Post by Jarcodes on Apr 27, 2013 11:02:35 GMT -5
JUNE SHOW NOTES FOR THE UNSIGNED COUNTDOWN UNDERGROUND RECAP SESSIONS
EPISODES 5.25-5.75 ( Judge Jason )
10. Crown of Thorns
By: AngelFlayer (190)
J-30 D-50 Ad-30 T-30 Al-40
Their from Germany and Sweden
you can find them on: Facebook, Soundcloud, Twitter, Myspace,Reverbnation
Pass to Derek>>>>>>
Top notch drums, great song and lyric writing.. At 2:18 there is a really interesting tempo and sound change which is unique in these types of hard growling tunes, but thats where i would have liked the second singer to be singing. From that point on the song gets lost. I can't here the singer, I can hear the drums, but the guitar gets a little lost in the melody.Things get back on track nicely at 3:55 but thats when they bring in singer #2 and he gets buried in the mix until 4:35. From there on out it returns to the song and all is back to normal. Fade keyboard down in the slowdown, Move the second singer to that part, Take him out of his original place, and find a way to end the song better.
9. Fake Jane Levys
By: Jeff Fiorentino (240)
J-60 D-40 Ad-40 T-20 Al-80
From Hollywood California
Pass to Alan>>>>>
Find him on: Facebook, Soundcloud, www.jfrocksguitarlessons.com
I don't have a lot to say about this track. If you take out the counting in the beginning it could have been the solo in a Van Halen, Stevie Vai song. Jeff is really good at sounding like other guitarists, So if thats his thing I would suggest finding more influences. As a fan I liked the guitar riffs and the upbeat feel of the song.. As a reviewer I found the symbols very distracting, and I did't appreciate the lack of a real ending. I should be mentioned that since Jeff is a guitar instructor maybe this is one of his lesson plans.
8. Wingless Flight
By: Soundblade (240)
J-10 D-60 Ad-70 T-80 Al-20
From Romania
Find them on Soundcloud, and Facebook
Pass to Tony>>>>
This song was made for this show. With some advise this song could be epic. First of all the slow down at1:24 should be added as a beginning and end. That would instantly give it that Man o War Defender feel musically. Production was nice, there was a couple of minor issues with voice cracking, but what I want to say to every growling band is this. Think of vocals in these cases as salt and pepper. Leaving one or the other out leaves a meal one dimentional. I say adding a higher pitched singer as backing for the main vocalist will add a full complete song.
7. Tell Me Your Fears
By:Mamacecile (250)
J-90 D-30 Ad-90 T-10 Al-30
from Barcelona Spain
Find him on Soundcloud, Facebook
Pass to Adam>>>>>
So much to say about this band. Salvador is one of those artists that has been burned like so many others by other bands so he created Mamacecile. I think he's a genius. He was also not only my first Soundcloud follower, my first Facebook follower, but also a feature in the original episodes with Human Creeper. A great guy, and I would consider him a friend. Theres no denying that the song structuring was perfect. So I want to offer the right advise. I think the vocal track is a bit buried, but I think thats because he doesn't have faith in them. They're good. Don't hide them with affects and low track volume. Also I really think this track would benefit from a guitarist like Derek or Savilampi. Adding that dimension would fill the sound space so much more completely. Finally Mamacecile needs needs needs a good producer. The tracks seem to blend causing a muddy sound. Every part is awesome in the song. I love this track, but someone needs to lay those components down in a way that lets each track live and breathe individually.
6. Wicked Ways
By: Bazooka Zoo (250)
J-100 D-20 Ad-20 T-50 Al-60
From Reno Nevada
Pass to: Alan>>>>>>>
Find them on: Soundcloud, YouTube, and Facebook
Well here it is. The most controvesial song ever featured in The Unsigned Countdown. I want to here from the fans on this one. Go to www.jarcodes.com, soundcloud.com/jarcodes, Twitter with the hashtag Bazooka @jarcodes, and facebook.com/jarcodes to let us know. Did you like this song, and do you think it belongs in our show. I have no idea why this song wasn't closer to the top of our list. My thoughts are that maybe some of the judges didn't think that this song was a genre we should be covering, or I'm missing something major in this song that my more musically educated partners are hearing. Song structure. Perfect. Production. I could only nit pick one small spot. Use of instruments, vocals, lyrics, length, feel, and message were all spot on for me.
