my acoustic band demo

[CommieCanada]

www.purevolume.com/westbounddeparture


an acoustic/emo project. the album was recorded at my friend richard's house using mostly homemade equipment. i have posted the link in this forum before but no one replied. i would really like some feedback on it

[foreverbranded]

Just got done listening to "Leaving Transition". Awesome song. love the guitar work and the vocals. the recording was pretty good too. What did you use to record?

[paulm12]

listened to leaving transition, excellent, though the intro is maybe too long for a demo.

[Potroasttheclown]

[listened to leaving transition, excellent, though the intro is maybe too long for a demo.]
I agree

[How do you own disorder?]

Nice Maddox avatar, KommieKanada.

[GimmeSlack12]

The production sounds great on all of these pieces. Really well integrated. The songs are emo though, and I'm sorry , the market is just flooded with this crap. All 3 songs are, soft pop/ whiny emo / p@ssy sh!t.

But again they are produced wonderfully. :)

[Potroasttheclown]

Nu metal sux. Thats pretty much what isn't pop/whiny emo/p@ssy sh!t. The only other music besides those are like sum 41 and all those bands who all you rant about suck *****.

[Potroasttheclown]

www.purevolume.com/westbounddeparture


the album was recorded at my friend richard's house using mostly homemade equipment.


Wait a minute, you made the equipment you used to record it?

[CommieCanada]

^

well like we used pillows for sound supressors, and made vocal screens out of clothes hangers and panty hose...

[Potroasttheclown]

lol, thats a gheto band. Right on bro!

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

Kommie, you've been holding out. I feel utterly pwnd now. Excellent songs. :thumb:

[CC returns]

you are massivly pwned

[How do you own disorder?]

Nu metal sux. Thats pretty much what isn't pop/whiny emo/p@ssy sh!t. The only other music besides those are like sum 41 and all those bands who all you rant about suck *****.

Elitist... *Glares at potroasttheclown*

[thetwaz]

I've wanted to hear your stuff for ages, and i must say I'm impressed.

Leaving Transition - Pretty much constant sweetness the whole way through. Vocals sound a bit fuzzy in places but the music is spot on. I like the way you've compensated for the lack of drums with the percussive nature of your guitar parts.

The Scenery Decays - I don't like this one quite as much, sounds a little thin and cheesy. Try a different drum beat under it and putting some more melodic layers on. It also seems to be a bit of an anti-climax at the end.

Our First Summer - Like the way this one's starting, good production. the lead accoustic motif is cool. I like the way this track climaxes and then calms down again in the middle. Maybe needs to last a bit longer.

Overall - Good job. As I mentioned before, some of the vocals sound a little fuzzy, but in terms of musical talent etc. I really like it.

[nirvanaafi182]

leaving transition is AWESOME. good job kommie :thumb:

[CommieCanada]

bump

['57 Les Paul]

Love it.

[xXAcousticTearsXx]

Loving it man....Hey any way I can get a tab of that stuff?

[CommieCanada]

Loving it man....Hey any way I can get a tab of that stuff?
sorry man. it would take me forever. we have like 4 guitars overdubbed on those songs

[xXAcousticTearsXx]

Oh that's cool, Very good though

[atarisrock55]

Oh that's cool, Very good though

i love it dude!! this is probably the first time I've heard something in the audio arena i'd actually burn onto a cd and listen to all the time. this is GREAT keep up the good work.

[valgore]

Decent stuff. Sounds good enough to be on the shelf of a shop. Very nice work...especially leaving transition.

[SixStringKing]

Who were your Acoustic inspirations? I like your sound the guitars probably the best ive heard out of acoustics in a while. Leaving transition is a tight song dude...props on the four guitars thats gotta take some time to perfect eh?

[wishiwaskurt210]

wow :gets acustic out of attic:

[Firecracker]

oooh i'm loving this. great talent you have there.

[kennethroxx]

Hey, like everyone else i love leaving transition. the only complain id have would be the vocals... that guitar work is just to fresh to spoil with vocals, id suggest maybe someoen with some better vocal chops, or maybe even female, someone Avril Lavigne sounding.. just a suggestion. nice work again man.. songs like this i love because they can be both artisticaly talented and radio/mtv hits...keep it up

[kramerplayer]

Hey,
I LOVE this song! You guys are great! How long have you been together as a band?

