Disappointments abound.
Today, we got back the recording that we did on mon.
The whole recording had 7 songs.
1. "Capo Song" - Reason being i play this using a Capo, so......
Upbeat, bouyant song. Famously driven by Woon's catchy-like-hell basslines and the Chang master's ability to lay a smooth groove. Introspective lyrics make for an interesting and arresting listen. Features the "Wah" pedal, a fearsome tool that makes psychedelic pancakes out of any guitar. Potential crowd pleaser.
2. Selling Sue
Slow burner, sounds suspiciously like Oasis's "Wonderwall" (to Woon that is). First song written, melody by yours truely, lyrics by mrgao. Soothing and light intro with keys playing a prominent role, then moves into 2nd gear with the introduction of a heavier guitar sound and hyper melodic bass in the 2nd verse. Finally transits into full throttle for the bridge, where i go mental with the distortion and so does everyone else really. (REALLY!) sprinkle abit of feedback at the end and before that another round of the chorus, and eventually fading out with the leading piano verse.
3. Letting Go
A fast one, with Chang's pounding and the ultra dancable and funky bass providing a perfect impertous to rock out. Derrick's song. About (i think) people, conicidentally women, who can't seem to see wats infront of then most of the time. Breakdown portion in the mid, where the vocals take centre stage, which leads to a finale rock out. Gao's pick-a-note is simple yet affecting.
4. Forget (the song formerly known as fallin' down)
Unfortunately i sing on this one (thats right, Woon!), so it should tell you that i wrote it yeah? but i guess u already know that, so er, i'll try not to harp on that. A slow, short, snappy song bout a failed relationship, actually it could be bout forgetting how to understand others, in fact it could be bout being completely and utterly lost. ANYhows, its short (2:40) has the usual verse chorus, verse chorus but with a delay cum distortion blowout right smack at the end. mrgao conjurs up this marvellous tune to rival my maniac strumming. (actually mine sounds better but yeah, nvm) Oh and finally, eh did i mention it was written by me?
5. For You
Another one by Derrick. Should be our slowest song. Quite simply, a tasteful tune (althought its in the Am,C,G formatt) one that speaks of unbreakable love for someone (i think). Being thrown into the mix are the plain, full sounding bass, slowmo breakbeats-eques drums, some guitar sliding and a plainative plucking pattern. Coupled with a blasting, uplifing chorus, this is probably the most cringe-worthy song (due to subject matter) we've done. heh.
6. Insomia
One that crawled out of a bass riff. Starts off with a swirl of string scratching, followed up with some wicked effects and then the riff kicks in. Sparse guitar notes litter the template while the drums and bass create this repetitive wall of sound which allows Gao to rant bout the passive influence of the media, and how it whores up the most of us. The crushing chorus is punctated by harsh noises from both guitar and bass, and inthe end, there's a sudden urgency, a cold mad rush that sees us speeding up to nearly twice our speed before breaking up for air. Lyrically, one of our strongest.
7. Rhapsody in C.
A demo song really, 1 with a nice tune. half done but its getting there.
But, whoever knew that they were never gonna sound like that in the copy that we recieved.
I mean yeah i agree with the guy that there's alot to be done with the way our band sounds, and i guess we were all awefully nervous and painfully awkward at our first recording, and we need to work on bridges more and i probably need to fucking play better (becoz he obviously dosent like my guitar playing at all and buried it deep, deep, deep within the mix.) but did we deserve this?
I'm just confused, i have absolute confidence in our songs and all thats left is to make proper, decent recordings so that people can hear what we are about. I'm not asking for too quality professional recordings but at least the recordings should prossess some key characteristics of each song eh?
Its probably just that i'm deeply disappointed, sad even. See, i'm so sad that i've utter a single 'fuck' in this whole page. Opps, that makes it 2 i guess. i just want people to hear our songs for wat they really are, for what they are really worth.
Its terribly frustrating, yet one day, i'll take those songs and make them sound like wat they really should sound like.
I Fuken Swear.
The whole recording had 7 songs.
1. "Capo Song" - Reason being i play this using a Capo, so......
Upbeat, bouyant song. Famously driven by Woon's catchy-like-hell basslines and the Chang master's ability to lay a smooth groove. Introspective lyrics make for an interesting and arresting listen. Features the "Wah" pedal, a fearsome tool that makes psychedelic pancakes out of any guitar. Potential crowd pleaser.
2. Selling Sue
Slow burner, sounds suspiciously like Oasis's "Wonderwall" (to Woon that is). First song written, melody by yours truely, lyrics by mrgao. Soothing and light intro with keys playing a prominent role, then moves into 2nd gear with the introduction of a heavier guitar sound and hyper melodic bass in the 2nd verse. Finally transits into full throttle for the bridge, where i go mental with the distortion and so does everyone else really. (REALLY!) sprinkle abit of feedback at the end and before that another round of the chorus, and eventually fading out with the leading piano verse.
