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| Won't Wait by sammydix | 3 years ago |
 What a really fun song! A bit George Harrison - and that's not a bad thing. The main issue is that the whole song sounds wrong. It's all in the mix. And the mix allows the instruments to intrude into each other in an unpleasant way. I think your tracks need equalising more before the mix too to ensure clarity. Backing vocals a little off in places too. |
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| Ivory Towers by FrankAxtell | 3 years ago |
 Well, well. Very sound playing. If I can be so crass as to pigeon hole it I would have to go into 70s/80s music and call it a groove mash from Relayer (by Yes)/Jan Hammer and Steve Hackett. Excellently produced (in respect to mix, sounds), playing no problem and overall a great sound - and tasteful arpeggios in the break. I enjoyed listening as a guitarist. But, it begs the question. What's the song for? As a showcase for your talents it's great. However, it isn't particularly emotive or memorable (in the sense of singalong or inspiring others to sit down and bend some strings to emulate you). So, (and by this para I don't mean to be insulting) it strikes me that something is missing. Some stronger bass line perhaps and of course vocals. Yes, vocals. Give us something to remember and get a few hooks in. Hope that helped? |
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| Empty by Dadio | 3 years ago |
| Voice needs to be a tad up in the mix. The snare drum seems a bit harsh. I think you might want to consider some eq or gating perhaps. The soaring synth/strings seems a little incongruous with the rest of the track. It's a bit cheesy to my mind. The "ooey" choir/voice sounds about 3/4 of the way through come in exactly in the right place. Gives the song a nice kick. I really like the way the song is lifted after the first verse or so by the drums coming in. I feel the song is a little odd being sad with the voice and lyrics but upbeat with the music. Have you considered doing the song a lot slower? Anyway, hopefully you will take my comments as constructive. Nice job otherwise. Candy |
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| Fear of Falling by NewMonkey | 3 years ago |
| Nice guitars. Builds nicely through the first verse and the chorus. However the song doesn't live up to its potential because: 1. The vocals need to be right up in the mix. (The lyrics are hard to make out and the words are drowned) 2. It becomes stale in the second verse. I really feel that some solid drums need to be be brought in (and a bass) and this would give it more depth, more interest and live the audience wanting more when it finishes. So, in recap, nice guitars, good vocals, mix needs work add some more instruments in the second verse and that's a nice song. PM me if you change it - I'd like to hear a remix. |
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| This Is How I Roll by jamesjrn | 4 years ago |
I'm not a fan of this as you can tell. It starts with a nice beat - very reminiscent of the Flight of the Conchords - and I was expecting something exciting. However, sadly, I was disappointed. The song needs development. The sound that Surak calls a banjo really isn't very like one and the chunkier lead synth just seems to add nothing to my ears I'm afraid. All in all, rather tinny and needs a stronger melody or development of the beat to liven things up. My question is what you want this to be? You classify it as pop but there is no hook or clear melody that I go away listening to. As a piece of electronic music it doesn't seem to have any real bite (such as from the Chemical Bros), it's not relaxing and therefore I'm wondering what mood you want to inspire in your listers. I'm not trying to be unnecessarily harsh. I just think that you need to have some process behind your song writing. |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 4 years ago |
| Thanks alterimage 8) | |
| Surprise Party by TripleCamp | 5 years ago |
 Interesting start. I imagine that was quite hard to get all the parts put together!? I think it's a great idea and there is a wonderful opportunity to take this somewhere but it gets into its swing rather a bit late and I think it could have been developed into something with a bit more of a solid bite. That's why I'm not going high on production or creativity. However, would I like to get a Birthday song like that? You bet /drool /envy. It's also a sound technical achievment. It's not, however, the sort of thing I'm likely to listen to again (unless I'm Alex that is. That said, well done! Something to be proud of. |
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| heaven white by Mikee | 5 years ago |
Clearly rather more pop or swing than folky but NP. Unfortunately, it sounds like it is recorded in a bucket so I have to hammer the production rather. The guitar needs more depth particularly in the middle and bass ends. I can't hear the lyrics clearly even after several listens. I guess the drawling voice would be better if it could be heard clearly. Nonetheless, some good rythym although the song doesn't seem to have much structure. WOuld like to hear this much better produced with some more instrumentation or a better solo arrangement. |
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| My guitar is possessed by DaedraLarsa | 5 years ago |
| You're a one person sound effects library methinks ! | |
| Whiskey On The Rocks (acoustic) by TessCrazy | 5 years ago |
Beautiful lush guitar intro. I like your laid back style and arrangement (minimal but with strength). I really like the imagery in your lyrics too. "Can I take your love and put it in a box and safe it for that rainy day when all that's left is whiskey on the rocks". Sweeeeet! What gets me is that halfway through I thought this was a cover so I went searching for it on the internet. Seems unless it's a remake of an AC/DC song (hur hur) it's yours. Well, I think that says it all. Wooo wooo. I'll be checking more of your stuff out hun! Don't think I've given anyone five stars for about a year! |
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| The Wicked Witch is Dead by michaelsalazar | 5 years ago |
