Oh and I will try to host some better files on my site, I agree MySpace's player really mangles the audio. -sean On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Sean Corbett <seanbutnotheard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for the comments Jeremy, > > Yes I never felt the vocalist was the strongest part, but he's really > just getting started singing and I think he's got some potential if he > keeps working at it. Voices can change a lot over the course of a > couple years, certainly. > > It looks like they're planning on setting up > bandcamp/purevolume/facebook pages too... I wonder which service will > eventually usurp MySpace? Facebook has come close I think, but it's > not quite the ideal band promoting tool from my very limited > experience. Maybe others have had more success with it though. > > -sean > > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 08/02/2010 05:01 PM, Sean Corbett wrote: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> My friends who I recorded using 100% FLOSS this past winter/spring >>> finally 'released' the recording on their MySpace page: >>> >>> http://www.myspace.com/amplifiersmakenoise >>> >>> "Formations" is the highlight from a songwriting perspective, in my >>> opinion (though we achieved some pretty huge drum sounds on >>> "Redemption Song"). >>> >>> Recorded/mixed/mastered with Jack1, Ardour, SWH, CAPS, TAP, Invada, >>> JConvolver, Jamin -- and probably others I'm forgetting -- on an Arch >>> Linux box. Thanks devs, for all the great tools! >>> >>> -sean >> >> Hello Sean, >> >> Listening to Formations now. Do you also happen to have better quality >> audio files, Youtube really messed them up. And so far I don't quite dig >> the lead vocals (as opposed to the backing vocals, those are nicely >> done), too mumbling and nasal for me, especially the couplets. The >> melody is in my opinion a bit weak too. But that's all a matter of taste >> and the music and composition itself are impressing, so is the quality >> of the recording/mixing/mastering. Great stuff! My kind of genre too. >> And the guys know how to use their instruments. >> All in all, this is some of the best stuff I've heard so far completely >> done with Linux, hats off! >> >> Best, >> >> Jeremy >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
