pjquinones747: Critique my post-stuff band

pjquinones747 10.06.19	Fire away!
DopeFiend 10.07.19	damn I bet birds in row tore up the stage
TheSpirit 10.07.19	this is pretty tight
Kompys2000 10.07.19	the new EP is solid so far. if I had to make any criticisms I guess I'd say the floaty clean guitar thing in "Discourse" makes the mix feel a little muddy in some places, but overall it sounds like the extra time and money was very well spent. Also holy cow congrats on opening for State Faults O.o
DungeonBoy 10.07.19	bro post a link, making me go look for it ;) https://acontinentnamedcoma.bandcamp.com/album/removal-of-thorns
pjquinones747 10.07.19	oh shit @Dungeon i totally thought it was frowned upon to link haha thanks for the positive comments so far dudes! keep em rollin and please drop a rating if you feel so inclined :-)
pjquinones747 10.07.19	@Kompys dude state faults is insane. really nice dudes too. they crashed at our place so we got to shoot the shit with them all night. it'll be an exciting time. @dope yes they sure as hell did! the drummer's chops are just unreal. tightest three piece east of the pond.
EclipseInYourEyes 10.07.19	comment as a reminder for later
pjquinones747 10.07.19	good call! i'm gonna be shamelessly bumping all day because i work a boring desk job and really wanna show you guys this! i've been very stoked on it.
DungeonBoy 10.07.19	what's your favorite track?
Uzumaki 10.07.19	Commenting as well to come back.
pjquinones747 10.07.19	no longer, easily. i wrote that one inspired by the movie 'requiem for a dream' and that is also one of our oldest tracks. when we originally wrote it it was a death metal tune and we refashioned it to fit the screamo aesthetic when we decided to change our MO.
Pikazilla 10.07.19	Your vocalist is a beast. I really dug Discourse and No Longer. My only teeny gripe is that you could add more variation within the songs to emphasize the empowering moments even more. Child of Rosemary was okay, but a tad sloppy in execution. I felt like it took a while to get going. Also, loved the guitar tone. It's awesome.
pjquinones747 10.07.19	thanks Pika! when you say variation are you referring to arrangements? as in like verse-chorus-verse-chorus stuff?
Pikazilla 10.07.19	Yes, I mean that. But don't take my words too seriously, I'm clearly insane. But anyhow, you guys have a great sound going and I'll be happy to hear more from you!
pjquinones747 10.07.19	oh no dude i appreciate all feedback. this is how we grow as a band! i'm so happy you dig it!
botb 10.07.19	Will peep tomorrow at work!
pjquinones747 10.08.19	bump!
EclipseInYourEyes 10.08.19	First of all, I really love the artwork. And the production is amazing, especially considering you're not that big (yet). I also really dig the intro and the noisy parts/interludes, overall the atmosphere is really tight. My only negative remark is the vocal style but maybe that's just me grown apart from screamo. Imho there is so much potential in slowly building up the emotional/intense moments. This works very well instrumentally, but if your vocalist screams even in the more silent moments, it can be intense - but doing that too often it kinda destroys it, you know? Some more clean vocals to balance this out would be rad (like in the last track for example). But that's just a rather small point and I would not say that if I would not see huge potential. And don't get me wrong, your vocalist is a beast and his screams are awesome.
pjquinones747 10.08.19	this is all awesome feedback! thank you so much man. yeah we've heard that a few times, we go for a heavily emotive screaming style like all our favorite emo/melodic hardcore bands.
EclipseInYourEyes 10.08.19	yeah, I think it's just a question of taste. Some like it better that way, I like it better the other way. I mean, that being my only negative remark is saying a lot about the quality of your record. When EU tour?
pjquinones747 10.08.19	i appreciate it! shit, as soon as we get scooped up by a label to pay for it hahaha. thats a big goal for us. our management will be trying to shop us starting next year following our next release that we have waiting in the wings.
DungeonBoy 10.08.19	Your branding is good dude, the video is very professional looking and should be a good marketing tool for labels and promotion, really good job on that! I agree with Eclipse comments and the only slight criticism I would have is the vocals are good, but their execution is the most limiting element to your music. It seems like you guys are taking this pretty seriously, and that's awesome, I wish you the best!
pjquinones747 10.08.19	thank you tons! i'm happy you guys enjoy it!
