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BluestBunnie
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| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 5:35 pm |
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Crazygitar
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Location: England
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 7:46 am |
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| michaelfrazier wrote: | Hey Ross and friends I admire your attempts ... considering. Here's my honest feedback after listening to the 4 tunes you directed me to.
Timing. Timing in music is everything - work on that.
Mix. If the listener can't hear and understand the vocals, they don't exist. Learn about the mixing.
Headbanging electric guitar playing. Already been overdone, learn a more subtle approach and use it to back up the song theme rather than set it.
Some decent ideas, now the trick is to make it listenable to a wider audience. Best of luck to you and thanks for the listen. Michael |
Thank you for the honest review. I agree whole-heartedly on all the comments you've made. Cheers. |
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Soulfish
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Location: Brighton
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 8:41 am |
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Hey bro - Ghotti back again - got some work in progress for you if you fancy it. Itt's off site I know but as we're using UBW for all our "Multimedia" linking straight from our own website we can't put anything here till it's mastered. Anyway - if you fancy a quick jaunt to purevolume - check it out.
www.purevolume.com/ghotti
Keep on..... |
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michaelfrazier
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Joined: Oct 14, 2004
Location: Salem , Oregon, USA
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:33 pm |
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Michael Frazier reviews - On A Dead Machine
Anywhere but Here - Vocals feel a bit low in the mix in the hotter musical parts. Solid musicianship and vocals overall. Sound quality is quite listeneable. I prefer the softer sections but it all works together pretty well. Lyrics link doesn't work. I like the changes you go through in this tune. Nice vocal lines. Solid songwriting and tune for that retro - 70's / 80''s style.
A Million Helicopters - Lryic link again failed. Decent tune for the style. Solid musicianship and vocals and nice song construction. Don't care for the screaming or the overdone guitar parts but I imagine that is your folks favorie part. I'd personaly take more advantage of the female vocal and soften things up a bit.
Overall you have some excellent songwriting and musical talent just tell the guitar player to get out of the way a bit - it tends to be overbearing the rest of your sound which is better than a loud crunch guitar. Thanks for the listen and keep up the great work. Michael. |
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michaelfrazier
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Location: Salem , Oregon, USA
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:46 pm |
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Michael Frazier reviews - Ghotti
You didn't really tell me what you wanted me to listen to . . . so . .
Breathe - This is a nice piece of music. Whatch out for that Pink Flloyd rip off guitar lick in the beginning. Nice changes for the tune. Vocals are well done and the musicianship is solid. Mix feels pretty well done though the music gets a hair over the vocals in the later part of the song. Lead guitar is pretty well done without getting too outside the song.
She Said - I like the beginning of the song and then it is just too overdone. It isn't necessary to punch it that hard to get the point across. Song has a nice groove and flow and then we have to metal it out. If I heard this on the radio I'd be saying, cool and then I'd turn it off. Just one man's opinion. I think you negate the best part of the song. Still solid musicianship, vocals and writing.
Keep on my friends. Thanks for the listen and best to you. Michael |
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Mexicolas
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 1:33 am |
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michaelfrazier
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 10:45 pm |
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Michael Frazier reviews The Mexicolas - Times Infinity
Soothing kind of groove. Very solid vocal work and some interesting lyrical lines. The prgrammed drum beats have got to go though. Way too repetetive with no human feel at all and this song deserves more than that. It is crying the human feel in the lyrics and the vocal parts. The whole drum beat loop get's really annoying quickly and detracts from the best qualities of the song. Get a real drummer who can do subtle and you will know the difference. Overall I like this song - just not the drum program. Not sure about the OOO break part - seems a bit shallow and not on absolute pitch. It could work, but doesn't right now, me thinks.
I'd listen to Easy Smile - cause I like your approach vocally and lyrically - but there is no song link on your UBW page.
Keep on my friends. Enjoyed the listen. Michael |
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goodmorningwood
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Location: Finland
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:53 am |
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jonnyd
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:46 am |
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michaelfrazier
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:47 pm |
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Michael Frazier reviews - Good Morning Wood
I am thanking all the powers that be that I do not have to wake up to this every morning. There is absolutely NOTHING "good morning" or "wood" about this piece of music. Sounds like death is more the venue here. Yep it iis tight musicially and equally annoying to this listener. Bang your head on the wall if you want. Not a place I want to go. Have your jolies without me. Michael. |
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michaelfrazier
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:04 am |
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Michael Frazier reviews Rise in Descent
I listened to all your songs . You have a spectacular knack of taking a nice intro and turning it into absolute noise with some inaudible yelling in the background. Looking for the talent here. Hmmm. Loud. Hmmm loud does not equal talent to this listener. If you do have a message - it is not getting to me. Is the objective to sing as fast as possible? Nice overdriven guitar work - geez, like I've never heard that before in the past 20 years. I aplologize for the negative edge to this review. I just see no point in this kind of music. Bang your head on the wall. Oh it hurts? Well, dont' do that. I'm sure you have a wave of fans that love this stuff. I'm just not one of them. Just one man's opinion. Michael |
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Cam
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Location: Manchester
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:44 am |
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Soulfish
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Joined: Nov 07, 2004
Location: Brighton
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:58 am |
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| michaelfrazier wrote: | Michael Frazier reviews - Ghotti
You didn't really tell me what you wanted me to listen to . . . so . .
Breathe - This is a nice piece of music. Whatch out for that Pink Flloyd rip off guitar lick in the beginning. Nice changes for the tune. Vocals are well done and the musicianship is solid. Mix feels pretty well done though the music gets a hair over the vocals in the later part of the song. Lead guitar is pretty well done without getting too outside the song.
She Said - I like the beginning of the song and then it is just too overdone. It isn't necessary to punch it that hard to get the point across. Song has a nice groove and flow and then we have to metal it out. If I heard this on the radio I'd be saying, cool and then I'd turn it off. Just one man's opinion. I think you negate the best part of the song. Still solid musicianship, vocals and writing.
Keep on my friends. Thanks for the listen and best to you. Michael |
Thanks for listening Michael, We're trying some new stuff, new direction and all that. It's like anything else - take practise! When we recorded these tracks the engineer turned out to be a nightmare on availability (wife, kids and his own PA company etc etc) so we recorded over a 3 month period! It's kind of like having a conversation where you get to say a sentence every 2 weeks. Makes for interesting sessions but with no real continuity! As we're doing more live we're trying some heavier tracks out as they have more of an impact on stage.
There's another new tune called Better than knightrider I think you may appreciate if you've time. |
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Bockscar
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Bockscar
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