You need to practice your guitar and singing. No too ways about it. practice, practice, practice. Regardless how well crafted your lyric is or the ideas the techniques you use to get your ideas across will immediately taint the listener's opinion. The idea is fine. I could get into have a few beers with you and singing along. I've met a few wicked witches in my time so I empathise. I'm not rating production. You're just singing it into the mic live so you aren't using any. bearing in mind this limitation wouldn't be fair to rate it. |
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| Song for Nina by deadlytide | 5 years ago |
Intrigued by the intro. Almost a bit like Supertramp. Ah but nooo! Rock and roll Americana Stadium Rock style. Well you have the genre here down pat. Production is faultless except the voice which is too far down in the mix (sounds like it was mixed by the guitarist BTW  ). However, not going to reduce your score for that! Creativity is low though becasue I find it imitative and derivative of the genre (no matter how well it is done). |
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| Frank by Operative | 5 years ago |
A bit random in places and needs a lot more production. The keyboard playing and guitar need a lot more work to get the timing right. Consider making loops of the guitar chords and placing them in the correct places to get the timing right if you can't do it yourself. The same for the keyboards except use the midi sequencer. Choose some other loop for the drums too as it sounds very bland and you could do with something a but more driving or with depth. Even consider layersing two drum sounds on top of each other. Kudos that you are playing stuff live. Takes a lot of guts to do this. Keep on macjamming! |
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| Out in the Woods by Ashtree | 5 years ago |
I'm hating that synth. No too ways about it. Change the sound - it does nothing for this song imho except make me grate my teeth. The vocals tend to be drowned. As the lyrical content is the most important thing here they need to be boosted. Nice frailtity in the voice! Perhaps try a little Niel Young type warble in it. The rythym is OK. Love the build up. Quite unexpected. Does it need some sort of vocal refrain here? A good song m8. |
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| (?)johnny anonymous (real drums, bass) by Mr_Weaver | 5 years ago |
Hey a little bit of a 60's vibe! Why does this remind me a little of Mr Mojo Risin'. Must be the pining but laid back vocals. Personally, I'd like to hear some development in the music such as developing the picking motif at the end of the chorus. With respect to the chorus - needs a bit of fattening up I think. So, in a nutshell, love the verse and vibe and vocals. Fatten the chorus, develop the song so it keeps musical interest. |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 5 years ago |
| Cheers! Robotpantyraid. I shudder to think where you got your name from but I have to admit it's quite intriguing. Hmm, the more I think about it the more intriguing it gets too .... 8) | |
| Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Baboon | 5 years ago |
Awesome! I just love how you got one of the BeeGees to sing in the chorus! |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 5 years ago |
Thanks a lot Kai M.  |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 5 years ago |
| Banjo version almost complete 8=) | |
| Bitter (Twisted up Inside) by Candorwien | 5 years ago |
| Thanks all for your comments. I'll do a reworking soon with better production and maybe get the bridge a little shorter. Your comments really help though. Cheers! | |
| What Exit? by Bob6stringer | 5 years ago |
Got here from your blog BTW .... Oh good grief that's so NJ. This is definite film music. Excellent mix of sound effects and stonking guitar riffs and licks. Renegade hawaiian cop meets the East Coast Traffic division. And now I'm punching the air like Rocky! Candy |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 5 years ago |
| Thanks Baboon, Next ... I bought a banjo. I can't wait to do the banjo version of this song. Bear with me ... it sounds good in my head though 8) | |
| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 5 years ago |
| Thanks 4arms. I aim to please (and make people think). | |
| Brighter Day (live) by Pilky | 5 years ago |
 I appreciate it is done in one take (which is exactly what live means) but this is very rougn. The vocals and guitar stray way too far in both timing and tone. Not my cup of tea although usually I love solo guitar and vocals. Perhaps it doesn't matter to you that the guitar needs tuning but it does to me. You need to strive for a better balance between the guitar and vocals and more practice, practice, practice, practice. |
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| Since I Left Memphis by oldblueday | 5 years ago |
| Huh what happened to the rest of my comment? Anyway, great stuff. |
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| Since I Left Memphis by oldblueday | 5 years ago |
Huh! I want my money back. I thought this was the rap channel! 8=) Nice country rythmic guitars and some tasteful slide. It's very hypnotic and also very mellow. This is certainly chill music of the nth degree. Yer voice also has that wonderfull smokey flavo(u)r. The dog bark at the end needs taking down a tad. It does kind of shock me after getting so mellow with the groove. Which reminds me of the old chestnut - what happens if you play a C |
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| Beautiful Stars by Baboon | 6 years ago |
Woot! Those are very seductive vocals. Just sooo mellow ... I guess it's the well constructed guitar together with the vocals ... very Hacketesque. I can certainly imagine listening to this after running through "Icarus Descending". It's very "come down" music. Sweet, sweet, sweet. Simple and effective. "I am WEASEL!" |
