Want unbiased, brutally honest reviews of your music? Post it here.

[La Revolucion]

JayLink and PECOAE have been slacking off. Here's the real deal. I calls 'em how I sees em. Post your music. If I like it, I'll tell you why. If I don't like it, I'll tell you why. I'm brutally honest. Go ahead.

[TravisBarkerrules]

http://media.putfile.com/FOUR-20

http://www.myspace.com/breakneckspeed1

[hotcod32]

brutall honesty is always fun, you can find the tread about my band poptart down the forums some where but this is our myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/poptartonline

so take a look and see what you think... thanks for your time

[Light_Fantastic]

JayLink and PECOAE have been slacking off. Here's the real deal. I calls 'em how I sees em. Post your music. If I like it, I'll tell you why. If I don't like it, I'll tell you why. I'm brutally honest. Go ahead.

Hey Thanks La Rev....
I Just was in Brazil for 4 days, and not a lot of internet or wi-fi where I was...
Thanks for the help..
I'll get back on the reviews tomorrow for sure , I promise..
Carry On...

[jxeboy]

ive got my "band"/ solo project if you wanna check it out, thanks!

http://www.myspace.com/callingyou478
http://www.purevolume.com/callingyou

[Kage]

http://www.myspace.com/poordunce

[SubtleDagger]

http://www.myspace.com/burtonwagner

The "Sentinel's" songs are the new ones

[La Revolucion]

I Just was in Brazil for 4 days, and not a lot of internet or wi-fi where I was...Whoops...sorry. Didn't know that.

[La Revolucion]

http://media.putfile.com/FOUR-20

http://www.myspace.com/breakneckspeed1
Quickey:

Really messy and distorted recording. Singer needs to learn to sing in tune and with some form of emotion. Lessons would help. There's no real hook or anything to keep me listening. There's a chorus, but it's in no way memorable. OK song.

WEED:

Get better recording equipment. It will help you. Lead guitar is buried in the mix, though it seems like it should be the focal point right now. My problems with your singer remain. This recording is also sloppy, tighten up a bit. Wow, it is incredibly boring. Also, it sounds extremely generic and done a million times-ish...throw original ideas in there. It says you're influenced by everything, show some of that. Come on, this is pop-punk. Pop-punk=Catchy hooks. There's none of those to be found. Get some!

What's Wrong With B...:

Boring boring boring so far. GET A NEW SINGER OR GET HIM LESSONS NOW! He shows no emotion, and has a really bad voice. Was that the breakdown from that Angels And Airwaves song? Is this a cover or something? I can't tell. Tell everyone in your band to gel together more, and just get things sounding tighter.

I HATE YOU:

Well that's the most awful thing I've ever heard. Get rid of that yelling if you want to be taken seriously. Gee, as the song goes on it becomes obvious that you don't. I'm not even going to waste words on this.

[La Revolucion]

brutall honesty is always fun, you can find the tread about my band poptart down the forums some where but this is our myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/poptartonline

so take a look and see what you think... thanks for your time
Cigarettes And Phot...:

Now this is generic pop-punk done right. Catchy riff, fun lyrics, catchy chorus, mediocre nasal singer, you've got it all. The only issue is that there's no originality. This could easily be Blink 182 or Sum 41 and there's nothing to specifically label it as POPTART! Your singer has tuning issues, and occasionally he's out of key. Good generic pop-punk song.

Fancy Dress...:

Once again, this is generic as anything, but still catchy and fun to listen to. Singer still has said issues. Background vocals are pretty awful, get better singers for those. Nothing special, but still an OK song.

I Am The Bar Tender:

Ughh singer out of tune again. This is the least generic of your songs so far, but still needs some form of originality. Throw some crazy instruments in there or something weird. Don't use the bell of the ride during a breakdown, especially on two different songs. As a matter of fact, don't use it ever. The layering of vocals towards the end sounds bad, just get rid of it. Once again, OK song.

Bullet Street:

OK, I'm sick of this. Your songs all sort of sound the same. This one is no exception. Just...make them more different. I don't know...it's up to you.

[RockJunky116]

http://www.myspace.com/lemonsandwich

The first song is a finished product, and the second one is something we're looking to turn into a full-length song.
we also have some new stuff coming soon

third and fourth ones are irrelevant, just stuff we did when we were bored

[hotcod32]

Thanks, you gave your good honest viwes... all i will say is we played a gig last night, the band on befor us had one of the best bass players i've seen in a long while an amamzing drumer and did lots of cool 'diffrent' stuff... after the gig no one could remember what they sounded like... we do what we do and we do it well, i think we sound like us and we put on a good show with good catchy poppunk songs that people enjoy and remember...

but ya thanks, you do have some good point and some no so good points but i got what i asked for :)

[spongebath01]

I like brutal honesty. Can ya check out the song 1,2,3? (Ignore the electric guitar tones).