[JaggedPick]

Hey, like everyone else i love leaving transition. the only complain id have would be the vocals... that guitar work is just to fresh to spoil with vocals, id suggest maybe someoen with some better vocal chops, or maybe even female, someone Avril Lavigne sounding.. just a suggestion. nice work again man.. songs like this i love because they can be both artisticaly talented and radio/mtv hits...keep it up
i personally think their singer has some skill one of the best singers ive heard in audio arena how dare you say avril lavigne sing for this song the guitar is way too good for her voice to spoil it lol

[CommieCanada]

wow no one replies in like a month and now it is a 2 page thread...

anyway, i do the vocals and i am self taught which explains my sucking. as to the question asking how long we have been a band, we arent really a band. this is just an acoustic sideproject i was a part of. we started writting songs right before we began recording. most of the finished songs had parts added on that we thought sounded cool (thus the four or so overdubbed guitars). all the recording was done in my associates bedroom with no studio time.

[Hadji]

i was listening to "The Scenery Decays" as a Champ's commercial was playing in the background. the music was almost the same...

[Liquid Force]

i like it. good acoustic music.

[xtreme chess]

that was beyond awsome dude, i would buy your record for sure

[SkidRow]

Not really my syle but I respect it because it is written well. I say keep with it if this is what you love doing because you are good at it.

[CommieCanada]

dare i bump?

YES

[ProfessorChaos]

Wonderful! I have been in the acoustic mood all week and this stuff rocks! I love your voice and the riffs of the acoustic! GREAT JOB!

[CommieCanada]

Wonderful! I have been in the acoustic mood all week and this stuff rocks! I love your voice and the riffs of the acoustic! GREAT JOB!
thanks a lot

[Johnny Roxburgh]

Wow dude, you've obviously put a lot of effort into recording these songs. Care to share any of your recording tips?

I liked all three songs, it's not really my sort of music but I can appreciate it's quality. I really liked the singing, thought it went really well with the instrumentation, which was superb. I thought maybe some clean electric overdubs would have worked well but hey you're the composer, and it's a minor point anyway. I hope you guys stick together, you have incredible potential.

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

[madridfan]

Just got done listening to "Leaving Transition". Awesome song. love the guitar work and the vocals. the recording was pretty good too.
Ya, same here. Good job man.

[Liquid Force]

thats a real good recording. what software did you use?

[RichHunt]

That's reeaaally nice man (Leaving Transition).

I like how you didn't come in with really whiney vocals. They're nice and soft, good work. Still a bit whiney though, but much better than most stuff around.

[CommieCanada]

thats a real good recording. what software did you use?
a bootlegged version of protools :thumb:

[Sep]

Good stuff Commie! I'll listen to the other two songs later.

[Liquid Force]

a bootlegged version of protools :thumb:

nice. :p

[Three Dayz After]

hey just wanted to say you guys sound great! keep us posted on the tour and let me know when you guys are coming to Austin, hopefully soon! :thumb:

[studX3]

That 'Leaving Transition' song is really nice. It reminds me a lot of one of my favorite bands called The Samples. keep up the good work.

[Irony My Friend]

amazing...id buy it

[Liquid Force]

amazing...id buy it

i second that.

[gaslight]

Leaving Transition has beautiful guitar work man, your singing reminds me of the guy from The Starting Line. You have good vocal control, sounds like you are actually a singer, unlike 90% of young bands today.

These tracks are going on my hard drive.

[myhatredinside]

Good work, these songs are great, i was listening to them last night and was like, hey that band was great im gonna go listen agian. Id buy it for sure.

[CommieCanada]

:D

you guys rule

[Phototropic]

Hey, I sent the songs to my mate a while back and he was very suprised you are unsigned..... :thumb: you guys are amazing, Leaving Transition Guitar work is beautiful

[myhatredinside]

Good music should be at the top.
*bump*

[CommieCanada]

Good music should be at the top.
*bump*
i appricate it

[CommieCanada]

le bump

[FiZz]

The recording is very nice! It's isn't my style of music... but hell yeah, great job.
Can you explain al little more how you recorded everything? What mics do you use? etc. etc.

