Album Preview a bit of Prog Rock

[steviedee]

Hi Everyone my band, Abel Ganz are about to release a new album. We are running a pledge campaign and are at over 100% at the moment which we are over the moon about. I put together this video as a preview to one of the tracks 'Unconditional' the whole tune clocks in at over 14 minutes, this is the intro section.

For anyone that's interested I played a 77 Stingray with a clean signal going to an RBI and a another clean signal going to an RPM and the engineer reamped it in the studio!

I hope you like it and I hope this is the right forum!

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[gary mac]

Listening now and enjoying.

[discreet]

Not my cuppa stylewise but it's a great-sounding promo and the playing is very accomplished.
Liking the Stingray sound - I didn't think they could be as hefty as that - very interesting.

Edited April 19, 2014 by discreet

[steviedee]

Thanks for the kind words lads it's been a looooong time in the making! It's a great bass the Stingray packs a wallop, I love it.

[Diablo]

what a shame you cut the demo just as the bass got going into a nice riff and it changed feel in the song. I would have liked to hear where it was going. Good video from stills though, some vids just cut from image to image twice a second and become nauseous, your had a nice mix but kept the feel. I know nothing other than being a punter who buys stuff I like - all I would say is bring a few different movements in the song(s) into the demo rather than just one section, it gives more feel of where the whole thing will go for the potential buyers.



Cheers,
Rich

[Oopsdabassist]

Now THATS how I like my prog....none of yer double bass drum proto metal crud, that has a deft light touch and was very enjoyable, how can I hear more?

[steviedee]

Cheers for the Feedback Rich, we need to do a few more vids for the pledgers so I'll keep your points in mind mate.

Alright Oops very very kind of you. Our website is currently being used just to showcase the Pledge campaign here is the link http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/abelganz which tells you a bit about the new album, we have Jerry Donahue from Fairport Convention guesting on one track which is awesome. But there are loads of great musicians even, pedal steel players, flugelhorns even a brass band

[namefail]

I really enjoyed that Steviedee, cheers and best of luck.

[madshadows]

Liked that a lot, great stuff

John

[rogerstodge]

Good stuff

[Oopsdabassist]

Pledged, very impressed with what I've heard so far. Can't wait for the CD!

[steviedee]

Hi chaps thanks for all the positive feedback!

And Oops thanks for the pledge I really appreciate it. I hope you like the album when you get hold of it, we've put a lot of work into it and are all proud of it. Thanks again!

[Bassman Sam]

I've pledged too and looking forward to the release of the cd. Good luck with it.

[steviedee]

Thanks a lot Sam I really appreciate it. We are just arranging the mastering now and finalising the artwork!

[Oopsdabassist]

Exciting this ain't it?

[steviedee]

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Exciting this ain't it?
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Lol it is for us we are the slowest band on the planet! The Pledge thing has been great for getting us moving!

[dmccombe7]

Really enjoyed that. Nice collection of basses there too. WAL, Rik, MM. Nice.
Dave

[White Cloud]

Congrats, this is excellent!

[steviedee]

Hi Folks thanks a lot for the taking the time to listen and the kind words much appreciated!

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1397932783' post='2428816']
Not my cuppa stylewise but it's a great-sounding promo and the playing is very accomplished.
Liking the Stingray sound - I didn't think they could be as hefty as that - very interesting.
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Same here

[Diablo]

Two items -

1. your website has been taken over by the pledge, so how can people find out about the band, members, back catalogue songs, contact info etc..? I'd suggest the pledge should be part of your site, but not take it over. I want to know more about you guys but can't.

2. Can you pledge without having to register on that site? I don't use facebook, and hate getting spammed to death so tend to avoid registering for generic sites? For instance what is wrong with a link on your own website with a paypal button to make the pledge?

Cheers,
Rich

[xilddx]

Really good! Not my cup of prog tea either but it's excellent. Best of luck with the pledges and the album.

[steviedee]

Hi Rich we decided to focus the site on the campaign as we were a bit worried about not reaching our target. We've sold quite a few CDs over the years but haven't exactly harnessed the power of modern communication. It turned out we reached our target quite quickly. So it might be an idea to open the site up again. We were looking to do a redesign so it seemed like a good idea.

The band have been going in one form or another for over 20 years which us nuts!

I think you can only pledge through Pledge Music though.

Thanks Nigel we've spent a lot of time trying to get things to sound right.

Edited April 21, 2014 by steviedee

[ead]

Another person looking forward to the CD here.

[steviedee]

Thanks again ead we are about to release another video for Pledgers and are working on the packaging so all go at Ganz towers!