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| Rain On Me by theVirtuals | 13 hours ago |
 First let me say this is a great tune, well played, sung and mixed by all. The live (if virtual) band just feels right here. Secondly, this stirred a very strange desire in me to start a band in a garage "down the street" from you guys' house and get a rivalry going! NOBODY has stirred that feeling in me since the mid-1970s!!! Your vibe is quite an accomplishment especially considering how hard it is to get this feeling in a virtual collaboration. |
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| Cereal Killer (Harvest) by LaFayette | 14 hours ago |
Blues, world, new age, smooth jazz... other. It's otherworldly. Listening with headphones on, my equilibrium is just about forcing my head to slosh from side to side. Nice and mellow yet there's a good swapping of lead instruments, then after the break midway through, that bouncy bass and Rhodes-sounding piano come in as if to introduce a whole second movement. So smooth. |
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| Eclyps by Assasination05 | 1 day ago |
This is all the way above fine. Love it all--don't sue me for having no criticism. |
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| Down with Love! by michaeljayklein | 1 day ago |
| xolv got the hat wrong--it's gotta be a fedora, atop slicked-back hair and a big-shouldered flannel suit, thank you. MJK, I'm not saying you HAVE to stick to this genre, but man you swing wen you go here. |
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| Gotta Fried Egg on My Head by michaeljayklein | 1 day ago |
Aah, the lyrical nuances astound as the subtle percussion lulls and soothes. Oh, wait--wrong song. Glad to see you taking your music career seriously. Oh, wait--wrong song again. Keep it up and you'll end up in the principal's office. Your take on this kind of e-mess is more engaging than I've come to expect from electro-noise. Just to get me to comment on something without guitars in it is an accomplishment. So take my stars; I'll just have to make some more! |
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| There's a Kind of Hush by michaeljayklein | 1 day ago |
| That's you all over words like "ah-tonight." I still have this on vinyl, mind you. About your Next stop Bobby Sherman, the obvious choice is "Easy Come, Easy Go." But then there's always the theme song to TV's "Here Come the Brides," starring Bobby Sherman. I can just hear you singing, "The bluest skies you've ever seen / are in Seattle..." to a Copelandesaue TV orchestra. Or more 60s bubblegum. My vote is for the 1910 Fruitgum Company's "Red Light Green Light." Then again, your inimitable jazz stylings are a bit more dignified... |
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| Dinosaur Pigs Fighting Over a Tootsie Roll by michaeljayklein | 1 day ago |
| Sounds like you might have a rattlesnake in there, followed by a giant dino-Japanese beetle sucking the carcass of the losing dino-pig. I'm "so not" a fan of electronica but listening to it while reading the comments compelled me to ad ot the silliness. It's an interesting aural brew, for sure. |
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| Everytime I Try to Get Close to You by pharmakeus | 4 days ago |
| This is fantastic. I hear a full band playing, not just a "hey, can you do a track to this?" Part of the credit goes to the performances but also the studio work has to get credit, too. GREAT job. some of the best, maybe THE best, electric blues to be heard in these parts. The led guitar, btw, is superb as a carrier of emotion, it pairs-up so well as a "second vocal" here. Congrats on a great tune. | |
| Got an Upright by plexaura | 5 days ago |
macoco makes a good point recommending Anto Seles -- now (in 2008) MusicLeft. This isn't bad at all for a "nothing piece!" Great to hear the real thing in this iJungle full of loops. Way to hit that "fretlessboard." |
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| Right Place, Right Time by kirsty | 5 days ago |
Not my genre but I can appreciate your rich talent. I just love when I wander off the beaten path and find something this well done. Love your vox; reminds of good old Eurythmics, with a few really neat touches of grit and guitars, which I found to be a real treat. And the mix is absolutely tops. I hope you do very well out there with this. You deserve it, especially as a reward for the generosity you've shown by sharing it here. That'd be a fair hit of karma. |
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| A380 by Didier | 5 days ago |
Didier, this is far outside my usual listening menu, but we've both been here a while and I stopped by on a whim. I'm glad I did. Your lyrics are zen-simple and rendered with excellence, effects or not. Your studio workmanship is as clear as a cloudless blue sky here, and the groove does transport me back to the clubs of my happily misspent youth. |
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| We Gave It A Try by RubyDubidoux | 5 days ago |
| This is why the pain is worth the investment in love. This short, sweet and elegant all around. I understand what grathy is saying about Carole. This, like she and others a few decades back were able to infuse pop with a broad jazz and even folk sensibility that seems to have been lost in today's over-segmented music marketplace. The composition also reminds me of some of the great Leon Russell's work. Except for places like this, where we just do what we do, and what we love. Glad you gave this a try, Elaine. |
