[LAU] Collaborative music..

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

James Stone wrote:

> 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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Erik de Castro Lopo
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