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Hi DanielEboli,

Would like to ask you to review the song "Brainwasher (Metal Studio Mix)" on my Bandmix profile. The Heavy Rock composition was composed by me and I did all the guitar tracks. The rest of the instruments were performed by my band "Fear Itself", Circa 2001. The background theme of the song is about how one person can hijack a society/religion and brainwash people to do uspeakable things.... this song was written a few days after sept 11. Thanks in advance.

Hi DanielEboli,

Would like to ask you to review the song "Brainwasher (Metal Studio Mix)" on my Bandmix profile. The Heavy Rock composition was composed by me and I did all the guitar tracks. The rest of the instruments were performed by my band "Fear Itself", Circa 2001. The background theme of the song is about how one person can hijack a society/religion and brainwash people to do uspeakable things.... this song was written a few days after sept 11. Thanks in advance.

Interesting piece Jsantos. Vocals are really weak though; they're not out in front of the mix enough, but even if they were they're just not quite good enough to go with everything else that is going on.

I like your guitar work a lot, but it sounds like you need to add a compressor to your chain; your playing sounds controlled and precise, but the amp sounds slopping and rough, which IMO diminishes what you're accomplishing with your playing. A compressor to take off the rough edges might help a bit.

Title: Roach in the Couch http://www.bandmix.com/shredd6/
Artist: Haleamano http://www.haleamano.com/
Genre: Electronic

This one is tough to categorize. There is nothing like it around.

It have a reggae flavour but not too much. Also is not a rap, a beat. But it have a beat.

It is a very strange track in fact.

The vocals/lyrics are very weird. Perhaps this was very deliberate and it is just fine with message writen.

I can see it is a band but I cannot hear nothing else besides electronic drum (TR808 like) and voices.

An strange tune by a strange band in a strange format.

If you are looking for something very strange you just found it.

Weirdness factor here is 10/10

Well I have to hand it to you. You nailed it.

I'll give you a little background on the song.

In all fairness to the band, this is not a HaleAmano song. It's a song I made in about 30-minutes for a friend of mine for his birthday.

He used to always tell stories about having a rough time growing up in Henderson (which is basically an upscale neighborhood adjacent to Vegas). But the guy was also obsessed with WEED. And I remembered a story he once told me about him being so happy about finding a roach in his couch when he had run out and couldn't find anyone who had any.

So I decided to make him a song that's supposed to be along the lines of Jamie Kennedy's "Malibu's Most Wanted".

I used a Boss DR 660 Drum Machine and tried to find the cheesiest sounds it has in it for the song, and recorded it on Cubase. It took about 30-minutes to write and record.

So, good job man. It is weird. It's supposed to be. It's actually a joke song. Definitely not a HaleAmano Song though. If you want to do a HaleAmano song, just do a review of Love Me For Me.

Not sure if I agree with a 10/10 weirdness scale. That rating solely belongs to Neanderpaul's " I'm Gonna Get you".

Hey Daniel - went back & rechecked, & "Drowning" isn't doing that anymore...musta been sumpin w/my sat hookup I guess.

Oh, & here's the words to "Morons"

She had all the charm of a chunk of asbestos,
The IQ of a worn out rag rug.
Her complexion was like a rotten potato
And her breath smelled just like a stink bug.
She looked like a pear, but no one would eat 'er.
She had the appeal of a five foot mouskeeter.
She smelled like toilet water, and I don't mean perfume,
And her butt was shaped like a babboon's.

He was a level-headed man. It just sort of squared off
Like his mom put a brick on his head.
It was easy to tell, when he opened his mouth,
That from the neck up he was dead.
And his pants slipped on down, and everyone pointed.
His ass hung right out and no one enjoyed it.
He was smart as a whip cuz he had no IQ,
And he smelled like a cess-pool in June.

Now these two, they got together, and had lots of kids.
Their children cross-bred night & day,
And they kept right on breedin' and that's why you see
So damned many morons today.
You see 'em drivin' in cars. They're workin' in stores.
They hang out in bars. They knock on my door.
You might think it's funny, but what would you do
If I said that this song's about you?