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| Dont Look Back by Abstractvision | 5 days ago |
| The music is a mere backdrop for your voice, which is strong enough here that it could stand a cappella if you were to want it to. We should all be just that strong. I'm really glad you shared this; honored to have heard and appreciated its, your simple, unadorned truth/ |
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| Too Hot to Be a Stalker by ramonaji | 5 days ago |
I am not a dance music guy. Sure there was that year where as a single bachelor I chased after a triathlete no-alcohol girlfriend who just wanted to dance and I'd follow her to the Limelight (Chicago) and dance all night wising she'd get drunk already and yes it was trendy and hot... HEY! YOU WROTE THIS ABOUT ME IN 1985! HOW DID YOU KNOW? Maybe it was you stalking me? Parody or not, this primal steaming estrovox really is too hot to laugh away. I think the whole dance scene (from one decade to the next) is driven by a similar parody, where participants know they are putting on their club costumes and playing roles... so your parody is consistent with the less conscious version in the actual clubs. Just maybe. |
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| What Exit? by Bob6stringer | 5 days ago |
| Ruby-Elaine! I love letting that soak in and go to my head, It's funny. All that sensitive stuff I try to do and this even remains MY OWN most-played personal favorite. I might just have to do another one, a companion cruising rocker to keep this one company. Thanks again, everyone. | |
| Battleship Blues by Bob6stringer | 5 days ago |
| Hey, Ed, where ya at? We might have just found our second groupie to fight over--Jeannie, watch out! We love you, too, Rooby DoobieDoo, for THE best comment EVER! XOXOX back at ya!!! | |
| RED HORSES by Barretok | 5 days ago |
| I have three words for this tune: pyscosexidelic. Your instrumentation, mix and lyrical goods are all of those things. The production almost reminds me of Dylan's take on some of the darker, bluesier corners of Americana. I appreciate the mix of senses that seems to lace the lyrics. It's a big, bloody, healthy celebration of the half of the planet that are the prey of the other, sweatier half. Watch out women, for Bernardo's furtive night-glances. That stream of consciousness comment I just wrote is far from intelligible I guess. Just riffing along. In short: You've set up a great mood and cut all pretense to the bone with this great tune. |
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| Pillars of Eden (Right Between the Eyes) by Baboon | 5 days ago |
| Lighters up, LongLines. Bab, your vocal tracks, I can't say enough, just right-on. Matt, that guitar! Jayman, even beyond the "numbers," the sum of your vision here is outstanding. The poetry bears repeated listens, it's what you left out that's got me mulling this over and over. The arrangement and mix/mastering presents the perfectly constructed puzzle... laminated, framed and hung on the wall in the wood-paneled "rec" room of my lost-in-the classic-rock-era mind. | |
| Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan cover) by Baboon | 5 days ago |
Oh, the groveling, you people! This isn't as livelargemusic said, "something much much more than it was before." This is pure evil, Bab, in fact it wins my vote for the 2008 "Most Evil Cover" award, blowing away any competition by miles. First off you took a sad song and made it better, ood-wie. How dare you. Second of all, those controversial all-counterpoint all-the-time keys, well, they're just menacing in that meth sense (see above). On the other hand, if I erase all preconceptions of acoustic/folky sensitivity and take this for what it is, man is it ever well done, you dawg. Your voice and the effects work together are a polished gem. (Instead of Black Crowes I'd prefer to reach back to the original, Steve MArriot, that's just me.) In the end, rising up from the controversy you've done what artists do, tweak my emotions, spur dialogue. And boy did you ever—just like that student's flag-burning installation at the Art Institute of Chicago—in 1989, was it? So yes, evil, and to be commended. |
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| Brothers! by michaeljayklein | 5 days ago |
Sure I remember "Don't trust the Mister..." sister version. I don't recall whether you used the same sharp barbs, but it's a fantastic, man-headed touch of urbanity you done done here. |
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| The Coffee Song by michaeljayklein | 5 days ago |
| This may be the first I've heard of you here... sorry it took so long. Man, you've got it swinging all night long here, thanks to the caffeine and who knows how many martinis you've been drinking, virtually, of course. Snapping my fingers to this one. Sinatra would be low-hanging "comparison fruit here." I'll go with Bobby Darin's "Beyond the Sea" for inspiration. (Before the '70s primetime TV-cowboy sellout era.) |
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| Battleship Blues by Bob6stringer | 6 days ago |
