You Told Me- Indie Rock track

[benjhannah]

Hey- this is the first song I've ever posted here but just wanted honest opinions on what the good people of this board think.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=285944&songID=4724407

The song's called You Told Me- Had a lot of my influences in mind when I wrote this- The Jam/The Clash/The Srokes/Buzzcocks/The Undertones/Arctic Monkeys and many more. It's cleaner than the usual stuff I write with my band (The Blue Casket), but let me know what you think!

Cheers

BENj

[jxeboy]

really awsome man!

[PietroCrespi]

Sounds good all around. Nice appealing voice, great drumming, good guitar and bass. Probably my favorite upbeat song I've heard on this forum for a while. I definately downloaded it.

[benjhannah]

Thanks for the replies- I'm glad you both enjoyed the song- It's one I wasn't too sure about because I haven't really explored this sound in my songs before.

BENj

[Kayetan]

This is a genre of alternative which I generally try to avoid, so while I can't say it's bad, I don't really dig it at all. It seems to lack originality, even for the genre.

[PietroCrespi]

I haven't really explored this sound in my songs before.

BENj

Well you should try a song or two more, it came off beautifully.

[dairyairman]

that's not half bad! good vocal/lyrics. good song. clean and tight sound. the bass and drums are right together most of the time. but was the recording overdriven? it's sounds a little distorted to me.

[benjhannah]

Yeh the recording was deliberately distorted- I just liked the raw sound at the time- I do fiddle with multiband compressors and dynamic processors far too much, sometimes too much, and the sound I get is not really true to the live sound. With this I just took the original track I recorded and set the volume levels and left it at that, to leave it simple and unproduced.
If you want to hear my recordings for my band visit- www.myspace.com/thedefunct - Give you an example of what I usually do.

Thanks for the comments- unlike some, I like to explore the different genres so I can get an ear for everything, I hope no-one's too cool to 'avoid' a genre.

BenJ

[benjhannah]

This is a genre of alternative which I generally try to avoid, so while I can't say it's bad, I don't really dig it at all. It seems to lack originality, even for the genre.

Maybe constructive criticism would be helpful- let me know how I could improve- e.g. what was so unoriginal? I appreciate your views but this comment is in no way helpful. I really don't trust an opinion of someone who tries to avoid the genre they're listening to. A piece of advise- I used to try and avoid some genres but found this was the ultimate way to lack originality in song writing- open your mind a bit- say exactly what you don't like about a song and suggest a way to improve. I try a bit of everything- from techno to punk to irish folk. All that said thank you for listening but critique of a song involves more than 'I don't like it'

[TravisBarkerrules]

Dude, I love it, something I usually wouldnt dig, but i agree with whoever said overdriven at points there isnt enough room for the vocals above the music and it distorts.

[Gorilla726]

Most excellent. It's really great. It's already on the track listing for the mix CD I'm working on for a co-worker. Cheers!

Gorilla