Maybe some pics would be nice for the fun?

[Manimal]

Great job. It really isnt my thing but its nice, catchy, tight and sounds wonderful. Keep up the good work.

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

i thought the guitar work was excellent, and the way you dubbed everything over sounded really tight.

the only thing ill have to complain about would be the singing. to me, whispering or singing softly is a complete cop out to actually singing. you also dont enounciate(sp?) very well. but your voice doesnt go off into all crazy directions when you do bring it up in volume, and for that i think you. you work with the range youve got and thats all you need to do. i cant tell you how many times ive heard some band trying to do vocals and sound monotone with absolutely no emotion, with horrible range to boot... anyway that brings me to the emotion you put in, excellent job.

id like to hear some more stuff, this was actually really good.

[CommieCanada]

i appriciate the compliments.

as for the mics we used, i dont remember what they were (not recorded here) so i will have to check on that. and sorry, no pics are up yet.

and as for my vocals. i had to cop out because i cant really sing. well i suppose i have a decent voice, but i cant project at all without cracking. i am taking voice lessons now however

[kOffkOff]

Leaving Transition is really pretty good. And I don't usually compliment people. :thumb:

[Shaven_Raven]

yeah..awsome songs..ive been thinking for a while about picking up my accoustic for a while and your songs just showed me just why id want to do that...nice job

[Shaven_Raven]

surly there are some more people who have recorded stuff they can get on here...i really enjoy listening to other peoples material..btw leaving transition :thumb:

[kidmercury]

good stuff. i'm not a huge fan of the vocals, but i do think they are done in a style that will appeal to many people. singing reminds me a bit of elliott smith.

[myhatredinside]

hey forgot about you guys there for awhile, i love it sounds awesome.

[xXAcousticTearsXx]

you're a hell of a lot better than the **** we get out here in Columbus. You need to get sgined so you can come to Columbus. I know about 100 people in my school that would go to your show

[CommieCanada]

1yr later bump

[CSD & the Soul Machines]

it's still good.

[psychodelicmonkeyfromspace]

Personally I love it, but I'm a huge fan of this genre. I know if you get critisism it will be about the intros being too long, other than that theres not a lot negative people can say.
but I'll say again I LOVE IT, and by the looks of it so does everyone else.

[Aklerc]

One year? Woah. You guys sound awesome, seriously. I know this has been asked before, but what recording equipment have you lot used. Mics/software etc etc. Really good job :thumb:

[CommieCanada]

One year? Woah. You guys sound awesome, seriously. I know this has been asked before, but what recording equipment have you lot used. Mics/software etc etc. Really good job :thumb:
all of our recording was done straight from a mic to a PC.

editing and mixing and mastering was all done on a pirated copy of pro tools

[CommieCanada]

bump

[Tangible]

that there is very tight son, you got some talent

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2. The Fugees - Take It Easy (3:24)
3. GoldenEye Click - Ready Ready (2:16)
4. The Notorious B I G - Whatchu Want
(Feat Jay-Z) (3:31)
5. 50 Cent - Talk About Me (3:05)
6. Remy Ma - Conceited (2:53)
7. Juelz Santana - There It Go
(The Whistle Song) (2:23)
8. Busta Rhymes - Touch It (2:58)
9. Twista - Do Wrong (feat Lil' Kim) (3:20)
10. Pharrell Feat Gwen Stefani -
Can I Have it Like That (3:21)
11. Field Mob - Friday Night (3:31)
12. R I P Ran Rover (0:11)
13. Big Boi feat Killer Mike - Kryptonite
(I'm On It) (3:36)
14. Chamillionaire - Turn It Up
(Feat Lil' Flip) (3:53)
15. Lil Flip ft Mannie Fresh-What It Do (3:25)
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17. Nelly - Grillz ft St Lunatics Paul Wall (3:50)
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25. Three 6 Mafia - Pussy Got Ya Hooked (3:42)
26. D4L Ft Busta Rhymes And Shawty -
Laffy Taffy Remix (Main) (4:25)
27. Outro (0:19)

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[bov]

how did you record the piano parts?

