desertdude desertdude:
First of all dude I'm going to be very harsh, but please take this as constructive and positive critism and not trying to demotivate, discourage or diss you. But advice from someone whose been there and done that. If your a bit sensitive I suggest you skip my post. So anyways here goes.
First of all mate, I'm heard better and more interesting jam sessions by amature musicans just fooling around. For example
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... mming&aq=1 I always like hearing jams like that. By no means do I expect everyone to like our music. As much as it pains me to say, I am forbidden from releasing our better sounding tracks, as they are a reward for taking interest slash buying the album. I have also been forbidden from releasing our jam sessions with and without other people collectively known as "The Forest Sessions".
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Second maybe you need to exapnd your band a bit more than just a drum and bass duo. But if you plan to keep it than way than you both the drummer and bassit got to be of exceptional quality and talent to carry the whole show onb their shoulders listen to old stuff from Cliff Burton ( RIP )or people like Joey demaio, whose bass sound is more dominant and gritty than the guitars. A basic component of a song IMHO is bass and drums. But only if you can put it well toghter into a proper piece.
I fully agree with what you're saying, but Minimal Effect is a strictly two-man band. It came to be this way because no one else was dedicated enough to put in an effort to make unusual music. Minimal Effect is more of a musical project than a band, and we've both been surprised by the meagre support we enjoy. We expected this to go a lot worse. We already have over forty album pre-orders.
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Third you need to work on your sound quality and levels...
Tell me about it. We're broke. I'm probably the most well off, butI'm at school and have been broke for the past three years of my life . We are in desperate need for equipment and a proper setup, but we have no money. hence, our album was made with a single recording device. I know it's not much, but it's all we have and we have to make due with what we've got.
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there are alot good DAW software out there, tweek you sound so people can hear whats going on. Mic placement and room accoustics play a big part, specially when it comes to the drums. You need atleast 3 mics on the kit alone to get a decent sound. Right now it just sounds like you recorded in your room with a 80's tapes recorder placed in one corner !
See above.
We don't have anything or really good contacts. We make due with what we have, which was our friend who had only a single recording device. Trust me, nothing would please me more than the ability to have decent recording equipment.
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Once again sorry mate if it sounds too harsh but you've got to do much better if you plan on going pro or even semi pro or even if you expect to get regular gigs in small pubs and bars.
It's not harsh since it's nothing I don't already know. As for gigs, we've already gotten a few in bars and coffee shops.
Minimal Effect has never been about going pro or even semi-pro. I'm planning on going into th aircraft maintenance trade, but if we get a chance to do some seriously good recording I'll take it. Minimal Effect has always been about bringing a new unique sound to a music industry devoid of any real talent with artists who are all auto-tuned and songs that sound the same.
Interestingly enough, neither of us expected any real support, but our two-man band/project, with shitty recording equipment, has already had to put down over 40 people for album pre-orders, and gotten other people to listen to and enjoy our music.
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On the postive note, like your axe, dunno why it reminds of Tony iommi
Cheers mate
Well, that's the bassists. Nothing there is mine, not even the kit.
Cheers
CKA Uber 
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