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Xiren — Prince Among Frogs
Album: Polite Conversation
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Released: 2002
Length: 2:40
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Landed here after pushing the PSD button.  Never heard before.

Sounds British indeed!
1971?  Too bad he looked like Elton!  Pretty Good anyway!
Yeah I know about him LOL, personal friend from Denver, named Xiren so you could find him easily in the music store among the couple other X's (and his voice can steer your ships into the rocks).
Moved to L.A. couple years back to make it big - and he is.
Love the flashback but new songs, please! 
penny lane anyone?
pretty interesting, never heard em before. Another point for RP!
I like this. The AMG entry is pretty much blank. Anybody know anything about him? Any recommended albums?
I really like it!
Very Nice
phiagurl wrote:
This sounds a little like Jellyfish to me --> I like it. :)
Yes! Very Jellyfishy. And I think it's good too. Not jumping up and down good, but worth a listen to hear all the stuff that's going on in there.
I like this track a lot :) Xiren\'s voice is clear and pleasing - (I have a personal \"huskiness\" scale where I compare the most pure voices to, say, Ozzie Osbourne - and then the huskiest are like Demi Moore, or Rod Stewart, or Brian Adams - I\'m sure there\'s a vocabulary for it, I just don\'t have it. Anyone? Most are fine on their own, but sometimes some _awful_ pairings, such as Bryan Adams with Pavarotti will get stuck together, flattering niether, but I digress) - and the instrumentation is refreshingly retro and engaging. IMHO.
Xiren - Keep it up - sounds good!!
Originally Posted by sully3: Reminds me a little of London Calling by the Clash...
Not me. I went to the Xiren website and (Xiren are you listening?) it made loud noises. I only want sound when I click the RP link or the MLB link.
Originally Posted by drumover: I have never heard of this software. I will keep my eyes open for it. I need 24 bit crunching. This would help my FTP delivery. Even with a fast internet connection, wave files are still huge. Brian
Well, I checked the website, and according to it, it does crunch 24 bit audio now (it may have done so before, but it wasn't relevant to me then)!!! So please check it out. It should decrease the filesize by 50 % on average. But: as drum audio files will contain much silence between the individual strokes, I predict an even better compression (in my experience, silence is very compressable. Absolute silence (digital zeros) compress even 100% in Monkey's Audio). I have used Monkey's Audio (with 16 bit audio) many times, without ANY problems.
Someone below asked where to buy this CD. You can buy it through AMAZON by clicking the link above. That will not only do me a great honor but also it will kick Bill at RP some $ too. Thanks for playing Indy bands Bill!
Originally Posted by drumover: The software I used was mac based protools although Xiren uses pc based Acid. You can look at my website to get an in depth idea of what I do and the equipment I use. https://www.drumoverdubs.com
I immediately did as soon as I found out you have one! Very, very cool! Why? Here's why: I once thought about starting a similar project, just not with drums, but "everything else": I play guitars (el., ac., ba.), keyboards, do arrangements, etc., and I know some additional musicians/vocalists. The project was temporarily put on hold, but who knows... Anyway, your endeavor was the first that I found to be somehow similar to what I had in mind: providing high quality musical tracks for a decent price. I planned on delivering the files (.wav mainly) via ftp or http, compressed losslessly with Monkey's Audio. Do you know that? It compresses regular .wav-files very good, and most important: losslessly. Downside: it doesn't compress 24/32 bit yet, AFAIK.
Originally Posted by drumover: This band writes great songs! Brian P.S. I played the drums on this song. I guess I am biased.
Good job! I like! What equipment do you use?
Great song, and great production/engineering. Better than most of what you would hear on the usual FM radio.
Nice. Catchy. Groovy. I\'d buy this CD for $10 if the rest of the songs feel sort of like this. Bouncy, you know. Anton\'s 2.573 centavos
This sounds a little like Jellyfish to me --> I like it. :)