[Phototropic]

that there is very tight son, you got some talent

______________________________________
www.secretweaponsmix.com

http://www.bonafideimg.com/uploads/Secret_Weapons_-_Sound_Of_Thunder_copy.jpg

1. Intro (0:09)
2. The Fugees - Take It Easy (3:24)
3. GoldenEye Click - Ready Ready (2:16)
4. The Notorious B I G - Whatchu Want
(Feat Jay-Z) (3:31)
5. 50 Cent - Talk About Me (3:05)
6. Remy Ma - Conceited (2:53)
7. Juelz Santana - There It Go
(The Whistle Song) (2:23)
8. Busta Rhymes - Touch It (2:58)
9. Twista - Do Wrong (feat Lil' Kim) (3:20)
10. Pharrell Feat Gwen Stefani -
Can I Have it Like That (3:21)
11. Field Mob - Friday Night (3:31)
12. R I P Ran Rover (0:11)
13. Big Boi feat Killer Mike - Kryptonite
(I'm On It) (3:36)
14. Chamillionaire - Turn It Up
(Feat Lil' Flip) (3:53)
15. Lil Flip ft Mannie Fresh-What It Do (3:25)
16. Trina - Da Club (Feat Mannie Fresh) (3:25)
17. Nelly - Grillz ft St Lunatics Paul Wall (3:50)
18. Secretweaponsmix.com (0:04)
19. Bun-B - Get Throwed (Feat Pimp C, Z-Ro,
Young Jeezy & Jay-Z) (3:53)
20. Cognac Slim and Black Cherry - Go (3:09)
21. Youngbloodz - Its Good ft T-Boz (3:12)
22. Ice Cube - Gotta Lotta That (3:43)
23. Juvenile - Rodeo (3:35)
24. Slim Thug Ft Young Jeezy - Diamonds RMX (2:59)
25. Three 6 Mafia - slightly confuzzled sea lion Got Ya Hooked (3:42)
26. D4L Ft Busta Rhymes And Shawty -
Laffy Taffy Remix (Main) (4:25)
27. Outro (0:19)

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[CommieCanada]

how did you record the piano parts?
it was a keyboard into the mixer. nothing special really

[CommieCanada]

bump

[Biancazzurri]

hey ' ever heard of agalloch?
second song opening is so agalloch!

[CommieCanada]

hey ' ever heard of agalloch?
second song opening is so agalloch!
no i haven't heard agalloch

link?

[Schrodinger's Cat]

The production is very good and the songs sound alright, but I guess by virtue of the fact that they're all accoustic songs, they all kind of sound the same to me. I wouldn't worry about it though. Or maybe I spoke too soon, I just go to the third song.

Either way, keep it up. Is there any chance you could go through a detailed explanation of the process to record it? I think it'd be very interesting and really informative and helpful for a lot of people.

[Biancazzurri]

i've got confused with band's name
they are not aggalloch but "explosions in the sky"
here is the common excerpt:
http://www.purevolume.com/backend/biancazzurri/music

[CommieCanada]

The production is very good and the songs sound alright, but I guess by virtue of the fact that they're all accoustic songs, they all kind of sound the same to me. I wouldn't worry about it though. Or maybe I spoke too soon, I just go to the third song.

Either way, keep it up. Is there any chance you could go through a detailed explanation of the process to record it? I think it'd be very interesting and really informative and helpful for a lot of people.
the recording process was actually very simple.

the best way to record an acoustic guitar is to have a mic, preferably one of the long skinny ones, pointing at the 12th fret and not directly at the opening.

when recording vocals, you need to have a screen in front of the mic so you can filter the hard P and K sounds so it doesnt distort. the poor mans way to do this is just get a clothes hanger and bend it into shape and put panty hose over it.

if you are recording at home like we did, also make sure to sound proof everything. Tape pillows around your computer to get rid of the humming, put up heavy blankets on all of your walls and doors. This also helps with acoustics in the room.