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| No Amnesty by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Wow Pharmakeus! That's one hell of a long post. First of all, thanks for taking the time and interest to write such a long one. I think you hit the nail on the head squarely a number of times. I fully agree with your comments about letting myself go ... I do when playing live but this is done on a small little computer and with the lack of audience I always get less than I ever want out of myself becasue I notice I am very self-conscious without someone to spark off. However, I've never played this live. Would be fun though. And yes ... I need a drummer badly and I'm working on my voice. I ought to try and clarify why wrote this song anyway (possibly just for myself if no one else). Many years ago I met some latin americans (from El Salvador) who showed me a number of quite scatalogical pictures of their own family who had been exectuted. Quite, quite horrifying. I think the idea grew out of this if there could be any one seed growing. You will notice that I don't try and poke a finger at any particular "side" - except at the torturers - and to me that is important as as soon as I point a finger it becomes accustative and then people become defensive and I think it would lose the impact I feel I want. Sure, you could presently read it as a certain well know conflict in the middle east but I'm sure this is also currently happening in thousands of places all aorund the world from prisons to penthouses. It was written to include all events like this. A person's inhumanity to another is something that really makes us different from the other animals and while I can be inspired by the great achievements of our species I can also be disgusted by our brutality. I wrote this several years ago and have been adjusting the song for some time. The whole of idea of someone in a cell (I chose female because I feel the image creates a greater vulnerability and therefore hopefully more empathy from everyone listening) was a direct experience from visiting a friend in a mental hospital. The atmosphere in that place has left a lasting clinical image on me. So I combined the feelings of mental isolation (which I read that people have while under torture) with the violence of physical harm and mental threats. Inside her head she run in her memories "through any open door" so that hopefully you can feel the panic inside her too. Finally, to add the twist, she dies under torture and she is of course a totally innocent victim (not meaning at all that torture is acceptable becasue there are guilty victims). So, this is what I feel is most abhorrent ... picked up for no reason, humiliated, abused, degraded and finally killed and all the time I find no reason in it. It asks more questions than it answers. And the metaphorical writing on the tombstone reads ... mistaken ID. It's all very dehumanising. Now I feel sad again. |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Hey Baboon. Many thanks! Was feeling a little down about making music in general and you have cheered me up And I have to say that your Baboon icon is awesome! What is that? A solarised image? Great name too ... any relation to "I am Weasle?" |
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| Speed Dating by morsongs | 6 years ago |
Hmm. What a very odd start. Jumps in like it's half-way through the track. Then it fades out after what ... 20 seconds? I think iTunes gives me a bigger sample Nice recording, clear mix and from what little I hear good playing and sounds. As I can't hear much of a song or story you don't get much for concept or creativity. Try putting a full song up here (I'm sure you have one but I'm unsure why you only send a snippet). I'm not into this type of music but it's not unpleasant. |
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| Jipes mood by jipes | 6 years ago |
Pas mal Jipes. I like the ideas you've put into the song. It is rather short however and I would like to have heard the ideas fleshed out a bit more. )I never thought I would be saying make it longer to anyone - I guess I like the song). 8=) As far as I'm concerned it's good but let down by the playing which isn't practiced enough. There's too much hesitance in the guitars. I can see the Ry Cooder influence. I'm going to go and find out who Ani Difranco is now. There's no concept I can see so I'm not rating concept and it's fairly rough as a recording so would be unfair to rate that too. |
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| Wonderful and Strange by enicholsIC | 6 years ago |
| A very calypso type beat. I love the guitar doing chordal breaks. Some nice dischordal moments as well (purposefully) which give the guitars an edge/hook to listen to. The lead guitar needs some work. It's great in the low and middle-registers but the high stuff sounds weak. Perhaps try to remix and remove some of the lead as it detracts from the basic guitar and voice which is what you want everyone to focus on in this song. Nice clear recording and voice. As this is a very personal song I'm not rating this. It just doesn't seem appropriate. Peace on you and thanks for opening your soul to us all with this song. Candy |
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| winter in detroit by urbnite | 6 years ago |
| I think you know this is rather out of time and out of tune. I think you therefore know two things that I'm going to suggest you work on to improve. Now this is a rather straight-forward blues song so not much room for pushing the boundaries of the blues. Three other things you need to work on when doing this recording other than the above are: 1. Keep the lead breaks in-between the vocals. This will add dynamics and counterpoint, It will accentuate both the vocals and guitar. 2. Work out some interesting sounding riffs for your lead guitar. Don't doodle. 3. Recording quality. Needs a much better recording. Sounds like it's a very low quality microphone or you have simply got it it the wrong place. |
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| Below Zero by dakdakdak | 6 years ago |
The first thing that strikes me is that the mix is all out. The vocals need some upping. It would be fine if they were meant to be background in which case they should be. I like the mood of the song and would love to get into the voals but the wailing distorted sound is too dominant and overrides everything else. There seems to be no reason for its high presence. It's like a continual attack by a wasp you can't get rid of. It becomes dominant and the song becomes second place. I suggest you use some dynamics to push it backwards and forwards to accentuate the lyrics and not buzz them out. |
