OT: Finally Have Some Music Online

[SLY]

If you guys feel like it, you can check my band out... Quality isn't the best. you get what you pay for in music production.

ALL FOR SPITE

 

[SLY]

I see how it is fuckers.

 

[blindbaby]

- I'd put "Slip" at the top of the playlist; I thought it was the best song.
- Pro: it sounds like it was recorded all at once/together, giving it a live sound.
- Con: it sounds like it was recorded all at once/together, giving it a live sound.
- The vocals weren't really tight, but if you were to record them on individual tracks, you'd surely get better results. Although for thrash/metal/punk, that's rarely an issue so just ignore this comment. lol

Overall, I'd say a decent enough effort for a demo.

 

[blindbaby]

I see how it is fuckers.

Easy there...lol

I think I gave it a fair review...

 

[SLY]

lol, thank you. and yes, I agree with everything you stated.

 

[Papalou]

Rep Jeff (when I reload) twenty five years ago I would be on my way to buy that.

Nice job all the way around

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Rep Jeff (when I reload) twenty five years ago I would be on my way to buy that.

Nice job all the way around

Buy??? Pffft.
25 years ago I would be stealing a friends 7" and transferring to Maxell cassette, and returning it before he noticed.

Call it the 80's punk version of swapping MP3's. lol


Good job Jeff.
I agree with above, but first demos are a bitch on a budget. Separate tracks? overdubbing? bullshit. Generally there's enough cash to blast out four songs while all in the room together, maybe fix a couple of vocal mistakes or add a solo, then hope there's enough left to have it mixed in 30 minutes by someone who isn't retarded or late for lunch.

wait... that all sounds familiar... Oh yeah, Crunch Sounds in Baltimore, 1988.

It's never sound on first Demo the way it does in your head. I spent years making excuses (no time to do more, bad mix, blah blah), eventually I said fuck it, it is what it is, like it or don't, I put my sould into it and I'm PROUD OF IT!!

Keep it up.


EDIT: and yes, I actually STILL have that 4 song demo. Found the old cassette a few years ago, thought it was lost forever (from the analog generation), had it made into MP3's.

 

[blindbaby]

Buy??? Pffft.
25 years ago I would be stealing a friends 7" and transferring to Maxell cassette, and returning it before he noticed.

Call it the 80's punk version of swapping MP3's. lol


Good job Jeff.
I agree with above, but first demos are a bitch on a budget. Separate tracks? overdubbing? bullshit. Generally there's enough cash to blast out four songs while all in the room together, maybe fix a couple of vocal mistakes or add a solo, then hope there's enough left to have it mixed in 30 minutes by someone who isn't retarded or late for lunch.

wait... that all sounds familiar... Oh yeah, Crunch Sounds in Baltimore, 1988.

It's never sound on first Demo the way it does in your head. I spent years making excuses (no time to do more, bad mix, blah blah), eventually I said fuck it, it is what it is, like it or don't, I put my sould into it and I'm PROUD OF IT!!

Keep it up.


EDIT: and yes, I actually STILL have that 4 song demo. Found the old cassette a few years ago, thought it was lost forever (from the analog generation), had it made into MP3's.

For doing demos, there's this thing now called a DAW. Handy little bit of software that gives musicians 64 tracks, right on their computer. I don't think anyone is still doing demos in a studio; finished product only.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

For doing demos, there's this thing now called a DAW. Handy little bit of software that gives musicians 64 tracks, right on their computer. I don't think anyone is still doing demos in a studio; finished product only.

I hate all kids today and their fancy computers

ok then.

no more excuses!!

That shit better sound tight!

 

[SLY]

Buy??? Pffft.
25 years ago I would be stealing a friends 7" and transferring to Maxell cassette, and returning it before he noticed.

Call it the 80's punk version of swapping MP3's. lol


Good job Jeff.
I agree with above, but first demos are a bitch on a budget. Separate tracks? overdubbing? bullshit. Generally there's enough cash to blast out four songs while all in the room together, maybe fix a couple of vocal mistakes or add a solo, then hope there's enough left to have it mixed in 30 minutes by someone who isn't retarded or late for lunch.

wait... that all sounds familiar... Oh yeah, Crunch Sounds in Baltimore, 1988.

It's never sound on first Demo the way it does in your head. I spent years making excuses (no time to do more, bad mix, blah blah), eventually I said fuck it, it is what it is, like it or don't, I put my sould into it and I'm PROUD OF IT!!

Keep it up.


EDIT: and yes, I actually STILL have that 4 song demo. Found the old cassette a few years ago, thought it was lost forever (from the analog generation), had it made into MP3's.