| Ed, I still didn't get it right! I might have to re-do the slide (not used in this track). As for driving down from Johnson City, it was the least I could do to meet you a 10th of the way after all the hours you drove. Ed, It really was great to meet and hope we can do it again... in a music store?! Thanks Ramona, Michael and Art... you don't have to call me one your faves, Art, to get me to come listening. [EDITING TO ADD A NOTE ON THE GAME:] Now for all you "un-Americans" out there (as opposed to "anti-Americans" LOL) who may not know the game: It was played with plastic pegs and a board -- and calls on a grid (A-1 through J-10) that hid your ships from the other player. When Ed and I had our laptops together I said, "Hey, looks like a game of Battleship!" In the 1960s, the Milton Bradley Co. had TV adverts here in the states that popularized the tag-line: "You Sunk My Battleship!"  |
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| Funky again (instrumental) by anders007 | 6 days ago |
THERE ya go. Excellent attack, you definitely were in the mood to do some Strat damage here. Takes me to the woodshed. Something to aim for. Compositionally, you set this up with a solid, hooky riff. As I listen I wonder of you'll come back to it and sure enough, you echo the theme when you hit the "4" in a very sweet way around 2/3rds through, followed by those Olympian bends and out to the end. Just tell me: what gauge? .09 on the high E? If I tried to do that with my current .10mm—I try, but I don't do that—I'd slice my ring-finger clear off. That would solve the problem of the wedding ring, but would really mess up my axe. |
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| I Can't Stand The Rain (Cover) by MikeRC | 6 days ago |
This hits the spot in a way I can't really tell you. And for the old Memphis sound, you've got a great analog feel in the mix. Go STAX! Real live people performing all the music--what a rare joy in this online world. Really, everyone is great but of course I've got to hand it to Brenda for giving up everything but her immortal soul here. One of the top female vocalists I've heard in a long time. could it be possible I just found you, Mike? Sorry about that. I'll be back. |
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| Mustang Sally by anders007 | 6 days ago |
Man did you ever NAIL this on both the killer round wounds as well as the voxerator. This smokin' rendition just peels the paint off the walls, gentlemens. Or: as rock-solid as nuclear plant concrete... serious psi here. I met up with SloParts last weekend--cool, fluke road trip opportunity--and sat around "spinning" favorite homemade tunes for each other (as in MacBook HD spindles). This was one of his I had to get here so I could offer a belated but high compliment. |
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| Love Moving My Way by gsharp | 6 days ago |
I find your voice perfectly suited to this cool old-school rock groove. This is absolutely kick-asp. Good, gravely fun, down to the "Woo!" It takes me back to my favorite music-is-everything youth. (Gotta love that Magic GB.) Just press it on vinyl! |
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| Filter Waves 2 by ramonaji | 6 days ago |
Takes me back to the club scene when Lene Lovich, Kate Bush and the Banshees ruled the better half. I like what you've done to the iRokr very much. Your phrasing and enunciation blend well with the retro-tech spy atmospherics. |
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| He's Not The One You Want by Venturesguitar | 6 days ago |
And to think if not for that Artist Spotlight week we shared (early Nov. 2008) I'd have never found these fine retro-groovy tunes. Man, those 60s pop-rock conventions can't help but make me smile, even with your synths and updated avant-garage arrangement. Hey, let's do some Gary Puckett next--with a drunk version of the voice. |
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| Happy Birthday To (Insert Name Here) by RoboScott | 6 days ago |
| HOW MANY TIMES have we all thought to re-do that tired old singsong thang? Nice one! | |
| Hands Across A Broken Wall (The Drop Tops version) by Venturesguitar | 6 days ago |
| I could have sworn I commented on this earlier... must have closed Safari on it or something. I like this tune a whole lot. Way to age... da people gonna answer your cries... hey, they've just started to, if a few decades late. | |
| Hands Across A Broken Wall by Venturesguitar | 6 days ago |
Haha... nice false start! Great tune, and I really like how the full-band version came out as well. That little lead break(s) is just right, keeps things moving nicely, and in this sit-down you had the grove dialed-in well. Fantastic harmony here, too. |
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| Where the Streets Have No Name by kbxiong67 | 7 days ago |
Hey, you could be famous with songs like this! (I know, I know.) Nicely done cover, a slightly poppier-but-superbly voiced , more clean-toned guitar than I recall the U2 tune (unless I just have distortion on the brain). Strings are subtle. Man, you've shown restraint here, and the delay sounds right on. The rhythm section--to your intro comment--sounds good to me; bass and kick boom but don't impede the other parts. Nice! |
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| Solitary Girl (Revisited) by zallaz | 7 days ago |
This is great, you kids!!! Something that always brings me back is that synth you use. Dunno what it is but its appealing as a counterpoint to the rock guitars. R's voice leans a little toward the ol' Cowboy Junkies' Margo Timmins. Nicely done. |
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| Victoria by sideburnsbob | 8 days ago |
