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MHO :

- vocals are good, indeed they could do with some extra punch (or maybe

it's the guitars that sound 'too heavy' when compared to all the rest, not

just the vocals)

- the guitar is quite nice : both soundwise and the rifs

- bass sounds very muffled, it needs definition and punch. also i think it

just a bit too much that the bass keeps following the kick.  might be nice

in the intro, but i would go with a continuous bass line after the intro

- i second Erik's opinion about the drum in the chorus : '4 to the floor'

always works

- drums : i'm hearing almost no cymbals, except for a finy crash somewhere

in the middle
Grtz

Thijs
2012/2/4 Erik de Castro Lopo 
> James Stone wrote:

quoted text
>

> > Gathering by the short shrift the last piece of Indie pop received

> > that was aired here,

>

> Oh, sorry, I missed it. Where?

>

> > It's a demo for the band I play in at the moment ("River Fury"), and

> > still in the process of polishing/improving.

>

> THis is definitely the kind of stuff I listen to.

>

> > Anyway, enough waffling. The link is here:

> >

> > http://www.box.com/s/rrcvn668gqfq0t1mqc12

>

> Nice snappy drum sound at the start, great guitar sounds, vocals

> sound really good. This is a great piece. My only slight criticisms

> are for the composition. The piece rocks along at one constant

> intensity level and it would be nice if the intensiy varied a bit

> more between the verse and the chorus, or even just dropping in a

> middle eight [0]. The other thing is the song's melody has a very

> square, 4/4, on the beat rythm and it would be nice if there was

> a little syncopatiom to the melody. Something that can be really

> effective is straight beats in the verse and syncopation in the

> chrous.

>

> Cheers,

> Erik

>

> [0] I really love the way bands like The Pixies and Nirvana (think

>    Lithium) do the soft verse and loud chorus, but it doesn't have

>    to be anywhere near that extreme.

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MHO :- vocals are good, indeed they could do with some extra punch (or =

maybe it's the guitars that sound 'too heavy' when compared to =

all the rest, not just the vocals) - the guitar is quite nice : both so=

undwise and the rifs
- bass sounds very muffled, it needs definition and punch. also i think it =

just a bit too much that the bass keeps following the kick.=A0 might be nic=

e in the intro, but i would go with a continuous bass line after the intro<=

br>
- i second Erik's opinion about the drum in the chorus : '4 to the =

floor' always works- drums : i'm hearing almost no cymbals, exc=

ept for a finy crash somewhere in the middleGrtzThijs
2012/2/4 Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+la@mega-nerd.com&g=

t;
James Stone wrote:
> Gathering by the short shrift the last piece of Indie pop received

quoted text
> that was aired here,

Oh, sorry, I missed it. Where?
> It's a demo for the band I play in at the moment ("River Fury=

"), and

quoted text
> still in the process of polishing/improving.

THis is definitely the kind of stuff I listen to.
> Anyway, enough waffling. The link is here:

quoted text
>

> http://www.box.com/s/rrcvn668gqfq0t1mqc12

Nice snappy drum sound at the start, great guitar sounds, vocals

sound really good. This is a great piece. My only slight criticisms

are for the composition. The piece rocks along at one constant

intensity level and it would be nice if the intensiy varied a bit

more between the verse and the chorus, or even just dropping in a

middle eight [0]. The other thing is the song's melody has a very

square, 4/4, on the beat rythm and it would be nice if there was

a little syncopatiom to the melody. Something that can be really

effective is straight beats in the verse and syncopation in the

chrous.
Cheers,

Erik
[0] I really love the way bands like The Pixies and Nirvana (think

 =A0 =A0Lithium) do the soft verse and loud chorus, but it doesn't have=
 =A0 =A0to be anywhere near that extreme.

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