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| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 3 days ago |
| @BigJimSlade, Stick around long enough and the longs add up... really I'm lucky to do three tunes a year! As for diverse... I just play what comes out, and hope for the best. My favorite part is playing. My least favorite is dealing with drums that aren't made by hand by someone I know. Production is fun, to a point... then it's kind of like over-scratching an itch and risking over-over production... like this tune! One of my major goals is to back-off big productions and figure out what I want to say, lyrically or else melodically in the instrumentals. And maybe go back to the drawing board with some stripped-down acoustic stuff. Anyway... thanks! |
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| You Can Close Your Eyes - Rosebud by RMG_Music | 3 days ago |
| Sounds absolutely great, performance- & recording-wise. Good to have my ears finally meet you. | |
| Teach Your Children by jl | 3 days ago |
| It's been a while, jl... sounds great. @RMG_Music, shame on me for being away so long... great singing! | |
| Freak's Show by thenownows | 3 days ago |
| You quite effen rock. Great music head on ya, man. | |
| Gonna Make You Happy (video - fixed) by thenownows | 3 days ago |
| What a great tune all around. The only problem I have with it is that it's not three times longer. What a great tune this would be to perform with a good, loud, jamming band playing to a good-sized crowd. Lighters up! | |
| "Great White Nurk" by pharmakeus | 3 days ago |
| I'm a complete Luddite in matters of resonator geargeekery. But I shan't forget your hidden knowledge revealed in this daring revelation of the methods behind your Frankenbass creation. | |
| Today for Sure by Dorinda | 3 days ago |
| Perfect match for my NEED to hear something really meaningful and produced with mature, balanced ears. And what a perfect all-around combination of talents. | |
| FOOLING ON A SUNDAY by RiGee | 3 days ago |
| I'm with LaFayette... nice blend of strings and keys into a really well-integrated hunk of sweeping mood. | |
| Big Spender by RubyDubidoux | 3 days ago |
| Nice to hear you again. I remember the old Muriel ads. Thanks for the trip down memory lane... when a cigar cost a dime! | |
| Love Gone By The Boards by BigJimSlade | 3 days ago |
| Go, BigJim! I'd jam with you anytime. | |
| "Great White Nurk" by pharmakeus | 3 days ago |
| Thanks for posting. I've been daydreaming of a resonator guitar lately... you fan the flames of my desire to burn 50% less cash. | |
| En Förlorad Värld by brnPetra | 4 days ago |
| So sensitively rendered, and with great layering of all the various "Dylans" backing-up your uniquely fine voice, Petra. | |
| Funk in the Sun by Bob6stringer | 4 days ago |
| @Kw8zzy8s, @SISTERS, @RubyDubidoux, @Vixen, @dirigent, I just want to thank y'alluns for stopping by and making me feel like a star for a week or so. Anne, I'm the kind of listener you are... I like to make note of specific parts and I'm so glad you noticed my obsessive habit: After I record, I go through every measure, every note on many songs (this one included) to make things jump the whole way. Vix, nice nod to Ed, whose bass is an arm's length from me as I write this, and who will forever rock i peace. As for my chops, diligent, you overstate them; there are always those with more and fewer tricks in their holster. I'm more of an old-school jammer than a current-gen shredder! RE a future update of this or a similar riff: I had a version intended for a kind of New Orleans/James Brownish vocal, tentatively titled "Put Your Foot on the Rock," but I just had to get this riff out. As I approached the two-minute mark, I was also approaching a musical cardiac arrest,and so I scrambled around the frets and, out of breath, darted around the frets and ended the hyperactive madness. I still lament the lack of a good, versatile "wetware" drummer to collar or better yet, play live with here in Chicago. Edited to (try and) fix the spelling of "Kw8zzy8s." |
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| FOOLS by SISTERS | 7 days ago |
| So calming and caring, no joke, no irony. It confounds me... then it soothes me. | |
| FMP012812 Off the Grid by Surak | 7 days ago |
| Amazing what tiny tech can do these days. This is a great respite from the expected, I'm picturing the park as I listen. Need I point-ot the irony of posting this on the very pubic inter webs?! Naw, I won't say a thing. | |