Bob, welcome back. What I mean is welcome ME back to the Sideburnsbob show. Really fine. I wonder what ever happened to.. ME? You've been steadily contributing here and I've missed many of your tunes. I'll do my best to get back to where I once belonged... in your back-catalog. Great song. |
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| Layed off by dirtyswine | 8 days ago |
| This reminds me of the early recordings I'd do in the late 70s, bouncing tracks between stereo cassette recorders... sound quality isn't there and I did want to reach in and grab your machine heads a couple of times, but it's still a moment worth capturing and sharing. Feels like leaves falling off trees. I've been there, too; you're not paranoid if The Man really IS out to get you! |
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| Favorite2 by eagle_1 | 8 days ago |
| I couldn't imagine how words could even fit into this short but great piece of music. I agree with woofer and Alan on the whiff of Tull, which is an entirely good thing. (BTW I saw them do a killer set of jazz standards at a show a few years ago!) This is a great addition to a great tune, sorry I just can't get critical! |
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| The Secret Theme of Hugo Mitty by padowan_learner | 8 days ago |
Musical literacy: a beautiful thing. And it's not wasted on you. I'm not the best to analyze this but I can hear what's going on here in non-technical terms. It's a delight. |
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| Secret Questions Undercover by cronic_fortune | 8 days ago |
This story has the ring of "this could never happen," which makes it seem all the more plausible. The music, I have to admit, took a back seat to the prose. I wonder if you have any thoughts about integrating the two more closely. Spoken word? I can't imagine singing the words as is! But please take my stars, because you held my interest well in this dual-medium format. |
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| RanTanPlan &Jolly Jumper by farhanwidiaxana | 9 days ago |
This is a nicely organized piece, kind of a cross between metal and jazz with its smooth keys and distortomatic parts. While you do have melody in here, it still might be cooler still with more up-front lead instrument on top. And I say that not to be negative, jsut to say there might be another version in the works if you want to do it. |
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| G#Smooth by fatchance | 9 days ago |
| Now THAT is one great way to get a band... borrow one! I'm gonna have to keep that in mind. Nice pacing and melody lines on the leads, Carlos--I mean GeoSharp! | |
| Glutaeus Maximus Cranium by Mick_Reeves | 9 days ago |
| Better see the doctor, you've got a serious case of da funk, mate. Looks like a double whammy, between the killer bass on "Florida" and this one. So are you running a pro studio yet or working for agencies and media production companies on the side, yet? Y'oughtta be. Fine stuff. | |
| Florida Freeway - instrumental by Mick_Reeves | 9 days ago |
| The whole track is as polished as any of your best. The bass, for me, is the star of this ride. Thanks for that. | |
| Louise by Dylan | 9 days ago |
| Now that's how to use acoustic instruments. Mori, James, fantastic. Dylan, your voice is tops here, and those lyrics (as translated) are perfectly sacred and profane at once. although I My command of language stops at broken English (the native tongue I write in for a living) and Spanish of the Mexican slang variety. | |
| Workaholic by dirigent | 10 days ago |
Hold my ears The sound is stinging light Seriously, this is a great "other" indeed. |
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| A Mug - remixed by Sloparts | 10 days ago |
Wish I had a MUG. But I've got iComps, TUAW, a cool reseller and friends who sure know their way around GB. |
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| Halloween on Ice by Sloparts | 11 days ago |
What a strange collage. You really are a talented studio guy. Ever think of sending a demo reel to some radio stations, or a syndication HQ? Y'oughta think about it. But ...a... whiskey sour? A sure sign of imbalance. |
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| The Only Time by Sloparts | 11 days ago |
You sound Haggard--Merle Haggard--here. I see "Mama Tried" to raise you better, as that story goes, but I see it took yer daddy to show you how to live. Poor Mama. Guess we're gonna have to just drink it off. |
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| this rose by mick66 | 11 days ago |
Seriously, Mick. Art's right about your construction technique, nice build. If you care to shed some light on the effects and settings you're using to get that guitar tone, I'd be curious. Sounds like a light touch of chorus, delay and OD, and a few more sparingly-used ingredients? |
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| Too Deep by UdoVelvet | 11 days ago |
Yup, nice tune and nice story of emotional detachment. I like the simple symmetry of "taking it to heart / taking it too deep" (if I heard that right) and the overall ease with which you deliver this. This has the groove of an old Feelies song, I can see you extending it a couple more minutes simply to continue the groove with some simple, melodic lead guitar notes... a very enjoyable groove. |
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| Wallet and chain by UdoVelvet | 11 days ago |