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=104171

Thanks brotha,

Zach

[Phototropic]

go for it

http://www.myspace.com/dustvine

acoustic desert rock

ps: its me on all the music and my friend doing vocals on the first track

[Eliminator]

crit my crap

[La Revolucion]

Oh come on Eliminator you know how everyone feels about your stuff.

To Everyone: Sorry that I haven't been doing too much here, but I'll get to it - I've got four essays to write...so after that's done I should be basically free to critique.

[La Revolucion]

ive got my "band"/ solo project if you wanna check it out, thanks!

http://www.myspace.com/callingyou478
http://www.purevolume.com/callingyou
Your electric pop song (I forget the name) was really, really well done. The vocals are off key in a lot of places, and the reverb is so immense on all instruments that it's overwhelming, but looking past that it's actually a good song. However, all your acoustic numbers are quite samey. There's no real hooks or fun lyrics to keep me coming back. It's pop music, for heaven's sakes! They have potential, but aren't there yet. Keep it up.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/poordunce
...This is neither good nor bad. I have simply experienced it. That is all.

[Eliminator]

dude come on you know you wanna review my stuff

[La Revolucion]

K fine just wait till I get to you.

[CantBuyAThrill]

http://www.myspace.com/thearchitects1337

I posted this in it's own thread a while ago and you may have already heard or given it crit, but oh well. Ignore it if it's old to you.

[knowndebaser1]

www.myspace.com/mold33

[PowerStamp]

I thought I'd posted this in here but yeah

http://www.myspace.com/lufthansaheist

[benjhannah]

Hey- I admire your honesty- too many people say things are great just so nobody gets offended- see what you think of my band The Blue Casket-

http://www.myspace.com/thedefunct

[Kage]

...This is neither good nor bad. I have simply experienced it. That is all.

Hahaha, that's awesome. Thanks.

[dairyairman]

i just created my own thread in this forum for my band "analogue hi-life" and its videos. but what the heck. i'd like to hear what you have to say about it too.

http://www.youtube.com/user/analoguehilife

[XDivineFireX]

www.purevolume.com/dayjob
www.soundclick.com/dayjob
www.myspace.com/dayjob1018

there all the same songs, just pick whatever is your preference to listen from. btw my recording equipment sucks =)

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/burtonwagner
No need for me to critique these. They're excellent.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/lemonsandwich

The first song is a finished product, and the second one is something we're looking to turn into a full-length song.
we also have some new stuff coming soon

third and fourth ones are irrelevant, just stuff we did when we were bored
Something New was OK, but fairly pointless. The guitarist plays the lines very cleanly, and all the instrumentation is tight, but it doesn't serve any real purpose as a song, other than an intro to some cheesy power metal album or something along those lines.

The ballad (Circumcision is not the greatest title for any song, by the way) was OK, but your singer has the issues that most singers without any formal training have. Just tell him to get some lessons or something.

I didn't listen to the other two because you basically told me not to.

[SubtleDagger]

Oh sweet

That album is done and available on Soulseek in case you want it

[La Revolucion]

Sure, I'll check it out as soon as I can.

[DougJI]

www.myspace.com/sunnyavenue thanks :thumb:

[SYNS]

http://www.soundclick.com/synsire

Thanks dude, I appreciate what you're doing.

[over_bends]

http://www.soundclick.com/thesolojackstallsworth

Thanks

[CombatRock]

http://www.myspace.com/xtheyoungonesx

my crappy punk band.

live recording. scroll down, its a video.

[naut]

my solo bass material~

audio:

http://myspace.com/simplynaut

video:

http://www.youtube.com/simplynaut

[PyroPhreak]

http://putstuff.putfile.com/5163/6482254
http://putstuff.putfile.com/20621/7339344
nothing much
i just threw these together with FL studio...
I'm new to making music, so constructive critisism is needed :confused: help me plz
working on putting lyrics to it...

[Lexluthor]

Not that you arent back logged enough but..

www.myspace.com/danielosullivan
(Just the op track)

Quite a cool thing you are doing :thumb:

[Captain_Fitzgerald]

http://www.myspace.com/johnheartsnatelol

manboylove.

The first video isn't music, but every other video is. I reccomend you watch each video, because each video gives a different side of my musical ability. The video where it's dark and you can't see anything (the black video) showcases my keyboard ability, while videos like the one in the bathtub show off my songwriting abilities.

Remember that even though I take this serious, the VIDEOS aren't meant to be really serious. This is just a beta version of my solo project. When I get actual recorded songs on there, it'll sound great. Until then, enjoy the vids, and give me some crit.

Thnaks.

[La Revolucion]

I like brutal honesty. Can ya check out the song 1,2,3? (Ignore the electric guitar tones).

