Target practice

[uncle guido]

Hi people. Target practice is a 4 piece band from Hobart (Tasmania) we've been together for approx 10 months, here I have a live recording (from 5 months ago) when we played at messfest '04. I have 4 songs for you to listen to. please feel free to download them all and if you like, share them with your friends ect. also if you want, i'd love to hear a review of the tunes! (the lo fi listen doen't raly give it justice, dowload the songs for a better sound)
Enjoy.
Guido.

Click here for music (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/7/targetpracticemusic.htm)

The link is working now so disregard the message below

[Jon_mase]

cant access the songs mate it says access denied

[It's_a_dogs_life]

this is pretty good! great for a live recording! the vocals could do with some work and I couldn't hear the drums clearly but overall thumbs up! great riffs!

[fenwood]

It made me sick to my stomach listening to this.

[uncle guido]

I encourage people telling me what they honestly think but please, if you're going to critisize I'd appreciate more than just a slanderous comment. tell me why you don't like it.

[GuitarComet]

The chord progression rubbed me the wrong way. There was a wrong sounding note in there, the bass player played it every time around.
The singing...oh man! :lol:
I've heard dog barks that had more tone than your singer!
I know it's hard to get a good singer, but keep looking.
Pretty good recording for live stuff.
Too bad the song stinks. IMHO ;)

This was for the "looks like a tourist" song

[uncle guido]

try one of the other ones, they're all pretty different.
reptile slower
Monsters in airplanes, fast and furious
lung gunk Fast/pounding
thanks for the feedback, we've worked on the vocals (that recording was from 5 months ago when we where only 5 months old) but as you say it's hard to find a good singer, we've been working on him!

[NoHoper]

Not my cup of tea just the high end guitar riff.. the bass riff could do more than just follow the guitar.. the guitar riff (rythm) i didnt like and the singing Oh God :upset: sorry dude it gets a thumbs down.

[uncle guido]

Ok. thanks for your comments...

[thedarkbrown]

Hey dude, I thought the music was neat.

I don't really like the singer's voice, but different strokes for different folks.

The bass is kind of a put off only because it follows the guitar. Is it a new bass player?

Recording sounds good for being live.

Overall:
I like the music.
I don't like the singer's voice but just because I don't like it doesn't mean that it's bad.
I thought the higher tempos for some chorus parts seemed out of place.

I'd like to hear studio versions.

BTW, I listened to most of each song.

[uncle guido]

yea. the main singer and the bass player are one. as I said before we where a very young band when the recording was made (5 months) he was new to doing both at once!
I've heard the comment about the bass following the guitar, I don't realy agree with it, I think the guitar follows the bass, it's a bit hard to tell because we've got 2 lead guitars and no 'rythm' as such.
I wasn't sure how we'd go down here, A lot of the stuff I've listened to has been pretty standard and unoriginal. I like to think we're pretty original and 'new' (but I s'pose everyone thinks that of themselves!)
thanks for the feedback!

[It's_a_dogs_life]

I've downloaded all of the songs, I realy dig it dude!
when are you touring the mainland? If you come to melbourne I'd love to see you guys!
what's your email address??

[pardonmepete]

I listened to reptile and I think it sounds pretty good...I think the vocals would turn out better in a studio situation....but I also do think they need a little work....which isn't really saying anything bad...everyone needs work I think. I know my vocals need work..but you gotta start somewhere...So good job...

could you return the favor and check out my song please? http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4447010&posted=1#post4447010

[uncle guido]

uncle_guido@kooee.com.au

Pardonmepete, I'lve bookmarked your page. I'll listen to it tomorow ( it's 4:30 am here) I've been drinking red all night since about 6 pm. I have to go to bed. (it took me a wile to check spelling!!!) :)
GOOD. NIGHT!

[Lost Octopus]

it rocks. your critics just like their music prepackaged and commercial. they'd all like Britney if they could only admit it to their friends without copping **** for it.

[uncle guido]

totaly dude!

[burton.and.gas]

i'm afraid i don't like it, i gues ist ousnds how it is meant to sound but it doenst appeal to me.

[uncle guido]

fair enough, I can accept that, do you have any music I can listen to??

[uncle guido]

Lost octopus. you can't even say **** on this forum!
Nakeddwarf.com.au

[TonyMalone]

are you recording live? what are you recording on?
after reading that your bass player is also the singer it explains why he shadows the guitar. i thought in whole it was ok, you need to tightn up a bit, and have your bass player practice using different runs while singing
Tony Malone

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/1/tonymalonemusic.htm

[uncle guido]

It's close mic to a 24 channel pro desk (complete with engineer) to a 24 track hdd recorder to a mate's recording studio. live at a concert called messfest.
this recording is about 5 months old when we where a fledgling band, we've tightened up a considerable amount since, including the singer/bass, we'll be recording our first album in the next 6 months i hope, this is the best recording I have of us so it's what I put up.

[uncle guido]

:) .

[gaslight]

Monsters In Airplanes is pretty neat.

The other ones aren't loading for me though, my computer is slow tonight.

I thought what I heard was alright really, I think a lot of people on here aren't used to hearing how Australian accents/voices tend to sound.

[uncle guido]

cheers!

[KurtIsMyHero]

i actually like the sound u guys have, its not bad at all, its my kind of music!

[dave123]

I thought you guys wer great,you have a very original sound which is very rare to find in new bands these days. wasnt too sure on the singer but that doesnt matter. keep it up. by the way how did you record the performance so well?wot did you use?

[uncle guido]

Thanks guys for you support! It's great to get some positive feedback!!
We did a close mic recording, a mic on each drum (toms, BD, snare, and hihats) sadly we didn't use overheads for the crash/ride cymbals. a mic for each guitar amp, and DI for Bass, crowd mics (for ambient sound and crowd noise) and of course vocal mics. 13/14 mics in total if I remember correctly. all sent to a professional live desk where it was mixed by a soundy. each mic/channel was then sent to a 24track Hdd recording unit, then we took it to a studio and mixed it down to what you heard.
The messfest is an annual (we hope to make it 2-3 times a year) concert held in hobart started by some members of target practice, it's been running for a few years now. this year we had 10 bands, a CD and DVD with 1 or2 songs from each band that played will be coming out soon. all the profit from the concert and the CD/DVD has/will go to (this year) a non profit organisation called Holyoake. If anyone wants to order a cd, or contact me for any reason you can email me at:
uncle_guido@kooee.com.au

[uncle guido]

:) :)

[tenspot tobin]

I think there is potential, but the singer needs to be less self concious with his voice, and you have to get the grooves a little groovier...

[Turnips]

They're all pretty good, singing is a bit iffy though.
I dunno, but theres something about it thats kinda boring though.

[uncle guido]

Thanks guys, I hope to have some new stuff up soon, hopefully groovier :) as I've said before, we where a very young band when that gig was recorded
Thanks for your input!

[uncle guido]

;) .