Thanks for listening to the show, Thank you to Alan for joining us. We'll see you back here in a couple of weeks when we discuss the Top Five, and announce the winner of the month. Anything that you would like to plug Alan? You can also find The Unsigned Countdown on Soundcloud, Stitcher smart radio, and at www.jarcodes.com where you can find everything Countdown. Blog, links, and every past episode is waiting for you there.
Break time>>>>>>>>
5. Endless Bottle
By: The Day the Sky Fell (260)
J-20 D-80 Ad-50 T-60 Al-50
From France and the USA
fIND THEM ON sOUNDCLOUD, fACEBOOK, tWITTER,, YouTube, Reverbnation, and at /thedaytheskyfell.get-ctrl.com.
Pass to Tony>>>>>
Our buddies Travis, and Axcel have teamed up to create The Day The Sky Fell. Brutal fucking track. There is a whole lot of perfect in here for a band that is just getting officially together. Mr. Beaumont is a god! I wouldn't have changed a note guitar wise. Travis is an ace at those vocal styles and the addition of the contrasting voice is great. Good production, with an obvious drum machine or program. My advise is More. Adding a rythm guitar would open Axcel up to be able to do so much more. A real drummer is needed. You can't replace the real thing. . Less. When The second singer comes in I would have liked Travis to go out.
4. Galactic
By: New Nobility (290)
J-80 D-10 Ad-30 T-70 Al-100
From Sydney Australia
Find them on: Soundcloud, Myspace, Twitter, YouTube, Reverbnation
Pass to Alan>>>>
Love the tempo of this track. It's a poppy sound that would and has been featured on Mtv. Spot on production. I found myself feeling the rythme guitar most of all but I don't have any complaints or real advise to offer. it began how it was supposed to and ended when it should have. I like how the singer went up in keys as the song progressed. Out of all the bands this month I think these guys have the best chance of landing a record deal. Very commercialized. Not much innovation.
3. Da Deuce Doesn't Believr in God part 4
By: Da Small Tragoediaz (300)
J-50 D-70 Ad-60 T-30 Al-90
from bulgaria, Germany, and the female guest singer Amoeba is from Great Britan
Find them on: Soundcloud, Myspace, Bandcamp, YouTube, Last Fm, and their website Dasmalltragodiaz.com
Pass to Derek>>>>>
Overall I like it. This is almost a slip thought the crack sort of song. To heavy for pop, and to light to be considered electonica. I like the dueling vocalists, and this band while a variety if constant collaborators, has a definite pedigree. This song still has the feel that something is missing. I think it's the drums. If you listen to like a Ministry you here two drummers. I would have liked a live drummer along with the machine.
2. Ten. O Clock Horror Stories
By: Maggot Twat (320)
J-40 D-100 Ad-10 T-100 Al-70
from: Chicago
Find them on Myspace, YouTube, Reverbnation, ourstage, Facebook, and Twitter
Pass to Tony>>>>
Best vocals of the Countdown. To all the other singers listening for advise out there. This is how you do it. Best guitar work as well. Almost Primus like which might offend these guys because Maggot Twat is not going for that sound. A completely original sound, Great stage presence, but I'm going to say. It's another obvious drum machine. Are drummers that scarce that bands can't find them? A puppet on drums is ciche on tour but come on. What I think is the best thing about theur sound though, I s the bass stepping up and taking on such a major role. It's like it's a lead guitars role, a bass role and with the drum machine a rhythm role also. To me Spam is the star
1. Sound the Trumpets
By; Drayton Road (360)
J-70 D-90 Ad-100 T-90 Al-10
from Fayetteville, Tar Heel, and Burlington N. Carolina
Find them on Soundcloud, Reverbnation,and Facebook
Pass to Adam>>>>
reminds me of a band called The Calling. They played like a minute or two in the movie Coyote Ugly and when I heard this song I had brain lock. Trying to remember the movie, and then the song title, finally to the original which lead me to cover. whew. Any way since everyone else has an opinion musically I'll add that social media for an Unsigned band is critical these days and Drayton roads media is all over and very hard to track down for the purposes I needed. Guys you don't need a website as badly as you need one place where everybody is adding links, and bio information. Make it easy for us reviewers and promoters. The "about" section is probably the best and first place we look, if theres no website. Google offers free websites, or about.me would work even better. You don't need any web experience to create a fully informational page. We've got one
Thank you. You did great.
