J Smith and HighWatt - MP3 demo CD | ||
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Label: Producer: Year: 2000 Total Playing Time: 11 mins Review date: 12/07/2000 |
| Web site: www.mp3.com | ||
| Rating: 66 % | ||
| Verdict: Retro sounding hard rock. | ||
| With the explosion of MP3 all over the net, I guess it was inevitable that I would get some MP3 files to review. J Smith and HighWatt are the first band to submit a CD with the songs in MP3 format.
J Smith's first foray into the world of music was as a drummer. Later he moved on to the guitar. This led to singing and song writing. J Smith sings, plays all the instruments and records the results using his home studio. To get some wider feedback and to promote the project, he posted "Don't You Know" at MP3.com in May of this year. "Come On Everybody" is an uptempo tune about getting to the end of the working week. This party rock tune has got a kind of a glam feel about it and gets my vote as the best tune. "Hold On" has a Kiss meets Motley Crue vibe. "Don't You Know" is a hard rock tune with a hint of a blues in the guitar playing, reminding me vaguely of Free. J Smith is obviously a man of talent as the has created and recorded these tracks single handed. In the short note that accompanied this it said "when I'm asked why I do this I just say I enjoy it very much". What better reason is there and MP3.com is the perfect place to showcase such music. Unfortunately, this type of music isn't in vogue at the moment and moving the project forward, to say a record deal, could prove difficult. | ||
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