gotta get out of it before I get into it(Diggin Out reviews)

[sgtstomp]

I don't know, have you?

I love the Charlotte Sometimes cover!

[MisterQuoons]

to help complicate the vibe, this needs more dynamism: a bridge, or something to counterpoint to the almost oppressive groove

Yeah, it sure does. This song basically has four chords: two for the verse and a different two for the chorus. I really need to start working on my SF songs earlier than two days before they're due. Anyway, this is yet another one that I really like and plan to develop into something more interesting than it is.

[Heather. Redmon.]

I don't know, have you?

I love the Charlotte Sometimes cover!

Thanks Sarg! The only reason I posted a link to our past songs is that The Hell Yeahs aren't just one song, we're a bunch of songs, and like everyone, we have our ups and downs.

The vocals for our Diggin' Out entry were recorded after many beers and other stuff, late on New Years Eve/Day. So, yeah, I may be a bit flat, but I sure had a blast singing!

[Billy's Little Trip]

I don't know, have you?

I love the Charlotte Sometimes cover!

Thanks Sarg! The only reason I posted a link to our past songs is that The Hell Yeahs aren't just one song, we're a bunch of songs, and like everyone, we have our ups and downs.

The vocals for our Diggin' Out entry were recorded after many beers and other stuff, late on New Years Eve/Day. So, yeah, I may be a bit flat, but I sure had a blast singing!

HaHa! Me too. I was wasted off my ass after LOSING my ass in poker. Then decided to get the vocals and mixing done with several very drunk friends sitting in my music room getting stoned and laughing at me. I actually had them recorded in parts, but it was clipping SO bad and I couldn't clean it up, so I pulled them out. Had a blast, though!

Isn't fun the best thing to have?

[Phil. Redmon.]

Isn't fun the best thing to have?

It's the best thing to share, too.
Good jab, wife!

[Billy's Little Trip]

Isn't fun the best thing to have?

It's the best thing to share, too.
Good jab, wife!

Thanks, and don't call me wife! *budump bump, crash*

[Ross]

Isn't fun the best thing to have?

I thought there was something about a sandwich and something else.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Isn't fun the best thing to have?

I thought there was something about a sandwich and something else.

Someone get this man a beer!

[Chadderandom]

Barfknecht - The distortion on the vocals makes some of them hard to make out but most of the time it really doesn't effect anything and it certainly works, along with everything else in this song.

Billy's Little Trip - I love the vocals and the hard rocking hard rockness of the hard rock.

Cabin Fever - I can't understand much of the lyrics but the vocals are creeping me out in an awesome type of way, so it really doesn't bother me.

Cell Block E Musical Enrichment Group F7 - Love the vocals, the music... and the doodlebug? Kind of reminds me of "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying" but with dug out doodlebugs and I guess its missing truckers and milk carton runaways, which would be nice to feature in a breakdown about why the people are in prison. Really, there isn't anything that spectacular about this, I mean except everything that is.

The Chadderandom Abyss - This was inspired partially by an ex I hadn't talked to for 6 years who contacted me on facebook early last month and we did a lot of catching up on a thursday and friday (she was writing me from work since she didn't have internet at home yet) and when the weekend was over, never heard from her again, possibly due to an intense message I sent over the weekend but it had nothing to do with still being in love with her, I just wanted to officially get the air cleared because there was a lot of weirdness when it ended but what if, when she wrote me back to say everything really was cool, I wanted to tell her I still loved her? I mean, if she is somehow reading this, it was just a song and it'd take a lot on both our parts for any kind of love to come back but what if, man, what if? Also inspired by an elephantcat face in the snow. You know how when you scoop the snow to the end of the pavement and heave it over, it picks up stuff under the snow? Well, two leaves and some dirt were picked up and placed in a way that I saw a cat face with an elephant trunk, it was kind of cool and I wondered if it was possible to save it but again it was just a song, I don't really want to lay my head on you elephantcat, so back off, okay!