Papa Universe 10.08.19	pre-break-up
botb 10.08.19	Man you guys have come a long ways from what you sounded like on that first stuff. Are you still recording everything yourself?
EclipseInYourEyes 10.08.19	damn I forgot about the video. It kinda disturbs me that such high quality content does not have more than 5 figures view count. The concept, the cuts, the lights and the especially the acting is great. I might be embarassing myself here, but you have 2 guitars, don't you? Is the vocalist having one live?
pjquinones747 10.08.19	@Papa technically you're right about that for most bands
pjquinones747 10.08.19	@botb no we hired a couple engineers for this one. we couldnt accomplish this ourselves haha. @Eclipse we use two guitars. our other guitarist left prior to this vid shoot and we haven't yet found a replacement so that vid and this next one we do will be with just one guitarist.
EclipseInYourEyes 10.09.19	aight! So my ears did not trick me. Than I hope you will find a good replacement soon! ps: 1000th comment, whoop whoop!
botb 10.09.19	It’s the smart thing to do if you don’t mind putting in the money into it. Sounds great man!
pjquinones747 10.09.19	@Eclipse im honored to have your 10000th comment on my thread! lol @botb we all ended up a little broke for it but definitely worth it
pjquinones747 10.09.19	i gotta say, as a lurker for over 8 years, having my band's first sputnik shit talking is incredibly exciting
EclipseInYourEyes 10.09.19	I can imagine haha and yeah, your money was well spent. those hired engineers did a magnificent job.
EclipseInYourEyes 10.09.19	PS: just bought that shit to give my fair share to you guys and prevent you from getting homeless because of your band
pjquinones747 10.09.19	oh i was wondering who that was!! thank you man!!
pjquinones747 10.10.19	one more bump for lack of shame
teamster 10.13.19	I will give it a thorough listen tomorrow pq. Looking forward to it. As you know I’m pretty qualified :)
pjquinones747 10.14.19	lol i look forward to it! any of the rest of yall had a chance to peep it?
EclipseInYourEyes 10.14.19	maybe I will give this another spin after waking up tomorrow. Now I need something to relax to
pjquinones747 10.14.19	sick! its not the most relaxing of listens ill say that haha
DungeonBoy 10.14.19	how else are you promoting this outside of Sputnik?
pjquinones747 10.14.19	i stay pretty active on socials. trying to really build the hype locally before we worry about advertising to broader audiences. currently the local scene has gotten behind us pretty nicely. posting to different music forums is nice for those who understand the niche until we can really get on the road and play in different towns with bands that are similar to us.
EclipseInYourEyes 10.16.19	yo I started a user-music list and added this. please tell me if it's okay to add this and if I should correct/add something
pjquinones747 10.16.19	oh dude totally! thank you so much for throwing it on there, especially on top!
DungeonBoy 10.16.19	nice dude, have you tried reaching out to any blogs? I have found great success with this. If the right blog decides to positively review and promote your stuff it can have a huge impact on getting your stuff out there, including to labels.
pjquinones747 10.16.19	i submitted to a few but idk if i know many popular ones nowadays
MELONADE13 10.16.19	you might be the first user that has genuinely well produced AND professional sounding vocals on a project. actually dig this p hard so far
pjquinones747 10.16.19	@MELO now THIS is a rad fuckin compliment! thanks man! crazy the engineers we got are both like freshly 21 haha. really talented dudes.
DungeonBoy 10.16.19	you check: Heavy blog is heavy Idioteq Sophie's Floorboard stuff like that?
MELONADE13 10.16.19	safe to say everyone in this project seems to be very talented, not really hard to hear. keep it up, y'all got somethin here
pjquinones747 10.16.19	youre the best MELO! thanks! @Dungeon oooo yeah ill check those out! seriously throw them all at me man, ill hit them all up haha
pjquinones747 01.28.20	boredom bump
Bedex 01.28.20	I gotta say I like the title game here
pjquinones747 01.29.20	thanks! was the most memorable one we could think of lol.