Yeah, I like the beat and the noise, just sounds like reckless abandon within what I assume was a somewhat planned framework. Great tone on that e-lectric. |
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| Tous Les Mers by signorina_oscurata | 12 days ago |
You do more with a pinhole in a single sitting than I do with all my gear all year long. I hate you, I love you. |
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| The Dream Resumes by signorina_oscurata | 12 days ago |
I believe I know where you are in terms of not setting out to make "pretty" music. That can be as vapid as setting out as a painter to make "pretty" paintings. There's so much meat on the bones of your songs. Your voice and compositions shine like stars. My head still spins every time I listen to "Find My Voice." One suggestion--not about your music but the "liner notes" is to let us know where the great instrumentation comes from. It's so refreshing... doesn't sound like loops. Sounds like true talent. And yes, I am slighting loops and loop users in saying this--including myself! There's nothing like real live human beings making music. |
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| sailing by nlsn | 12 days ago |
| This actually is perfect sailing music. I'll take it with me next summer of the Long Island coast en route to Nantucket if the wind is at my back. And it sounds like you're inviting a collaborator for a lead... did I read right? Oh, man... this is ONLY loops? That's not you playing? Even of that's the case, your vocals are the stuff of touring pros who have FANCY buses... with air conditioning even! Seriously, great. |
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| Its About Time by nlsn | 12 days ago |
| You've got a great voice and the guitar lilts along nice n' smoothly. What a breezy tune to turn my half-empty glass half full tonight. | |
| Tiny Bubbles Sunshine by nlsn | 12 days ago |
| Don Holy Mackerel, this is a nice little gem. Interesting little blues ending. It would be fun to hear you add your guitar to this. Nice, confident bounce in the playing and at no time did I miss other instruments (despite what I just said above). Glad you posted this! | |
| The Days I'm There [For Maya, for Autumn] by Bob6stringer | 12 days ago |
| Here she is... |
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| The Days I'm There [For Maya, for Autumn] by Bob6stringer | 12 days ago |
| Musical revelation: I have been listening to this and realize that where the verse goes, there's PLENTY of room for either a lead guitar voice or lyrics (I started some, at my iWeb blog (ink above). But I'll redo this one day using my Hofner (as you can see/hear at the same link) and etc. I've got the new version in my head... now to get it out (while getting to other musical and non-musical to-do items). | |
| Twix or Treat [post-Halloween bible scare] by Bob6stringer | 12 days ago |
| She's a great kid at four. I just hope she doesn't grow up too quickly. Already, she is showing signs of demonic possession; maybe she should eat more Twix bars... | |
| The Werewolf Baby by Sloparts | 12 days ago |
It just bounces along, nice new energy here, Ed. And I got to listen to it right in time for (next) Halloween! |
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| Sharyne by DLB | 12 days ago |
This is a classic rock theme, and execution. Man you've got it just DOWN when it comes to putting together polished tunes that retain energy many performers don't even get live. The horn-synths are so well arranged, as is everything. In case you didn't know already. (See all those comments above!) |
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| Just Another Day by DLB | 12 days ago |
Dang, peeples--this is outstanding. Sarah, your voice shimmers, and it's dead 0n pitch to boot, always an "added" bonus! Dave, you're astounding here, I will need a DLB primer to do some catching up on your tunes. That spoken word section is brilliant and I am in awe of the inspiration to add the riffs you did in and after it in the instrumental break. Thank you from the bottom of the barrel of my depraved soul. And for the download. [EDITING: oops! no dl button... I'll gladly settle for "favorite" on this one!] |
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| American Suburban Kid by KeithPetrower | 12 days ago |
Tell the world-eater he writes a FINE song. As for your rendition, it's beautiful in its perfect simplicity. Thanks, Keith! |
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| Running From Fate (Orchestral) by juzcook | 12 days ago |
How do "you people" deal with the work involved in creating such fine productions? Juz, yer killing me. But this is nicely done. I'd be curious to know what instrumentation you used... let me know if you post it here, 'kay? Cool. |
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| Friend of the Devil (Garcia/Hunter) by imasnucka | 12 days ago |
Wow, what a nice admixture of an American Beauty and a Dawg. Everything's great and lively, to boot. I like the non clicktrack pauses, great delivery. I've got a version of this up my sleeve ... wanna help out if I do it? |
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| Ramble on Rose (Grateful Dead) by imasnucka | 12 days ago |
