For the All-Star Game band's promotion related opinion:

After hearing three of the four bands tonight during the All Star Game, it's hard to pick one, for the producers made them all sound the same, instruments to vocals, using obvious pitch control machine "sounds" on all the vocals, and the same instrument sounds, band to band. Over polishing.

Any band would sound the same with that approach. I thought it was going to showcase THOSE bands for their own sound and style of singing and playing those free credit score songs, to inject their band's sound and singing appeal. Could still be using studio musicians and actors. It took away the character of all the bands, with not much Independent about them going on now.

With only a slight edge still, as it's really hard to tell now:
"The Victorious Secrets".

Producers for future ads: Let those bands be themselves! People like REAL. You already had actors and studio musicians.
Let Substudio produce them! NO pitch control, and amps be the amps and bands be THAT band!

Johnny

Actually a Member Since 1996 or 97 (Number One Hundred Something).
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