| Despatched detached by happierthanever | 7 days ago |
| Way to clear the cobwebs, Happier. Great wash of keys and liquid jazz guitar riffs behind your vocals, which are right in the pocket. | |
| Red Neck Jesus by wal4u | 7 days ago |
| BTW, I clicked... Kel's got some serious miss, and you sound great through one/some of them. Great lyrics and delivery... reminds me a bit of the mindset of a Lowell George on tunes like "Roll Um Easy" (from the Dixie Chicken album). | |
| Bad Dreams Have Gone by paulfisher909 | 7 days ago |
| I've been hooked. I haven't been here for a year or more, but saw this and, well, ever since I heard "The Real Thing" and downloaded more than a dozen of your tunes I've been hooked. Thanks. ***** | |
| Funk in the Sun by Bob6stringer | 9 days ago |
| @Fioretti, @Axelbreeze, @BigJimSlade ... thanks all. If I can rejoin the place as not just a noisemaker but a listener in good standing, I'll be glad to get to know youse peeple, who in my far or so away I've not gotten to know well. See you on the "B" side. | |
| Speed Burnin' Blacktop by BigJimSlade | 9 days ago |
 Yow! I gotta eve you if you put this kind of energy into your playing. This is just the kind of refried psychobillified stuff that makes me wanna go out and do something wrong. |
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| Wish You Were Here (Remastered) by PunkFloyd | 10 days ago |
| I heard but didn't comment when this was new.... love it. DL-ing it to push on my friends. I prefer it to the original, which I find way too controlled. | |
| Another Brick in the Wall (LIVE) by PunkFloyd | 10 days ago |
| "The Wall" was the Floyd album that turned me into a non-fan because it marked a shift from a rock-and-guitar sensibility to a clean, lyrics-are-all approach for mass-market consumption. Your band scrubs-out the carburetor dung and, to mix metaphors, offers my ears a much-needed musical colonic. Aaaaaaaah. That's better. Now put yer combat boots on and get yer punk asses to cold Chicago -- Nor Cal's way too comfortably numb this time of year! |
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| One more summer. by Dustwood | 10 days ago |
| Good guitars, good vocals and like you I have to rely on drum loops (and keys sometimes)... but value the handmade noise. There's always room for doom! | |
| Lets Make A Garden Inside our Hearts by mfwmiles | 10 days ago |
| You win... Happy is goody! | |
| Woodley Island Sailors by Kresling | 10 days ago |
| Matt, you're great and I hope you're out gigging somewhere. Your lyrics are the wonderstuff and everything follows. Cruise on. | |
| Old Man You Won't Live by Kresling | 10 days ago |
| It's always great to hear a picker who doesn't have to hide behind effects and overproduction. (Something I know little about!) Great vocals and great harmonies... on the mark but still loose enough to sound warm. I hear the Jayhawks calling you to jam. ***** ***** ***** ***** | |
| Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore by pharmakeus | 10 days ago |
| Good thoughts for a good heart, from a good heart. For me, heaven is that we get to rot, release our carbon and live on in some combination of energy and dirt. HOWEVER, Ed believed in Heaven, and I believe in Ed. So momentarily, I'll concede that if A = B and B = C, there's a heaven and Ed's in it. |
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| Change of Seasons by Fioretti | 10 days ago |
| All good things. "Composing" comes in many forms... there's writing time, real-time... and then there's studio time. Good sounds. | |
| Funk in the Sun by Bob6stringer | 10 days ago |
| @nlsn, @artneuro, @PunkFloyd, @mfwmiles, @Dyl ... in order: glad to hear it; I missed you too; I like your weave, too; I will indeed Skype you and finally, Dyl, I will try to treat them well more. Well, that covers it for now... iC ya later! | |
| Little Sunflower by nlsn | 10 days ago |
| It's been a long time since I've been around but I can ALWAYS count on making a safe landing if your music is playing. Beautiful work-play, Nelson. Editing to add: Beautiful job to ALL of you on the track. --B. |
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| Red mushroom effect by w1av | 11 days ago |
| Very out there in space but with great, clean chops and production. Kind of felt like you had Ruth Underwood on the vibraphones there. Nice blend of melody and atonal thingyness going on. | |