Man, you've got this pegged in the vox and frets department. Your vocals are inspired. This is hair-raising. Interesting load of compression you've got on that guitar. Anyway, I CAN'T BELIEVE I didn't find you sooner. I've been fighting the urge to do covers, but Pete and you have me tempted to do my Friend of the Devil (I'll listen to yours next), and maybe get serious about a full Scarlet Begonias cover... one of my all-time faves. I draw the line at Blues for Allah--that's when the lead work went waaay over my chop level. |
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| Tennessee Jed (GD "cover") by pete | 12 days ago |
Pete! I know you've got a touch of 'head in your musical head from this, Bertha, El Paso, GTDR and others I may have missed. Here, you show the spirit of Jerry's voice here in a version with a nice tempo. We'll have to trade GD covers sometime. Nice wah/reverse wah effect! I've sung "better get back to Genessee, Ted" ever since OD-ing to this song (?!) when I attended Syracuse U. back in the 70s (and caught some shows in upstate NY to boot). I did a few with my old band, too. (PLUG ALERT!) I have an Old and in the Way-inspired wild horses posted here at iC (here and a video of that and others (I Know You Rider and oft-GD-covered It's All Over Now) at YouTube (search user Farmageddon1 or click here). I don't mean to plug to elicit comments--I don't care about that so much as to express my happiness to be "goin' down the [musical] road" with a fellow GD holdout. |
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| Oasis in Menlo Park - MORE BEER!!!! by rhonie | 12 days ago |
Nice "work," all. Rhonie, I want you in MY band! More beer! I wish I could have been there. What I wouldn't give (except for time and plane fare) to play with real, live humans again!? |
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| The Four seasons by gertierox | 12 days ago |
| TRACK WON'T LOAD. Send me a note if you get it fixed (re-upload). --B6s | |
| Therapy (Working Title - Acoustic Demo) by Justin V | 12 days ago |
Excellent change-ups in performance/arrangement. The beginning reminds me of a forgotten but influential and somewhat minimalist influential but killer band from the '80s. But where they were brooding, your voice packs a solid punch, very strong and committed. As for the lyrics: Songwriting is therapy! |
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| Smooth Jazz Café by RAMZAR | 12 days ago |
| It starts out nice and smooth without being wallpaper. Always GREAT to hear Anto's guitar chops. Actually, I'l just say it: AMAZING! I love the timing, it makes for such a fantastic break from the hundrum. THANK YOU FOR THIS FINE DOWNLOADED TUNE!!! | |
| The Days I'm There [For Maya, for Autumn] by Bob6stringer | 12 days ago |
| Thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks! To feenixx: It's not technically a global Master-track fadeout, but it's close to it; Good point...I'll keep that point in mind going forward. To all:: Here's a breakdown of the simple A > B > A+B structure: A SECTION: The pieces of chords in the main staccato/pinced-strings section here, used in few different inversions and with hammer-ons, spell-out two patterns (which I will defined better with guitar or bass if I or WE do a rock-collab version): --> Dmaj7 - G / Dmaj7 - G --> Dmaj7 - G / F#m - Em B SECTION: The section with the Bonham-esque rock drum loop uses open strings mainly with a two-octave base using the low-E and D strings... similar to the refrain of Led Zep's Four Sticks (which I almost threw in as a fade i/out coda at the end!). You can see the basic parts as I fret them at the video link in the song intro notes. |
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| Heartbreak City by BossHook | 15 days ago |
John--Dr. Hook, This is as good as any track you've ever shared, a pretty staggering accomplishment. Great American Heartland Rock. But I owe you a better comment than my usual "oh, you're so great!" fare. So... Lewin Barringer has a formidiable, professional ear. His comment on tweaking-up the reverb on the vox gave me pause to listen actively. I can se the point but can see leaving it as is for the effect it provides: The vox seems to have a smaller room/club reverb than the stadium/cathedral the drums are in. This gives the effect of a band on a very deep trapezoidal stage--the lead singer is up front with less reverberation room, while the drums are in the large, back end. This gives the sonic equivalent of a fishbowl camera lens. I might be al wrong on the use of different reverbs; in GarageBand, the MAster Track typically defines the entire project's reverb type (though you can always export, change settings, etc.). Then again, I don't know how it works in Sonar. |
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| Twix or Treat [post-Halloween bible scare] by Bob6stringer | 15 days ago |
| Do galaxies exist in the same mythology as evolution? When I redo this I might just "preach" the whole piece away and leave more room to add guitar play. My guess is that you'd all rather me not sing at all! Opinions? | |
| Once In A Lifetime [Talking Heads COVER] by artneuro | 16 days ago |
| Art, this is a very fat production, I don't know how you can do all you can deliver such great guitar while also focusing on the whole big production. Pretty amazing result, no matter how you do it. I always come back to guitar... I have to applaud your inventiveness and tone. Really ripped the lid off this one. There's a really strange "head" in this, a kind of surreal warble on the harmonies that's both faithful and suits yoru lead vocal delivery well. You be da preacher man for us aging guitar geezers. |
