #20 04-12-2007, 09:32 PM

That sounds pretty cool. I don't really mind the drum sound.