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Dear TL,
Please give this band a look-see. Mapril (the band name) is composed of the 4 most talanted musicians i know. Just take 3 minutes out of your day and give the music a listen.
thank you
http://www.myspace.com/mapril420
Poll: Did you like Mapril?No (22) 76% Could use a bit more polishing (5) 17% Yes (2) 7% 29 total votes Your vote: Did you like Mapril? (Vote): Yes (Vote): No (Vote): Could use a bit more polishing
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On May 05 2010 04:50 arb wrote: they are alright any suggestions?
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I have no idea what that chemical they're showing in the background, but I'm going to assume it's THC...
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Stop whoring out this myspace band. lol. If they want some suggestions, here. Get better production, get better rappers. They have no flow at all. And the chorus is horrible. Also, it's so fucking stereotypical for rap to be about pot. lol
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On May 05 2010 05:31 gumbum8 wrote: I have no idea what that chemical they're showing in the background, but I'm going to assume it's THC... well their myspace ur IS
http://www.myspace.com/mapril420
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This is awful. The lyrics are crude but not witty or clever in the slightest. I don't know if he's meant to sound like he's almost laughing in the first song but it sounds forced and I had to turn it off cause I was cringing.
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Sorry to say but this was pretty terrible. Seems half-assed and I really couldn't stand one of those guy's singing at all. Not funny lyrics if that was what they were going for; and if not, yikes...
Just seems like pretty bad "rap"
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if these consist the "4 most talented musicians (you) know" then you lead a sad life
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On May 05 2010 06:10 phosphorylation wrote: if these consist the "4 most talented musicians (you) know" then you lead a sad life fair enough the sad life of a suburban public school-ed kid
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Just know that when you start off you're going to get a lot of haters, that critcize at things that don't even matter. Keep trying. It's not "Awful" that many people claim.
Some suggestions-
1. I only listened to the first 3 songs, their instrumentals dare i say is basically the same, try new instruments and change the beat.
2. Rap with emotion, and adding background vocals if you can to enhance it.
3. Don't do the generic rapping about hoes, have it one or two songs, but all of it is just trash. Don't be a bandwagoner, find a new style to sing about something important to you. If hoes/drinking/pills are the only things important, then i dunno what to say lol. For a rap artist the lyrics are very important, so you might want to practice freestlye first before writing rap songs. Some of the best rap artists do it all in freestyle then later edit and change words.
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Not terrible, but definitely not my thing
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So so
I don't want to speak on the content of the music itself, since every ones music is their own. But the flow was definitely a little choppy, and the beats where pretty bland. I would look around to find some nice inspiration (my favorites are the Japanese producers, like Nujabes (R.I.P) and others who have a nice jazzy or swing feel to thier work)
From the production stand point,(I have a bachelor's in music education and one is Sound engineering/music recording) it was pretty low quality. The first song sounded like it was recorded on a headset mic, and all of the songs where not mixed at all, which made them impossible to listen too
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Not my style. Also get a real mic. :O
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