ancientmesa: Electonic with Guitars/Vocals

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:05 am

Of course, the topic title should read 'Electronic'...*rolls eyes*

Hey everyone, I'm John Lawson and a student from northeast UK; I've been learning piano and singing for 10 years, and I've been on guitar for a year now. I've been writing music for a long time now--under the name 'ancientmesa'--and finally put some songs up, you can hear them here.

All comments would be gratefully received, of course. I've only recorded the vocals on the one song so far (Haze Hills) but the others' vocals will be on soon, I hope!

Thanks

JR

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:47 am

Hi ancientmesa. Just listening now.

I'm getting a good vibe from your tracks. Good to see more UK guys joinin' up from the UK.

My fave track has to be "Everyone's Afraid Of Darkness". Like the acoustic in there Wink

Looking forward to hearing many more from y'.

Welcome to UBW

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:33 am

Hi

First : "haze hills" seems to have some recording glitches or is it me?
and did ya meant the stereo cuts?

Ok , overall it's so good stuff! great atmospheres! "je ne peux pas entendre" my fav....somethin "troublin" inside! Dug it a lot!

Keep up the good work

peace

alek Cool

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:35 am

It was meant to sound like it was skipping, I silenced some tiny sections to make it sound 'skippy'. I thought it sounded like a glitch when I did it! An experiment gone wrong Sad

Thanks all for your comments, they are really valued.

JR

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:02 am

Howdy ancientmesa (dig the name)

could you ppppplease do some lo-fi creating for us lo-riders Laughing

page manager

scroll down to lo-fi creator on left of page, click on that, select the song and you're awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

... you get more listens as well
cheeers

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:17 pm

Lots of pops kinda hurt the song. I agree with alek. Purple haze, sounded more distored...je ne peux pas entendre..was better but i didnt really like the "skipping" parts. Very ambient...a little too chill for my tastes but still some very great ideas. Hope to hear more Very Happy

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:56 pm

I'll do a little 'lo-fi'ing then for you all, I apologise for my ignorance regarding bit rates and the like! Laughing

Also, I don't know whether it's that important, but do you think my songs are in the right genre? I feel they lie between progressive rock and electronica, but I want my songs in the right lists otherwise my music isn't being heard by the people I'm targeting at!

Finally, do you think I should/could repost this topic in the rock section? Confused

Thanks again everyone, I'm beginning to think too much skipping is a really bad thing! Idea

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:39 pm

I dunno, dude...I used to skip a lot, but I kept gettin' the rope wrapped round my neck Laughing

Hey, you gotta smile.... Wink

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:09 am

Nice one Brooksy Very Happy

I was never any good at skipping either Embarassed

Two more songs I wrote today are up: Red and Slide. I'd like to see what you think, there's a slight bit less electronica and a slight bit more rock.

JR Razz

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:37 am

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/ancientmesa/

New songs up:

'Echo Delta' which is a layered electronica experiment. Almost a mess on with different sounds and beats.

'Day.1' is my other new song, it's more prog rock.

Comment greatly valued. I'll swap reviews with anyone who's looking for their song to be reviewed too.

Thanks for reading/listening,

JR

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