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hey all my band has some songs up on myspace. please take a listen and leave feedback on what you think...we are also looking for a bass player and singer..if you are one of the above and like what you hear please drop me a line so we can jam.......


you can hear our music here: http://www.myspace.com/chilltonicsplace

Kickin it, bro! Keep the good stuff coming. Hope you find a singer and a bass player. When you do, and you record some stuff, send it my way. I wanna hear it!

I only went to your BM profile, but Last Stand has possibilities.

I'm not crazy about your guitar tone, but that might be partially the recording quality.

Good drumming, too.

The guitar work sounds like alot of other stuff I've heard at the local level, but it could be expanded on with other instruments & a good bridge to break it up.

Keep it up & best of luck with your search.

Recording : Get something where you can track and mic each instrument to control bleed. It's hard to get a feel for your actual tone when the recording is as breathy as it is.

On the guitar, sounds like you're a pentatonic type player. I like some of the stuff, others not so much. The drums are and the guitar are tight, but I think you're more capable than what you put up. The first tune is hooky, the others seem like filler. When playng originals, always be your worst critic and be very choosey about what actually makes the set list. Two pennies,.

I really liked 'end all', that one I could see cranking up on the ol' stereo

thanks for the feedback.. we are still working on more songs...when we are done i will post them up for more feedback..

Listening to all your tracks I see that you guys can play well, drums in particular too bad you need another drummer, I’d like to make two suggestions if I may, spend more time in your writing so to diversify what goes in the songs to make’em more interesting to the listener, case and point is glaring obvious in the song “The final flight of the bumblebee” where I found myself enjoying the opening riff and four minutes later I’m listening to the same riff, even the variations of the theme does not provide an escape, perhaps with vocals the song would acquire a better dynamic, but as it is the two patterns composing the tune after two minutes seem to be a bit repetitious.

The other point is you should highlight your lead guitar, you play well enough to make it stand out, the genre call for it, if this is due to the mixing then disregard this second point.

Overall I get positive vibes from your effort, if you are able to complete them with vocals I’d like to hear them, I bet they'll sound even better.
Good luck with your search.

Overall I liked the songs. As another member said, your guitar tone is suffering. To me, it wasn't as much the bleed as just a lack of character from the pedal(s) or amp. What gear do you use?

Also, “The final flight of the bumblebee” was odd, I liked where you were going with the heavy bar chords, but the opening progression was slower and less interesting than the original (I assume you were making a play on that original classical) Perhaps you might change the progression all together and make it more "yours" and not so directly comparable to the original? Just a suggestion.

End all was probably the best of them, although I wouldn't try to reproduce that (the overall beat/tone) into new songs you are writing, as the other songs could have been equally as good given some minor tone, production, and arrangement tweaks. Diversity is key.

Sorry if I criticize too much, I tend to do that. Overall, you guys have a lot of potential, keep it up, and good luck!

thanks for the feedback all.. we are still working on our sound and where we wont our music to go.. as for the The final flight of the bumblebee song that songs is just a screw around jam.. we made that up in one sitting.. we thought that it just had that bumblebee sound....but thanks for the feedback when we record more i will post them up for all to listen to...