Collaboration Station - I thought it was funny that there was a little Blister in the Sun at the beginning but I can't really listen to any of the rest of this. Well, I've listened to it about three times but I can't actually hear anything. The groove is not awesome enough for me to care.

deetak - Oh, hey, a cappella. Oh, hey, music. Why is there music? I do not get the PS music and my getting the a cappella didn't last long either but I liked it for a while and then it left the station and hopped on a piano train.

Elaine DiMasi - There is absolutely nothing in this song that I find questionable. I mean, sometimes I'm not sure if I like your voice but not anywhere on this because this song is perfect and I don't know whats different because it seems like you're doing things in this song that would normally leave me wondering about the vocals but its like they were made for everything going on here. Whatevers going on here. Are there vocal effects that you don't normally use? It doesn't matter, I love this song and there's nothing keeping me from loving this song. Maybe the psychedelic feel is putting me in a trace because I kind of don't want to stop listening to this.

Ford's Theater Disaster - The station tuning set me up and I think I had an orgasm when the music fully kicked in and your vocals being buried are kind of cool on this... but maybe the orgasm wore off and they're kind of annoying now. Some of them are cool, some of them are annoying. The less buried, the less annoying. At least it was short, so nothing could get too annoying, and parts of it make me want to do crazy flailing dance moves, so win.

Heine - Your voice needs more fluffy, bouncey and less rocky, rocky. Actually, the longer this goes, the less your voice seems out of place probably because it gets a little less rocky feeling in places or maybe because I realize how rocky your voice is... ooooh, now fuzzvocals... and now bouncey fluffiness unless that aspect always existed and I didn't notice it. On second listen, this song is the greatest song. I think this is over my head in my ability to comprehend its awesomeness. I don't know what this song is, its like stuff and other stuff that has nothing to do with that stuff and its like together and there is an awesomeness of stuff and I want to do flailing dance moves to this too but in a slower, less crazy way. Wait, mid-90s pop punk with different guitar tones and different vocal stylings and and and and I don't know, this is crazy, I love it. What IS that? The instruments. Is that all guitar? How many guitars are there? Something keeps popping in that I can't quite recognize but its probably yet another guitar. God, I love this song.

The Hell Yeahs - I listened to a bunch of Dressy Bessy the other day, so this kind of sucks. On second listen, this is kind of cool and works but I'd still rather be listening to Dressy Bessy.

Howl Down the Chimney - I love the vocals and the song, musically and lyrically, but the claps keep causing the phrase "booty clap" to pop into my head and I guess thats not really your fault but its really hard to concentrate on things with me singing booty clap over it. But I still love the song... even with me making a mockery of it. Bootyclap bootyclapclap bootyclap!

Jan Krueger - I guess it probably makes sense, given everything in the song, but it feels like I was walking by a graveyard and there's this dude sitting on a tombstone singing and strumming with other dudes in trees accompanying him. And I should probably run away because zombies tend to want to eat your brains but this is just too awesome to walk away from, so I stand there and stare, until they decide to eat my brains. And I'm happy to let them eat my brains because its the least they deserve for being so awesome.

Jeff Landgraf - I might like this if it didn't sound like this. Whatever it sounds like. I think its just the filters. No added effects on this and it might not be annoying. Unless thats just the acoustics of the room you're in, in which case, create a different room.

MC Milk-Plus - I love every last second of this. I originally typed every last stream of chocolate dripping from its cone but that felt like some sort of bizarre thing that could've meant a lot of stuff that it didn't.

Monkey Throw Feces - A frog, a guitar that sounds like it might be from a red hot chili peppers song and a guy in the swamp. If the mic was between the guy and the frog, instead of next to the frog, this might be awesome but its only just kind of cool. I guess the mic is next to the frog and they're both sitting below the chair that the guy in the swamp is sitting on and he occasionally behinds over and sings to them but if he were at a table with him, his guitar, the frog and the mic an equal distance away from each other this could've been so much better. If everything in this song has a reason, is the frog a representation of how teenagers have voices that crack like frogs? It sounds like a song about a teenager going on a date (with his teacher? I mean, why else would she have the blues because her date is breaking out?). I assume there's a reason, hopefully thats the reason and not just because Diggem is a frog in a cereal commercial. That would just be an added bonus.