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=104171

Thanks brotha,

Zach
...Fix this so that I can't hear the click track in the beginning. Your voice is OK. I know I'm supposed to ignore them or something, but the electric guitar tones suck and they're out of tune. Quite cliched lyrics you've got going on there, with an unmemorable melody to boot. Your singing delivery sounds like you're just speaking the words, which works in this jazzy context when done well, but you're not doing too well.

Definitely a boring song. Good effort?

[La Revolucion]

go for it

http://www.myspace.com/dustvine

acoustic desert rock

ps: its me on all the music and my friend doing vocals on the first track
I only listened to "Easy," but on a whole it was good. A few transitions between song sections here and there weren't the greatest, and I'm not a huge fan of the singer, but the song is well done.

[cadencethefire]

No need for me to critique these. They're excellent.

are you serious?

subtle i think someone's kissing your ***

i like the ideas and some of the tones come out nicely but a some of the guitar tone, i'd say the main clean tone you use sounds a bit muffled and the notes don't blend together all that well, if that's where you were trying to go with it then it's a decent sound but you could get better.

It sounds like you're DIing everything which is good when you want more control over things like feedback and you can get a really upfront sound without much post processing... I think you should mic your cab or combo, and play it loud so you get more warmth from the amp's natural overdrive. Then when you apply efects and eq in post you should give it a nice eq cut so not to make the guitar not too harsh and you'll still have a really nice clear and defined sound.

What kind of interface are you using to record anyway?

[La Revolucion]

I was trying to critique song quality, not recording quality.

[cadencethefire]

I was trying to critique song quality, not recording quality.

well, still a recording is for most people the first impression of a band you'll find a lot of people skip songs that aren't aesthetically pleasing...

[DylanYoung]

Listen to all 4. The first is a cover where I had a terrible cold.. **** it, just gimme some raw crits :)

http://www.purevolume.com/dylanyoung

[spongebath01]

...Fix this so that I can't hear the click track in the beginning. Your voice is OK. I know I'm supposed to ignore them or something, but the electric guitar tones suck and they're out of tune. Quite cliched lyrics you've got going on there, with an unmemorable melody to boot. Your singing delivery sounds like you're just speaking the words, which works in this jazzy context when done well, but you're not doing too well.

Definitely a boring song. Good effort?

Thanks bro,

I'll work on it. That was one of the more instructive critiques I've ever recieved. Yay for honesty.

[La Revolucion]

well, still a recording is for most people the first impression of a band you'll find a lot of people skip songs that aren't aesthetically pleasing...
Great.

[Eliminator]

ok now me

[cadencethefire]

Great.

nevermind you don't get it

[La Revolucion]

nevermind you don't get it
OK.

[Po0osH]

dude this is a great thread idea
heres my song, you might have to turn your volume down a bit before you start

http://media.putfile.com/Ambrosia-92

thnx for critique mang

[groomits]

www.myspace.com/grooms2

there you go

[Chrisman69]

http://www.myspace.com/xs4eye

theres a band rite there

[PowerStamp]

I see many a band as yet unlistened...mine included. Whatup broseph?

[Captain_Fitzgerald]

Yeah, really. I'm ready to hear what you've got to say about manboylove .

[XDivineFireX]

don't forget about me please :thumb:

[La Revolucion]

sorry sorry sorry I'm busy I'll do it hold on

[La Revolucion]

dude this is a great thread idea
heres my song, you might have to turn your volume down a bit before you start

http://media.putfile.com/Ambrosia-92

thnx for critique mang
You're a good guitar player. The double bass drumming is making me want to punch something (which is bad). The song has no melody to it, it's just inane (no I don't mean insane) shredding. Those bells back at the beginning didn't sound too good. Now it's chug-chug-chugging along. So...you're good at guitar...but the song is really pointless and doesn't have much direction. Work on that.

ALSO, TO EVERYONE: Myspace is making my computer freeze right now, so until that's done with anyone who has a myspace link I will skip over for now.

ALSO, TO EVERYONE TOO: Make sure to put an "http://" at the beginning of your link.

[SYNS]

You missed mine, it's not a myspace page:

http://www.soundclick.com/synsire

[Druumer89]

www.myspace.com/howaboutthetruth

hit me.

[benjhannah]

Wow you've really fallen behind! :naughty: No way back now- catch up!
:chug:

[Druumer89]

Im still waiting for by unbiased, brutally honest review...

[FatherKeeL]

...well. if you get around to it, you might try this here:

http://logathore.rockimschloss.com/pirates.mp3

thanx in advance for listening :-)

FK

[La Revolucion]

You'll get them all over my Christmas break...it starts Thursday.

[shishin]

purevolume.com/doctorbeak

The first song we've recorded.

