Hi Julien,
Oh, you are really too kind but I'm eating it all ;-)
The drums were recorded in my living room(!) with four microphones,
and yes we were quite pleased with the sound.
It is me singing on all but What makes you believe and Redesigning the
solar system which are sung by my friend Björn, who is actually from
germany :)
Thanks for giving me your opinion!
Regards,
Robert
2013/11/2 Julien Claassen <julien(a)mail.upb.de>de>:
Hello Robert!
this is a good album, that you have released there. Up front I'd like to
get the more unwelcome part of my e-mail out of the way in saying, that this
is not my cup of tea, mostly. I do like "what makes you believe", the rest
just doesn't really talk to me musically.
that said, it is a fantastic production! It's clear and clean and has
punch. Everything is transparent. As far as I am concerned the only
criticism could be in the real of preferences and idiological approaches to
production. I love the drumkit. Even I wouldn't have tortured the snare drum
further to achieve a sound completely to my liking. It all fits together so
neatly! If I said, that you could put this on a radiostation and no one
would notice, would you understand this as a compliment in terms of
production and playing? It would be meant as such.
It's good to hear, that you don't neglect your own language. I always like
hearing perfectly ordinary and global genres of music with lyrics in
languages other than English and German.
Musically I must say, that you have a good and versatile voice. It is you
singing? I'm pretty sure, but... :-) The slight distortion on the vocals in
"Been to the Gates" really helps the song along. Though as such processing
goes, I think it's rather subtle. It almost gives it a sixties feel in the
voice, not in the music. This raw edge, this crackle in the voice.
As I said, both musically and in terms of production, it is very well
performed. straight forward and spot on! Perhaps it's good for us, that you
are unknown, because I've heard people making a nice bit of money with
approximately similar music. that way we can all enjoy it for free and share
it around, pass the links on.
Warm regards and thanks
Julien
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