3. Letting Go
A fast one, with Chang's pounding and the ultra dancable and funky bass providing a perfect impertous to rock out. Derrick's song. About (i think) people, conicidentally women, who can't seem to see wats infront of then most of the time. Breakdown portion in the mid, where the vocals take centre stage, which leads to a finale rock out. Gao's pick-a-note is simple yet affecting.
4. Forget (the song formerly known as fallin' down)
Unfortunately i sing on this one (thats right, Woon!), so it should tell you that i wrote it yeah? but i guess u already know that, so er, i'll try not to harp on that. A slow, short, snappy song bout a failed relationship, actually it could be bout forgetting how to understand others, in fact it could be bout being completely and utterly lost. ANYhows, its short (2:40) has the usual verse chorus, verse chorus but with a delay cum distortion blowout right smack at the end. mrgao conjurs up this marvellous tune to rival my maniac strumming. (actually mine sounds better but yeah, nvm) Oh and finally, eh did i mention it was written by me?
5. For You
Another one by Derrick. Should be our slowest song. Quite simply, a tasteful tune (althought its in the Am,C,G formatt) one that speaks of unbreakable love for someone (i think). Being thrown into the mix are the plain, full sounding bass, slowmo breakbeats-eques drums, some guitar sliding and a plainative plucking pattern. Coupled with a blasting, uplifing chorus, this is probably the most cringe-worthy song (due to subject matter) we've done. heh.
6. Insomia
One that crawled out of a bass riff. Starts off with a swirl of string scratching, followed up with some wicked effects and then the riff kicks in. Sparse guitar notes litter the template while the drums and bass create this repetitive wall of sound which allows Gao to rant bout the passive influence of the media, and how it whores up the most of us. The crushing chorus is punctated by harsh noises from both guitar and bass, and inthe end, there's a sudden urgency, a cold mad rush that sees us speeding up to nearly twice our speed before breaking up for air. Lyrically, one of our strongest.
7. Rhapsody in C.
A demo song really, 1 with a nice tune. half done but its getting there.
But, whoever knew that they were never gonna sound like that in the copy that we recieved.
I mean yeah i agree with the guy that there's alot to be done with the way our band sounds, and i guess we were all awefully nervous and painfully awkward at our first recording, and we need to work on bridges more and i probably need to fucking play better (becoz he obviously dosent like my guitar playing at all and buried it deep, deep, deep within the mix.) but did we deserve this?
I'm just confused, i have absolute confidence in our songs and all thats left is to make proper, decent recordings so that people can hear what we are about. I'm not asking for too quality professional recordings but at least the recordings should prossess some key characteristics of each song eh?
Its probably just that i'm deeply disappointed, sad even. See, i'm so sad that i've utter a single 'fuck' in this whole page. Opps, that makes it 2 i guess. i just want people to hear our songs for wat they really are, for what they are really worth.
Its terribly frustrating, yet one day, i'll take those songs and make them sound like wat they really should sound like.
I Fuken Swear.
posted by jin at 8:32 AM
13 Comments:
aye. i feel just as shit assed too.
i after listening to it, i dun think im gonna send it to any of the companies.
but aiyah. it's a start. like woonie said, we try recording again maybe in september, nail a few gigs then say again.
hell, im not even sure if i want to let my friends hear.
aye
fuck it i say, we work towards our vision of our songs.
eh.. how can you forget about the melodious running keyboard part in "forget"? (no pun intended). i feel unappreciated. i shall turn up my keyboards a few notches the next time round. haha..
dun worry too much la. we'll do better in sept..
AY! You wrote the melody for selling sue? No sh!t! I tot it was gao along!
I had it all wrong... you're the talented one, not gao! Wahhaha
joking joking.
Just write more music for catchy basslines pls, thank you
One more thing... i was listening to your rhythm guitar. All is good.
I just realised, i think they screwed up the recording of your guitar and therefore, shut it down to a minimum.
And yes, after hearing this cd, i can't wait to play live to justify our sound. Next time we record, i'm gonna use my precision bass. More growl. The record makes my jazz bass sounds wuss man. And that's a hard thing to achieve.
eh. wait. true. didnt i write the vocal tune to selling sue and u the chords??
AH. u see. Ah.
So.... will the real composer... please stand up
eh..wat i meant was i came up with the chords la... okok wrong typing la and yesh mrgao is the more talented one...*sobs* cough cough *bastard* cough.
dp stands for wat?
death prophet?
it's a song by the whole band. aye. full stop.
DP IS DERRICK POH LA!!
kao.
LooKin' forward to hearing ur recOrdin' guys! - Passer-by "A"
hey! thanks yeah..! eh i hope we'll do a better job this time la. right dudes? *noddings in sucsession*
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