[telecaster2020]

www.myspace.com/7thplace

Go for it. rip me a new one

[Livewire]

http://www.myspace.com/aleafinfire

[Dr Nihil]

You guys want real, brutally-honest opinions? Go play shows, send your music in to radio stations. A single "brutally-honest" opinion really doesn't matter at all, since the person's already existing musical preferences makes it biased to begin with.

But, hey, a brutally-honest, unbiased opinion from La Revolucion? What a treat! Here's a cover I did of the Iziz Cantina music from Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: http://media.putfile.com/war-in-the-stars. It's the best song in the FREAKIN' WORLD! It actually ends at around 1:15 or so...then I just goof off a bit.

Beam me up, scotty!

[Druumer89]

You tell us that we are dumbasses asking for the guys opinion, them ask him for one yourself?

[Dr Nihil]

I never said you were dumbasses. x_x I was just pointing out the whole idea of one person giving an unbiased opinion on many forms of music is largely impossible...

For people seriously looking to get opinions on their works, I simply suggest a more real-world approach.

[Druumer89]

And im sure most of us here, or the majority who are posting most of these songs are getting that currently, i know we are. I just enjoy hearing the most opinions that i can, i dont care by whom, or where at. I just like to hear what people think.

[La Revolucion]

Only happiness ITT please and thank you

[Dr Nihil]

Shut up, you dumbass...

-

I kid.

[Grumpy the Cat]

Make fun of me! http://www.myspace.com/fu.ckandroideighteen minus the dot

[Monstar1790]

http://www.myspace.com/americanshakedown

Just the first two tracks, we're planning on doing new recordings of more songs with MUCH better sound next month, but just let me know what you think of the songs.

A few notes:

-our singer had been in the band for about two weeks when we recorded these
-these are the earliest originals we have, our new ones are better
-these were both recorded and mixed in a day (basically, we rushed it), so that's why some of the performances are lackluster
-I put everything through a PODxt into Cool Edit Pro, we're developing a much better setup now
-the first solo on Mojo Soul is me, as is the second solo on Dead Man Walkin' (the other solos are by our second guitarist, who quit a few weeks ago)

Can't wait to hear your honest opinion.

[Ethan.]

Alright. This is kind of funny. Brutal.

http://www.myspace.com/theindustrync

Review Decline of Western Civilization if you will please. Don't bother with the others... they are very poorly done and we are in the process of redoing Endless Mile. I'll let you know when its done!

Oh. I read that your copmuter don't like myspace. So here's the soundclick link:

http://www.soundclick.com/theindustrync

[Dr Nihil]

http://media.putfile.com/guiver-low-vocals

plzoplz.

The vocals are barely audible, I know. Will be fixed. Or not. As soon as we get time.

[La Revolucion]

www.myspace.com/mold33
I'm listening to "King Menes" as I write this. It starts off rather...Egyptian. Now it's just plodding along. I like that little guitar riff. Whatever cymbals your drummer is hitting sound like crap, fix that. You guys are playing really sloppily, I don't care if it's a style thing, it sounds bad. You really need a singer in order to be taken seriously if your music is just going to power chords like that. Now it's really repetitive and boring...it should have ended a long time ago. Well, it started off okay, and got dull fast. Add more ideas to it. Get a singer and a bassist. Get less sloppy. There you go.

[BringHomeTheBacon]

http://www.myspace.com/declandiemer
I've only got one post-rockish sort of song up, but I'm pretty happy with it.

[ElementaryPenguin]

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=619584

Mostly interested in the critique of Have Fun!!, but if you got time, wouldn't mind critiques on the others. Still working on adding a little bit more to them but... yea just critique if you please.

[Dyslexic Magician]

www.myspace.com/trainwreckd

please and thanks.

[FA]

http://www.myspace.com/lilyandparrotsmusic

thanks

[La Revolucion]

FYI, I'm going in backwards order now. Just because.

http://www.myspace.com/lilyandparrotsmusic

thanks
The most boring stuff I have ever heard. Sounds like AIR if they didn't know how to write melodies. Throw things in there other than just the beats and occasional melodies.

[La Revolucion]

www.myspace.com/trainwreckd

please and thanks.
Hey, it's the blues...watered down and put through a filter that makes it sound like angry 4 year olds. Your singer is absolutely godawful, get a new one pronto. The tone of every instrument was ear-splittingly painful, and the song itself was a collection of overdone, non-energetic blues riffs. Put some FEELING in there.