If everybody here is really eager to have their songs critiqued, there is a site with very intelligent, creative (and bored) musicians here:
www.audiorefugees.com (go to "Reviews")
They won't sugar-coat anything, but you will know if you've done well or not, from a lot of different perspectives.
A member here (you know who you are, and thanx ) turned me on to them, a while back.
Cheers.

(No offense toward your critiques, Daniel, just offering up some additional info.)

Try one of ours You Guide My Way is on my profile.
It's a practice cut and amiture recording but I'd like a critique as well.
Thanks

Not sure if I agree with a 10/10 weirdness scale. That rating solely belongs to Neanderpaul's " I'm Gonna Get you".

Cha-ching!!
There you go Daniel. You touched on my eclecticism. Well if you want to review yet another extremely different slice of my many styles try this song "I'm gonna get you" It was recorded with an analog cassette 4 track. I call this style freaky spoken word. It is designed to make the listener feel uncomfortable. Much like a successful actor when playing an evil villain makes you hate him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt2JIrYmYKU

ROFL. One of your finest works Paul enjoyed it thoroughly!!!
"I'm gonna getchu.." I'm gonna be humming that for the rest of the evening.. hope my wife doesnt hear me. lol.

heheheh thanks! It's twisted for sure. Thanks for listening.

Title: Roach in the Couch http://www.bandmix.com/shredd6/
Artist: Haleamano http://www.haleamano.com/
Genre: Electronic

This one is tough to categorize. There is nothing like it around.

It have a reggae flavour but not too much. Also is not a rap, a beat. But it have a beat.

It is a very strange track in fact.

The vocals/lyrics are very weird. Perhaps this was very deliberate and it is just fine with message writen.

I can see it is a band but I cannot hear nothing else besides electronic drum (TR808 like) and voices.

An strange tune by a strange band in a strange format.

If you are looking for something very strange you just found it.

Weirdness factor here is 10/10

Well I have to hand it to you. You nailed it.

I'll give you a little background on the song.

In all fairness to the band, this is not a HaleAmano song. It's a song I made in about 30-minutes for a friend of mine for his birthday.

He used to always tell stories about having a rough time growing up in Henderson (which is basically an upscale neighborhood adjacent to Vegas). But the guy was also obsessed with WEED. And I remembered a story he once told me about him being so happy about finding a roach in his couch when he had run out and couldn't find anyone who had any.

So I decided to make him a song that's supposed to be along the lines of Jamie Kennedy's "Malibu's Most Wanted".

I used a Boss DR 660 Drum Machine and tried to find the cheesiest sounds it has in it for the song, and recorded it on Cubase. It took about 30-minutes to write and record.

So, good job man. It is weird. It's supposed to be. It's actually a joke song. Definitely not a HaleAmano Song though. If you want to do a HaleAmano song, just do a review of Love Me For Me.

Not sure if I agree with a 10/10 weirdness scale. That rating solely belongs to Neanderpaul's " I'm Gonna Get you".

Yes, I understand it better now.

I was right , it is suposed to be weird. Thats nice, I uinderstand.

I will check out other haleamo´s song and I will post a review for Love for me, sure.

Btw, yes, this song is weird yeah (roach in the couch)

Cheers!

Hey Daniel - went back & rechecked, & "Drowning" isn't doing that anymore...musta been sumpin w/my sat hookup I guess.

Oh, & here's the words to "Morons"

She had all the charm of a chunk of asbestos,
The IQ of a worn out rag rug.
Her complexion was like a rotten potato
And her breath smelled just like a stink bug.
She looked like a pear, but no one would eat 'er.
She had the appeal of a five foot mouskeeter.
She smelled like toilet water, and I don't mean perfume,
And her butt was shaped like a babboon's.

He was a level-headed man. It just sort of squared off
Like his mom put a brick on his head.
It was easy to tell, when he opened his mouth,
That from the neck up he was dead.
And his pants slipped on down, and everyone pointed.
His ass hung right out and no one enjoyed it.
He was smart as a whip cuz he had no IQ,
And he smelled like a cess-pool in June.

Now these two, they got together, and had lots of kids.
Their children cross-bred night & day,
And they kept right on breedin' and that's why you see
So damned many morons today.
You see 'em drivin' in cars. They're workin' in stores.
They hang out in bars. They knock on my door.
You might think it's funny, but what would you do
If I said that this song's about you?

