I know this is OT but I thought this forum would be a good place to get some honest, non-biased opinions of my music. My band is called Angry Boy, and we are a 4-piece based in the UK. We just finished recording our new demo and I'd love to know what you think of it. I am responsible for guitars in this outfit and I love my job! :D
My set-up is a '72 Re-issue Tele Custom running direct into a VHT CL-50 head with a Marshall 2x12 cab. In my effects loop live a number of toys, one of which is my new DIY Total Sonic Annihilation with volume control.
Anyway, below is a link to our flagship track called 'Routine Something'. The quality ain't fantastic because its been squashed to save web-space, but its good enough for now.
http://www.angry-boy.com/music/Routine%20Something.mp3
Let me know what you think!
P.S Its free along with all our other tracks on our website!
Cheers.
-Mike
Nice dynamics, good structure. Like the second vocal harmony. Guitar wall is a bit atonal though, yet far away in the mix. Might benifit from one not-so-distorted guitar together with a fatter, medium distorted and compressed guitar. Or whatever. I feel a rant coming up ;)
I can hear a good gig in there, but I'm not too sure if our booker would consider it.
Keep going, good work!
Interesting! You know how it is though, we're unsigned and can't afford to go to a plush studio with a room with a thousand mics so I think the thinness has a lot to do with the size of the room the amp was in, certainly not the amp itself! There is only so much DSP can sort out :wink:
Also with only one guitar in the band we wanted to try and stay as faithful as we could to the live performance, so the only other guitar parts were layering sections with some differently voiced guitar. But as usual the story is the same, it always sounds so much better on those monitors!
-Mike
Nice job Chipper! Keep on moving forward!!!!
Peace!
Arn C.
Why thank you! We'll do our very best!!
-Mike :)
Routine something is a cool song, just the uncontrolled sounding guitar noise isn't reall my cuppa, but the other things sound real cool :) I like the other songs too!
Definitely got a Fugazi thing going on there between the noisy guitars and the "straight-as-an-arrow" bass player...which is def. a good thing :)
I think the vocals are the weaker bit for me. I like the layered approach, but the vocals seemed less passionate than the instruments to me...
Overall, very very nice, though.
Thanks guys, all your comments are much appreciated. I knew this place would be a safe bet to get some no bulls**t opinions on some music!
Hope you all like it anyway, its free so take it!
-Mike
when i heard the first 30 sec i said to myself this is a bad ass demo!...........but just hear me out.......
1. since the song doesn't change a whole lot , make it 1/3 shorter.
2. could use a bit of lead guitar , simple or shredding , either will work.
3.the mix is weak, but i hear some great stuff going on.
4. keep kicking ass and stay true to your aim and goal.
5. i'd like to here the rest of the cd. really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
peace and good luck,
- tom pollock
www.troubledvariance.com :wink:
I really like the noise parts...alot :twisted:
Keep rockin
Real Nice! I like it. Just some constructive critcism, the intro/vamp before each chorus, sound too drawn out. If you shortened it to a four count on the back beat (measure), it would make the intro and each chorus more explosive. The spacey part before the second chorus would sound really cool with a short fading delay (like a Boss RV-3 in mode 2) after the end of each vocal part.
Sounds great!
yeah the guitars sound really thin. an easy way to thicken stuff up without more mics is to add tracks with different tonal qualities and pan hard. not anything like something youd fine in my music collection, but sounds good. kudos.
Thanks dudes! All comments are appreciated. What I love about this place is there aren't any d*cks that slate people for the fun of it! A real forum of gentlemen (and ladies). Hope you all enjoy the demo anyway, its not perfect but its the thought that counts. :D
-Mike
best wishes bro!
peace,
- tom
Dudes! Thanks to your interest our website stats page has shown a massive increase in downloads of our track 'Routine Something'! I've shown the rest of the band and they have all read your comments which although quite varied were very cool with something to be taken from them all. So me and the boys wanted to say a big cheers to you lot for the interest!
Also, if anyone is interested, all our recorded material is up for download, for free, on our website in the music section. The track 'Routine Something' was also recorded with another track called 'Glue', so anyone who can be bothered can listen to that too. The guitars on Glue are a bit more raw and beefy so you some of you who thought the guitar sounds could have been better on the other track can compare it against this. Anyway, thanks a lot!
-Mike
Hi Mike. I really liked your band! The song is very cool, and the slow part in the middle of the song reminds me a cool band, but I don't remember the name now :P. To tell the truth, every part of the song reminds me cool bands. I will download all of your MP3.
:D
Wow -
I love it... right up my alley... very 'indie' sounding...
I just downloaded it... keeping it... in my playlist!!
"-)
YA! I'm very happy some people like it! :D :D :D :D
That sounds really great! 8)
I agree that the guitar could use some more lows to thicken it up a hair, but overall it sounds great! I like the time and the timing. For me it's a perfect mix of noise and not noise. I'm looking forward to hearing more. :D
Take care,
-Peter
For those of you who liked our music:
Vote for Angry Boy in the Manilla Chart this week!
The track 'Routine Something' has been entered into the manillame.com monthly chart and we want you to vote to take us to number 1.
To vote, visit:
http://www.manillame.com/chart.htm
Scroll down the page to find the Angry Boy entry, and click on 'Vote' to the right of the name. Then, send a blank e-mail with the subject 'vote angry boy' to the address provided. Alternatively, you can just send the same blank e-mail to:
twelve@manillame.com
The rules state that you cannot send in more than one vote a day from the same e-mail address, but there is nothing to stop you voting every day until voting closes on 7th Feb.
Thanks a lot, we love your support as always.
-Tell your friends
Quote from: Chipper ChapowskiI know this is OT but I thought this forum would be a good place to get some honest, non-biased opinions of my music. My band is called Angry Boy, and we are a 4-piece based in the UK. We just finished recording our new demo and I'd love to know what you think of it. I am responsible for guitars in this outfit and I love my job! :D
My set-up is a '72 Re-issue Tele Custom running direct into a VHT CL-50 head with a Marshall 2x12 cab. In my effects loop live a number of toys, one of which is my new DIY Total Sonic Annihilation with volume control.
Anyway, below is a link to our flagship track called 'Routine Something'. The quality ain't fantastic because its been squashed to save web-space, but its good enough for now.
http://www.angry-boy.com/music/Routine%20Something.mp3
Let me know what you think!
P.S Its free along with all our other tracks on our website!
Cheers.
-Mike
nice i should have realized how loud it was when i saw the name angry boy. lol i was tyring to listen to it without waking the house
:oops:
Ha ha sorry about that! Should have written some kind of government health warning I reckon.... :lol:
Just a suggestion for all: if you liked the Routine Something song, download all the others from the Angry Boy's site. They are really cool. The song called Glue are fantastic. I like to hear more songs when your band record more. And vote for the band too.