| Funk in the Sun by Bob6stringer | 11 days ago |
| @pharmakeus, @texasliverdavis @kcsroove ... Thanks! | |
| Steal Away by RubyDubidoux | 11 days ago |
| Nice! Kind of like Zoe Deschanel interpreting the kind of music... well, the kind of music, um, Jimmy Hughes did! Nice to be back and her ya. | |
| Forgive Me [Haunted House] by pharmakeus | 11 days ago |
| Exceedingly clean mix and placement of your vocals. I like how you put your vocals in, without making the music seem ducked-down. Good story. The first verse sets a broad sage, while the second adds some more concrete references, puts a good not-too-fine point on the story. Great performances by both of you. | |
| Route 66 by pharmakeus | 11 days ago |
| Good to be back for a listen, Chrisakeus, like the vocal and guitar you add. Send my regards to Lilmom. This is a great team-up. | |
| Sleepwalk [Hagstrom Kent version] by artneuro | 11 days ago |
| This interpretation shares some of the edge of Brian Setzer's, vs. the heavy reverb and dreamy tone of lots of others. I prefer this rendition to any note-for-note replication, btw. | |
| FAST JIVE by KCsGROOVE | 11 days ago |
| Nice Stratification! Really, a cool tune, KC, nice and clean throughout. | |
| Still Frame by mick66 | 11 days ago |
| Mick, this is great. Wish I had your voice, and that fine sense of balance across everything. I thought you had disappeared...then realized I'd been away even longer! Great to hear you again. | |
| Walk Don't Run by artneuro | 12 days ago |
| ART EFFEN' NEURO - YEAH, BABY! YOU WOKE ME FROM MY MUSICAL HIBERNATION WITH THIS! (Fine little studio romp!) |
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| "Home this Year" By Sunshine Superman by Lbarringer | 1 month ago |
| I commented at YouTube, and I'll do it again here just to offer more huzzahs. | |
| Tomorrow In Her Eyes by Dyl | 3 months ago |
| Dyl, I only wish that you're (re?) discovered for your professional-grade talent for interpreting great songs from the best of the best... like Ron Sexmith here. It's great to hear his voice in your context. | |
| Love Lobotomised Me [Logic remix] by artneuro | 5 months ago |
| The chorus gave me a big laugh, it reminded me of Zappa's Reuben and the Jets album or maybe Sheik Yerbuti. Or just barely on the cleaner side of Dinah Mo Humm. Lyrics are right off the tour bus. I wish I could go to the artneuro school of Logic, very clear and dynamic mix. What a great break midway through... this song is pretty epic, old friend. I'm glad you gave it the Logic treatment. I've gotta learn that app one day. |
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| Picture In A Frame by Dyl | 5 months ago |
| Love it, man. Good to hear you. I imagine your place as a beautiful old wood house-turned-studio. Lots of great performances come out of the DylWorks, and your studio sense is always just right. Love the subtle, double vocal sections, great taste/judgment. | |
| Road To Oblivion by Dyl | 10 months ago |
| You are a real talent. Since joining you on that last one, I've been meaning to tell you I'd dpi it again in a heartbeat. Not that you need any help. This is fantastic. | |
| Good Morning Aztlan by Dyl | 10 months ago |
| Dylan's out dancin' with someone's wife in a border town south of Texas and he might need me to drive the getaway car if her husband finds out. But I thought I'd pop my head in the room to say thanks to you who lend ears. Wish us luck... the fuel line's kind of clogged in this 1971 VW Beetle I'm texting you from... @Dyl, be careful on that dance floor! | |
| I Do Believe by nlsn | 10 months ago |
| Like pharm, I'll note the electric. It makes a very subtle entry and fits well despite otherwise perhaps hearkening to those "gulp-60s." Nice change-up, well executed as always. Neat original turn of phrase, having peace multiply. | |
| HEY! by nlsn | 10 months ago |
| I've got long absences here, but when I return I always end up catching-up on a handful of "nlsn" ... this is my first, and I look forward to more. Great to hear you & Peter -- and the extra delight of Anne's harmony touches. | |
| Earthbound by ScottCarmichael | 10 months ago |
| Don't worry if you can't hear angels sing. They're probably wishing most that they could stop by to sit around and hear us sing. Better yet: hear YOU sing. But the story I've been told is that they have no free will, they can only follow orders, like soldiers... or little gray aliens! Good to hear this one again. 20*'s | |