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| Ravaged by FigureGround | 16 days ago |
Sort of a postwar Floydian update on the old Roger Waters Wall feel... authority marching, a wasteland, etc., etc. Nicely rounded out in the production. I'm listening on in-ear V-modas and I have to say that your sub-bottom (kick drum?) comes very close to the punch in the gut you get with real speakers on a good old-fashioned stereo... remember Cerwin Vegas in the 70s? Anyway, really nice. |
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| Twix or Treat [post-Halloween bible scare] by Bob6stringer | 16 days ago |
| Now that it's partly out of my system I'll tell you in hindsight what I think influenced this: Nick cave and the bad seeds; the lead-less rhythm riffing of latter Gang of Four and Talking Heads, a touch of Fred from the B-52's, Frank Zappa's cartoonish "Overnight Sensation" Meantime, at my Virtual Garage, I have another, "kinder" tune tune tentatively titled, "She Didn't Give Her Domain," in progress. Please comment on this one here or that one there if you wish to lend an ear. |
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| Let's Wait by LWinston | 17 days ago |
Smoovy -- smooth and groovin. I'll pile on the bass compliments. But everything is just right in the pocket. High end sounds a little like old analog tape wow/flutter. But that adds a retro vibe. |
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| C'mon Little Girl (Beatles Pastiche) by Beatle128 | 17 days ago |
I'm going to try and take a whack at some early Beatle guitar... wil keep you posted! |
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| O M G ! by ramonaji | 19 days ago |
ROFLMAO on this one for your forced inspiration... which sometimes is just the shove you need to push you to get the studio ideas flowing. I like the anti-diva attitude you put out in your vocal delivery. This is my first listen to your music; I'll be back to hear more for sure. [EDITED: Oops... I almost forgot... here, have some stars!] |
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| Sky Colored Jam by EEBTRB5 | 19 days ago |
Lie KC says, cool and bluesy. I had a good time learning to count to six while digging this groove. Nice ambient keys to add some backing color, and I like the jazzed-blues vocal delivery just fine. |
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| The Friendship Song by babyjustlaugh | 21 days ago |
| Repost--quick--good start, but the track goes silent after the intro! |
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| Leave You with a Song by jobu | 21 days ago |
Cool, clean, elegant and unfettered. Sometimes it's the quick inspiration that leads you to that place. Beautiful acoustic guitar arrangement in the chorus and tasteful keys interspersed. Pro sound. What more can I say? |
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| I Love You (cjhoose feat. HayleyDeakin) by HayleyDeakin | 21 days ago |
Just beautiful. So glad to discover you, if a few years later than I'd have liked. I checked your blog and see that you were away for a while, recently back. that explains why you weren't on my radar. Now that you're in my view, I'll be sure to listen to more, soon. |
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| Can I Keep You by HayleyDeakin | 21 days ago |
Where did you come from? When did you come from? I can't believe you've been here since 2005 and this is the first track of yours I've heard. Your voice shines like a diamond and the whole production is absolutely, perfectly buttoned-down. Also perfect: that well-placed scat break. |
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| Six Days on the Road [live band; cvr] by Bob6stringer | 22 days ago |
| To Mick and others who accuse me of hypocrisy on covers: I kow, I know, I know! But WAIT! I just got my foot out of my mouth! And WHAT WILL COME OUT OF MY MOUTH NEXT? More heresy: I still think iComps should outlaw covers for which we haven't gained permission (like this one!) [EDIT NOTE: I can't get the image link to work... click on it to see the dumb jpeg.] |
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| Return to Bass by Smileygeezer | 24 days ago |
I'm listening intently. I might surprise you one day when I get caught up on some work and other collab debts. I can see having lots of fun, worrying if I'm burying all that lead bass and alternately mirroring it with notes an octave and/or two above yours. Interesting... |
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| Bring Us Home (Final Cut) by Smileygeezer | 24 days ago |
Politically I'm more on the left. (There really is no left in the U.S. as I see it, it's all very relative). But I respect your effort to make a more universal appeal here. The real shame of this war from the U.S.--really I should say my--perspective is that it's been incredibly selfish. We sent all these kids off to learn to be killing machines, and we citizens didn't sacrifice anything at all. That has come back to haunt us as a nation in so many ways since it started. |
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| "Bei Mir Bistu Schoen" (COVERED virtually every pop and jazz artist of the age) by RubyDubidoux | 24 days ago |
| Highly Klezmatic of you. Ms. Ruby/Elaine--Mazel Tov! This has the feel of the vintage Andrews take. I'll assume the backing tracks are off the shelf... no matter, a great way to highlight your vocal chops. | |
| 4 Years on iComp...Wow... by woodguy32 | 24 days ago |
