Just got a copy of Half Dreaming - Asian Shoegaze Compilation via Soulseek... I was a bit excited at knowing how we did compared to Asian neighbors... i wasn't really expecting Candyaudioline to be as good as any of them... Having heard some acts via Youtube and a few Blogsites, i am quite convinced that the Philippines has been far behind the rest of pack for quite some time in the dreamy Shoegaze dept... as i listened to every track, i can't help but feel quite envious... They sure know how to play the music... The guitars, the arangements, the levels and most specially the feel... finally. track 12, our song "Felt So Fine"... i was quite shocked... it sounded really different... it was a bit loud... everyting was way too "up"... nawala yung "Twee" aspect nung song... anyways, i waited 'til the whole compilation was done... Every track was really good except for "Love Is So Strange" by Everyone Loves Irene from Indonesia, which it utter trash... funny since the best track (for me) come from a band from Indonesia. It's the 3rd track called "Perfect Angel" by Cataclysmic... The other so-so track being our song...
i'm putting the blame on how our song was Mastered... Mastering by the way is a recording process in which a certain track (or multiple tracks) is levelled and sometimes, if necessary, tampered thru equalization so that it will be of the same audio characteristics (volume and frequencies)as that of the other tracks to which it is beaing compiled with... it was quite obvious that our track went thru an equalization process which slightly affected how it sounds... I'm not saying that if hadn't gone thru equalization, it would've been the best track of the pack... i'm simply saying that it would've sounded a bit more decent...
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