Paco del Stinko - Everything in this song belongs in this song and I loves it.

R. Mosquito - Holy shit, I love everything in this song too. I mean, I saw something about out of control levels and was thinking it was going to be something you normally do but this isn't what I was expecting. Also I was expecting accordian and maybe there was some but nothing in this sounds like an accordian to me. Oh, somehow I missed that two times through but there it is. Cool.

Ross Durand - Oh my damn. This is the greatest. I can see why you were hating mixing because this sounds like it was a lot of work to mix together and you did it so well. This is another one of those songs I really don't want to stop listening to.

roymond - I keep forgetting to listen to this. It starts playing and I'm doing other things and it doesn't really get my attention. I don't really know why, there really doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it, other then I guess genericness. It sounds like someone elses style too. Apparently this persons style bores me and I don't pay attention to them enough either, for me to remember who they are. Who IS that?

The Sergeant Stomp Explosion - Whoa, it took my ears a second to adjust. And now I realize that its just too loud. I like whats underneath though. How does a mix turn out like that? I mean, I sometimes don't make things loud enough, because I'm overly conscious about loudness issues, but did you want something this loud? Even at 50% it sounds bad, probably because the mix is ruined. Did you put this together with headphones but the headphones were off? Maybe I should listen to it that way. No, the mix still sounds ruined outside the headphones.

Signboy - How did you record this? I think I like it. But probably due to the previous song. Outside of the recording, I like the actual song too. I'm not exactly in love with it but there isn't anything wrong with it.

Slats - I had to re-check to see if I was listening to a song by you because you always do stuff that just isn't anything I want to hear but this song works in all the ways its supposed to work and it works for me, so I personally hope you have no time to do what you want to do on all future songs. Or maybe its because you let the song create itself instead of trying to create the song, if I understood correctly. Either way. More of whatever happened this week.

Steve Durand - I'm not really sure I like this. But if I don't, it has nothing to do with anything relating to the mix or the song or anything other than just not being that into it because this sounds pretty well put together. Yeah, I listened to it again and I'm still not that into it. Also, I keep having to restart it because I swear it sounds like the first line is "I used to think that rock and roll was gay" which is kind of hilarious. And the second line sounds like it rhymes "But then I learned how people used to sway" I know you posted the lyrics and thats not what it is but maybe if it were, the shocking randomness of gay as a pejorative would make the song better (though it'd have to be about rock instead of jazz otherwise it'd be too random but a jazz song about rock not being "gay" would be more interesting and different at least, if not potentially offensive) but as is, it just feels too predictable and ordinary.

The Styop Quoons Experience - I can't really concentrate on anything, its freaking me out too much, this music doesn't seem like it should feel this creepy but somehow it does, the vocals certainly helps, but it was there before the vocals. Is this song supposed to be freaking me out? I think it is but I can't make out half the lyrics. What are you digging out of? And are you coming to get me? Unlike Jan's song this makes me terrified and I want to run away, especially if you're coming to get me when you're done digging out. I think this feeling is awesome and thus this song is awesome. I'm going to put this song and the Cabin Fever song on a mix CD and give them to someone, just those two songs, I think they'll have nightmares for days. Maybe toss Jan's song on there, even though it makes you want to get eaten by whatevers digging out.

The Tedward Nixon Experience - This feels familiar. In a way that I like. It just doesn't feel... something... enough. And stuff. You know? It feels too familiar, maybe. Which I guess means it doesn't feel different enough.

The Weakest Suit - I hear you're trying to make the most of what you have, hows that working out? I don't know because this song keeps disappearing into the background.

There was a pretty high percentage of awesome this week.

[signboy]

Thanks, Chadderandom. Glad to hear that someone digs my crap. Although, I know I ruined it. I always give songs a cooling off time before I do the final mix and send them in, but this time, I came home drunk and messed with izotope ozone on the output track. Bad idea. Yes, it'd too loud, overcompress3ed, harshly limited, clipping, and the vocals suck ask, but ... but... you knoe... aw crap, maybe this pos id in the wrong threwads again.

