My band, Life in Art (dream pop, space rock, etc?)

Well, since I'm finally approaching "Member" status after about a year of TalkBass, I thought I'd take a moment to introduce the band I'm involved with. We are called Life in Art, and have been around for about a year. We are a four piece (guitar/vox, guitar/Rhodes, drums, and bass), and we have been playing in the LA area for about the last six months. We've been getting a good response so far, and had a writeup in the Pasadena Star-News last August. We're on an independent record label called Royal Laundry Records: http://www.royallaundry.com
Our CD was released in August and has been selling pretty well so far. All of the songs from the disc can be downloaded at our MP3.com site, as well as four new live tracks that were just posted today.
I guess our musical style is "dream pop" or "space rock" or something like that. Anyway, our music is available for download here:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/209/life_in_art.html
Thanks,
fc

 

Hey, thanks! Actually, the studio tracks were all done on the same bass, which was an American Standard Jazz with Fralins. The preamp I used on "Under the Stars" was my Eden WT400 set flat. I think the reason it sounds a little phatter than the other tracks is that we recorded all the parts into ProTools and then ran them through our CAD console and back into ProTools. It seemed to warm things up a little.

The Noel Redding Jazz is pretty cool, but I've found a Jazz bass that I like a lot better--the Modulus Genesis VJ. I'm trying to sell the Noel, but so far, nothing so it's just sitting in the closet until maybe it's valuable someday.
fc

 

Yeah, it was made in Japan as part of a "limited edition" of 1000 back in 97. It has a lot of that vintage vibe, similar to my Jazz with the Fralins, so it doesn't sound too aggressive, but it sits well in a track. However, I've discovered that with the way I play, most Jazz Basses sit well in a track!
fc

 

I'd like to get $550 for it. For some reason, they're all over eBay and the used market, despite the fact that they were supposed to be a limited edition of 1000. Oh well...it won't hurt if I don't sell it.

 

Hey, thanks for checking out the music--I appreciate it a lot. I am also in the process of figuring out how to download your band's music, but the password thing doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment.

I'm in the Los Angeles area (Temple City), so if you get the chance, feel free to come to one of our shows. The gig calendar is at http://www.royallaundry.com
Of course, please keep me updated on when you guys play too.
Thanks again!
fc

 

Yeah, the live stuff was done with a Sony MZ-R900 MD recorder set to LP2 mode, and the mic is a Sony ECM-MS907 stereo mic. Thanks for having a listen!