fixxxer

I felt that for real. Great intimacy in the vocal and it connects with you because it's not asking your brain to do too much. You can just roll along with it. Was getting quite lost in this one. Definitely a hit for me. :)

A very well calibrated assault on the senses. I'm not a believer in coincidence. This is just too cleverly put together to be a series of random events. Curiously addictive too. Production is also very impressive you could have somebody's ear drums in serious pain if the levels were not.. spot on.

Or in plain English - I like it.. a lot :)

Definitely a slow burner.. it takes a few moments for the brain to pick up what's going on with the layering at the start of the track. But in my opinion that's not such a bad thing because it catches your attention.

Then you pick up the piano and everything starts to settle down and become clear. And when the bass sneaks in there that's the real deal. Then you're away getting lost in there. Chilling right out and nodding your head.

I like the style of this song and the way that it makes me feel when I'm listening to it.

I like the bass on this track.. It's cheeky.. daring you to doubt it's force in the song then peppering you from all sides. Fits nicely around the vocal too. Never intruding too much but always letting you know that it's there. Sustained menace I believe they call it. A good production job and I'm guessing that this is the updated version because nothing seemed to be out of time to me.

OH MY GOD !! Must admit I've had that pella kicking around in my files for quite some time but not been able to do anything useful with it to date. Simply awesome that's going in favourites because it's stupid o' clock in the morning so I can't give it the beans through the speakers. But trust me the headphones can't take much more power. Loving the beat and the staggered effect on the vocal which works really well.

Hold on.. rewind.. stop everything. I'm hearing the beginning of a future star in this track. Admittedly there are production issues but listen to that rapping on it's own. Cancel everything else out. I'm getting quite an accomplished flow going on here. You understand how a rap should come across. Loving the effects on the rap portions of this song. The way that the sound is thrown about in my ears to emphasise certain words. It's there with that beat banging behind it.

There is quite a lot of noise on the vocal track(s).. I'd recommend playing around with the mic input level until there is more of your voice in there than background noise.

Overall though a solid effort in my opinion. Look forward to hearing more from you in the near future James :)

I'm going to disagree with everyone else and say leave the intro as it is. I like the fact that it smacks you in the face hard and grabs your attention. A real statement of intent. You know exactly what you're going to get here. An absolutely awesome song that makes you forget you have neighbours and wind the volume dial to the right. They'll get over it.

Absolute bomb.. loving it :)

Reminds me a lot of Dr Dre. All the ingredients are there. Collar popping beat and a very slick rap. The only thing I would say is drop the strings back slightly at times they're competing with the vocal for my attention. I want to hear every single word of that rap.

Personally I would have mixed the drums and vocal a little bit more up front. Maybe just emphasised the cymbals and snare a little more with some panning effects. But that's just my personal taste being a drummer. The lyrics are very well thought out and that chorus has a monster hook line. Will definitely land up singing along to that the more I play the song. Which is what I do when I find precious nuggets like this one. Play them more than once :)

Loving this sound. The message in the track is sitting at bang on the right level for me. Emphasising the important parts with trail away echoes on the vocal is a very neat touch. Definitely not your typical Christian shake a tambourine style song. Which in my opinion is what makes it work.

You've made my favourites..
I relate to this song having broken the rules myself and suffered.

Potential is the key word that is describing your sound for me. The guitar parts are awesome in their own right. The structuring is fine. Everything fits together and flows quite nicely. The drums are definitely there. It certainly comes across that your passion is Rock music. Where the wheels start to come off at all four corners is in the mixing. From what I've listened to this is improving as we speak.

The best way I can describe what I'm trying to say is by using what's already out there. When you listen to David Gilmour Playing with Pink Floyd his guitar is mixed in quite equally with the rest of the group. When he plays as a solo artist his guitar is right up front there in the mix and everything else is slightly behind. I think its a compromise he had to make for Floyd. Best example of this is listening to Comfortably Numb from the Pulse live performance then DG Live in Dansk playing the same song. Exactly the same guitar part.. just mixed differently.

What is going on when I listen to this track is that some of the guitar is weighted quite nicely in with all the other instruments and in other parts everything else is fighting for space with the guitar. It works both ways but not in the same track.

I feel so brutal putting this in a review. In all fairness there are some people that dislike the way that I mix my songs. My CPU is ready to explode it's working so hard when I render the songs as mp3's. I tend to use a lot of reverb effects and pan some tracks slightly off centre to make them sit right. Using the delay of when the sounds hit a solid object as an instrument in it's own right. I'm also quite extreme with bass. I get a bit Spinal Tap and turn it all up to 11. At the end of the day when you find your sound it's a magic moment and you can pretty much apply that to all of your work so that it defines you. Just by hearing the first few bars people will be able to say "that's Silvestre!"

I hope that this feedback doesn't offend you in any way, as that is not my intention. You've got a great talent. Don't stop making music.

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Fixxxer

Oh my gosh! This one really knocks you off your feet. Loving your sound. The way this is recorded it's like you're sat next to the guitar. All the fine nuances of the playing are captured. Will never reach that technical ability with the playing myself. I just wasn't built for it. But I certainly feel inspired to pick up a guitar again by listening to this. Thank you for taking the time to listen to one of my tracks and I'm going to favourite this so I can come back to your page when I'm needing some inspiration. :)

One small request tho.. please don't re-record. It will lose the live feel and become kind of clinical. You're not human if you don't buzz a fret here and there and it adds to the atmosphere.

Was being nosey and looking through who has listened to Living Twice. With a simple rule the avatar that caught my eye most was going to get a listen. I started with A Happy Ending which caught my attention. And then something quite rare happened. I decided to pick another track at random. Something that I don't usually do when I'm on a listening mission.

I have to say that I disagree with the other reviews that have gone in about this track about the snare being too high and bassline. This will sound absolutely awesome on any decent separates system. With one key caveat.. It has to be played LOUD!! It's fine as it is, in my opinion and prompts me toward turning the volume up. I'm hoping that this feedback is useful to you.
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Fixxxer

I definitely like this track. From start to finish it kept me waiting for the next level and didn't disappoint as they arrived. Well produced and not over laden with effects. Timing is spot on. Just when you're thinking something new is about to come, it's there. My first review so hopefully I've got the feel of this ok.