I will review the first 5 pop/rock songs

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roomx

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I will review the first 5 pop/rock songs (no metal/hip-hop/classical/instrumentals a.s.o.)

I will only review finished songs.
Pick one of your songs only for critics/reviewing.

Include in your info/reply (links without these will not be reviewed):

1. Working streaming link of one song only:
2. Genre and influences
3. Lyrics.
4. Instruments/ gear used.

I will give scores from 1 to 10 on the following:

1. Melody
2. Vocals
3. Instrumentation
4. Lyrics
5. Quality of mix
6. Overall impression

Looking forward to hear some quality rock and pop. J

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R²OS is at:
Streaming 128:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/7/r2osmusic.htm
Download 320:
http://www.r2os.com/r2osmusic1.html
 
Eh, why not?

1. http://www.purevolume.com/thepremier - Listen to "In The Spotlight Of A Senior Year".

2. I guess it would be rock? Somewhat "emo". I'll just call it rock. My personal influences reflect nothing of the actual music even though I write it all.. but The Progress, Denali, Dream Theater, The Beatles, and Peter Davis.

3. In The Spotlight Of A Senior Year.
It’s a chilling silence. The kind that comes when the passengers of a falling plane come to terms with their fate. We’d say our prayers if we knew them. Mother of this burning wreck, this silent night, this worthless scream, this shallow grave. We dig graves between sidelines and bury who we’ve been trying to become our entire lives. So, now who am I? Who am I? So, now who am I? Just another sinner? Another saint? Some there if you get lonely. Our heros aren't who they used to be, they're just men. Depressed and diseased. Well it's high time I take off this face to see who I am. We'll never let these dreams die... And you’re not supposed to think this much about matters like these. Just smile, shake their hand and accept your degree. We won’t all change the world...will we? And I can’t get this god damned heart to beat, OH NO! We dig graves between sidelines and bury who we’ve been trying to become our entire lives. So, now who am I? Who am I? We'll never let these dreams die...

4.
Left Guitar - Ibanez RG570>5150>Behringer cab>SM57>Behringer MX2004A pre>Terratec Phase 88
Right Guitar - Same, just with a Schecter C1 Elite.
Bass - Ibanez Ergodyne bass>MX2004A>Phase88>Amplitube
Drums - Cheap toms(Groove Percussion, I think) with Evans hydraulics heads(Ick!) for the batter and cheap resonant heads. Pearl Export snare and kick. Snare has Coated Emperor batter, snare side hazy on resonant. Kick has Aquarian Superkick II on batter, some random front head.
Cymbals - All Zildjian. 16", 17" K crashes. 18" Oriental Trash china. 20" A Custom Ping ride. 14" A New Beat hats.

I record into Cubase.

I'm actually going to be remixing this soon as we're losing our singer. The bassist and I will now be singing the leads.. but yea. You get the idea. I will definitely keep in mind what you say about the mix. I apologize in advance for the not that great stream quality from Purevolume. If you'd like, I can direct link you to a 320kbps mp3.

Hopefully you like it. Thanks in advance.
 
http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamM3U.m3u?ID=2020650&q=Lo

This is the streaming link; if for some reason it doesn't work; here is a link to the posting page of the song. Its called SDFO.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/hambergmusic.htm

Theres not vocal track and drums on machine

The genre is pop-punk, The influnces are mostly Metallica, DMB, Smashing Pumpkins, and Blink 182

There is no lyrics yet

The instrument and gear: Fender Strat Special, Ibanez Bass, Digitech RP-12, and Boss BR-
532

This song is not intended to be an instrumental.
 
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geet73 said:
Eh, why not?

1. http://www.purevolume.com/thepremier - Listen to "In The Spotlight Of A Senior Year".

2. I guess it would be rock? Somewhat "emo". I'll just call it rock. My personal influences reflect nothing of the actual music even though I write it all.. but The Progress, Denali, Dream Theater, The Beatles, and Peter Davis.