[MisterQuoons]

I can't really concentrate on anything, its freaking me out too much, this music doesn't seem like it should feel this creepy but somehow it does, the vocals certainly helps, but it was there before the vocals. Is this song supposed to be freaking me out? I think it is but I can't make out half the lyrics. What are you digging out of? And are you coming to get me? Unlike Jan's song this makes me terrified and I want to run away, especially if you're coming to get me when you're done digging out. I think this feeling is awesome and thus this song is awesome. I'm going to put this song and the Cabin Fever song on a mix CD and give them to someone, just those two songs, I think they'll have nightmares for days. Maybe toss Jan's song on there, even though it makes you want to get eaten by whatevers digging out.

Seriously, man, your posts are as awesome as your songs sometimes. I think this is the best review I've ever gotten. To answer your question, yes, I was trying to freak you out, and I probably will be coming to get you. Thank you for noticing.

Also, I will post the lyrics to this song on the lyrics forum as soon as I get them transcribed (they were originally hand-scribbled in a notebook while I was at work one night and I don't remember them word for word).

[Heine]

... What IS that? The instruments. Is that all guitar? How many guitars are there? Something keeps popping in that I can't quite recognize but its probably yet another guitar. God, I love this song.

Many thanks!!! After Elaine mentioned that my writing has been quite gloomy, I tried to change it a little bit. This one's a more hopeful ditty. About diggin' out love after being harmed.

Yes, there are mainly guitars: 2 rhythm (panned left/right) and 2 doubled melody/solo guitars (all re-amped through my Engl amplification because I couldn't get happy with the plung-ins). Beside this there is a synth (Saw Lead) and a bass guitar. First, I took the Sgt. Pepper (reprise) drum loop which gave it quite a nice feel; but after studying some copyright law, I had to use that loop from my old Kawai keyboard... Too bad. So, if anyone can give me a hint for some decent (free) loops or drum machines, please tell me - thanks!

[Teplin]

Bootyclap bootyclapclap bootyclap!

It's alright to bootyclap to my song, man. We could all use some more bootyclap in our lives.

[Steve Durand]

So my New Year's resolution is to do reviews on a more regular basis.

Here is the first of those. I hope that they are not too useless.

Paco: A couple of rhythmic stumbles. Nice guitar as usual. Got tired of the repeated backing loop. OK song.

Howl Down the Chimney: Hand claps are really loud and there‘s way too much of them. I like the mandolin and the overall feel of the song. The whistling is nice. Possible vote.

Jan Kruger: You do good vocal harmonies. The overall sound is kind of depressing me. If that’s what you were going for, good job.

Jeff Landgraf: Some of the guitar sounds a little out of tune to me. Another depressing sounding thing. OK song but I guess I’m not in the mood for this kind of thing right now.

BLT: I find the words amusing. A drunk BLT sounds pretty much like the regular BLT to me. I enjoyed this song

Fords Theatre Disaster: Other than the words “I’m diggin’ out” I can’t understand what you’re singing. I had to go read the lyrics thread to figure it out and I don’t like to have to do that. But this thing rocks right along nicely. I have no idea what the connection is between the garbled radio sounding voices and the rest of the song

Elaine DiMasi: Sounds like you’re standing in the back of the room. You could definitely bring the vocals forward. What is the rattly sound that pans from left to right? I don’t like it. I think that you do a pretty good job on the arrangements in general. Basically I like this.

The Sergeant Stomp Explosion: The levels on this really hurt. You ought to give it a remix. The monotonous electronic backing is not my cup of tea. Liked the little sax solo. It could have been a little more prominent.

Collaboration Station: Man this music sounds really familiar. I like it but the chord changes sound just like some old pop song that I can’t place.

Ross Durand: This is cool. I think that you could have made it a little drier. I know I’m ignorant but for a “negro work song” the lyrical take seems a little bit off to me. Did they really sing about “getting the man” like this? I’m sure that they probably thought it but I doubt that they would have expressed it out loud. Possible vote.

Cell Block E: Like the harmonica. Hate the lyrics. Quitting after 1 minute

Barfnecht: OK I’m bobbing my head to this. Unfortunately I can’t make out some of the lyrics. Like it overall.