[IamaRadiohead]

Being brutal isn't always a pick me up.. but sometimes it's the honest opinion that is the most helpful.


http://www.myspace.com/alancorbinmusic

[La Revolucion]

Being brutal isn't always a pick me up.. but sometimes it's the honest opinion that is the most helpful.


http://www.myspace.com/alancorbinmusic
Listening to Just A Phone Line A... It sounds good and folky so far. I'm liking it. Harmonica is a nice touch. Your voice is nothing special, but it sort of fits with the Bright Eyes-ish feel of this song. The chorus needs to be more memorable, it's almost just one note at this point. Add some melody in there, it's what'll make people come back for more. When you go for higher notes, your voice sort of fades away. I would suggest singing lessons. The second chorus was better than the first one. Still the voice issues, though. Overall, this has a lot of potential. You do too. I'm sure that as you write more songs, you'll get better at picking out melodies and that sort of thing.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=619584

Mostly interested in the critique of Have Fun!!, but if you got time, wouldn't mind critiques on the others. Still working on adding a little bit more to them but... yea just critique if you please.
Listening to Have Fun... Rather Oasisesque intro. Your voice sounds really forced. It should never sound like you're really trying to sing in a pop song like this, it should sound easy and relaxed, not forced. Still a Britpop vibe. I like the melody, and chord progression. The organ in the back is a nice touch to fill it out. Your voice is better as you go higher. I really like this so far. Ouch out of tune note, fix that up. Some harmonies would work well, instead of just that single voice. Alright, you know that you're supposed to build in the end. That's good. Maybe something more than just distorted guitar, like drums too. That would be cool. It got a bit repetitive, but you know how to write a song. Good job.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/declandiemer
I've only got one post-rockish sort of song up, but I'm pretty happy with it.
I'm hearing EITS right away on this one. And that's the vibe I got from the whole track. I really dislike the kind of post rock that this is, with just guitars playing little lines over and over...I'm really not the best person to judge this. It sounded solidly made for that style, though. I just have a general dislike of it.

[La Revolucion]

http://media.putfile.com/guiver-low-vocals

plzoplz.

The vocals are barely audible, I know. Will be fixed. Or not. As soon as we get time.
I thought it would explode into a heavy thing like that. Predictable, never a good quality. I don't even hear vocals, so I'll just leave them out of the review. It sounds like Linkin Park recorded in someone's bedroom. That guitar squeal over the acoustic line doesn't work, ditch that. I'm hearing vocals now, but they're awful...so I'll continue to ignore them. So...this song doesn't go anywhere, does it? It's just the same thing repeated over and over. Change up the progression for a chorus or something to that effect, otherwise it's just another boring and generic hard rock song destined for failure.

[La Revolucion]

Alright. This is kind of funny. Brutal.

http://www.myspace.com/theindustrync

Review Decline of Western Civilization if you will please. Don't bother with the others... they are very poorly done and we are in the process of redoing Endless Mile. I'll let you know when its done!

Oh. I read that your copmuter don't like myspace. So here's the soundclick link:

http://www.soundclick.com/theindustrync
Wow...this intro is like the godawful 80's metal you hear in the background of car commercials. Singer is embarassingly terrible, he sounds like he's attempting to put emotion into the words and like that isn't his natural voice. Tell him not to imitate other people and just to SING. Ultra-boring chord progression, in what way are you guys progressive? Cause this is really...regressive, if anything. It's actually taking music and pulling it down a level. The chorus is not memorable, and as usual, a chorus is a huge selling point of a song. If it's not memorable, who's going to remember you the next day after the show or something like that. Oh boy the cliche metal guitar solo. Except not as good. And with a really tinny effect. Ditch, if not the whole solo, at least the effect. Dude...this just isn't good.

[perriwinkle]

http://www.myspace.com/wangmastaflex

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OCHD79P2

[Fish]

http://www.myspace.com/finaloutcome

We'll be getting another song up there soon, just so you know, if you decide you like it.

[Knifeboy]

I'm very entertained by this thread

[Hadji]

I don't necessarily need a critique, but feel free to take a listen to my band, The Brains!

http://www.myspace.com/givemethebrains

[Dr Nihil]

I thought it would explode into a heavy thing like that. Predictable, never a good quality. I don't even hear vocals, so I'll just leave them out of the review. It sounds like Linkin Park recorded in someone's bedroom. That guitar squeal over the acoustic line doesn't work, ditch that. I'm hearing vocals now, but they're awful...so I'll continue to ignore them. So...this song doesn't go anywhere, does it? It's just the same thing repeated over and over. Change up the progression for a chorus or something to that effect, otherwise it's just another boring and generic hard rock song destined for failure.

Alas, therein lies the problem. We think it sounds just fine; a simple, 2-minute track with an intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro. Aware that it was supposed to "go somewhere," I was not! And the "squeal," heh, I think it works just fine. So, that being the case, I guess the only advice I can really take from you is in regards to the sound quality which, since it's a fairly old recording, really isn't going to be fixed until we get a chance to get together and record it again. Our mixing prowess is lacking.