3. In The Spotlight Of A Senior Year.
It’s a chilling silence. The kind that comes when the passengers of a falling plane come to terms with their fate. We’d say our prayers if we knew them. Mother of this burning wreck, this silent night, this worthless scream, this shallow grave. We dig graves between sidelines and bury who we’ve been trying to become our entire lives. So, now who am I? Who am I? So, now who am I? Just another sinner? Another saint? Some there if you get lonely. Our heros aren't who they used to be, they're just men. Depressed and diseased. Well it's high time I take off this face to see who I am. We'll never let these dreams die... And you’re not supposed to think this much about matters like these. Just smile, shake their hand and accept your degree. We won’t all change the world...will we? And I can’t get this god damned heart to beat, OH NO! We dig graves between sidelines and bury who we’ve been trying to become our entire lives. So, now who am I? Who am I? We'll never let these dreams die...

4.
Left Guitar - Ibanez RG570>5150>Behringer cab>SM57>Behringer MX2004A pre>Terratec Phase 88
Right Guitar - Same, just with a Schecter C1 Elite.
Bass - Ibanez Ergodyne bass>MX2004A>Phase88>Amplitube
Drums - Cheap toms(Groove Percussion, I think) with Evans hydraulics heads(Ick!) for the batter and cheap resonant heads. Pearl Export snare and kick. Snare has Coated Emperor batter, snare side hazy on resonant. Kick has Aquarian Superkick II on batter, some random front head.
Cymbals - All Zildjian. 16", 17" K crashes. 18" Oriental Trash china. 20" A Custom Ping ride. 14" A New Beat hats.

I record into Cubase.

I'm actually going to be remixing this soon as we're losing our singer. The bassist and I will now be singing the leads.. but yea. You get the idea. I will definitely keep in mind what you say about the mix. I apologize in advance for the not that great stream quality from Purevolume. If you'd like, I can direct link you to a 320kbps mp3.

Hopefully you like it. Thanks in advance.
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1. Melody
6+ Great melody.

2. Vocals
7 Very good vocals

3. Instrumentation
8 Very good. Very proffesional, love the drums (though the EQ could be better) and the bass.

4. Lyrics
5+ To much reciting for me. Maybe fever words would do it? I like the chorus, though. (In the last chorus: "So, now who am I? Who am I? We'll never let these dreams die..." Maybe you could say: " So, who am I? I'll never let the dream die..." another thing, words like "shallow grave, sinners & saints" are a bit , ehh, used, they become clichés in my ear.

5. Quality of mix
5+
To much middle, the vocals suffer from this.

6. Overall impression
7

Yeah,wish I could listen to a 320 version of this song. Sounds a bit muddy on 128.
Very good song, with a statement. If you clean up the mix and the lyrics it will be great.
My humble opinions.

(Listened to your other song as well, great song, really great!)
 
the lie is alive

the very first song listed there, you can stream or download. if you want the .wav, I can get that. it's hard to critique a mix when it's streaming, so I made it available for download.

genre is pop rock ala jimmy eat world or brand new. emo...ish

Lyrics:

I will not bombard you
with ingenuine words
I will not pretend to be
a boy that is still pure
I would lie to you (if you found me out)
it would do me no good
I leave my indescresion (in lines of truth)
on the pages in my room

(chorus)
Would you cringe if you found out
you were just our pretty prey
would it singe your soul with doubt
that we are all the same
and if it's all the same to you
then it's all the same to me
I'll keep the lie alive
the lie is alive.

are you directed (I'll be direct)
I see the way that you play(never felt this way)
all intentions focused(to find it out)
make this moment poignant
but motivation's fleeting (I'm leaving now)
between every scene (I won't be back)
and the words you recite (it's over and goodbye)
you don't know what they mean

chorus 1.5x


Gear: Parker nitefly, ibanez jem through a mesa nomad 45(mostly recorded with an akg 414). bass direct via tascam 428, drums are tama starclassic with a pearl piccilo snare. vox are through a neumann tlm 103. Everything went through a freakin' behringer mixer, so it's not too clean, but you work with what you've got. I just recieved some new pres so next time it'll be better, hopefully.
 
wesley tanner said:
the lie is alive

the very first song listed there, you can stream or download. if you want the .wav, I can get that. it's hard to critique a mix when it's streaming, so I made it available for download.

genre is pop rock ala jimmy eat world or brand new. emo...ish



Gear: Parker nitefly, ibanez jem through a mesa nomad 45(mostly recorded with an akg 414). bass direct via tascam 428, drums are tama starclassic with a pearl piccilo snare. vox are through a neumann tlm 103. Everything went through a freakin' behringer mixer, so it's not too clean, but you work with what you've got. I just recieved some new pres so next time it'll be better, hopefully.
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There is something wrong with you link...
 