MC Milk Plus: Love the backing track. If you composed it yourself then big props. If it’s just a sample that you picked up then …eh. Good flow to the rapping. Not really a rap fan but this is good enough to be a possible vote.

Cabin Fever: I wish that the vocals were more prominent. Nice sound. I like the slide guitar bits. Possible vote

deetak: Sort of an interesting choice to have the vocals acapella and the piano separate. Doesn’t really grab me.

Monkey Throw Feces: Well this was probably not as bad as the band name foreshadowed but I still don’t like it.

The Hell Yeahs: Solid rocking as usual. I don’t think that the singing is noticeably different than normal for you.

Roymond: I like the tone of your guitar. Good singing too. Maybe the mix sounds a little too trebly but not a fatal flaw. Possible vote.

R. Mosquito: This is a very interesting piece. I like the buildup at the beginning. I like the accordion. In some places the vocals aren’t loud enough to overcome the music. Good job.

Styop Quoons: You got a decent groove going but with a song this long it gets really repetitive and tiring. Some kind of build throughout the song would have been nice.

Weakest Suit: I don’t have much to say about this. Decent G&G. Performed well enough. The lyrics are fine. Just not really doing anything for me.

Signboy: Not really enjoying the guitar tone. OK I guess. Not really into the last 40 seconds of stuff.

Tedward Nixon: Cute little story here. The music could use some more development or maybe just some different textures.

Slats: This is pretty repetitive but at least you add a little something with the organ. You could have easily cut a minute off of this with no adverse effect.

Heine: Nice little melody. Not fond of the square wave synth. As others have mentioned the clipping really mars the song. Still I like it overall.

The Chadderandom Abyss: So in the parking lot of one of the shopping centers on Maui they planted Kukui nut trees. Since it was usually sunny and hot you wanted to park your car in the shade. But at the wrong time of the year the nuts would fall off of the tree and put dents in your car.

Not really one of the stronger fights in my opinion

[Heine]

A very merry Christmas (belated) and a happy new year to everyone!!!

Barfknecht - Good production, nice melodies.

Billy's Little Trip - Fine chorus with very fine vocals.

Cabin Fever - Wow, nice playing. Fine melodies. Good progression. And a great slide. All that makes me VOTE.

Cell Block E Musical Enrichment Group F7 - Nice Harp. Could have been quite nice with other lyrics. Maybe a fine song for a hunger strike in a cell block. Maybe blocking that feeling of hunger.

The Chadderandom Abyss - Fine mix. Vocals could be more in front of the mix, because your lyrics are the most important part of it.

Collaboration Station - Good writing. Nice breaks. Fine chorus. Nice: clapping. Not nice: clipping.

deetak - Oh, barbershop music? Could not understand all the lyrics. But if it was intended to be a gospel, we're diggin' in the same place Maybe next fight combining voices and piano?

Elaine DiMasi - I like the synth sounds combined with real drums. Catchy melodies. Sounds like from an 80s mix tape. Cool. VOTE.

Ford's Theater Disaster - Quickness and singing remind me of Men without hats in a fine way. Nice sound effects.

The Hell Yeahs - Power production. Fine drumming.

Howl Down the Chimney - Love that guitar in Greek style. Cool idea!

Jan Krueger - Yes, that's gloomy! Nice refrain.

Jeff Landgraf - Strings out of tune? Or with intend?

MC Milk-Plus - Cool groove. Nice changes. Good mix.

Monkey Throw Feces - Funny noises. Nice guitar but maybe could use more variations.

Paco del Stinko - Some Ska music. Some good breaks. I love your solo guitar.

R. Mosquito - Good production. Just when I got into it, it ended too soon.

Ross Durand - A worksong. Great idea.

roymond - Ah! 12string! Fine vocals. Nice song. Vote.

The Sergeant Stomp Explosion - I love that singing. (Wishing I could be that expressive.) Funny music. More sax please.

Signboy - Some fine guitar. Nice back up vocals. Don't like the mix/compression. Lead vocals take getting used to it. When I vacuumed the floor, I found myself singing the chorus! Because you managed to haunt me with this song, there's a VOTE! (Maybe I should do a duet with my vacuum cleaner for that industrial fight )

Slats - The chorus is nice. But the song could use more variations.

