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DarkATi · September 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">Would You Sign Me?</div> Looking for some crit on my latest audio work. I'm trying to make it in a solo career... so sick of bands, be brutally honest, however, "I don't like that kind of music" isn't acceptable because it doesn't help me improve it any.

To answer a few questions before they're asked:

1. Yes I am playing the guitar part.
2. Yes Drums and Bass will be added in later. For now just judge what's there.

Song: W*A*N*T*E*D (First Verse)

<a href='http://mappers.riseofpower.net/WANTEDverse1.mp3' target='_blank'>http://mappers.riseofpower.net/WANTEDverse1.mp3</a>

Song: October (First Verse)

<a href='http://mappers.riseofpower.net/october-verse1.mp3' target='_blank'>http://mappers.riseofpower.net/october-verse1.mp3</a>

Song: Four Days Love (First Verse) <b> I AM NOT PLAYING THIS GUITAR PART </b>

<a href='http://mappers.riseofpower.net/Four%20Days%20Love4.mp3' target='_blank'>http://mappers.riseofpower.net/Four%20Days%20Love4.mp3</a>

*Appreciate the honesty in advance. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

~ DarkATi

Thaldarin · September 2004

Lets put it this way, if you had a gig, I would be there too <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

jumpingjoda · September 2004

Song: October
I liked the first few seconds of the rhythm but after it gets a bit louder it sounds a bit boring. Maybe vary a bit just to bring in some *oh this sounds different* feeling into it.

I have completely no experience in creating music, i can just tell you what i didn't like <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /> .

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 10 2004, 02:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Lets put it this way, if you had a gig, I would be there too <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I'm pretty stupid and unable to understand what that means. How about you just say, "I like it. or I don't. and why. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

~ DarkATi

Mullet · September 2004

I think you sound alright. Is it anything new and exciting, no....not really. But I only listened to four days love.

moultano · September 2004

Is it you singing? If so, you've got a good voice for rock. The guitar on the other hand doesn't even sound like its tuned in some places, and the execution seems pretty sloppy too. Keep workin on it though.

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Sep 10 2004, 02:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I think you sound alright. Is it anything new and exciting, no....not really. But I only listened to four days love.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
lol, mullet...

~ DarkATi

GrayDuck · September 2004

WantedVerse1
Love the vocals, guitar seems a bit flat… liven up that guitar and you’ve got a hit. Try to make the guitar as ‘excited’ as your voice gets… if that makes sense.

October-Verse1
Like the guitar tune though you need another level of guitars or to kick it up a notch somewhere in there after the intro. This song also has potential to be signed after being changed around a bit.

Four Days Love4
By far my favorite. Guitar and vocals blend together wonderfully. I’d like the whole song!

All in all you have a lot of talent. If you keep it up someone will sign you <img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /> If nothing else I’d be with Thursday at one of your gigs! Play near Sacramento ever?!

Thaldarin · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DarkATi @ Sep 10 2004, 08:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 10 2004, 02:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Lets put it this way, if you had a gig, I would be there too <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I'm pretty stupid and unable to understand what that means. How about you just say, "I like it. or I don't. and why. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

~ DarkATi  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Thats a yes <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 10 2004, 03:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DarkATi @ Sep 10 2004, 08:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 10 2004, 02:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Lets put it this way, if you had a gig, I would be there too <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I'm pretty stupid and unable to understand what that means. How about you just say, "I like it. or I don't. and why. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

~ DarkATi </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Thats a yes <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
wppt - Pass it on, the new way of saying w00t in 1337 speak.

~ DarkATi

Epidemic · September 2004

Nice voice, may have some rough edges but clearly some talent there <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /> It almost sounds like it could've come from what a radio sometimes play (haha, I'm being very specific)
I would, once you get some material up, release an album for free or something so a broader population will try it out and record label will be liek: omg, gib contract, plz <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

I cant write proper sentences :/

Hibame · September 2004

i thought the voice needed a bit of work, but its a good start. How good are you at guitar, can you play "Flight of the Wounded Bumble Bee" by Nuno Bettencourt good, if not grab some tabs ^^

But I think your at a good start

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hibame @ Sep 10 2004, 04:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i thought the voice needed a bit of work, but its a good start. How good are you at guitar, can you play "Flight of the Wounded Bumble Bee" by Nuno Bettencourt good, if not grab some tabs ^^

But I think your at a good start  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Heh *sniffle sniffle* nooos I can't playz0rz teh flight er teh wounded bumbleb33z0rz!!1111

Stupid song... lol anyway thank you I'm only just 16 since May so I have some time to develop my voice and guitar skills alot more and I will. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

~ DarkATi

AllUrHiveRblong2us · September 2004

At does not rhyme with attack. Thank you. And upon further listening, this song makes no sense, and without bass you sound far too much like White Stripes for comfort.