HAHA, very cool mate, very cool.

I love it.

Cheers!

(No offense toward your critiques, Daniel, just offering up some additional info.)

Non taken, thanx for the usefull info

If everybody here is really eager to have their songs critiqued, there is a site with very intelligent, creative (and bored) musicians here:
www.audiorefugees.com (go to "Reviews")

Very nice board. Really usefull link ZXYZ.

But I cannot register, I dont know why.

I see your posts there.

Maybe registrations are disabled?

It is a shame, it is just my cup of tea.

Thanx again for the excellent link.

Title: Winters Child http://soundclick.com/share?songid=2156513
Artist: Karma Police (UK)
Genre: Electronic / Ambient

Karma Police is one of those unique talents.

His music is fresh and beautifull.

This track have a special tone, a special flavour wich is different from the usual ambient tracks.

The sound of the pads used here are great. The curiosity is that the track got a beat but not a bass. This shows that the author is not bounded with formulas and concepts. Does this piece need a bass line? Not at all. The track is very complete as it is.

It is a simple track: a beat, some pads and synths and voices.

The voice is delivered beautifully by LisaT. Another curiosity is the voice in layers here. LisaT was recorded several times in order to make this track. It could be a bit "too much" but it is not. Very nice

A great track from a great project.

I am looking forward to hear more from Karma Police featuring LisaT.

Well done.

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Title: comin home http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8347386
Artist: beatbreaker18
Genre: Hiphop instrumental

Well, what can I say about this track?

It is well produced yeah, Sounds good and everything. Obviously made to be a playback for a rap/hiphop song, wich appears to have an enourmous market hungry for the so called "beats"

This track is nothing that you never heard before. It is just like everything you hear all around. Do not get me wrong, it IS good if you like the style.

In therms of composition, I think it is weak. Two chords all the time is too boring in my opinion.

Thge author could be more creative in this aspect.

Could be better.

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Title: Brainwasher http://www.jsantos.net/MediaNew.html
Artist: Jerry Santos
Genre: Metal

Here is a well engineered tune from a very nice Metal project.

It appears to be compositions produced by Mr. Santos mostly.

Also containing a little help from his fellows musicians from the band "Fear Itself".

I know that Mr. Santos is playing all guitars here. Great guitar work, I must say.

Excellent riffs with a powerfull sound. Everything you need in a metal guitar production. Very nice.

I enjoyed very much the guitar and drums work a lot. I cannot hear the bass. It is probably there but, as usual in the genre, you cannot hear it.

It is not clear to me if Jerry Santos is also singing here. I have to say this is the weak point of the song.

It is not particularly well sung, on the contrary, it is very bad vocal work.

It could be an excellent song but the voice is preety much jeopardizing what could be an excellent metal song.

That said, I have to say that the effects on the voice are not helping either.

It could be better if the voice was muted or the vocalist assassinated.

Jokes apart, perhaps Mr. Santos could find a decent rock singer for this piece.

Good metal song with a terrible voice.

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Title: Love me 4 me http://www.haleamano.com/our-music/
Artist: Haleamano http://www.haleamano.com/
Genre: Reggae

This is usual reggae song. A good one. There is a lot of preety bad reggae songs around. I liked this one.

There is nothing too special or breakthrough here, it is a song to hear and enjoy. It is about love. Love is always nice in my opinion.

What got my attention is the fact that it begins with an excellent refrain. Very different from what you may expect. The format always makes you expect an intro, then a verse, then a refrain. I think is very nice to begin with the refrain in your face, so to speak. Of course it will only work if it is a good refrain. This one is very good. The vocal work is exceelent.

I liked also the hawaian guitar (what is the name of it?) playing along all the song. It fits like a glove.

Also the "wurlitzer-clavier-like" is very nice here. Not new but works well in this piece.

Overall I liked the song, the only thing is the quality of the streaming, wich is not good. Too lofi to my taste.

I would prefer a better sounding encoding.

Other than that it is just fine.

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Title: You guide my way http://www.bandmix.com/sanshouheil/
Artist: Noisy Kung Fu http://www.noisykungfu.com/
Genre: Christian Pop Rock

One of the members of the band asked me to review this song. I wonder why.

I do not want to be offensive, rude or anything but I cannot lie as well.

