MHO :<br>- 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) <br>- the guitar is quite nice : both soundwise and the rifs<br>
- 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<br>
- i second Erik's opinion about the drum in the chorus : '4 to the floor' always works<br>- drums : i'm hearing almost no cymbals, except for a finy crash somewhere in the middle<br><br>Grtz<br>Thijs<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/2/4 Erik de Castro Lopo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mle%2Bla@mega-nerd.com">mle+la@mega-nerd.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">James Stone wrote:<br>
<br>
> Gathering by the short shrift the last piece of Indie pop received<br>
> that was aired here,<br>
<br>
</div>Oh, sorry, I missed it. Where?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> It's a demo for the band I play in at the moment ("River Fury"), and<br>
> still in the process of polishing/improving.<br>
<br>
</div>THis is definitely the kind of stuff I listen to.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Anyway, enough waffling. The link is here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.box.com/s/rrcvn668gqfq0t1mqc12" target="_blank">http://www.box.com/s/rrcvn668gqfq0t1mqc12</a><br>
<br>
</div>Nice snappy drum sound at the start, great guitar sounds, vocals<br>
sound really good. This is a great piece. My only slight criticisms<br>
are for the composition. The piece rocks along at one constant<br>
intensity level and it would be nice if the intensiy varied a bit<br>
more between the verse and the chorus, or even just dropping in a<br>
middle eight [0]. The other thing is the song's melody has a very<br>
square, 4/4, on the beat rythm and it would be nice if there was<br>
a little syncopatiom to the melody. Something that can be really<br>
effective is straight beats in the verse and syncopation in the<br>
chrous.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Erik<br>
<br>
[0] I really love the way bands like The Pixies and Nirvana (think<br>
Lithium) do the soft verse and loud chorus, but it doesn't have<br>
to be anywhere near that extreme.<br>
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