| Anytime - redone from scratch by NnitehawkK | 10 months ago |
| Oh yeah, this is good. Gotta listen to the prior version... brb. Okay, the song's great, but I like this take more. It eliminates some "harmonic competition" for a cleaner low end (probably around 200 Hz where guitars can sometimes get in the way of a bass harmonic that wants to be heard there.) I ONLY say this because you took the time for a "redone from scratch" version. Otherwise I'd probably just tell you the prior version is wonderful. (Which I did on that version's page.) Also, the slightly slower pace works great here, btw. | |
| Anytime by NnitehawkK | 10 months ago |
| Pretty wonderful. See my notes, though, on the redone version you posted a day later... | |
| Ghost In Your Shadow by Rusticalia | 10 months ago |
| Sorry I've missed a bunch of Rust here. Your voice is expressive as ever, sounds great. Maybe you're magically inspired or maybe you've got an uber high-end mic, but this crackles with a live performance feel. 20 "*"s to you. About the lyric, I can say is: "unrequite away, and may profitable gigs result. |
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| Thanks To Randolf by alanatomic | 10 months ago |
| Love the keys and the ether surrounding them, guitars, synth and what sounds like trippy choir. Then when the syncopated gutar kicks in, I gets da funk... and then back again to the original theme but with more presence from the background players (parts)... and finally it all gels. This is very cool, Tom. 20 stars. (I'm too lazy to check-em off but if you want'em, they're yours, long-lost iC friend. (I'm the one that's been long lost, I know.) | |
| Good Morning Aztlan by Dyl | 10 months ago |
| @RAVENS, you really mean it? All of it? Haha, cool! Thanks! Thanks, too @woofer3, Moey & Bachthoven on behalf of "the band." | |
| Good Morning Aztlan by Dyl | 10 months ago |
| I raise a can of warm Tecate to you, Dyl, for the barrage of rhythm guitars that set the tone, literally, for this greasy, good-time outing. JK and fromano, glad you liked it. As for the actual land of Aztlán, it appears to be mythical -- ask Wikipedia! -- so I used a photo of the Aztec ruins at Tulum I shot in 1989. Speaking of shots... who's gonna eat el gusano? hehe... |
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| Battleship Blues by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @ScottHorwath ... Haha! I have to tell you Scott, that when I first read your note in the "backstage" page, my cursor covered some of the word "caliber," and I thought you wrote that it was a "high fiber" performance! That's woulda been fitting for a couple of "regular guys!" Thanks for reviving this tune after 2 years! | |
| It's Okay It's Peachy by artneuro | 1 year ago |
| I happen to LIKE pub rock from the 80s. I wasn't in Sydney but I was pickled enough to have made an injured fool of myself to this in any venue you like. This stuff doesn't sound dated in any bad way, it actually has more of what I like in pop/rock than 99% of the crap on the radio. Of course, that's just radio. But still, the indie music scene these days is also overrun by bad disco influence on one hand and navel-gazing folk on the other. Not all bad, but THIS, now THIS gets my blood flowing. | |
| about time by nlsn | 1 year ago |
| Hey, BC Pop Star! I LOVE IT. I love everything you do. But I have to tell you something that would drive the crowd CRAZY: Funk-up this tune and go into a cover-homage section of Sly and the Family Stone's "Life" before going back to close again with "About Time." I swear people will be hooting and hollering and dancing like crazed born-agains if you do this. By the way, I just e-mailed you an Mp3 in case you want to take this crazy suggestion seriously. Love ya, man. --B | |
| Come Little Rabbit (Akmal Shaikh Cover) by artneuro | 1 year ago |
| So sad that Shaikh had evil on both sides of him; the drug dealers on one side, the ignorant authorities on the other. Forget about the meek inheriting much in this world, as goes the saying (to which I never subscribed). On the bright side, your cover is pretty damn good. |
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| Somewhat Interesting by artneuro | 1 year ago |