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| all is to be started again by floclezo | 6 years ago |
Very quiet intro. I had to turn the speakers up and I'm not sure at this point if that's your recording or me. I think that's you. I'm well balanced this end (well ... debatable if it's a mental one). I'm drifting off to sleep after the first minute because essentially nothing is going on. The riff is pleasant enough but not that good to be able to carry this tune for several minutes. This song needs construction, arrangement with more instruments to make it interesting to the listener and some form of dynamic to stop it sounding samey. Candy |
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| Transatlantic Blues by joachim | 6 years ago |
Gosh this reminds me of something from the late '50s. Actually quite upbeat while melancholy. The piano is played well but sounds crap on the recording. It's far too tinny. It does sound in stereo though. How did you do that? Hey you play the trumpet. How cool is that? Real music from a real musician. Just about the right abount of ambiance in the trumpet to be sure. Reverbaroony. Would like to hear a frenetic shaker in this towards the end just to pep it up a little and accelearate the listener to the climax. On that note (pun intended) the final trumpet peep could have done with a scream and perhaps staggered trumpet wail out (I'm sure you can imagine the trumpet doing a dying swan impression). It would have added to the comic effect and overall lounge cabaret atomsphere. |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Hey Bob6stringer I appreciate that comment. I do put a lot into my music although I find all my songs are mishmashy and inconsistent at times. Perhaps that's me anyway? Well thanks again. I've just come back to icomp to do some reveiwing. I seem to have been away too long  . Let me know if you want any of my ascerbic comments thrown your way.Candy |
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| No Amnesty by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Aye I admit it ... I am a Clash fan. (I wonder if you were being serious by saying that ?? :-0 .) I kind of forgot how much they have probably influenced me. Even though I was embarrassed by their lyrics when I got "The Magnificent Seven" as a youth ... "vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie" I simply think it's one of the best lines in new wave music in retrospect. My only regret was never seeing them live (though I did see Joe Strummer in about 1987 at the Milton Keynes Bowl in the UK). Hey, thanks for your comment. Glad you liked the song. |
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| Ugly by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Holy thanks |
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| Do you know who U R (Diceman) by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Thanks PurePerversity. I appreciate your comments |
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| Dirty Harry Callahan by Brother | 6 years ago |
Well, I'm into those nice atmospherics behind the beat. A little "police sireny" in places. Very laid back beat and retrained power. The production does seem to suffer a little and I'm not sure the occassional sqeaking on the guitar helps. I would like to heave heard something rather than the synth take over the melodic interest. Perhaps bringing the guitar up for some power blues chords to kick a back beat in would be great. Kill the organ (about a minute or so from the end) it doesn't add anything. Overall, great atmosphere and sound. |
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| Intro to film by libik | 6 years ago |
 Hmm. You say harmony taher than melody but there seems to be very little of either. To improve this you need to do the following: 1. Improve your timing drastically. It's very out of time. 2. Change the effects of the dry mono synth. Choose a different patch completely. Open up the effec ts channel and give it some ereverb and perhaps a tad of track echo. OIf you are using GB set up your master track and give the song some presence and warmth. 3. Add something to give it a beat of some sort (it doesn't even have to be drums. |
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| Transit Strike by LedQuagga18 | 6 years ago |
Hey! First of all, this is straight rock or prog rock. Maybe wrong category. Hey, has a good hook. Well, was a good hook til I hear it 50 time (farrrrr tooooo looooong for this sort of stuf with little variation). Energetic but somehow lacking in soul. Concept - poor and excellent Creativity - didn't do much with the idea at all Performance - very nice put together hook Prod - needed some EQ, compression and other work in the mix. |
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| A dio!!! by SFB | 6 years ago |
Playing an old funky record to me there I think. watch the intro chops though ... timing issues. Don't get sloppy just 'cos this is GB. Nice ol' sax sound. I feel like I'm in a 1975 jam. Concept - song's not going anywhere. Unstructured. Creativity - some kudos for the nice range of sounds Performance - sucky in places but generally emotional Production - Ye gods! Needs work man! |
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| Only (9mm mix) by yogi | 6 years ago |
I can get into this. Kindo funky and talk back. Rap my budda bud. Mix suxks big time though. You need some compression big time. |
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| You were suppose to by Lapskin | 6 years ago |
Thank you Michael Caine for your introduction (all be it distorted). Some good ideas (mostly the intro) and kindo groovy but I was bored mostly. It takes a long time to go no where imho. It takes a very, very long time in fact. |
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| The Bass by awaef | 6 years ago |
Sorry, after about 10 seconds I fell asleep. I don't like this. It has little of what I respect in any form of music. Rather Prop..heads in the beat and bass (who I love) but simply nothing else in the song at all. Add to this the distorted levels it needs you to seriously re-examine what you want us all to listen to here. |