Another thing: famous song structures become generic (thus predictable) because they work. It is not such an evil thing to embrace them from time to time. Having said that, this song is not an accurate representation of my band's work--there will be more to judge when everyone can put aside life and get together again. And if you do not like what is to come, by the Gods, you are damned!

In all honesty, it's not my stubbornness or pride; I genuinely think this is an okay song to listen to. But I appreciate the time--totally br00tal.

[La Revolucion]

Another thing: famous song structures become generic (thus predictable) because they work.
Yes, they work fine when done well. However...

[La Revolucion]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=113 381365

I am the drummer

these are live recordings, made with a couple mics in my basement

just copy/paste the link and fix the space in the numbers
I'm listening to Book Of All. I like the intro. Guitar is out of tune, but I assume that's at least somewhat on purpose. Great now it's buffering. Damn you, Myspace. It's a live recording? Sounds like you doubled the vocals. This is a cool song. I really like the relaxed feeling that you guys portray, sort of like early Midlake stuff (there's my indie reference for +10 alt. & indie points). OK at this point I have a feeling you forced your song to buffer. I don't know how or why but I just know you did. Annnnnnd it won't start playing again. What I heard I liked. Do you guys have your music on any other site so I could listen to it there

[La Revolucion]

I don't necessarily need a critique, but feel free to take a listen to my band, The Brains!

http://www.myspace.com/givemethebrains
First thing's first, The Brains is a cool name. I'm listening to Grunge Radio. The vocals sound recorded at a totally more professional level than the rest of the music, which sort of takes away from it a little bit. It's catchy. The electronic drums don't exactly work as well as a real set would. The stop start part is unexpected, but sort of pointless. The electronic stuff is better with more drums. Repetitive, but an OK song. It definitely shows a lot of potential. You guys are coming to my city on March 1st. Maybe I'll go see you, I go to the Grog Shop all the time for other shows.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/finaloutcome

We'll be getting another song up there soon, just so you know, if you decide you like it.
I'm listening to The Trial. Worst acoustic intro of all time. I'm certain that you know why. The wind in the background of the riff does not sound good. Those lyrics definitely need working on. If I'm going to hear screaming, the lyrics really need to be really good, not "SHUT UPPPPPPP." The interplay between your two vocalists is almost comical, not the effect you're going for I'm sure. This song could actually benefit from some structure, not just you guys yelling over constantly shifting rhythms. That works on some bands, but not here. I could see you being better if you work on structuring your songs and maybe throwing in clean singing.

[La Revolucion]

All right folks here's how I pass off two in one post.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OCHD79P2
I'm definitely not wasting space on my computer to download your song that I probably won't even like.


http://www.myspace.com/wangmastaflex
Band name is so unappealing that I don't even want to click the link because it would make me feel unclean.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/americanshakedown

Just the first two tracks, we're planning on doing new recordings of more songs with MUCH better sound next month, but just let me know what you think of the songs.

A few notes:

-our singer had been in the band for about two weeks when we recorded these
-these are the earliest originals we have, our new ones are better
-these were both recorded and mixed in a day (basically, we rushed it), so that's why some of the performances are lackluster
-I put everything through a PODxt into Cool Edit Pro, we're developing a much better setup now
-the first solo on Mojo Soul is me, as is the second solo on Dead Man Walkin' (the other solos are by our second guitarist, who quit a few weeks ago)

Can't wait to hear your honest opinion.
I'm listening to Mojo Soul. I like the intro a lot. Oh. My. Lord. Your singer might have one of the worst voices I have ever heard. It's way too high in the mix. It does not fit with your music. The music behind him is nice and classic rockish, and just generically bluesy enough to sound good. But the singer...just kick him out. OK now that he's out of the way for the guitar solo (which is really well played I might add) the song is getting better. OK he's back and there it goes. You guys could get fairly popular in the garage rock scene if you ditch the vocalist and get a new, more soulful, raspy one.

[La Revolucion]

Make fun of me! http://www.myspace.com/fu.ckandroideighteen minus the dot
Listening to The Scientist...it's bad.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.myspace.com/aleafinfire
Listening to I'm Only Me...Reminds me of Cartel. It's an OK pop punk song. It's going to fall into the pile of other OK pop punk songs, and to be honest, I'm really not sure what makes a great one other than catchiness. Just work on that I guess. There's almost too much going on guitar-wise, so cut back on that a little.

[La Revolucion]

www.myspace.com/7thplace

Go for it. rip me a new one
I'm listening to Sing What You Learn...Intro is distorted mess. Singer is terrible. Constant layer of noise in background = bad. Drums good. Hard to enjoy because of bad singer. Guitar is basic but ok. Song would be 2929292929 times better with a good singer singing an octave higher than what is happening right now. That is all.

[perriwinkle]

Band name is so unappealing that I don't even want to click the link because it would make me feel unclean.

dude

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lblp9x

Solstice Twilight Boogie

Thanks.