J-Jason D-Derek Ad-Adam
T-Tony Al-Alan (guest judge)
EPISODES 5.25-5.75 ( Judge Jason )
10. Crown of Thorns
By: AngelFlayer (190)
J-30 D-50 Ad-30 T-30 Al-40
Their from Germany and Sweden
you can find them on: Facebook, Soundcloud, Twitter, Myspace,Reverbnation
Pass to Derek>>>>>>
Top notch drums, great song and lyric writing.. At 2:18 there is a really interesting tempo and sound change which is unique in these types of hard growling tunes, but thats where i would have liked the second singer to be singing. From that point on the song gets lost. I can't here the singer, I can hear the drums, but the guitar gets a little lost in the melody.Things get back on track nicely at 3:55 but thats when they bring in singer #2 and he gets buried in the mix until 4:35. From there on out it returns to the song and all is back to normal. Fade keyboard down in the slowdown, Move the second singer to that part, Take him out of his original place, and find a way to end the song better.
9. Fake Jane Levys
By: Jeff Fiorentino (240)
J-60 D-40 Ad-40 T-20 Al-80
From Hollywood California
Pass to Alan>>>>>
Find him on: Facebook, Soundcloud, www.jfrocksguitarlessons.com
I don't have a lot to say about this track. If you take out the counting in the beginning it could have been the solo in a Van Halen, Stevie Vai song. Jeff is really good at sounding like other guitarists, So if thats his thing I would suggest finding more influences. As a fan I liked the guitar riffs and the upbeat feel of the song.. As a reviewer I found the symbols very distracting, and I did't appreciate the lack of a real ending. I should be mentioned that since Jeff is a guitar instructor maybe this is one of his lesson plans.
8. Wingless Flight
By: Soundblade (240)
J-10 D-60 Ad-70 T-80 Al-20
From Romania
Find them on Soundcloud, and Facebook
Pass to Tony>>>>
This song was made for this show. With some advise this song could be epic. First of all the slow down at1:24 should be added as a beginning and end. That would instantly give it that Man o War Defender feel musically. Production was nice, there was a couple of minor issues with voice cracking, but what I want to say to every growling band is this. Think of vocals in these cases as salt and pepper. Leaving one or the other out leaves a meal one dimentional. I say adding a higher pitched singer as backing for the main vocalist will add a full complete song.
7. Tell Me Your Fears
By:Mamacecile (250)
J-90 D-30 Ad-90 T-10 Al-30
from Barcelona Spain
Find him on Soundcloud, Facebook
Pass to Adam>>>>>
So much to say about this band. Salvador is one of those artists that has been burned like so many others by other bands so he created Mamacecile. I think he's a genius. He was also not only my first Soundcloud follower, my first Facebook follower, but also a feature in the original episodes with Human Creeper. A great guy, and I would consider him a friend. Theres no denying that the song structuring was perfect. So I want to offer the right advise. I think the vocal track is a bit buried, but I think thats because he doesn't have faith in them. They're good. Don't hide them with affects and low track volume. Also I really think this track would benefit from a guitarist like Derek or Savilampi. Adding that dimension would fill the sound space so much more completely. Finally Mamacecile needs needs needs a good producer. The tracks seem to blend causing a muddy sound. Every part is awesome in the song. I love this track, but someone needs to lay those components down in a way that lets each track live and breathe individually.
6. Wicked Ways
By: Bazooka Zoo (250)
J-100 D-20 Ad-20 T-50 Al-60
From Reno Nevada
Pass to: Alan>>>>>>>
Find them on: Soundcloud, YouTube, and Facebook
Well here it is. The most controvesial song ever featured in The Unsigned Countdown. I want to here from the fans on this one. Go to www.jarcodes.com, soundcloud.com/jarcodes, Twitter with the hashtag Bazooka @jarcodes, and facebook.com/jarcodes to let us know. Did you like this song, and do you think it belongs in our show. I have no idea why this song wasn't closer to the top of our list. My thoughts are that maybe some of the judges didn't think that this song was a genre we should be covering, or I'm missing something major in this song that my more musically educated partners are hearing. Song structure. Perfect. Production. I could only nit pick one small spot. Use of instruments, vocals, lyrics, length, feel, and message were all spot on for me.
