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Old 02.28.2009, 05:38 PM   #1
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Howdy fellas. I've been working a bunch of new music lately, the culmination of which I've put on my band's myspace, www.myspace.com/fauxhemiansband

Could you give me some constructive criticism please? In regards to production, mainly, though if you have anything else to offer then go ahead. Thanks in advance.

Oh and I already know I don't sing like a scouser.
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Old 02.28.2009, 05:41 PM   #2
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i listened to your myspace a week or so ago and remember liking it
ill check it out again tomorrow so that ill be able to say something a bit deeper about it
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Old 02.28.2009, 05:52 PM   #3
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Did you just post Epitath a few minutes ago? I think I was the first to listen to it!

I really like the production! I think "rootsy" sounding music (if I can call it that) sounds better with a raw, organic or even live sound, rather than slick production. I think my favorite production is on Epitath, You Pose You Lose and Home I'll Never Be. I like it when there's a bit of echo in the vocals and it sounds like you're in a room. Great songs, too!
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Old 02.28.2009, 06:00 PM   #4
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Ah thanks. It sounds that organic because I recorded it all in my bedroom with cheap microphones. And yeah, I just posted that song, haha! And I think I know what you mean about those songs being better produced, the other two were really rushed when we recorded them.
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Old 02.28.2009, 06:19 PM   #5
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It's alright. Not my sort of thing. Can I suggest you get hideously pissed and record the same songs? I mean, I don't think you're going for the Country Teasers thing, but the way you're playing doesn't have much swing. There's a need for some malice in there somewhere along the lines.

Or record them on a tape player (sans drums, obviously)? There's something quite sterile about the mics you've used. They're not noticably bottoming out or anything, but they're not crystal clear either.

None of this is criticisms, particularly, but you did ask.
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Old 02.28.2009, 06:33 PM   #6
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The good things: You can obviously play/sing, and seem confident at both. Plus you have a grasp of the dynamics required to write songs.

The bad things: You sing with faux-American accents, which is a put off since you were born and live in Liverpool. I'm not really into the songs, but one of them ('Pose The Pose') kind of reminded of Hefner. I have a feeling that if you got rid of the 'Americanisms', you could do greater things. What I'm basically trying to say is that you need to sound more like yourselves.
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Old 02.28.2009, 06:42 PM   #7
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The good things: You can obviously play and sing, and seem confident at both. Plus you have a grasp of the dynamics required to write songs.

The bad things: You sing with faux-American accents, which is a put off since you were born and live in Liverpool. I'm not really into the songs, but one of them ('Pose The Pose') kind of reminded of Hefner. I have a feeling that if you got rid of the 'Americanisms', you could do greater things. What I'm basically trying to say is that you need to sound more like yourselves.

Yes. I'm 100% in agreement with this.

Hefner were awesome, weren't they?
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Old 02.28.2009, 06:56 PM   #8
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It's alright. Not my sort of thing. Can I suggest you get hideously pissed and record the same songs? I mean, I don't think you're going for the Country Teasers thing, but the way you're playing doesn't have much swing. There's a need for some malice in there somewhere along the lines.

Or record them on a tape player (sans drums, obviously)? There's something quite sterile about the mics you've used. They're not noticably bottoming out or anything, but they're not crystal clear either.

Ah yeah, you got me, recording on digital with cheap mics. I do need better equipment and tape does sound warmer. My tape recorder only has 4 tracks though, and I need more.

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The bad things: You sing with faux-American accents, which is a put off since you were born and live in Liverpool. I'm not really into the songs, but one of them ('Pose The Pose') kind of reminded of Hefner. I have a feeling that if you got rid of the 'Americanisms', you could do greater things. What I'm basically trying to say is that you need to sound more like yourselves.

Point taken. Let me sort of explain myself here- well not explain, but maybe excuse. The Beatles, The Teardrop Explodes, Echo And The Bunnymen- do any of them really sound like scousers? The Beatles could have easily been American and the other two sound like they're from down south. The 'Americanisms' you speak of are sort of ingrained in the style of the music I'm working with, who inspires me, et cetera. John Fogerty was born and raised in California but he sounds like he's from the deep south because thats who he wants to be. I wasn't aiming for a Liverpudlian take on country pop- in all truth I have no home pride. I can really understand why it would be a put-off, but I just think that is performance art and not exactly a mirror of who I actually am, just an alter ego.
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Old 02.28.2009, 07:04 PM   #9
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Old 02.28.2009, 07:15 PM   #10
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Mmm yes. Wait, isn't Elvis Costello from Liverpool? I seem to have that factoid stuck in my head but it doesn't sound right.

Other shit bands from Liverpool include (but are not limited to) The Zutons, The Coral, Ladytron, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The La's, Gerry And The Pacemakers, etc.
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(if thats not what you were going for, I'd say either take it one direction more country and buy some more johny cash and woody guthrie albums, or go more blues and pick up some ottis redding and skip james)
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Is there meant to be an image there? I don't see one.
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Haha, my favourite album.. awesome.
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you succeeded entirely

other advice:

work on the timing a little bit more, smooth everything out and revisit.
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