| Art, great to come out of hibernation. I was going to compliment you especially on the little quiet-dynamic break, now I need to add a heap more "yays" to the way you came out of it with that Zappa horn-esque scramble back to the main guitar-leading melody. This is entirely, rockingly good. | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @Dustwood, sorry I've been scarce. Here's a too-belated thank-you. I'll try and lend you an ear ASAP. --B. | |
| Git It On by morgan102 | 1 year ago |
| When the first verse comes in, it does it with a big band and of course vocal presence... and never lets up. The energy with which you overcame all the little setbacks, Dani, did nothing but strengthen your resolve to deliver an as-always stunning vocal performance. Evidently, the same synergy of you two star vocalists doesn't stop at performance, but has deeper roots starting on that blank sheet of paper. Morgan, your laugh; Dani, your follow-up line "Then why don't you come over here and show me again," sound so real, I almost feel voyeuristic enjoying this magic. And bigdaddycee: Your work here is so perfect behind the vocals, I almost forgot to mention, well, just that! |
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| The New Sincerity by Tres | 1 year ago |
| I care, I comment. I've thought of deleting but for business purposes kind of need to be there, albeit not very active. Great talent, tune, performance and of course fine topical lyrics that seem to unfortunately have relevance that will live for a long time. | |
| Black Peter by Hunter/Garcia by bud2 | 1 year ago |
| Hey, Bud, what gave me a chuckle was the touch of snare right up front. Classic tune. You've pretty much captured the same groove as the original studio version, and I have to applaud you on the bass and subtle keys.You smartly chose not to ape Jerry's voice. Your voice here does, however, remind me of old David Bromberg -- If you remember him, I'd specifically cite "Demon in Disguise" (the song and the album). One day I'll have to give you a bookend with my version of a "Wharf Rat" cover! | |
| Pretty Little House-World of Should EP by musikgrl | 1 year ago |
| Everyone who reads this: For the love of music, pop for the $3.96 and buy this in iTunes. We're lucky to have Janice ruining the curve at iComps, let's support her. Janice, you've got my musical neurons firing in all kinds of directions. I'm downloading this and will reserve the rest of my comments for the iTunes review. One quick recommendation speific to this little prairie jam: If you get a chance, listen to Wilco's Spiders (Kidsmoke) from the not-new A Ghost is Born for an extended, sympathetic take on a similar rhythm. You just made my day. Tell all the podcasters you know -- KCRW, NPR (Bob Boilen), Current and why not give a call to Jim and Greg at SoundOpinions.org? |
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| Turn to Me by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @PunkFloyd, thanks. This is a remix of a version at MacJams.* I thought it was an improvement, because I brightened-up the mix, but I've veered back to liking the earlier mix better for its mellower sound and wider panning of guitars (the right lead track is more centered on this one). But in general, like Percy said, the song remains the same. *RE mentioning MacJams: I find it silly how some people are afraid to mention that more than one Web site exists in the world and will refer to MacJAms as "another site." So in the spirit of full disclosure: There. I said it. No slight is intended; I of course remain grateful for all the work PM does, and all the great people and music here. |
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| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @PunkFloyd, Thanks for the praise. You know I love you guys... so where'd Mat Viscious go? Did you fire him to get Roger Rotten? Ha! | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @morgan102, thanks much. I didn't try to copy anyone but the delay in the 2nd verse reminded me of U2's Edge (the world's least-talented if cool-sounding guitarist), while the 3rd most-rocking verse reminded me of early, old INXS! Non-musical life is in upheaval but I'll be back and catch-up with ya when I can. | |
| A Trick of the Tale by ScotByrd | 1 year ago |
