One Mic. One Preamp. One Songwriter. My Debut Album.

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[cennay]

Originally Posted by mad_octopus

Just like to hear some feedback from you slutz about the sound of my record. I wrote everything and recorded at home here in London with one modded Oktava MK319 on everything (except drums where there was an extra kick and snare mic), a Chandler Germanium, a 1/4" tape machine and a computer. Mixed at a friends on a Soundtracs desk back to 1/4".

I know myspace really isnt the place to hear sonics but love to know if you like it musically! MySpace.com - Tom Wright - UK - Japanese Classic Music / Japanese Classic Music / Japanese Classic Music - www.myspace.com/tomwrightsound

Cheers!

you look like an arrogant ****, sonics are AWESOME!!!!


i don't buy it you played all yourself too. you should do shittier stuff if you want people believe you made it all. Downside of being a genius, ****!

[Audio Hombre]

i started to listen to moonlight arch. what you were going for and the vibe was cool, but honestly, it's like every instrument was veiled and smeared in some way. I didn't get a good fix on anything playing. i didn't really care for the hard panned sax on deja either. it actually made it a bit difficult to listen to.

i didn't hear one japanese lyric, motif or kyoto either?

partial songs on myspace in this day n' age is rather presumptuous also. when you have major's putting full songs on myspace, surely, you can?

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[lakeshorephatty]

I think this work is pretty interesting, which is more than i can say for most of what's out there these days!

If i heard it at a friends house, i'd probably look it up later and give it a shot. That says a lot for me!

I'm just as into musical as techical aspects of albums, so only time would tell, and more than samples, if this would grow on me.

I'd be really interested to hear high quality samples, perhaps you could post clips up here.

Most importantly, keep it up dude. I don't think anything discouraging needs to be said around here for this kind of content. If you look around this board you'll notice a lot of people have a lot to say when they won't put themselves out there for criticism themselves.

I enjoyed the clip of fortune tellers shape most. Pretty nice vibe if you played most of this stuff. well done.

[Timothy Lawler]

Good songs and sound quality. The Germanium pre did well for you.

I agree with Audio Hombre that you should post the full-length song. And why mess with MySpace and its low-res?

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[Timothy Lawler]

Originally Posted by mad_octopus

i will post up full tracks in higher quality if you want to hear them.

Yes please.

[gearaddict]

Originally Posted by cennay

you look like an arrogant ****, sonics are AWESOME!!!!


i don't buy it you played all yourself too. you should do shittier stuff if you want people believe you made it all. Downside of being a genius, ****!

dont be hate'intutt haha

[Audio Hombre]

Originally Posted by mad_octopus

let alone a 80kpbs MP3 and a CD quality file).

myspace has been streaming @ 128kbps for over a year now from what i recall. totally comparable to iTunes.

[Feinstrom]

This is sooooo awesome!
I'm going to London in about two weeks - where can I buy the album?

Cheers,
Bert

[renny3c]

from what i can hear, good job... i'd like to hear more...
more time per song, and more songs...
it would be great if you could post a full res clip here on GS...

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[woomanmoomin]

The 'Summer Evening' backing-vocal hook reminds me a bit too much of the guitar in the track on Radiohead's 'OK Computer' with the 'lost it completely' lyric. The one about being taken up into an alien spaceship. Especially given the ambient guitar in the background.

There are a number of phrases in your stuff that definitely remind me a bit too much of... something or other... Darn it!! What is it?! 'Nobody Does It Better' or something? Does it matter?!

I agree that you should probably let us hear more of the music, not little clips. There is a fine line between tantalising and annoying.

This music doesn't have much of a mojo for my tastes. It can sound a bit clinical or artificial or something. But it's pretty well done. There's no reason IMO why it shouldn't sell, if you can avoid being too smug or pretentious with it.

[Sounds Great]

Interesting stuff. thumbsup

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[Timothy Lawler]

Originally Posted by mad_octopus

The way in which people talk to each other on this gearslutz forum astounds me...

Yep, this is a forum that has an abrupt style some of the time. For better or worse. Dont over-react to that. There are many skilled engineers here who are surprisingly polite. I think it balances out.

[bcgood]

Sounds good Tom but why not just include the iTunes link so people can listen to better quality samples? There is quite a bit of difference to the samples on his myspace vs iTunes to whoever said they where the same, just listen...

I'll link it for you here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...05223&s=143441

Also, there are ways to stream high quality mp3's on myspace because other people have done it. I personally hate myspace but I do understand that it can potentially be good for promotional purposes.

[E-Irizarry]

Originally Posted by gearaddict

dont be hate'intutt haha

I concur! +1


It sounds cool, man. All this shit about deja sax sounding panned to hard in one direction is all ra-ra-ra bickering.

Your shit sounds cool, and I listened to it with 20/20 cans on through a 24-bit/96kHz sound card.

The masters sound even hotter I assume :O)

[315hz]

Really cool stuff man !!

The recording sounds great. Songs are cool. Performances are solid.

I would buy it.

Nice work !!

Rock.

315hz

[TeleCat]

Pretty damn cool Tom! Interesting arrangments, textures and sounds.....Wonderful performances and moods you captured. Well done, this is not a hobby for you!

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[greatgreatriver]

You look like the new mark bolan! sounds good man.

[john caldwell]

Some real beauty here, based on the iTunes samples. Album purchased with pleasure.

John Caldwell

[44deluxe]

OMG! I ****ing loved it!!


Seriously, you are a very talented chap.


I'll add you as a friend, feel free to click my sig to hear my stuff too.

Good work man.

[greatgreatriver]

Originally Posted by 44deluxe

OMG! I ****ing loved it!!


Seriously, you are a very talented chap.


I'll add you as a friend, feel free to click my sig to hear my stuff too.

Good work man.

I clicked you link and I like your music to! - if you want to you can click mine to

[judedog]

very nice..it makes me want to dump pro tools and go back to tape

[mad_octopus]

Shawadeewadee

[greatgreatriver]

I want tape back as well! - Now we are 3 pep's missing tape. Let form a tape crew!

I wish that tape was fairly cheap to - so you could record and record and always use fresh tape.