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I'd like to hear what you guys think. Just some stuff I was working on a little while back, thinking about doing more if inspiration so hits me. here it is.

I write about some of the ones that catch my eye as I listen to them here... New Shoes - it's got some nice melodic stuff going on, but it is pretty repetitive. I know that it's supposed to be about the groove and build, but the groove and build isn't exactly interesting enough to hold that same vamp over and over. Very nice rhythmic modulation. You say this was based on music you did as a band in high school? Very nice writing there. Joyride - Nice, kind of island-y sounding. I liked the little vocal work at the end. Destruction of Beefeaters - Greensleeves? Nice little quote there, not sure if it was intentional or not. Not so keen on the vox this time though, prettu cheesy sounding. I mean, if you were going for that, more power to you, but not really my cup o' tea baby. Green Bean Tide - Interesting use of 7/4, and nice alleviation of it during the B-section. It's a nice and welcomed change to the cut sounding 7/4 and has some nice melodic work going on. The two-beat deal at the end gets kind of monotonous, and the vox are again kind of odd. Overall enjoyable to listen to. Passion in Fire - I liked how the drums were sparse at the beginning, I think it almost would have been kind of cool for them to be as sparse later on, only accenting certain parts of it. Though it might have worked a bit differently live, so of course there's a different kind of impact with trying to do things like that electronically. The bell/piano/synth kind of section with the little melodic things going here and there are pretty nice. Alright, I think that'll do for now, maybe I'll give the rest a listen some time later. Overall, you write well. Are you still writing? What did you use to make the recordings?

Not bad, I listened to all three, and I think my favorite was the first (aggressive, though I only listened to the newer mix of it). I agree about the brass in the third one, it does sound kind of hokey. I know that you are kind of playing the hand you're dealt, so I expect you don't have better, but there are probably some ways to make them sound either more legit or more interesting. Other than that, the songs had pretty good shape and layering. Keep up the good work!