You know, I wasn’t going to post this, because it’s BAD, but it’s not vomit inducing terrible, but instead, I’m sort of going to use it as a lesson, because there have been a lot of comments about what sorts of things we put up here, etc.
For example, “This isn’t that bad. I sort of like it.” You know, fair enough. Taste isn’t absolute. There’s stuff I don’t hate that is universally reviled, and stuff I hate hate hate that wins Grammys. To each their own. (And to the people who ask what kind of label we are, and what DO we put out? Wouldn’t you like to know….)
This song is just a classic example of a song people are going to like, but that’s just not very good for a variety of reasons:
1. It’s kind of a hair metal ballad. Like, the video should be shot in black and white where the 2 main singers are on stools in a very stark room. (and even I like some hair ballads.)
2. It’s just not very relevant or well made. There also seems to be an assumption in some comments that a “demo” is made on a four track and is unmastered. Not true. The vast majority of what we get are fully made CDs, not even burns. They’re made in studios, in Garage Band, whatever. (Also - in case you were wondering, labels like this, because it saves them money if you do get signed from a demo. Then they don’t have to pay to record a whole new thang.)
3. It’s not unique. Ok, ok. Not everything is unique, and there’s even an argument that nothing’s a new idea anymore. Understandable. But if you’re doing something that someone else has done, what are you doing to improve it, do your own twist, or spice it up a little?
4. This dude’s voice is annoying. Just saying.
In case you’re wondering, yes, we’ve signed bands just from demos, and there are a LOT of demos we get that never make it up on here. We give every demo a fair shot and hope that each CD will blow us away w/ its awesomeness and we can sign them and sell 100,000,000 records. We’ve gotten demos from big huge artists in their infancy that we’ve turned down, and now they’re selling tons of records, and we’re kicking ourselves. But, that’s the way the cookie crumbles. Lightning in a bottle - you have like 5 minutes to impress someone. Make it good.
Now back to your regularly scheduled snark and assholery.