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| thirty-somethings (by the hamlet machines) by ultraleft | 6 years ago |
Woo. You renegade from Glam Pop. I though Hendrix killed the wah wah! You must have filled it full of gerbils and resurrected it. Lovely intro but then it's the vocals in a box syndrome. Lot's of commitment but it sounds like you recorded it on the end of a telephone. You need to work on the vocal production. Whatever that instrument is playing after the vocals (keyboard or whacky harmonica) I like that a lot. No, I really do. The ending sucks. It dies. Work on your endings hamlet machines... please!!! Concept - undifferentiated as far as I could tell Creativity - aye. Good stuff in there Performance - Instruments high, vocals low. Need to work on that delivcery as well - a better mike would help though. Production - lowish. Ver variable in places. Some great, some dire. I love creative stuff. Keep on making more .. but work on the mix and recording and you will start to create much more polished stuff (imho). |
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| sequence by boxstuffer | 6 years ago |
I don't know wher this is going or what it's doing. Sorry I can't get anything from this at all. Maybe itÄs all just beyong me.  |
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| Where To Go by chokladzingo | 6 years ago |
I like the swing of this song. It's got a very upbeat feel and there's a hint of Simon and Garfunkle (or at least one of them) in the song. A good variety of instruments as well- Concept - The driving part of the song is rather unclear. Creativity - Nice touch adding the poetry - especially original. Performance - Apart form the drums which are grating nice stuff Production - a lot of his and overhead on the track and the mix is all over the place. Buried vocals, domination brushed drums etc, etc. It really needed some of the bottom frequences removed from the drums and more compression on individual tracks. Nice work though. |
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| Four More Years by LeaJones | 6 years ago |
First thing I have to say is that your unproduced sketch is a hell of a lot better produced than most songs on garageband. It's honest and straightforward (except in truth both Kerry and Bush are bit of a Hobsen's choice). I know it's a bit dated at the time of listening but lots of fun and originality in the lyrics. Am not rating concept (it's nothing new to hate Bush) not Production (at your request). Hey, ya done good! |
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| Jailbird (old version) by fairybeth | 6 years ago |
I like this song a lot. Good over-dubbing. Cool lyrics, nice lyrics and performance. Full marks in the first three categories. Production kills me though. The hiss is almost unbearable and the guitar needs bettwer recording (especially as it's the main instrument). |
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| The Lesson by The45Revolutions | 6 years ago |
I can get rocking to this. A sort of manic ska teenage fun song. Song gets rather muddy during the production and I think the channels aren't compred enough. Having said that I love the energy. Keep on rocking. |
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| Come & Go by The45Revolutions | 6 years ago |
Very Wellerish guitar intro (no complaint about that though). Vocals sound a bit like Jilted John (look him up if you don't know him) and Brian Ferry. Lot's of power in this song but it's a bit overpowering at palces. Needs a touch of remix me thinks particularly when the keyboards start to dominate towards the end, Becasue it's so loud I suspect you aint got much overhead in yer mix. Real drums though I think?? Nice. |
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| ceyloon by triage | 6 years ago |
Some very creative stuff in here. I like the strangled sitar sound it's very stimulating. It is rather short and sweet and very original. The mix bugs the hell out of me though as the percussion is throun to one channel and the sitar to the other. The percussion needs to fill both channels out and the main instrument sit in the forefront. Just becasue we can pan it doesn't mean we should! Put the percussion behind the song (if you don't know how to get it spacied between the channels with EQ then simple duplicate the percussion, throw each percussion track abiut20 - 30% each way and give them slightly differnt effects - that should simulate it. |
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| SuNYbrookSue by moptzar | 6 years ago |
Ther's a Red Dwarf riff in there I'm damn certain. I sense a few problems with mixing in here and getting the right levels but this is GB and it's not that easy (taken me a year to start getting it clearer than when I started and still working at it). Ignoring the muzziness of the song I got into this very quickly. It's almost like a song that an French crooner would sing with a gentle audience behind them. Great feeling behind this all. Just knowcking the production. Perhaps over-produced and needs compression on tracks. Otherwise I enjoyed this a lot (especially the false ending). Thanks. |
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| Golden Blue And Her Runaway Cane by Yucca | 6 years ago |
Hard to think about this as Rock/PoP. Maybe Alt? I get a big Velver Underground feel to it. The constant whining buzz underneath and the riff close to "Looking for your Man" kinda give me the flavour. This is hard to rate because its very short and is more a hint of what it could be. Concept - discordant but not finished. Creativity - Good. Taking risks. Too short though. Performance - needs work. My opinion is you didn't work at theis enough to give the appearance of sloppy grunge that it hints at. Production - Yeah! Kindof interesting. Keep on rocking with this one. 8=) Candy |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Hey hey! Thanks to you both Blacklily and ddk. I'm particularly surprised by your commenta about the Smiths ddk as I'm just reading a Morrisey biography at the moment. A big coincidence for me. I love a few Smiths songs but their material was a little too homoerotic for me to be in the same vein as a writer. However, I was born some 10 miles from where Morrissey was so we have some of the same roots. Comparing my song to the Smiths is a major compliment /bows. 8=) Thanks both. | |
