My band's demo

[Everlasting_Rain]

Hi folks, I'm glad to introduce to you my prog-rock band. We're called Desyrius and, although I wrote "prog-rock" before, I wouldn't be happy with just that label, but it's best label I found to describe our music. Let's say we like to experiment.

Line up is two singers, one drummer, a guitarrist and me at the keys. We still have no bass player, but we want one desesperately! We recorded this demo like two months ago, but I couldn't do this earlier cos I've been so busy with exams.

Here's the link to the main directory:
http://usuarios.lycos.es/planetasim/pablo/

And here I put the direct links to the mp3's (for the laziest, like me):
http://usuarios.lycos.es/planetasim/pablo/01-Crystal%20Fields.mp3
http://usuarios.lycos.es/planetasim/pablo/02-Eternal.mp3
http://usuarios.lycos.es/planetasim/pablo/03-Madness%20&%20Fran.mp3
http://usuarios.lycos.es/planetasim/pablo/04-Lost.mp3
http://usuarios.lycos.es/planetasim/pablo/05-Burst%20In%20Tears.mp3

Thanks, I'm looking forward to hearing your comments.
Peace!

[Spacehog]

There are some nice ideas going on there, IMO... I have a couple of points that could definitely be improved though, please don't get upset at them :)

Firstly, as you pointed out, yes you desperately need a bass player as there's a distinct lack of low end there.

My main concern, though, is that your singer(s) have real problems with annunciating English words. Indeed it took me several minutes to work out that the songs were in English! Not only are the vocals swimming in reverb, it seems, but also the singer doesn't seem to be trying to pronounce the words properly (something that James LaBrie is guilty of, of course!). Obviously English is not their first language, but there's no clarity in what they're singing so this is definitely something that could be worked on, in my opinion. With a little bit of training and a lot of practice, there could be a great improvement here, as I like what you're trying to achieve.

Musically the songs are quite tight, the instrumentation and arrangements are very good. Bring the vocals up to the level of the instruments, and you could go a long way :)

Martin

[Bullage]

Very nice. I've only had time to listen to your first song due to my slow download speed.

The singer has a very strong voice hitting the high notes precisely. Her voice is very beautiful. However I agree with the previous comment, the words a quite difficult to pick out, although I wouldn't say it was a major problem (Matt Bellamy's singing from Muse for example can sometimes "blur" the words making them hard to pick out.)

The drumming is done very well varied patterns throughout the piece.

The guitar solos break up the sections nicely and "sings" along with the singer which is lovely.

Keyboards are very effective in accompanying the song.

To be honest I wouldn't really worry too much about not having a bass player. The White Stripes for example didn't bother with one. Maybe you could use the keyboards could fill in the bass notes?

Overall I like your music very much, and I wish you all the luck.

Daniel

[Liquid Shadow]

The White Stripes also suck. :wink:



Yeah...just play key bass if possible for now until you can find a real bassist.


Nice stuff btw, I liked it. :)

[Bullage]

Lol, maybe using the White Stripes was a bad example. But there are a lot of bands out there that cope well without bassists as mentioned before.

I'm kinda growing fond of the band "Keane" who only use a Piano, drums, and vocal line up. I've only heard a couple of their songs though.

[Everlasting_Rain]

First of all, thanks for the comments guys.

About the bass player thing, we aren't actually that desperate. We just wait to find one that fits the band, and there aren't many bass players hereby. Some people have told us that we need one, as Martin said (and I agree), and some say we cover the lack of low ends quite well. I could play some bass lines with the keyboard, but I couldn't do it live, cos I usually need my two hands for my key parts. And, to be honest, it's way more urgent for the live thing. It's more noticeable.

I also agree with you guys about the vocals. Yes, it's difficult to pick the words (not for me, as I've heard the songs a thousand times). We still haven't worked on that, as we sing in a foreign language and most people in this country won't notice it, so nobody told us so far. I think it's something not to worry, but to work on.

Again, thanks for your comments. They're really helpful and constructive, whether they're to say things you like or things you understand should be worked better. Keep them coming.

[Liquid Shadow]

Lol, maybe using the White Stripes was a bad example. But there are a lot of bands out there that cope well without bassists as mentioned before.

I'm kinda growing fond of the band "Keane" who only use a Piano, drums, and vocal line up. I've only heard a couple of their songs though.

One of my bands doesn't have a bassist, and we never plan to get one. Me and the guitarist both play bass, so when we can we switch onto that, and if that doesn't work then I'm playing key bass (actually happens most of the time). The singer can also play a little, so when I'm soloing over a guitar progression or something then he usually fills in.

It'd be easier if we had a real bassist, but who ever said anything about making it easy on ourselves? :lol: Besides, it's a lot more fun trying to work around it for us.