New Music Alert: Romancing the Stone / The Jewel of the Nile by Perfect Female Type

Perfect Female Type crafts the perfect theme song for an imagined 80s cop show with Romancing the Stone, complete with big juicy analog synths, frenzied Latin percussion, and a riveting electric guitar solo ripped right out of MTV’s prime. Time to jump in the speedboat and bust some narcos under a blur of Miami palms!

Includes the gorgeous b-side The Jewel of the Nile, another fast-paced Caribbean adventure drenched in shimmering synth nostalgia.

Available now on your favorite streaming platform!

New Music Alert: Bite Down by The Seven Whores of the Apocalypse

The Seven Whores of the Apocalypse team up with the ice cold vocal queen Scarlett to deliver a hot dose of forbidden passion in our throbbing industrial techno single Bite Down, now available everywhere!

Sharp bass stabs pound against a wall of distorted guitars as Scarlett invites you into the “chapel” for a lesson in tough love. We’re all sinners… is that what you came for?

New Music Alert! Turning Back to You by Perfect Female Type

I’m shredding it up in my new synth rock anthem Turning Back to You, featuring vocals by the fiery and uncompromising Katie Burke!

Taking a stab at manipulative and domineering lovers, Turning Back to You is a song about reclaiming your power in the thunderdome of love. This is Pat Benatar standing her ground, Stevie Nicks spreading her wings, and Joan Jett taking it to the streets. It’s a quintessential 80s summer jam for the ages and not to be missed!

New Music Release: A Small Quagmire by Thrill Behind Barks

Lovers of weird, atmospheric horror movies will love the latest release A Small Quagmire from my experimental ambient band Thrill Behind Barks, available on Human Geography Recordings.

Laced with a dense texture of dark blooms and bizarre twings and twangs, A Small Quagmire twitches its way through a delightfully random series of sonic spaces that will leave the listener feeling uneven, haunted, and in pretty bad need of a hug.

Also check out this cool review of our album on Fringes of Sound!

New Music Alert – Science of Love by Perfect Female Type

If you like synthwave and 80s synth-pop acts like Human League, ABC, and Erasure, you’ll adore my new single Science of Love. Available everywhere now!

Also check out these reviews on v13 and PopMuzik!

How to Get Great Feedback on Your Music

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This is another one I see a lot on Facebook and Reddit. The questions usually go like this:

“My first song. What do you guys think?”

“Brand new track. How does it sound?”

“Back in the studio. Am I going in the right direction?”

This is a tough one, because I do think it’s important to get advice and feedback from more experienced musicians, especially if you’re new to your genre, or new to music in general, and you don’t have your sea legs yet.

On the other hand, music is an art form, and art is subjective. You’ll get a dozen different answers that might form a kind of consensus, but you might not.

So what are you supposed to do?

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