| Wow, this is really fine, you've got all the parts down and given your own personality to it. A little more spare vs the heavy chorus/reverb feel the original one has. And I ALWAYS wanted Steve Hackett to turn it up a little, so I finally got my wish. | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @QueenKontrol, @AngeloA, and @Bass2x, I have been "going through some stuff" and feel bad I didn't thank you earlier. I wasn't shooting for anyone's style but I laughed to myself about how the delay on the strumming kind of reminded me of U2 or INXS. James, the vocal levels have gotten the most semi-ceritial comments. The vocals are indeed quieter for the first verse, I wanted you to "lean in" to get your attention. (Hope I didn't overdo it.) And the vox pick-up from there, as you accurately note. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. Hope to get my non-musical business tidied-up so I can get back here more. | |
| [over]flow by Tony2008 | 1 year ago |
| Hey, Tony, this is a great tune and I like your vocal as well as your guitar. And composition. (Were you being Zep-sneaky mention those "honey dripping" trees?) As long as you asked, it sounds like the kick is punching a hole in the red. But the music's just killer. Nice use of keys, too... just about the way a guitar-centric mind ought to use them, nice and supportive but not limelight-stealing. | |
| Live in Corridonia (Bad Experience) RMX by CharlyDeeCynthius | 1 year ago |
| This is great. Not sure how you recorded this, but the mix and arrangement are great. Sounds like you had a good audience, which you deserve fore this fine performance. | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @RetroTrend, @zallaz, @brewchugger I hope I'm not bothering you with the "@" mails, just want you to know I thank you for the listen and comments... Kevin, it's been a while! @davisamerica, Hey, Jack, that "woa" thing... keeps me feeling like I still got it (even though I didn't know I had it when I was young enuf to actually use it!) @Tribrix, hey Lenny, if you only knew what it's like... but hey, sometimes we all do, right? Thanks all around. |
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| Everyone Is Fine by vidooch | 1 year ago |
This is fun and really well produced, too. For all the wildness, there's SO MUCH restraint in this mix, including the balance of those very well-done vocals and the subtle keys in the background. This is so entertaining.... glad to sneak a few minutes from my so productive workday! |
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| A Hard Days Night (Beatles Cover) by Tony2008 | 1 year ago |
| This absolutely has a live feel to it, and I appreciate your raw feel, it's more like it would sound if the Beatles actually would sound live today if they remained friends, didn't age, didn't start getting struck by bullets or cancer cells, and decided to rock again (like Paul did, except with John, it wouldn't be so damn wimpy!). I can't believe this came out of you! Pretty neat. One day I'm gonna have to ask you how to master... without buying any software beyond GarageBand to do it--haha! ***** x 4 | |
| Why Does The Heathen Rage? (new and improved!) by Tony2008 | 1 year ago |
| First off, I like your voice, it belongs with loud guitars. Second off, I like your loud guitars, and here I'm all delighted bv your clear left-and-right rhythm guitars, against which your smooth OD-leads really stand out. Did your varied chops and especially that killer bridge solo. And "effen A" on getting a real, life drummer, he sounds great back there. And the bible -- it'l be forever the perfect place for lyrical fodder for blasting "all [them] kings and CEOs." Rejoice! hehe. [Finally, I'll save a virtual tree and save you some space on the page: ***** x 4.] | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @C_Man, I deliberately added a deliberate reggae measure or two of bass two in the end-jam. @grathy, for that I thank you. @Mike_Lynn, thanks much, and @nlsn I thought I'd surprised you after doing a Nelson-like tune last time. Thanks, everyone. | |
| My Girl by C_Man | 1 year ago |
| Of all the directions you could have taken this, C, you chose well in slathering-on all that O.D./fuzz. This o's club-ready. It'd be a shame to hide or here only... Get it out there, by all means. Both the vocals and music are absolutely lethal here. | |
| Fireworks by yosLove | 1 year ago |
| New genre suggestion: Torch-dance. Maybe with tiki torches, because I feel like on a tropical vacation dancing on the beach as I listen. I've given too few listens to you two fine talents for too many years. | |
| the madman (still in love w/you) by that80sboy | 1 year ago |