| Airfix Modeller by JHarley | 6 years ago |
I was attracted to this song because of the title. I really like the lyrics and the idea. Lot's of creativity. Shame you didn't make a comment about the modeller sitting in their betdoom attic sniffing polystyrene heaven. The music however is mish mashy. There are horrible timing issues (to my ears) all over the place. The drums, piano toy and guitar are painful. (Sorry 8=( ) |
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| Sonata by anfields_finest | 6 years ago |
Hmm! Not at all certain this should be in alternative! I love the piono. sounds any minute like Roger Halliwell from Supertramp will start a plaintiff wail. I have mixed feelings about the percussion. In some ways it's just acceptable and in others ... well... hmm... it's completely out of synch with the keyboard rythym. 8=( |
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| Send Him Back by JHarley | 6 years ago |
WooT! Nice yooping sounds, all swooshiably and dischordalimuff unsychostuff. Well, seem to have invested my own vocabulary. I'll try and trancelate (oops, I mean translate). I real terms I like what you've done with some basic major chords with a tone variance and then the ska (almost "Specials"/Ghost town) sound as well. Lovely background effects too. A lot of expulsive Burroughs type vocals as well. I can't help but love this. 8=) |
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| No Amnesty by Candorwien | 6 years ago |
| Aw! Poopbot. I guess you didn't like my vocals that mush 8=( hey! At least you gave me one star!!!! Many thanks Slothsmolder. Much appreciated. Enough prasie to make me do another song methinks 8=)) |
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| Bedsitter Lovers/Turn of a Key by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thanks for your comments aimless. Makes me kind of tingly inside. 8) Hi gain Uber... I agree, As usual you are very perceptive. I get too excited I think close to release time and tend to try to mix it too quickly. And yes ... by the turn of a friendly key. I'd better pop the lyrics on when I can find them. |
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| Shout of Hatred (remix) by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Hi Uber. Great to hear from you again. Yeah! I have to admit this hasn't worked out. Thanks for telling me. Ah well! It's back to me again..... | |
| Darkness by Zenith | 7 years ago |
Awesome beat reminiscent of industrial Tom Waits and the piano reminds me of a John Carpenter movie (but way better). Very epic in quality. Would like to have heard more dynamics in it personally. However, just how many times can one listen to theme music? |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Too live? Yep well that's cos they are. Hot! Burn yer bum off with those vocals. As you know, it's difficult for me doing vocals ´always that feeling of struggle. Finding mixing hard too. Still they're sketches...but many thanks for liking it. I do trust your judgment. Candy |
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| Shout of Hatred (remix) by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thanks Neumuzik. After 2 days of mixing 14 tracks I was kind of brain dead. I need suggestions like yours to get the track finished better than I have been doing! Anyone else with any mix suggestions - most appreciated. |
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| Mixed Emotions by themactech | 7 years ago |
I'm not really a fan of this genre but I was listening to MUGradio through iTunes when this came on. It's got a great groove and I found the melody was almost speaking to me! The drums sound a bit laboured (perhaps a little more sparckle needed in the EQ or some verb needs to be added?) and the sudden stop at the end is rather off putting for me. The sudden stop may work on an album where the sudden death is picked up by another song for effect but here it doesn't work. So, marking you one point down on concept for the stop (it could have been taken off production instead but just so you know why its not got full everything. Otherwise I'm rocking for you on this one. |
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| Bedsitter Lovers/Turn of a Key by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| It is an "other song" which is why I guess it's in alternative! Thanks Blue. | |
| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thanks again Neumuzik...and get well soon and back to playing. | |
| Bedsitter Lovers/Turn of a Key by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Hmmm. Western or Spanish influence. I see what you mean. I can now imagine a band of cowboys riding into town in a Spaghetti Western to the guitar intro sound. Never occurred to me! The song was actually written as a folk song with a whole group of backing vocals with acoustic guitars and slow heavy drums. I found that GB was really too limited (or I was) in order to get that up and running. I played around for a bit and tried a heavier version - which is when the riff came up which I had ideas of making a sound of Hendrix/Young (Niel's sound from "Rocking in the Freeworld" . Even though I aimed for that I hope I got my own sound in the end. The song then took on a life of its own.Thanks for all your comments on my first 4 songs Neumuzik. Much appreciated you took the time and effort. |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Irish Pub? A Guiness will do nicely thank you! | |
| No Amnesty by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thank you Neumuzik. Actually, the song was written when I was very young (not that I'm very old) before the Globilization issue came up and well before I started to read material from Stiglitz, Chomsky, Klein etc. I read a Sunday Times article about Trump Tower and there was a picture of homeless peole being taken away from the front of the building. The inequality of wealth and the lack of tolerance made quite an impact on me. Your counterpoint is well taken, however. In the words of "Closer to the Heart" by Rush (Piert and Talbot lyrics): And the men who hold high places Must be the ones to start To mould a new reality Closer to the heart The blacksmith and the artist Reflect it in their art Forge their creativity Closer to the heart Philosophers and ploughmen Each must know his part To sow a new mentality Closer to the heart You can be the captain I will draw the chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the heart I wish I'd written that one! |