This song is horrible in all aspects.

It is extreme badly played, all instruments.

It is badly sung too. If I could understand the words I could also form an opinion about the lyrics.

It is also very bad engineered, making it a bit worst than it really is.

I think that even that if it was well recorded it would be a bad song.

No good, no good.

Very bad musicians playing an horrible song.

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Title: I'm gonna get you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt2JIrYmYKU
Artist: Neanderpaul
Genre: Experimental

The author says that he calls this type of pice "freaky spoken word".

I Do not agree. It is so, so funny. Makes me laugh a lot when I was hearing.

The author here is obviously one of that kind that is a flood of creativity. He must be a very funny guy in a very weird way. I would like to know him.

This song is fresh. Very unexpected and unusual. I like it a lot.

It is simple. It appears that it was recorded in a 4 track machine.

Only a guitar, bass, neanderpaul´s voice and...a cell phone. Imagine that.

The lyrics is also very simple but great in my opinion.

Must be one of that pieces that you love or hate. I put myself in the part that loves it.

The images in this video are nonsense pictures in sequence.

Worth the listening.

Interesting stuff, very creative and unusual.

A must have werd piece.

5 stars.

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Title: After Work, Late at Night http://www.ubetoo.com/player.aspx?mediaid=22942
Artist: André van Haren http://www.andrevanharen.com
Genre: Classical

Absolute music, this is how I call this kind of piece.

Classical composers are very rare, at least good ones.

Mr. Van Haren is one of this rares composers that makes trully beatufull music.

This piece is complex but it is not dificult to listen. As a matter of fact it is very easy to listen.

It is a shame it is only 3 minutes. I hope it is just a part of a longer piece.

The pizzicato bass is just great.

The strings arrangement is just perfect.

A reat work from a true composer.

Obviously, not many composers have the oportunity to have their pieces played by a real orchestra. Mr. Van Haren is one of them.

Most of his pieces are made on computer with simulators and sounds very honest in my opinion.

I listened to one of his pieces with a choir and other instruments. Text from Edgar Allan Poe, very nice. It is real stuff.

After listening the piece a dozen times I am liking it even more.

A must have work from an excellent composer.

5 Stars!

Title: Schism http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8388716
Artist: Black Chamber
Genre: Experimental

This is a noisy experimental song.

Dark and freaky, I must say.

As usual from Dark Chamber.

I respect very much those who are able to do something fresh and personal.

This is the case.

Blak Chamber have a unique style. He likes the sounds that makes you scary. This is his goal, frighten you. He is achieveing his goals obviously.

There is nothing here that indicates something scary but you can feel the fear and menace here only with eletronic sounds.

Very hard to achieve. Sounds great.

Well done.

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Title: Tribute to Jim Morrison (of the Doors) http://ubetoo.com/player.aspx?mediaid=18268
Artist: ashadowman
Genre: Poetry music

A tribute song to the singer/songwriter of the band called The Doors.

This song is done in the "American Prayer" album style.

Well, what can I say about this song?

It is pleasant. It is easy listening.

The message on it is positive.

The music is not bad. Well mixed, sounds good and stuff.

It is a simple song with a positive message. This should be enough.

Ideal music for elevators and shopping centers.

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Title: Don't Eye Me Like A Child http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8380379
Artist: Bright Midnight
Genre: Alternative Rock

I had a hard time to figure out how to classify this song. The author put it under "Alternative / Post punk". I cannot agree with him. I cannot see punk ements on it.

It is very musical and have a nice groove. I think it fits best in rock category.

Drum work here is excellent!! Performance and sound.

Everything here is just great, voices, guiatrs, keyboards, everything.

A great song in my opinion.

It got that 70´s flavour in the way it sounds. Reminds me a bit the lisergic progressive bands.

The lyrics are also great:

"...the years
they've gone by
they've gone the way of planes and trains
just wandering around from place to place

my statements they should dream
the colors that they see
should reflect who im supposed to be
because being friendly aint so easy anymore

dont eye me like a child
cant you see me in the wild
oh i've had enough of teasing
because being friendly aint so easy anymore

and the villains
they're calling
they're calling in the earliest of hours
just trying to save some face..."


Excellent work. A must have.

Really alternative stuff.