Ipomoea Batatas Rex (Will Maher)

Here is my myspace.  I'd appreciate some feedback from my fellow prog fans.  The compositions are all by me; they are played using a synth program on my computer.  Let me know what you think.  As for genre, perhaps fusion? art rock? symphonic? prog metal?

Edited by william314159 - January 01 2008 at 13:06

william314159 wrote: Here is my myspace.  I'd appreciate some feedback from my fellow prog fans.  The compositions are all by me; they are played using a synth program on my computer.  Let me know what you think.  As for genre, perhaps fusion? art rock? symphonic? prog metal? www.myspace.com/willmaher   thanks, hope you enjoy

Anyway, I like it William. This bit reminds me of early Camel (Come  on Boo Boo) so definitely Prog.

Atavachron wrote: Will... that is great angular stuff, man. It needs a little polishing here and there, maybe brighter transitions between changes, but it's excellent. You should be proud.

Wow... you did this just with a synth program on a computer?  That's amazing.  I never get further than the first 30 seconds of a song when I try to generate the sounds like that.  Kudos to you for having the patience to do this, and the talent to make it sound good!

As for the song ideas themselves, I like them on the whole.  I'd like to know, what is the full title of the 'Krang and the Techn...' song?  The whole thing doesn't display on myspace.  And is Krang a klingon?  I feel like I know that name from somewhere, and the only thing that's coming to mind are klingon names from Star Trek.

Another question for you - how did you put up a 5th song?  I've been trying to find an answer for how to do that on myspace, and no one has answered my question yet. :)  Only if you have time!

I can picture a lot of these songs being played by Yes or Rush, I think you've got some really promising material here.   Light, but at the same time intense and interesting, with lots of twists.  'Eudaimonia' in particular created an interesting, space-rockish texture.  Actually it also reminded me a bit of the music from Mega-man and Darius Twin (good things, I like that music personally).  A lot of this music had an adventure-ish feel to me.  'Woad' was very pleasant and fun, too!

How long does it usually take you to produce one of these songs?

Wow, I really liked your stuff here.  Very well written songs, a nice balance of volumes, and flowing yet complicated time signatures. 

Something I really liked is that I was always interested in what was going on.  There are many layers, and the music has a nice light mood to it.  I especially liked the songs "Come on Boo Boo" and "Eudaimonia" (what does that mean btw?  im too lazy to look it up...). 

Oh and also, I tried out that Bodog Entertainment thing.  That rocks!  Thanks for the tip.

Very nice music, I really enjoy listening to other people who also do what I love to do.
-Dan

will-pi:  sounds pretty cool!  if you ever get a band together, i might come see you as you're not too far from me.  

i posted a new track. its called "The Magic Merkin"

ill just go with my compatriot's opinion

I've added a few new tracks- macgyver has a gun and prelude to something