Re:What do you want me to do...

The First Don said:
I do have a recorded copy with the vocals what do you want me to do?
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Post a finished pop/rock song with the above info.
 
Hi RoomX,

thanks for your offer. I am very excited. !!
Here's my latest recording, all played and all vocals by me.

1. Working streaming link of one song only:

www.stephan-musik.de/Cant_tell_me_nothin(Steve).mp3

2. Genre and influences
Tim Mc Graw.

3. Lyrics.
VERSE 1:

A 1986 Harley blowing smoke and sucking oil
My daddy said, 'Buy it and you're crazy boy'
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 2:

It took two months to fix it up
And one day to lay her down
I got a little hitch in my get-a-long now
You can't tell me nothin'

CHORUS:

Talk is cheap and free advice
Is worth the price you pay
I had to find out for myself the hard way
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 3:

Hometown homecoming sweetheart
Nobody thought I had a prayer
Her mama said, 'Boy, don't you come around here'
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 4:

They say be careful what you wish for
I want to be her man
Two babies and a trailer later here I am
You can't tell me nothin'

CHORUS:

Talk is cheap and free advice
Is worth the price you pay
I had to find out for myself the hard way
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 5:

They say drinking will kill you
The same thing for rolling smokes
But that's two of the three things I like most
You can't tell me nothin'

I know what the good book preaches
But I know how I am
I sure hope somebody up there understands
You can't tell me nothin'
You can't tell me nothin'


4. Instruments/ gear used.

Acoustic guitar : Takamine EN-20
Electric Guitar : Fender Telecaster American Deluxe
Bass : Fender Precision Japan Copy
Drums : VST Plugin : Groove Agent
Microphone : AKG C535
Harmonizing Effect unit : TC-Helicon "VOICE-LIVE"

Cubase SX on Pentium 4/ 3,3Gig, 1G RAM, P4P800 MB,
Waves RVerb
Waves True Verb
Waves Compressor C1, L2, C4
Waves EQ
Guitar-Amp : VST Plugin TC-Thirty

RME Mulitface, RME Quad Mic
TC Electronic Powercore DSP Platform

Best regards,
Steve
 
Re: Can't tell you nothin...

stmoeller60 said:
Hi RoomX,

thanks for your offer. I am very excited. !!
Here's my latest recording, all played and all vocals by me.

1. Working streaming link of one song only:

www.stephan-musik.de/Cant_tell_me_nothin(Steve).mp3

2. Genre and influences
Tim Mc Graw.

3. Lyrics.
VERSE 1:

A 1986 Harley blowing smoke and sucking oil
My daddy said, 'Buy it and you're crazy boy'
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 2:

It took two months to fix it up
And one day to lay her down
I got a little hitch in my get-a-long now
You can't tell me nothin'

CHORUS:

Talk is cheap and free advice
Is worth the price you pay
I had to find out for myself the hard way
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 3:

Hometown homecoming sweetheart
Nobody thought I had a prayer
Her mama said, 'Boy, don't you come around here'
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 4:

They say be careful what you wish for
I want to be her man
Two babies and a trailer later here I am
You can't tell me nothin'

CHORUS:

Talk is cheap and free advice
Is worth the price you pay
I had to find out for myself the hard way
You can't tell me nothin'

VERSE 5:

They say drinking will kill you
The same thing for rolling smokes
But that's two of the three things I like most
You can't tell me nothin'

I know what the good book preaches
But I know how I am
I sure hope somebody up there understands
You can't tell me nothin'
You can't tell me nothin'


