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[Chi 666]

Originally Posted by The Subtle Arts

When are you guys looking to gig?

asap really

[sr_guitar]

Originally Posted by Chi 666

asap really

Damn straight!

[The Subtle Arts]

Originally Posted by Chi 666

asap really

How long is your set?

[sr_guitar]

Originally Posted by The Subtle Arts

How long is your set?

We've got like 9 of our own songs so we could probably manage a 20-30 min set i THINK. Cant quite remember how long the songs are off the top of my head.

Why, you offerin a gig?

[The Subtle Arts]

Originally Posted by sr_guitar

We've got like 9 of our own songs so we could probably manage a 20-30 min set i THINK. Cant quite remember how long the songs are off the top of my head.

Why, you offerin a gig?

Yeah a sequence of gigs actually if all goes to plan. Only one date confirmed, we're just securing headline acts and looking for support ones also.

[Taylor_dB]

I dunno if Chi's said, but he's had the songs remixed a bit to try and tone the guitar down a bit. I dunno if it makes it worth checking out again - it's nothing drastic, but I think it makes it sound a little more together.

As Scott (guitarist) said, it sounded better in the studio and then we got it home and listened and thought "Hmm...something not quite right there." We're working on our sound though, I'm fairly certain most bands don't just hook up and then alluvasudden have everything nailed. Also, I agree we need to tighten up a wee bit - before we went into record we could hammer out any song without any problem but I think on the day there was a little studio virginity setting in a wee bit.

It is just a demo, sure some demo's end up sounding amazing, but this is just a rough idea of some of our stuff so we can get out there and gigging and what not. Also, for criticism like this - perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, you can't please everyone as someone said previously but we can damn well try and please a few extra next time we record.

Anyways, someone said something about the lyrics/vocals? Want to elaborate? I didn't write all the lyrics, but I have to say I'm really proud of the Baby All Gone reference so I'm hoping it wasn't that and it was maybe some lyrics one of the other guys wrote. And please no comparison with Debassed, cus that's lower than low, heh.

Anyways, all the feedback is much appreciated - try and say why you don't like something as opposed to just saying you don't like it, or alternatively, if you like something then try to elaborate.

On that note, is there any positive feedback? Even if it's just that you liked a tiny bit of a little section of a song?

[Taylor_dB]

Oh, and no bashing of Tom's please - for the money, I think they do a really decent job and there was rarely a dull moment during the recording process (although I was reading Secret Invasion at the time *SPOILER WARNING* Hank Pym?! A fucking Skrull?! What the fudge?! Oh, and we got a Gatecrasher - he loves a party!)

[unbroken]

Originally Posted by Taylor_dB

but I have to say I'm really proud of the Baby All Gone reference so I'm hoping it wasn't that

unfortunately, it was those lyrics...

[Iomega]

I thought stuff like this had died a horrible death a few years ago?

Too me its too nu-metal and generic.

Vocals sound alright but some of the lyrics are really bad.

My two cents

[Mac Atom]

Originally Posted by Chi 666

every guitar that gos through captian toms mic sounds shite. i had it when statue recorded there twice and statue dont sound fuzzy live. anyone that says that captian toms are good are lying,

What an absolute crock of shite. You put a crappy sound in then you get a crappy sound out, simple as that. Why do the guitars on the MMW sampler track sound really good? Because they spent time making sure that the tone was perfect before micing up and they knew what they wanted.

Too many bands go into a studio with no idea of how they want their guitars to sound, they say "Oh this sounds really good at home in my bedroom so it'll RAWK!!11" but its actually all scooped to buggery and weedy sounding and so when the engineer mics up their amp it sounds ding. Is this the engineers fault?

If you are going in on the cheap (which many bands do and get perfectly good results) then make sure you make it clear to the engineer at the time that there is a problem as they'll be more than happy to try to sort it for you. Don't wait until other people start telling you it doesn't sound good and then moan about the studio on a message board.

Spend the time in the studio getting the sound you want and get it right when it matters, before its up on an internet message board getting criticism for a terrible guitar sound.