Unleashed Fury ! (demo CD)

Well, I received this demo of the guitarist Pete Wilkinson, and I decided to give it a try. Lets get one thing clear though, the production doesn't exist !!!! I understand its a demo, but it feels like its been recorded in the room next door (or even the next) and that's unfortunate cause it takes away the pleisure to listen to it (it really does !). So musically speaking, Pete can play fiercly fast on his guitar, but it tends to get way to technical rather than melodic. He shows moments where he doesn't try to break a record in speed (like M. Malmsteen for instance who's only way to have an orgasm is to play 25 notes of music in under a second.... anyway) and these are the best moments, unfortunately they are only a few. So despite the total absence of production, they are some interesting moments, but they are interspersed with too many indifferent (to me) fast playing, too technical moments. Let me explain, first of all this speed competition, this complexity is far too pushed for me to really enjoy it as melodic music, it would be more of a technical demonstration... unfortunately Pete's out of tempo sometimes (no wonder at that speed !) and there's also some mistake then and there (no production). Plus the rest of the music, drums programming and keyboards are also taken care by Pete and the problem is that you can't do everything by yourself, and that kind of music (instrumental) requires that the other instruments (usually drums and keyboard) help the general feeling of the music, here they're only here to say there's something else than guitars. So, I decided not to quote that demo, simply because its impossible to hear it more than once because of its lack of production. I'd just say that Pete can play very fast, but he doesn't impress me because these moments lack personality... So the guy can play guitar, that's for sure and I'm sure he's talentuous, but still I would suggest him to try to get more melodic and less technical, that way his music would be more enjoyable and accessible by more people, but that's my humble opinion.