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It's fascinating how the music business has changed in a few short years. Whenever I used to come up with some riffs and yell over them by myself, it was called creating a demo. It never occured to me to release these tunes to an unsuspecting public, for two reasons:
A. They cheat the listener out of a worthwhile listening experience because they are incomplete, and
B. They sell any artistic integrity short, because the possibilities of the tunes are unrealised.
While I support anyone when it comes to artistic expression, I also wish that ace would spend a bit more time on the tunes themselves. Even some cursory percussion here and there or a well placed overdub (even a doubled part) would go a long way toward resolving the presentation. I understand the concept of a "warts 'n' all" sort of offering, but to feature it on every track isn't really all that imaginative. The idea of the one fellow yelling over a heavy electric guitar may be novel, but it isn't exactly original. Billy Bragg has been doing it since sometime in the late seventies, the difference being that Bragg chose to apply subtle shadings to each of his tunes, rather than simply turning on the recorder and attempting to "capture the magic".
A. They cheat the listener out of a worthwhile listening experience because they are incomplete, and
B. They sell any artistic integrity short, because the possibilities of the tunes are unrealised.
While I support anyone when it comes to artistic expression, I also wish that ace would spend a bit more time on the tunes themselves. Even some cursory percussion here and there or a well placed overdub (even a doubled part) would go a long way toward resolving the presentation. I understand the concept of a "warts 'n' all" sort of offering, but to feature it on every track isn't really all that imaginative. The idea of the one fellow yelling over a heavy electric guitar may be novel, but it isn't exactly original. Billy Bragg has been doing it since sometime in the late seventies, the difference being that Bragg chose to apply subtle shadings to each of his tunes, rather than simply turning on the recorder and attempting to "capture the magic".
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