For doing demos, there's this thing now called a DAW. Handy little bit of software that gives musicians 64 tracks, right on their computer. I don't think anyone is still doing demos in a studio; finished product only.

I hate all kids today and their fancy computers

ok then.

no more excuses!!

That shit better sound tight!

Lol, we did do it in a studio. But we rushed it big time. You get what you pay for. Cost each of us 100 bucks (4 members), thats also only what is on our 3 song handout for shows. We actually recorded 11 songs.

But I appreciate your post Biz. I'd love to hear your stuff if you have the mp3s online, or through email. I think our next time around recording will go much better.

As far as recording at home... I record my acoustic stuff and shit, but I dont have all the equipment to record good quality, and my laptop sucks donkey schlong, prolly wouldn't even support the software.

 

[blindbaby]

Lol, we did do it in a studio. But we rushed it big time. You get what you pay for. Cost each of us 100 bucks (4 members), thats also only what is on our 3 song handout for shows. We actually recorded 11 songs.

But I appreciate your post Biz. I'd love to hear your stuff if you have the mp3s online, or through email. I think our next time around recording will go much better.

As far as recording at home... I record my acoustic stuff and shit, but I dont have all the equipment to record good quality, and my laptop sucks donkey schlong, prolly wouldn't even support the software.

You guys actually did pretty good, for $400 dollars. I got an email back in 2000 from Kinsey Posen, -- CBC radio 2's jazz director, to send him/them a quality demo for airplay. I ended up paying this bozo engineer in town, $400 for one song (just me, solo) and it sounded like complete shit. He insisted on me being in the room with the mic; I had a cold and you could here me snorting throughout the whole song. It sounded like a coke addict trying to play jazz. After that, I said fuck it and just bought my own gear.

 

[Automattic]

Nice! A little more punk than I imagined for some reason. I'm diggging Glasgow Smile, It's got a bangin' suicidal tendencies feel...

 

[Automattic]

...and Imma come scream in the microphone sometime.

 

[elocomotive]

Nice work, Jeff. From previous convos, you know not my type of music, but I actually enjoyed it, so that's a pretty big compliment. I really liked the kind of group yelling at times (kinda Dropkick Murphys-esque), thought it added a nice affect. Glasgow Smile was my favorite, although Slip was good, too (really liked the little flourish at the end of the guitar solo). Nice job!

 

[KillerVee]

Your drummer sounds cute.

 

[SLY]

You guys actually did pretty good, for $400 dollars. I got an email back in 2000 from Kinsey Posen, -- CBC radio 2's jazz director, to send him/them a quality demo for airplay. I ended up paying this bozo engineer in town, $400 for one song (just me, solo) and it sounded like complete shit. He insisted on me being in the room with the mic; I had a cold and you could here me snorting throughout the whole song. It sounded like a coke addict trying to play jazz. After that, I said fuck it and just bought my own gear.

lol, sorry but thats funny. Its much better when you can produce the product on your own. Im just imagining popping in a CD and hearing sniffs and snorts in the background.

Although it is good to get someone elses take on the production process as well. Guess it all depends on how much you know, and how good your are at critiquing yourself.

 

[SLY]

Nice! A little more punk than I imagined for some reason. I'm diggging Glasgow Smile, It's got a bangin' suicidal tendencies feel...

...and Imma come scream in the microphone sometime.

Nice work, Jeff. From previous convos, you know not my type of music, but I actually enjoyed it, so that's a pretty big compliment. I really liked the kind of group yelling at times (kinda Dropkick Murphys-esque), thought it added a nice affect. Glasgow Smile was my favorite, although Slip was good, too (really liked the little flourish at the end of the guitar solo). Nice job!

lol, thanks Auto. And yes, the band is more punkish than I like as well. But there just isn't shit around here in CT. You should have heard them before I joined. I thrashed those mother fuckers up. I'm still slowly making the band more metally... Every new song I write has more of a metal element to it. lol, I wonder if they notice.

Thanks eloco. Hardcore punk/crossover thrash has a lot of gang vocals in their music. My solos came out like shit... The whole recording process urked me. The other guys in the band kept redoing their parts, and I just said fuck it. Everything you hear as far as guitars, was just one take. I didn't go through and change anything. I should have, but meh.

 

[SLY]

Your drummer sounds cute.

I hear the guitarist is real sexy.

 

[TOX1]

Nice! A little more punk than I imagined for some reason. I'm diggging Glasgow Smile, It's got a bangin' suicidal tendencies feel...

lol That's exactly what I was thinking too.

SUICIDAL!!!

 

[TOX1]

I hear the guitarist is real sexy.

haha