Okay, you guys *have* to hear this music.
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Topic: Okay, you guys *have* to hear this music.
Posted By: Man Overboard
Subject: Okay, you guys *have* to hear this music.
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 17:26
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There's this guy, his name is Clay Withrow. He doesn't have a
label (that I'm aware of), and his album isn't finished, but he's got
some demos available for his upcoming album, "Dissonance Rising".
The quality on the demos is amazing, everything seems pure
perfectionist. I've talked to him a bit lately, and he's very
much a progressive rock/metal person. http://clay.dmusic.com/ - Clay Withrow - Dissonance Rising demos It's all quite amazing, even the tracks without vocals. To start, I would recommend one listen to "The Grinding Part I", "Dream For A Prisoner", "Dissonance Rising", and "Of Endings", but every single track there is pure quality. Some of it's heavier than others (no screaming, but some heavy riffs a la Pain Of Salvation)... a lot of it is delicate and soft. His melodies are AMAZING, the music is EPIC, and I daresay that the final album could be one of my favorite progressive records of 2005. Please, PLEASE give this music a fair listen. He's worked really hard on it, he's a very talented musician, a *brilliant* songwriter, and he's a really nice guy, to boot. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 18:34
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Listening to it right now. To call this man a genius is stretching the
definition of musical genius, but it is surelly very good. A bit reminiscent of Dream theater at times, with some slight (very slight) Yes influences, great moments. I think the album could be a good one if he get's it released. Quite impressing indeed  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 21:54
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I've listened to worse things, and i've listened to better things too. sometimes it is a diluted pain of salvation. it is a bit for teenagers, isn't it? ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 22:21
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For teenagers? I would doubt it. Most teenagers don't have
the attention span for 10+ minute epics, which this album has 3 or 4 of
at least... the concept involves the meat industry...
remember "The Jungle", the book about the meat industry? I think
it's loosely based on that.
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 22:25
I'm enjoying it.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 04:50
I listened to the first track but found it a bit gloomy (Porcupine Tree meets Dream Theater??).Does he cheer up at any point?
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Posted By: Jim Prog Wizard
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 07:18
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Very good, certainly a promising one for the future. ------------- "Progressive Rock is the ultimate form of music" (Mikael Akerfeldt, 2003) |
Posted By: popmusic333
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 19:24
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Has potential. ------------- J |
Posted By: topographic2112
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 03:03
Not too shabby!!! Pretty good stuff!  ------------- "Rock is the medium of our generation." - Yes - "Release, Release" |