Steve Durand - Cool flute! Nice winds. All instruments are really clear in the mix. But in my opinion the vocals should be also a bit clearer in the mix.

The Styop Quoons Experience - Pretty sax sound. Some parts could be shorter to keep it more interesting.

The Tedward Nixon Experience - Catchy melodies. Is it a real banjo? I was a little disappointed that the end came too soon.

The Weakest Suit - Interesting breaks/stops. Good writing. The chorus is very catchy and would benefit from a band. You've got a pleasant voice, but sometimes the vocals seem to be a bit too hesitating. (But I'm not the one to tell you, that's also my big problem.) Do I hear the click?

Heine - About diggin' out love after being harmed. The outro vox are a tribute to George Harrison.

... As others have mentioned the clipping really mars the song...

There's no clipping. But I put some distortion onto that ugly drum loop to give it at least a little expression. There's also distortion on some vocal parts, because I didn't have much time to work on the vocals. Maybe overdone.

[MisterQuoons]

Another hot steaming batch of reviews for your consumption.

Barfknecht - Good song. Interesting lyrics about....a death row inmate escaping? Did I interpret that right? Anyway, good stuff. Nice beat, too. I could dance to this, if I wanted to. I might even leave my friends behind.

Billy's Little Trip - t3hr0xor.

Cabin Fever - I liked the guitar playing on this one. This is the kind of song I like to listen to when I have a hangover and need to relax a little. Couldn't understand the lyrics, but I also don't care that much, so it's not a problem. All in all a very well put together song.

Cell Block E Musical Enrichment Group F7 - lol wut?

The Chadderandom Abyss - Is that a piano or a guitar? Either way, dig. I like the little foot-creaking sound at the end. It's a very disconcerting way to end a song like this.

Collaboration Station - Nothing here that really makes this stand out from other songs that sound like this (this sort of lite punk, college pop rock type doomohickey; whatever the fuck one might call this genre), but I like this kind of thing. So, good song then, is what I am trying to say, I suppose.

deetak - Is this supposed to be really bad gospel music, or a parody of really bad gospel music? Either way, I think that I am going to save this song, if only to make people go "what the fuck?" whenever it comes up in my iTunes. "Thank you for setting up the shafts O Lord". Heh heh. Shafts.

Elaine DiMasi - I'm going to be perfectly honest. Usually I don't much care for your work, and I find you a bit pretentious. However, I have to admit that this has some potential. I like the various synth parts, particularly the way they don't quite sync up with the beat perfectly. I also dig the rainsticks (or whatever they are), and the way the vocals sound like they were recorded from across the room. The cheezoid electro fuzz bass at the beginning is also good. However, there's something about the tune itself that I still don't like (can't quite put my finger on it), and the lyrics and singing remind me of why I usually don't like your songs (your stuff would probably go over well in Berkeley). So, I have reached the following verdict: you should rewrite the lyrics to this song so that it is about felching cats, and find someone else to sing it, preferably a fat Russian guy with a vocoder. That is all.

Ford's Theater Disaster - Now this I like. Honestly, I can't think of anything you should change about this. The playing is good, the recording is good, the song is good, and the mix has just enough mud splashed on it to make it interesting. Good job.

Heine - The verses are kind of dull; however the parts where it goes "lah lah lah lah" I dig, and I love the little synth-trumpet fills. Bridge and solo were also not at all bad. All in all, I pronounce this a success.

The Hell Yeahs - Boss. Most of the girl punk groups I've heard could take lessons from you.

Howl Down the Chimney - Another fucking win. Love the whistles and the old-time radio organ.

Jan Krueger - Meh. Not really my sort of thing, but alright I guess.

Jeff Landgraf - See above.

MC Milk-Plus - God, I love it when bass sounds like it was made on a computer. I'm not being sarcastic, btw, I honestly do. Another win.

Monkey Throw Feces - You definitely win best band name of the fight. One of my favorite songs, too. Low production value + belching = win.

Paco del Stinko - Like the sort of ska type direction you went with this one.

