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hi everyone,

Firstly, please accept my apologies if this mail is in the wrong forum section.

My band Fake Gods (well there are only two of us) has just released a new EP entitled 'Chords of Human Kindness'. The 3-song EP can be downloaded for free at www.fakegods.bandcamp.com Please feel free to nip over there and grab at, and constructive comments/criticisms are always welcome.

Warmest Regards,
Alex
Fake Gods
www.fakegods.com

Thanks for the offering.

This 1st one, "My Love Will Follow You," is kinda purdy, if a little sleepy. I like it. It could use a slightly bigger production, but it's still quite good as it stands.

"On A Sea Of Fleur-De-Lis" is also nice, yet I'm seeing a pattern of extremely slow quiet stuff, which has a very limited audience. The lyric seems a little odd to me, but what do I know? Once again, I'd go for a slightly larger production.

"Reunion Hill" - very nice melodies, but the slow tempos are getting to me, here. I can handle two. Three in a row is pushing it. Gimme something mildly energetic once in awhile...perhaps it's just my morning mood, as I try to get my energy up for the day. This would work well at the end of the day.

The stripped-down recordings are okay, but you could use some strings, or keys, or bowed bass or cello, or flute...ya know? The piano in the last is a nice change, but my ear wants more. Am I explaining this right?

A simple 'walking tempo' would really liven up the overall feel. These may be your faves, but I think you may sell more if you present some slightly more energetic songs in the mix.

Good vocals. I'd like some harmony on the third piece, though. It just sounds like a live performance of two guys doing sweet & slow folksy stuff to me, rather than a polished recording...but I'll admit that this is only a personal taste. The songs are good. The performance is worthy.

Well done, overall, but I wonder how many of us will listen to all three in a row, considering the tempo issue. We're kinda faster paced, as a rule.

I did my listen on the BM site.

Good music. Pretty as Phil described.

The 28 kind of just goes past me though. I'm an ass and prefer to stick my tongue out and move forward vs looking for that second chance at love.

Guess I'm no romantic.


Thanks for the music.

Best wishes.

Really appreciate the feedback guys. We recorded the songs in 1 day and it was our first time in a recording studio. Reunion Hill was slightly rushed as didn't have the arrangement properly worked out. Overall we're pretty pleased though.

Music is the quintessential "work in progress".

Oooo! He said "quintessential." If sans is using big words like that, it must mean that he likes it!

Hmmm,

About the only place I can hear music is on Bandmix or SoundClick. All the others say I have to update my browser.