[Fish]

I'm listening to The Trial. Worst acoustic intro of all time. I'm certain that you know why. The wind in the background of the riff does not sound good. Those lyrics definitely need working on. If I'm going to hear screaming, the lyrics really need to be really good, not "SHUT UPPPPPPP." The interplay between your two vocalists is almost comical, not the effect you're going for I'm sure. This song could actually benefit from some structure, not just you guys yelling over constantly shifting rhythms. That works on some bands, but not here. I could see you being better if you work on structuring your songs and maybe throwing in clean singing.

the intro was a joke <_< I thought it was obvious :confused:

but yeah, it was the first hardcorish type song we decided to do, if you listened to the other song, the rest sounds more like that. "the doctor"

[La Revolucion]

I am aware it was a joke. I'll listen to your other things as soon as I'm through with my ultra-backlogged reviewing schedule.

[Sherab0]

www.myspace.com/intheshadows0

you can leave out the brutally honest part of me being a guy without a band singing/screaming to stuff on a mic in his living room while ehadbanging gayily. I already know that. :cool:

Music is in the vids section

[Druumer89]

Listening to The Scientist...it's bad.

Ahaha...

and man, you skipped mine
www.myspace.com/howaboutthetruth

[over_bends]

:)

http://www.soundclick.com/thesolojackstallsworth

Help me, become BETTER.

[groomits]

you skipped me too

www.myspace.com/grooms2

[perriwinkle]

Band name is so unappealing that I don't even want to click the link because it would make me feel unclean.

i know that youve got a lot of stuff on your hands in this thread and just refusing to review saves you a few minutes but come on

i want an unbiased, brutally honest review of my music. not of my name.

it's pretty clearly a joke anyway. its meant to be ridiculous


http://www.myspace.com/wangmastaflex

[La Revolucion]

okok ok i'm going out to a movie right now but when i'm back you all get reviews

[Druumer89]

haha Damn, La Revolucion, thats a long *** movie...

[La Revolucion]

It was Casino Royale...like 2 and a half hours or something. But...then I went out to dinner and walked around and stuff, so yeah. I got back at like 11. Now I'm here.

[La Revolucion]

and man, you skipped mine
www.myspace.com/howaboutthetruth
Did you read what Dimes Make Dollars said in your thread you made? He said my thoughts almost word for word. You guys are capable, can write a standard hard rock song, and could make a living for awhile just playing local shows and things. However, you music lacks a special something that might get it to that next level. What that is, I'm not sure. It's up to you to figure out.

[La Revolucion]

you skipped me too

www.myspace.com/grooms2
OK, I listened to This Is Your Victory, and honestly...what is the point? It's a chord progression with no melody, and an occasional sampled speech. What the hell? It would be cool if the music behind the speech was constantly changing and things, but it's not. Explain to me what the reason behind that song is.

[La Revolucion]

http://www.soundclick.com/thesolojackstallsworth

Help me, become BETTER.
I'm listening to She's Got A Way...Your voice is bad and out of tune almost 100% of the time. Piano playing is fine, but the focal point is the terrible vocals. Tinny and out of tune. And it was never fixed. Go work on your voice and get back to me.

[La Revolucion]

i know that youve got a lot of stuff on your hands in this thread and just refusing to review saves you a few minutes but come on

i want an unbiased, brutally honest review of my music. not of my name.

it's pretty clearly a joke anyway. its meant to be ridiculous


http://www.myspace.com/wangmastaflex
I'm listening to yeonas...it's rather...uninteresting. Keep some sort of ambient synth going on under the guitars for a better effect, at least that's what I would do. I like how the electronic beats are sort of fading in on the left. Ooh and now the right too. It's a dull song. It sounds like there should be vocals or something, but there's not. Not that I'm against instrumentals, but they at least need to be interesting. Woah I just realized I zoned out and haven't even really been consciously listening for the past 10 seconds or so. I'm not sure whether or not that's the effect you want, but it's what happened. Add even more layers to make it even more interesting.

[Captain_Fitzgerald]

Yeah dude. You missed me too.

http://www.myspace.com/johnheartsnatelol


Watch the videos. They're all short.

[La Revolucion]

sorry sorry sorry

[La Revolucion]

Yeah I'll check it out again.

[atarisrock55]

http://www.myspace.com/thesignalmusic

can you tell me what you think of my band? We just got done recording these songs at our drummer's house.

[Ethan.]

Wow...this intro is like the godawful 80's metal you hear in the background of car commercials. Singer is embarassingly terrible, he sounds like he's attempting to put emotion into the words and like that isn't his natural voice. Tell him not to imitate other people and just to SING. Ultra-boring chord progression, in what way are you guys progressive? Cause this is really...regressive, if anything. It's actually taking music and pulling it down a level. The chorus is not memorable, and as usual, a chorus is a huge selling point of a song. If it's not memorable, who's going to remember you the next day after the show or something like that. Oh boy the cliche metal guitar solo. Except not as good. And with a really tinny effect. Ditch, if not the whole solo, at least the effect. Dude...this just isn't good.