R. Mosquito - Wow. This one is probably my favorite out of all the available selections. When it first started, I was thinking "I really hope he doesn't ruin this with lyrics". And then the vocals came in, and yeah, you totally didn't.

Ross Durand - Boss. Like the shovel effects.

roymond - Pretty good I guess. Sorry, but I have to be in the right mood to listen to this type of song.

The Seargeant Stomp Explosion -I like the way the music sounds like the soundtrack to a video game. I also like the way you sung it. Sax is groovy. All around good song.

Signboy - Like the guitar, like the song, don't like the singing.

Slats - Mix is a little murky. Think I'd like this better if the different instruments were brought out a little more. Otherwise, this is good.

Steve Durand - I usually like your songs, but this one didn't quite do it for me for some reason. Don't know why. I think it might just be that I also like jazz, but probably wouldn't write a song about it.

The Styop Quoons Experience - You suck. Bring on Sha Na Na.

The Tedward Nixon Experience - I'm nothing if not a fan of corny electronic beats. However, this was not that interesting of a song.

The Weakest Suit - See my comment on roymond's song.

Votes this week go to: R. Mosquito & Howl Down the Chimney, with bonus lulz votes going to Cell Block E and Monkey Throw Feces. Also, my own song.

[inevitableguy]

Is it a real banjo?

Mandolin, actually. And yes, it's real.

[Teplin]

Is it a real banjo?

Mandolin, actually. And yes, it's real.

Alright! Mandolin high five! *slap*

[Steve Durand]

Steve Durand - Cool flute! Nice winds. All instruments are really clear in the mix. But in my opinion the vocals should be also a bit clearer in the mix.

Yeah I did some EQ and compression on the vocal track that I don't normally do trying to make my voice sound more "cool".

I never learn.

[roymond]

roymond - Pretty good I guess. Sorry, but I have to be in the right mood to listen to this type of song.

OK. I can appreciate that. But I wonder if you're on a songwriting site to listen to your preferred music or to think about songwriting and production in new ways. In that spirit perhaps you can offer more constructive feedback. I happen to love your music, but I also listen to (yes, at times "tolerate") lots of stuff that I not only have to be in a certain mood but simply wouldn't listen to at all. However, my objective is to try to get into what the songwriter is trying to do and give some feedback about it they can use. Whether or not I like it probably doesn't do many people much good, though I let that through at times along with other comments it's nice to let people know when it strikes a nerve.

Your comments for Elaine and deetah are useful bits of both detailed feedback and gut response stuff that makes people say "I got to him" or "I can use that".

[jast]

Yeah I did some EQ and compression on the vocal track that I don't normally do trying to make my voice sound more "cool".I never learn.

Actually I like it the way it is. I actually compress pretty much all of my vocals and EQ is a rather frequent guest too.

Thanks for the reviews, Dust, nyjm, Chadderandom, Steve (yes, it's intentional), Heine, MisterQuoons. Oh, and even if you didn't like my song, I appreciate the effort. Sure, as roymond says, it's even more awesome if you try to provide constructive feedback for songs you don't like (I do try to do that myself) but I'd rather have, you know, 5 awesome reviews and 20 very brief reviews than 6 awesome reviews. Technically the former category is more helpful but pretty much any review is rewarding to some degree.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Steve Durand - Cool flute! Nice winds. All instruments are really clear in the mix. But in my opinion the vocals should be also a bit clearer in the mix.

Yeah I did some EQ and compression on the vocal track that I don't normally do trying to make my voice sound more "cool".

I never learn.

Steve, you know what you should do is do all of your lead vocals through a megaphone. It will become your "thing". Kind of a metaphorical statement to the world as to say, "my horn is my voice." Pretty deep, huh?

edit: It might be the rum talking, but this would be awesome.
1. It would sound like the old days type mic.
2. It would be unique and original (well, people do it, but not on SF)
3. If you take it to the stage, you'd have like 20 different megaphones like a harmonica player with all his/her harps.

Damn, I could market this! Come on inside boy, have a cigar, you're going to go far. I think you're just fantastic, that's really what I believe.
.....oh, by the way, which ones Steve?