4. Instruments/ gear used.

Acoustic guitar : Takamine EN-20
Electric Guitar : Fender Telecaster American Deluxe
Bass : Fender Precision Japan Copy
Drums : VST Plugin : Groove Agent
Microphone : AKG C535
Harmonizing Effect unit : TC-Helicon "VOICE-LIVE"

Cubase SX on Pentium 4/ 3,3Gig, 1G RAM, P4P800 MB,
Waves RVerb
Waves True Verb
Waves Compressor C1, L2, C4
Waves EQ
Guitar-Amp : VST Plugin TC-Thirty

RME Mulitface, RME Quad Mic
TC Electronic Powercore DSP Platform

Best regards,
Steve
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1. Melody
7+ Very catchy tune. Maybe to straight forward, no surprises.

2. Vocals
6+ Good vocals. Love the chorus part "talk is cheap" I'm not a big fan of how you have choosen to sing "nothiiiin" instead of "nooo'thin", though.
Sometimes I feel the vocals stumble a little bit, like on "three words...", you seem to be in a little to much hurry getting the sentence spoken/sung... Have in mind that the vocals should carry the song.

3. Instrumentation
6+ Remove the reverb at the drums. The acoustic guitar sounds good, maybe a bit to much compression on it? The el-guitar sounds great. Bass is allright, a little dull.

4. Lyrics
7+ Good idea, really like the mood of it... Straightfoward and good.

5. Quality of mix
7 Good mixing. Some glitches here and there, but the vocals stands out really good. Work on the drums.

6. Overall impression
7+

A very nice, catchy tune, good tempered, with a build up. Really liked this one.
This one has some good potential to it.

Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Regards, R2OS
 
Hey roomx,

Thanks for agreeing to do this. This is one of the first songs I've written.

1. Song ("Dogmatic Theories") is at:


2. It's pretty pop sounding, I guess this track was kind of influenced by some Phil Collins/Genesis stuff.

3. Lyrics:

Verse 1
Standing in the limelight
No shadows to hide in
No escape from this dream
Nothing is what it seems.
Hanging from the strings of life
Dangling on the reins of strife
Surrounded by a hypocritical mob
Watching every move.

Chorus
Dogmatic Theories:
An untrue series
Of condemning lies that never seem to cease;
Ominous clouds
that loom overhead
accountable only
to a God up above.

Verse Two
Scanning the horizon
Looking for something better;
A perfect place falling
Like manna from heaven,
The chorus resounding,
Like a jury's hammer,
Though the verdicts fall,
you are your harshest critic.

4. All of this was recorded into Pro Tools via an Mbox. AT 3035 on vocals, Roland V drums, Technics keyboard.
 
roomx said:
I will review the first 5 pop/rock songs (no metal/hip-hop/classical/instrumentals a.s.o.)

I will only review finished songs.
Pick one of your songs only for critics/reviewing.

Include in your info/reply (links without these will not be reviewed):

1. Working streaming link of one song only:
2. Genre and influences
3. Lyrics.
4. Instruments/ gear used.

I will give scores from 1 to 10 on the following:

1. Melody
2. Vocals
3. Instrumentation
4. Lyrics
5. Quality of mix
6. Overall impression

Looking forward to hear some quality rock and pop. J

_______________________________________________________

R²OS is at:
Streaming 128:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/7/r2osmusic.htm
Download 320:
http://www.r2os.com/r2osmusic1.html
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So, who the hell are you? What makes you qualified to rate peoples music? Why only the first 5? Do you have some kind of a problem with metal? Who the hell are you again?
 
Will I get a recording contract out of this? Are you afiliated with American Idol?
I'm just curious. Is there money involved? Why would I want to do this again?
 
Track Rat said:
I'm just a rebel I guess. I don't want to play anymore.
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Bahahahaha...Mike, trust me...you rule. I mean, I know I've only "reviewed" probably 5,000 songs on the net, and I've only listened to probably 3x that many in the past few years, but I feel pretty confident that you've got your shit together. Hearing it from some anonymous knob on the net won't change that.
 
The First Don said:
I do have a recorded copy with the vocals what do you want me to do?
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This was a typo it was supposed to be that I don't. Ig uess it doesn't matter though now because you did 5 already.
 
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