Eh well thanks for taking the time to listen.

To answer your question about progressive/regressive, we have heard people say we sound a little progressive by some other songs we have.

Dang I didn't know we were that bad. But thanks again.

To be honest I really don't know what to do now. You have any ideas about how we can sound better? I dunno what to do with the song... I actually thought it was pretty good.

[Channing]

dont listen to la revolucion, he has no idea what hes talking about

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

Hey man, check out Solstice Twilight Boogie

[SYNS]

You missed mine:

http://www.soundclick.com/synsire

[Ollie The Drumming Legend]

Hey there. You really sound like Simon Cowell or one of those TV talent show judges (not in a bad way, the honesty is good).


www.myspace.com/eightmtm

Thanks

[Phototropic]

Eh well thanks for taking the time to listen.

To answer your question about progressive/regressive, we have heard people say we sound a little progressive by some other songs we have.

Dang I didn't know we were that bad. But thanks again.

To be honest I really don't know what to do now. You have any ideas about how we can sound better? I dunno what to do with the song... I actually thought it was pretty good.

how about growing a pair?!

La revolucion is one person with an opinion

if you think your music sounds good then keep pushing it, get better, work harder, not everyone is gonna like it so just accept there'll be people who don't fancy that sound

keep going :cool:

[Ethan.]

...Thanks?

[La Revolucion]

I'm gonna send one of my friends your myspace, they like the genre of music you play, so I'll see what they think.

[PECOAE]

I know you sorta hate my music, but I'm trying something completely new here - more rock, more blues-y. It's just me on guitar and vocals, and a drummer.

The second song has better production, but I make a few mistakes.

http://www.myspace.com/falseconversations

And my other real instrument band which is all me: http://www.myspace.com/theholeexperiencethe

If you could give me some advice on what to add/change (I know some of the False Conversations lyrics suck, I'm changing them), that would be great.

Thanks.

[fingers mccoy]

http://www.myspace.com/ignitionturbo

[groomits]

OK, I listened to This Is Your Victory, and honestly...what is the point? It's a chord progression with no melody, and an occasional sampled speech. What the hell? It would be cool if the music behind the speech was constantly changing and things, but it's not. Explain to me what the reason behind that song is.

At first, I did this song like that, for fun, just the music. Everyone was saying that the music was great and all, so I was proud of my first more complete song. But you are right, the music alone gets very boring, after all its just a chord progression and some melodies. Since I'm a big churchill and WWII fan, I decided to put some Churchill's speech on the song and at the same time, follow the history line of the war. Sincerely, you're the first one saying that this song has no point and its boring. But its fine :thumb: , its why you're here eh?

Thanks for the crit!

And if you want to listen to my other songs, feel free. I don't think you can get an opnion on someone's job when you listen just to one song...

[Eamonn_singleton]

www.myspace.com/aslanbc

Listen to the whole thing, thanks

[KleptoJesus]

www.purevolume.com/eclectica

thanks in advance.

[LSDrive]

brutally honest? so far all I've gotten is praise. Brutally honest would be nice.

www.bandspace.com/LSDrive

[FA]

^pretty neat stuff lsdrive...i'm not the reviewer...so whatevs

[d4nger mouse]

http://www.myspace.com/projectvalkyrie

cheers

[Dinosawesome]

http://www.purevolume.com/159

:(

[Comfortably_Numb]

I'm not sure if the original poster is still reviewing, but I guess it couldn't hurt to post mine.

http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/showcase.php?id=289

[perriwinkle]

http://members.cox.net/nickingv/what.mp3

one song

[PowerStamp]

http://www.myspace.com/lufthansaheist

^ Missed mine again.

Our band name is better than yours. ;)

[street_walker]

Could you please critique a song (or as many as you can) from my soundclick music? http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=651461
Thanks

[friendforafoe]

if whoever reads this could just have a listen to my songs and give me some criticism or praise that'd be great. If anyone has some mastering/EQing knowledge, some input would be nice too. Everyone just head to http://www.myspace.com/friendforafoe2 and hit me back up!
:chug:
Friend For A Foe

[street_walker]

I listened to "Reunion". I really like the double-kick in the drums. I like the "groove" (not sure if that's the right word) of the song. The guitaring is really good too. I really like it around the 4 minute mark and what happens at about 4:35 is really good to. The overall musicianship is really good. You have great talent and are very skilled at what you do.

[friendforafoe]

i appreciate that man! i try lol. seriously though you actually "listened" to the song so i'm grateful:chug: