Hi!

A couple months ago I set out to make some Prog Rock and I asked people in this forum for help on how to create album art. 8 months later I finally managed to finish the album. If I were to give a description of the album I would say it fits firmly into the Symphonic Prog category, since there are a lot of strings and orchestral elements on the album.

This is the first track of the album, fully titled: Emperor Suite (i. Civilization Begins ii. 3000 years iii. Kingdoms iv. The Dark Ages v. Revival vi. Dreams Of Today), it should also be available on streaming.

At a very first listen I hear influences mainly by Genesis, but some sounds remind to Bo Hansson and some passages are in an ELP mood. 

Having influences is normal and it's fine. Mixing them to create something personal and original is what an artist has to do.

I don't like your voice, honestly, sometimes untuned, but the instrumental is good. 

There's also too much reverb on it. 

My suggestion: hire a vocalist and replace your voice. The music is good, don't jeopardize it with poor vocals.

I also think the vocals were the weakest part of the album as I dont really have any experience with singing. The main idea was I wanted to steer away from becoming a pure instrumental act as I dont think it makes the music quite as memorable or outstanding. I respect the honesty and it is duly noted!

Also why do i get this weird command bar added when i reply? I cant seem to remove it

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The reason for the weird command bar I believe is that the forum software was invented at about the same time as the printing press.

Having said that, I might be wrong as my technological capability isn't much better!

I think you're right on me being a bit lenient with the reverb knob, which did hurt the overall song. Some of this was due in part because there was a lot of white noise in my backround at the time of recording. you can actually hear this in some of the softer segments of the track. So some extra reverb would drown out those white noise segments but at the cost of quality. However if I just recorded somewhere else and I was a better singer I probably wouldnt have these issues.

The other 3 songs on the album also features vocals and the next track "Bird Island" I think is better sung than this track.

Dont know how to fix the command bar so I guess its here to stay

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