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| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thanks Daddio, You've paid me a great compliment. I'm happy you like my singing but I'm not oo happy myself. It's my worst instrument and it shows I think because I don't have the confidence. I'm remaking the songs with a vocalist who I like so they will change in character. I'll see what happens. Meanwhile, I will be watching out for your stuff. I really love the blues and you know I love your stuff too..... |
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| Only you (feat. SlimGirlFat) by cakefolder | 7 years ago |
Oh. Oh very nice. Good combination you two. Also like slim's voice crossing over between tracks. How did you do that? Both voices really get going towards the end. Distinctive. Very distinctive. |
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| Unfinished Business by Neumuzik | 7 years ago |
If they're not bagpipes I'll be sending to police round to you. There's a law against squeezing inflated cats! (In most States that is - you're not from Texas are you) Nice heavy rock song. They're right! Good ending too. |
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| Melt by Z293 | 7 years ago |
It's too bloody LOUD. (Reaches over to the volume ... ah that's better!) Puts tissue in his ears to soak up the blood. Wipes his nose (yes it's coming out there too). Enjoyed this a lot. Clean, solid and ballsy. Good job! |
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| Why We Dream by Drumsarehot | 7 years ago |
Ouch! Glaring timing error in the intro. I almost fell right over that. Needs fixing. After a while it gets into the mood. Hmmm..now I'm really liking this. Can't tell if it's the recording or singing but the voice level is a bit wobbly. Really nice though! You have a very distinctive sound. A bit dour in places. Sounds a bit overloaded towards the end (clipped at the top end). Don't like the horn bits. Love the bitshifting parts though even if it only lasts seconds. The "military" drums which come in near the end add a great deal of power to the song. Lyrics good too and the whole piece is very dreamy trippy. Going to knock you on production however (am a real meany). |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thanks Daddio. You being a bluesman it makes sense that you"d like that line. I think I'd really have liked you to play some harp on the song as my attepys are a bit poor (not being a harp player that is and also not having one in the right key as well). So. Thanks for your comments again. |
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| daft folk by toots | 7 years ago |
| Very nice intro. I love the casual falling over/cascading of the sound. Will get back when I have more time. | |
| Love's Harmony by ivan.lay | 7 years ago |
Sorry very dreary. Not at all captivating or inspiring. I don't even like the instrument sound. Sorry but I can't find much to praise here except the playing. |
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| Otis by jmontoto | 7 years ago |
Lots of buzz on the recording. The guitar start is pretty rough and sounds live although it really shouldn't. There are some technical faulty with the guitar playing. The track seems to suffer from FX overkill. There are a number of instruments arriving with which sound very incongruous. The vocals are fine but overpowered by the music. The spoken "Elvis" is a big distraction as it is too forward in the mix. Generally, nice work but too raw and poorly mixed. |
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| Bedsitter Lovers/Turn of a Key by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Thanks for your comments simon.toon. All reviews are much appreciated (except where people don't leave comments **cough** Awesome Lee **cough** becasue that's no help at all! Makes me feel you didn't listen to the song. | |
| Crossroads (reload) by BeanBand | 7 years ago |
Rough recording but damn fine playing. |
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| The Void of Music by Aviators88 | 7 years ago |
Now I have to take issue with you a little Aviators88. You may think it's pretty good but to tell everyone it is is just a little egoistic I feel. I find the song rather samey all the way through. It's a good idea to play along with the riffs and you have some nice sounds poking through but your guitar playing needs to be worked on. It is very rough and loses timing and fingering during the faster parts. I suggest you write slower lines until you have the skill to do the fast stuff (it's just a matter of practice and time). |
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| Easy Killin' by Shinobi | 7 years ago |
Nicely put together but sounds too cheesy for my tastes. If you listen enough to iCompositions you will hear similar songs to this. It's just a stream of loops and really it's like having classy wallpaper when the house they are up in is badly designed. I don't want to dispirit you. You have taken a great step in publishing. Now get some ideas together and build them in GB. Good luck! |
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| Anna Walk This World by Apricot | 7 years ago |
I wrote a 400 word review of this and when I submitted it it logged me out and I lost it. Damn. The essenc eof it was; Well crafted, beaty and good story. should be in Pop I feel not Alt. Don't like the song it's too MOR and sugary for me. Stick the vocals up in the mix. The other review was much more detailed. Sorry this review has to suffer for a icomp error but I'm not writing it again. |
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| Heart Left on the Floor by Drumsarehot | 7 years ago |