| Mad about your all-around chops, MK. It's a pleasure to share a musician's hang-out(s) with such a talent. Love that sequencing?/cycling gingerbread in the high end that for me, ties together the arrangement. | |
| You Maybe Had a Chance by grathy | 1 year ago |
| "Grathias" for the great groove, Gee! If I didn't know this was a Joni tune, I'd have said it sounded like her. I'm glad people remember her and still sig her. Nice one, nicely done and mixed well, too. | |
| E THING by SISTERS | 1 year ago |
| I liked there, I like it here, I like it everywhere... Now go sell this charming little thingy on iTunes! | |
| The Charleston by Jas | 1 year ago |
| The very mild reverb on your voice sounds like real-room reverb from your new house. Despite "favorite-ing you," I think I've missed some or most of your music here, which is a shame. I'll try to correct that, because there's no doubt more talent where this simply wonderful music came from. | |
| I am Sorry by BatangGapo | 1 year ago |
| Don't be sorry, you've got great taste in music. Superb. Great blues feeling and chops, they really hit the spot. Your blues leads are doing me a real favor tonight, because me and my Strat are too tired to play tonight. And the keys are just so great here, too. Right around halfway, I just drift along with you. I was fine with this piece as it was, moving along with a really pleasing groove, when you launched into that nice funky (Latin-influenced?) jazz section at the end, which is great. |
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| Lord Gaga by facturer | 1 year ago |
| This is pretty cool. As far as your idea of having someone add to it, I really hear somebody singing a great story to this tune. I get a wintery feel, a White Album kind of feel, like the Queen of Marigolds is in the kitchen (as in Cry Baby Cry). Can't you just find a John Lennon to team-up with? I could swear this carries his sprit. Now, what is it you want to say with those words? Hmm... | |
| Why by etgilles | 1 year ago |
| You don't just sing and play this, you tell us a story and paint it with rich emotional color. The lyrics are also worthy of being read as poetry. Thank you. | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @Dave M - Thanks for comments touching a few things. As a vocal newbie I'm just learning how hard it is to emote and stay on (or, well, near) pitch. But fur sure, love isn't always sappy, so why should a love song? Amen, bro. @Vixen, also much appreciated that you stopped over, and look at all those stars, woo-hoo! And @jibes - thank you, too. Going on fie years I've enjoyed sharing my music here, and I never stop being thankful for all yer kindnesses. |
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| Awaken-revisted by RayLaVeau | 1 year ago |
| Great in both those soaring vocals and the power of those guitars - -from the chords to the way those lead runs add depth in the second half. Backup's just as powerful, from the rest of the "band" to the soaring support vocals. Drums -- especially those toms -- really work great, remind me of the great John "Bonzo." Super studio polish... Congrats on a great tune... again! | |
| I Wanna Be Like You (from Jungle Book) by Dyl | 1 year ago |
| Well then, comedy Jazz World Blues it is. Sometimes you just need to blow-off steam with some friends. You give this a tropical darkness Disney seemed to miss. Like Baloo said, and I quote: [i"]Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee..."[/i] [Tech note: Song wouldn't load in Snow Leopard w/Safari 5.0.1; works in Google Chrome.] |
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| [over]flow -ruff by Tony2008 | 1 year ago |
| This is a GREAT tune. That naked Strat gives the tune a Nirvana-esque production quality. Usually I'll reserve any "you should do this" criticisms... actually I don't wanna air any dirty laundry in public, I'll send you a p.m. instead. Check yer mail. I think this is a GREAT song! | |
| Everyday Current Electricity by EventHorizon | 1 year ago |
| Well written and well done all around. Let me delve into the lyrics a little: Seems as if you're living in a moment with each detail you illustrate in these lyrics. The question is whether you want to feel good or not feel good when encountering the unexplainable feeling of each moment. and detail -- we project our feelings onto these little diamonds. You encapsulate all these details into a fine one, yourselves, here. Good luck with that album. | |
| Will still be the Best CLEAN by ROJH | 1 year ago |
