Post your (own) HM demos here!

^Pffff, only this isn't St Anger where it was cool to just cut and paste rather than actually play it, NO CHEATING, otherwise you will be awarded the  "You are nearly as much of a douche bag as Lars Ulrich Award and this award is not a good thing" Award
I'm having the same problem to be honest, because my thrash rhythm chops are very rusty, but I might post some sloppy stuff up in the next few days for a laugh

Mark- Went on the myspace page and listened to the space.
Still a tad too much upper mids/treble on the guitars, but otherwise I really liked the overall production, you really made it sound classic NWOBHM, well done

Well, I guess it's fair enough that Marcos posted his stuff here, although he does already have his own thread for his myspace music band, but I'm not fussed.
Anyway, well I've got my download limit back to near full, so Mark I'll download some of your stuff in a minute

In other news, I've got some song ideas happening, ,maybe enough for about 1 and a half/2 minutes of material so far.

Marcus- I don't think you are playing fair with Certif1ed. They are full studio productions...

Brilliant stuff though.

" Since today is the deadline, and the challenge is over, it'd be cool to see what you can come up with - but I'd have to render each track as a beat-mapped file first, and hope the software you're using can cope with Sony's beatmapping algorithm (if you're not using ACID).

Mark if you could send me a file of the guitars only for "test19" without drums and vocals i could add a drum track for you (i have a Roland TD-12) , i know drums are usually put down first but should not be too much of a problem!

Edited by mystic fred - July 28 2008 at 01:46

mystic fred wrote: hi Mark, heres my critique of the "test 19" song, no comments about the sound quality as you requested ( i must advise though that using electrical equipment in a bathroom is potentially dangerous..).   i liked the Metallica-style intro, though it seemed disjointed from the main song, as if it were stuck on.  overall the song  is a good song, even though i couldn't understand a single word - the vocals were awful - reminiscent of  a drunken karaoke night, out of tune, strained, embarrassingly bad. the song justifies a good singer(s), which is the most important element(s) of a band, i suggest Bruce would fit the bill here perfectly, or someone who knows how to sing in his style. the guitars sounded great, the rhythm and bass worked together well and sounded good, though the bass was a little indistinct (use a pick) and the drums were a let down, you need a good drum sound for metal!   the little Maiden style lead guitar solo was good, it broke up the beat and added colour.     now hit me...

hi Mark, heres my critique of the "test 19" song, no comments about the sound quality as you requested ( i must advise though that using electrical equipment in a bathroom is potentially dangerous..).

Edited by mystic fred - July 27 2008 at 05:53

^Does your download limit include streaming?

Sorry about lack of comments on songs, I've used up my download limit again (well my father probably did:P)
although if I can find a few free hours when no one else is using our computer, I can probably download some more of the posted songs.

Again, no microphone in this corner, so I'll settle for instrumental songs, which means where I would have spent time writing lyrics, I'll put time in with the riffs and solos a bit more.
Me being me, I've decided I'll be aiming more for the mid/late 80s/early 90s more 'serious' and technical thrash style. I'll still take in some older thrash influence, don't get me wrong, but at least on the guitar side of things, expect I'm aiming for the more technical style.
I'm going to start putting together various thrash metal style drum beats soon, in fact maybe after this post I'll begin doing that, and see where that takes me.
None of the bass parts or drum parts will be played by humans, that will all be computer generated of course, but fear not, every single bit of guitar will be me playing, in all it's glory.
Since it's late 80s/early 90s stuff, I'm no longer limited to my JCM800 amp emulation on my amp modelling unit, but will instead be using the various Mesa Boogie amp simulations on offer which also have the side benefit of allowing me to use the same gain levels as the JCM 800 model with 20-30 per cent less hum. For leads, I am yet to decide whether I go for the Mesa Boogie amps or the Soldano SLO-100 amp model, the SLO being my favorite lead tone from my amp modeller.

^I can't see why envy should even be an issue - I often find it easier to pick holes in music by people who are loads more talented than me