Check out my bands song

My band self recorded our first actual song recently.  Before that it was all just jam sessions.  The recording quality is higher than anything I've ever played on as of now and I'm pretty proud of how it went.  It has some progressive tendencies, and a very heavily psychedelic section.   I am on organ and synth in it, which I've been playing for about a year (was a guitarist before that).  The instrument set up is Drums, Bass, Guitar, Sax, Organ/synth.  Its was for the most part recorded live with the acoustic guitar and certain lead parts put in afterwards.  It started as a composition of mine in a music class and has evolved greatly.  Theres multiple key changes and it also shows the beginning of our use of alternate time signatures.  (intro is 7/8 and 4/4 alternating at different tempos).Hopefully you'll enjoy it!  

Edited by himtroy - May 15 2010 at 23:43

Excellent! It's jazzy, but psychedelic and avantgard-ish at the same time. That's probably why it reminds me of Soft Machine's Third. If the guitar solo was an extended sax solo it would have also reminded me of early VdGG. The musicianship is very good, and the musical ideas are good too. The sound of course goes back to '68-'71 but I like that it doesn't sound as retro prog at all.

And all the keyboard parts are exceptional.


Edited by harmonium.ro - May 15 2010 at 17:25

The piece was much longer than I expected. I think I logged out of PA before it was over. 

Anyway, this is the best "unsigned" music I've heard since long ago. Whatever you guys do, together or each on his own road, you'll do a great job I'm sure.

Can I cover it with my band?

Edited by AbrahamSapien - May 16 2010 at 09:35

AbrahamSapien wrote: Can I cover it with my band?

Epic win!  This really sounds like classic Canterbury.  I mean seriously, this is some high-quality stuff.  Great job.

Fantastic

I get some gnidrolog vibes from this.

amazing stuff.

well done ... even a swinging drum solo ...
would like to hear more 

Four minutes in, really good sounding stuff  There goes the drummer now, grooving nicely...

So this band is about to break up.  My drummer is leaving, and the guitarist is focussing on his other band and working full time.  The sax player is around for two months then most likely will be away at school.  I'm going to attempt to keep it going somehow.  I really wouldn't mind an organ trio (organ, bass, drums), and then when we can sax added in, but I'm scared about not having a band to jam with for a while.  I seem to have no options of people to play with.