A straining keyboard sound to start with which isn't initially very pleasant but as this song gets going I'm starting to like it more and more. There's just a moment when I feel you're going to lose it all but then it snaps into full throttle. There's a lot in here (with respect to instruments) and I completely understand with respect to number of tracks - been there, done that. I would like to hear the vocals up a fraction (the song deserves that) but the rest of the mix is good as is the playing. The lead guitar could be a little smoother as well. I think it's probably the effect which makes it judder a little too much. Love your voice. The overall sound reminds me of Steve Hillage mixed with Duran Duran. (I've just reread that and it sounds as naff as when I was writing it!) I would probably take a mark off for performance and creativity but then that would be picky. If this song doesn't deserve 5 stars in evrything I don't know which songs do! Great stuff. Did I say I loved your voice? |
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| The Mind Feeds On Itself by Neumuzik | 7 years ago |
For me, it's a bit too much to listen to this. There are some great sounds and ideas in here. I love the stereo wheep (or is that a cheep) and the refrain that sounds like a playground children's song (just before it fades out with a faded fairground funfair sound). It appears very much like an experiment rather than a finshed and construced piece (you know what I mean we all tinker here and there and get some nice sounds from time to time but this is rather heavy on them). It's a great big sandwich on fresh bread that starts with jam/Jelly, then peanut butter, cheese and gherkin/pickle and finishes with Chicken Tikka Masala). all great on their own but a bit distracting overall. So....I'm giving a lot of credit to good sounds, good mix (drums slightly too boomy though - perhaps EQ that down a bit) but actually removing some creativity score becasue I feel that this needs work. Potential for a much loger and intricate song or a couple of songs actually. Still...great f@**g sounds. |
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| Duella di Eco by hartimos | 7 years ago |
A somewhat long but professionally made piece. The playing is precise, the timing good and the balance of the instruments well defined. In fact, I find the sound very pleasant, if a little cold. No matter how good the playing is adn regardless of the intelligence of the composition it remains quite cold to me and having heard it three times now I can't find any catchy hook or sound which makes me want to listen again. This may sound cruel but it isn't meant to offend it's just that it's not music I would return to. Consequently, I'm stingy on the creativity and concept. |
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| Slidin Thru Georgia by slackart | 7 years ago |
| You have a sound attitude slackart! At least it brough a smile to my face and it is a cheery song. (Please note there is no category to rate something as to whether we like it or not). | |
| 21st Century Blues by Z293 | 7 years ago |
Ah, the blooz. Unfortunately, this one is about 20 minutes too short 8) |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| I forgot to post lyrics even though I was asked. Ok. This song is about a small cafe in England called Maggie's Cafe at the same time as Maggie Thatcher was Prime Minister. This is the world the two created. Hence, Maggies' Cafe! Maggies' Cafe (where the lonely people live) Well.. Scrawl her name in secret places Life's so sweet the sugarbowl's dry While the harpman wails through endless subways Some forgotten tune Some forgotten time Some forgotten tune Fashion counter faces go unnoticed Little lost girls willing to try Sara in the shadows tastes another failure Some party girl some party time Some party... Drink with me in the fading light To a faded world of wrongs and rights And Maggies' Cafe Hand drawn hearts on tea-stained tables Solitary fingers trace out lines while the harpman wails some tuneless love song So many choices So many lies So many .. Choices...lies Hearts of gold in silken sheets Kick start pacemakers time after time Suzy in the bedroom practices her passion Some enchanted evening Some disenchanted smile Some enchanted Choices...lies Drink with me in the fading light To a faded world of wrongs and rights And Maggies' Cafe Rainwashed streets with dirty windows It still hurts to stand in the light While the harpman sleeps beneath broken boxes Only the lonely Only the right Only the... Lonely...right Drink with me in the fading light To a faded world of wrongs and rights And Maggies' Cafe |
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| release the flies by xjudson | 7 years ago |
| Hellishly good sounds here. Could you post the lyrics please? | |
| Nothing Of It by Nolan | 7 years ago |
I like the vocals. I like yer vox. Find one of the guitar a little dischordant (left speaker). Could it be a 12 string but only 11 strings tuned? Minor grumbles apart a fine song. |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Hi -B-, Thanks for your message. It 's a long post and appreciate your time, thoughts and honesty. Food for thought. |
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| Maggies' Cafe by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Hmm. I would argue that in fact they are harmonies. They are partly doubled (as in sung doubled not software doubled) and there are parts where harmony is placed in. However, the harmonies aren't "pop" harmonies. They are meant to sound like that. If I put them closer or used more "natural" intervals I would destroy the song (imho). I hope I'm developing a unique style and also using music as a vehicle for the lyrics (which is my aim). However, as usual, your opinions are gladly received and l will take them under advisement (this means I might change my mind later and agree with you). You supply me with a lot of food for thought. Cheers! | |
| Shout of Hatred by Candorwien | 7 years ago |
| Tell you a secret myopic ..... I'm in the minority too. (But I have nothing against others liking my voice). Thanks for your post. | |
| Dominoes by toots | 7 years ago |
The track has a good sound. Your voice is good. It needs to kick a bit. I find it a bit muddled. |
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