My one-man-band-thing. Opinions please!

[Edergilmour]

So I had so many bad experiences with bands that I decided I should do everything by myself. (Anyone familiar with this? haha)
I've been recording some songs I wrote some time ago and I wanna know what is the perception of other people that aren't friends or parents (cause you know they can't make a impartial statement).
So if anyone is up to this task, I'd really appreciate it. 
Also, I decided to choose the most unlikely and kind of idiotic band name I found, so I present you two compositions from "Silence the Owl Cloud". The lyrics are all written but I couldn't track the vocals yet.

https://www.4shared.com/audio/_KmlYRuY/Silence_the_Owl_Cloud_-_Maps_a.html
This one is called "Maps and Compasses" and it's mostly inspired by DT (of course) and Muse.


https://www.4shared.com/audio/_qVJaW61/STOL_-_FL__newmix_.html?
This is "Driftwood"; a ballad with obvious influences of James Labrie's solo stuff and also some arrangement influences from alternative rock.

So what do you think?

 

[Unimatrix]

Both cool, I like the first one better because.. well, because the other one is a ballad 

Somehow the drum sound stood out to me in a positive way. Did you record real drums or use VSTi?

[Edergilmour]

Both cool, I like the first one better because.. well, because the other one is a ballad 

Somehow the drum sound stood out to me in a positive way. Did you record real drums or use VSTi?

I made the drums on a VSTi called "Superior Drummer". The option that I have to record the drums myself, doesn't get me not even half of the audio quality heard in this recording. Thanks for the post"

[Unimatrix]

Yeah, nothing wrong in using VSTi when you know how to do it right and get a good sound out of it, which you do!