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRBelong2Us @ Sep 10 2004, 07:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> At does not rhyme with attack. Thank you. And upon further listening, this song makes no sense, and without bass you sound far too much like White Stripes for comfort.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Six and **** don't rhyme but Goldfinger did it. Thank You. And I intend on adding bass and drums later.

~ DarkATi

ThE_HeRo · September 2004

It's pretty good, there's definately talent there. The guitar does need to liven up a bit in the first two, and the last song was pretty good. Keep it up man. Does your local radio station sometimes play local music? Call them up, submit them your best song, and people will hear it. See if that works.

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Sep 10 2004, 09:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It's pretty good, there's definately talent there. The guitar does need to liven up a bit in the first two, and the last song was pretty good. Keep it up man. Does your local radio station sometimes play local music? Call them up, submit them your best song, and people will hear it. See if that works.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I suppose some station does, I'm in Dallas, which is like the third largest radio market so I would imagine someone would play it, yeah.

~ DarkATi

Swiftspear · September 2004

I hate to be brutally honest, because I am not that kind of person, but you need alot more practice with your guitar, at least if that is the instrument you intend to play the majority of the time. Honestly your sound isn't terrible, but its nothing I counldn't reproduce with just a bit of time and practice, and I don't even own a guitar. You definately have a good enough voice for vocal parts, but you really need to keep working on your guitar skills, at least if you ever want to do much more than just harrasing us on the NS forums to tell you how good you are <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Nuketheplace · September 2004

The beat on the guitar is really repetive in the first two songs. I thought thats that the bass was for. If I were you I would just drop the guitar, and have the person that played Four Days Love play in your band. I think you should focus on your singing your voice sounds really good when your not focusing on playing the guitar. Also try to get a little better sound quality out of your next mics. That quality was really crappy.

DarkATi · September 2004

I appreciate all the comments, I was looking for honesty. The mic I use was $30 at RadioShack, I'm saving for a good condenser studio mic by Audio Technica right now. I admit my skills at Guitar are lacking but I wasn't really focusing so much on the music as I was the vocals. I'm not going to play anything live, I want to get signed as a solo artist and just sing, have a band that does the music. If that makes sense.

In other words... Steven Tyler is IN A BAND; Aerosmith.

Justin Timberlake HAS A BAND, but is a solo artist.

Well thanks again for the Brutal Honesty!

~ DarkATi

illuminex · September 2004

Here's the main problem you are going to run into:

most artists that have bands for "backup" are pop artists. Your voice does not fit the pop genre, and record companies know that.

Now, if you are a great rock singer <i>with</i> excellent guitarist abilities, then you can form a band to support you. Something alot like Lenny Kravitz.

If you want to make it on your own, you need to learn how to either play one instrument exceptionally well, or simply learn how to play several instruments well enough to record and self produce yourself; pull a Trent Reznor of sorts.

You need to set yourself apart from what everyone else is doing in some way that will create a fan base.

Don't just emulate what you listen to or like musically. Take it a step beyond. Make it yours.

And work on your guitar <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

DarkATi · September 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (illuminex @ Sep 10 2004, 11:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Here's the main problem you are going to run into:

most artists that have bands for "backup" are pop artists. Your voice does not fit the pop genre, and record companies know that.

Now, if you are a great rock singer <i>with</i> excellent guitarist abilities, then you can form a band to support you. Something alot like Lenny Kravitz.

If you want to make it on your own, you need to learn how to either play one instrument exceptionally well, or simply learn how to play several instruments well enough to record and self produce yourself; pull a Trent Reznor of sorts.

You need to set yourself apart from what everyone else is doing in some way that will create a fan base.

Don't just emulate what you listen to or like musically. Take it a step beyond. Make it yours.

And work on your guitar <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Ah but what you just said would contradict itself a bit because I would be doing something different by being a pop artist with that kind of voice, agree? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

~ DarkATi

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