This is a very listenable and upbeat piece. Nice tune, love the guitar tone and overall hookiness and pacing of it. Your studio work here is clean and lively. You're a year older than me here... I look forward cruisin' into my fourth and your 5th, woodman. |
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| the globe abides by knight | 24 days ago |
| I have nothing to add to the praise above. I'm simply blown away. Thank you. | |
| The First Time by fatchance | 26 days ago |
| Oh my aching soul, my beating heart. Such a lush song, and production. A great work of love for an urge that's primal but in this finely crafted iteration rises to the level of spiritual. Both versions are absolutely amazing. RE: the iC boilerplate that ratings are disabled and "constructive comments would be appreciated," I have no criticism whatsoever. |
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| The First Time by mfwmiles | 26 days ago |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Your vocals reminds me of the dead-on pitch smoothness of Rufus Wainwright, as does the production. As good as it is, I can't wait to hear what FatChance does with this, it's hard to imagine much improvement. |
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| The Troll's Cabaret by JackFancy | 26 days ago |
| This will sound entirely left-field and old-school but I imagine you singing extremely this hung-over after an all-night binge in an illegal poker tournament, and you're a cross between Ian Anderson ("strapping mad" line) and David Bowie ("whole year spent" line). crooning for a few coins in your tin cup, then taking your rest in a back alley, resting comfortably on a couch of trash bags next to a dumpster. (That couch, btw, is pretty comfortable when you're drunk--I slept in one just like it in New Orleans in one trip there in 1985.) And oh, yeah: GREAT SONG WRITING AND PERFORMANCE. |
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| Astronaughty (For US Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak) by artneuro | 26 days ago |
| This is great, just great. I just found the later Coelecanth version of this and decided to compare the two. This is a great demo. But it's still a robotic arm vs. the complete shuttle of the band version. I want my Coelecanth--reform and move to the U.S., won't you? There's such a great, ethereal and ephemeral--otherworldly and short-lived--feeling you give that psycho astronut, and this song. It's got the feeling of those old postwar sputnik/Atomic Age film noir flying saucer movies, but with an updated musical approach. I don't know how to explain it, but my jibbering goes still further out-there in my comment on the full-band Coelecanth version of this tune... |
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| Astronaughty (For US Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak) by Coelacanth | 26 days ago |
This is really neato-strange. And so is my experience with it. Having missed the original demo by Art, I listened to that first--just great, and produced well--and then clicked here to hear something that reminded me of the smooth vocals of the Bob Welch-era Fleetwood Mac (the Bare Trees" album with "Sentimental Lady" and "Hypnotized"  . Then I looked up Bob Welch and--guess what--he's a total space nut. If you go to his Web site, it's littered with talk of UFOs and NASA denials, etc., etc. And that brought me home to give this another listen. What a great band, this ancient fish of yours. |
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| The Rain Is in My Brain by Bob6stringer | 27 days ago |
| Thanks all o' the above and Ponk, you've given me something to chew on. I've been stylistically all over the map and most of those styles aren't necessarily on record here. Your comment leads me to believe that I might actually have something worth mining further here--a harder-edged collection using this "persona" and this would be the mellow side. Hmm... | |
| Long Distance Call by tireiron | 27 days ago |
Good to hear you singin' it this time. It's amazing how the groove can be this slow, but when done right, the groove just deepens to compensate. It's sometimes hard for all of us to realize that a good performance, good commitment to the material, can bring it all alive. Even--especially--for those who can capture the feel of ol' Muddy Waters. [EDITING TO ADD: Nice production paradox: You've got spectacular recording clarity here yet you still maintain a strong sense of dirty delta mud in these tracks.] |
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| All My Love In Vain by tireiron | 27 days ago |
I don't have any quarters to throw in the bucket but here--have a pocketful of stars. Sweet blues, fine harp as ever. Was this done by Sonny Boy Williamson? Anyway, I agree with you on the coin-noise: it's acceptable. if you mention them in "liner notes," any blues lover will understand that this is happening in the real world. In fact, they add a touch of authenticity. And to think, you didn't have to find a sample, it was the real thing! |
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| Fair Blue by tireiron | 27 days ago |
Fantastic vocals and a feeling that this was a fine-spirited session. |
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| The Icehouse (GarniMix) by Garni | 27 days ago |
That low synth reverberates in my bones. You vocals are just fine, expressive. And HUMAN DRUMS--yeah! Nicely done G! |
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