Thanks for listening to the show, Thank you to Alan for joining us. We'll see you back here in a couple of weeks when we discuss the Top Five, and announce the winner of the month. Anything that you would like to plug Alan? You can also find The Unsigned Countdown on Soundcloud, Stitcher smart radio, and at www.jarcodes.com where you can find everything Countdown. Blog, links, and every past episode is waiting for you there.
Break time>>>>>>>>
5. Endless Bottle
By: The Day the Sky Fell (260)
J-20 D-80 Ad-50 T-60 Al-50
From France and the USA
fIND THEM ON sOUNDCLOUD, fACEBOOK, tWITTER,, YouTube, Reverbnation, and at /thedaytheskyfell.get-ctrl.com.
Pass to Tony>>>>>
Our buddies Travis, and Axcel have teamed up to create The Day The Sky Fell. Brutal fucking track. There is a whole lot of perfect in here for a band that is just getting officially together. Mr. Beaumont is a god! I wouldn't have changed a note guitar wise. Travis is an ace at those vocal styles and the addition of the contrasting voice is great. Good production, with an obvious drum machine or program. My advise is More. Adding a rythm guitar would open Axcel up to be able to do so much more. A real drummer is needed. You can't replace the real thing. . Less. When The second singer comes in I would have liked Travis to go out.
4. Galactic
By: New Nobility (290)
J-80 D-10 Ad-30 T-70 Al-100
From Sydney Australia
Find them on: Soundcloud, Myspace, Twitter, YouTube, Reverbnation
Pass to Alan>>>>
Love the tempo of this track. It's a poppy sound that would and has been featured on Mtv. Spot on production. I found myself feeling the rythme guitar most of all but I don't have any complaints or real advise to offer. it began how it was supposed to and ended when it should have. I like how the singer went up in keys as the song progressed. Out of all the bands this month I think these guys have the best chance of landing a record deal. Very commercialized. Not much innovation.
3. Da Deuce Doesn't Believr in God part 4
By: Da Small Tragoediaz (300)
J-50 D-70 Ad-60 T-30 Al-90
from bulgaria, Germany, and the female guest singer Amoeba is from Great Britan
Find them on: Soundcloud, Myspace, Bandcamp, YouTube, Last Fm, and their website Dasmalltragodiaz.com
Pass to Derek>>>>>
Overall I like it. This is almost a slip thought the crack sort of song. To heavy for pop, and to light to be considered electonica. I like the dueling vocalists, and this band while a variety if constant collaborators, has a definite pedigree. This song still has the feel that something is missing. I think it's the drums. If you listen to like a Ministry you here two drummers. I would have liked a live drummer along with the machine.
2. Ten. O Clock Horror Stories
By: Maggot Twat (320)
J-40 D-100 Ad-10 T-100 Al-70
from: Chicago
Find them on Myspace, YouTube, Reverbnation, ourstage, Facebook, and Twitter
Pass to Tony>>>>
Best vocals of the Countdown. To all the other singers listening for advise out there. This is how you do it. Best guitar work as well. Almost Primus like which might offend these guys because Maggot Twat is not going for that sound. A completely original sound, Great stage presence, but I'm going to say. It's another obvious drum machine. Are drummers that scarce that bands can't find them? A puppet on drums is ciche on tour but come on. What I think is the best thing about theur sound though, I s the bass stepping up and taking on such a major role. It's like it's a lead guitars role, a bass role and with the drum machine a rhythm role also. To me Spam is the star
1. Sound the Trumpets
By; Drayton Road (360)
J-70 D-90 Ad-100 T-90 Al-10
from Fayetteville, Tar Heel, and Burlington N. Carolina
Find them on Soundcloud, Reverbnation,and Facebook
Pass to Adam>>>>
reminds me of a band called The Calling. They played like a minute or two in the movie Coyote Ugly and when I heard this song I had brain lock. Trying to remember the movie, and then the song title, finally to the original which lead me to cover. whew. Any way since everyone else has an opinion musically I'll add that social media for an Unsigned band is critical these days and Drayton roads media is all over and very hard to track down for the purposes I needed. Guys you don't need a website as badly as you need one place where everybody is adding links, and bio information. Make it easy for us reviewers and promoters. The "about" section is probably the best and first place we look, if theres no website. Google offers free websites, or about.me would work even better. You don't need any web experience to create a fully informational page. We've got one
Thank you. You did great.
J-Jason D-Derek Ad-Adam
T-Tony Al-Alan (guest judge)