Please critique my band

[DaveTNG]

Hey,

Please critique my band if you have time. Please only critique the musical content though! We had no input into how it was mixed. We also had to record 5 songs in about 1hour 15 mins so we were extremely rushed (that's our excuse for the mistakes :cool: ).

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/thenevergenericsuk_music.htm

I'm hopefully putting some more songs on tonight or tommorow.

Thanks,
Dave

[Accentopus]

First of all..The overall sound you got is fairly good. The song is quite funky, obviously a good thing. It reminds me abit of some early RHCP, in the funky slap bassline (which caught my attention straight away being a bassist). Nice Trumpet etc at the start. The song is nice, you should be pleased with it.

[DaveTNG]

First of all..The overall sound you got is fairly good. The song is quite funky, obviously a good thing. It reminds me abit of some early RHCP, in the funky slap bassline (which caught my attention straight away being a bassist). Nice Trumpet etc at the start. The song is nice, you should be pleased with it.

Thanks man :) But saxophone not trumpet ;)

[Ibanez Slayer]

ya'll are good. Didn't you have a thread like this yesterday though?
just update that thread.
anyways.
good band though


























































especially for some brits playing funk

[Jessizzle]

I like the bass alot.. And everything else sounds tight, the vocals are not bad... but i dont like them much.. But dont take my word for it..

[Cannonball Jake]

I really dig Let's Be Havin You, I mean, like you say the recording and mixing are pretty crap but that don't matter as long as you get the song ideas across. This song has good energy and I like the vocal and the guitarist's ideas a lot. I'd like it better if it was shorter, maybe 3:10 or 3:20, cause for a song of that speed four minutes just means an overly repetative arrangement which loses impact in the end stages. So maybe arrange a 3:15 version for recording and save the longer version for live shows. I like that chorus, specially the vocal.

The flange or chorus effect on the gat at the start of Taz takes all the impact out of the riff, I'd like that part better with a dirtier sound. Apart from that it's a cool song though, maybe lacking a decent hook to make it really memorable, but fun and with good energy, and it doesn't go too long too which is a real strength.

The other one I listened to was We Haven't Got Much Time. The wah is maybe a bit overused and it's the worst vocal of the 3 but the rhythm section lays some good grooves, I like the drumming on all three tunes. Overall this song just ends up a bit one dimensional, it chugs along but doesn't really take me anywhere.

Edit: It could be my speakers or it could be the mix but the bass was too quiet.

[DaveTNG]

ya'll are good. Didn't you have a thread like this yesterday though?
just update that thread.
anyways.
good band though


especially for some brits playing funk

That was in the bass forum, for a more bass related criticism. This is for a more overall view.


Thanks for the crit guys. I agree let's be havin' you is too long. We'll probably knock off a chorus and a verse or something like that.

We didn't put the effect on the start of Taz. The guy who mixed it put that on :upset:

I think the bass is too quiet aswell. I much prefer our live sound to this mix.

Thanks everyone!