| Interesting synth & acoustic guitar blend makes my ears perk-up from the intro, and your vocals are great. No hiding that auto-tune/vocoder... it's a style and an effect here, not a crutch you're hiding behind; I get it. And you've got a good, emotional wave happening here. Short but neat. | |
| A Moment of Silence - Take 2 by dwh | 1 year ago |
| Cool stuff, really enjoying this a lot. Brings me back to college radio in the wee hours. Actually, it could work graet for halloween, too. Not scary, just tremendously, terrifically moody. Rubbish, you wonder? NAw, it's a sonic jewel. | |
| skink by meatblanket | 1 year ago |
| What a great little animal this tune-let is. Reminds me of what Lester Bangs used to write about the heart of rock and punk -- the dirty, greasy, grimy, angry, happy and free and spirit of it, not the polished "marketable" side of music. (Which, incidentally, ain't so marketable anymore.) Just don't post all these things on the same damn day burying everyone else -- meathead! -- and people might actually give you some open ears for the challenge you present here. You're great. | |
| TSJERNOBYL by khu | 1 year ago |
| Tsuch a damn pity you're not in my neighborhood and don't need another guitar player. Or a roadie.. I just wanna hang-out with you and let the inspiration rub-off. Problem is, I might glow in the dark if you're hangin' round those cooling towers. What can we do but dance? I haven't heard all your songs here but you're on my radar and I'll be getting the to them! |
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| Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (cover) by randolf | 1 year ago |
| Which one's Paul McShatner and which one's Elton Lennon? I have to admit I'm jealous, but could Neverevereverever come close to getting the right tone to do a Beatles cover this closely. (Although I will never-ever sound as bad again as I did on GH's Give me Love! NExt stiop: Helter Sklelter, Yer Blues or Everybody's Got something to Hide (Except...). Here you've got nice non-smoked-out voices. Now -- are you ready? -->I want the concert video! |
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| Happiness by khu | 1 year ago |
| Si Si Si Si! What an absolute marvel. Dan, Steve, you overwhelm me with this one. I haven't heard such a blend of joy and grit since Paul Weller was in the Jam. But with the craft and non-ironic joy of a good Smokey Robinson song. Lead vocals define it, done just right. Sonja and Paris are great in delivery as well as the those cool phrasings... hah, hee, si! The reverb on the e-drums, those crunchy chords and those very vocal guitar solos-- is pure happiness. A MUST-DOWNLOAD! ***** all the way. | |
| Still My Heart by Bob6stringer | 1 year ago |
| @MusicLeft thanks; first time I started writing on bass. It kept the arrangement a little cleaner I think. @SteveScott who am I to argue with Dani?! Super thanks. @pharmakeus @Dylan and @eagle I'm glad my voice works for you guys, I've been working-up to this kind of thing, I've been working-up my courage to put a little more into it. Again, thanks from the bottom of my... well, you know. |
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| That Man (drunk by the swimming pool) by Dyl | 1 year ago |
| This song really holds up as a slightly off-kilter look at that slightly off-kilter character by the pool. Some idiot four years ago wrote that the vocals "could be dewatered a little in my opinion but it's still, overall, a well-performed little bit of great fun." What an idiot! He just didn't understand that every great musician has a right to build a piece of music to suit the mood. Change this, and it just doesn't set the right mood. It's a real hoot to revisit this song and listen with new, older ears. |
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| Standard White Jesus (Timbuk 3 cover) by Dyl | 1 year ago |
| Holy Barbara K. Macdonald, man! This is pretty cool, and you both capture the essence of the original and bring, I dare say, more moodiness to your version here. Maybe it's more reverb, but also your voice is carrying a little more darkness, and less slickness. That guitar solo really rips it up, too, nice and greasy! Excellent WorkPlay on this one, oh pop-musicologist brother. | |
| Beautiful World (Devo cover II) by SteveScott | 1 year ago |
| You're versatile to cover this and get this so DEVOiod! Nice bit of fun between your originals. | |
