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by john m
Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: Monkey Business
Topic: Goodbye Blue Lang
Replies: 85
Views: 15972

Re: Goodbye Blue Lang

When I found Songfight, and subsequently started writing and submitting, I had no idea what songwriting actually was. I bounced around between instruments and programs, with levels of expertise varying from little to none, and haphazardly glued ill-fitting fragments of music together. I was lost in ...
by john m
Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:54 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

everything is constantly changing. "back in the day" does not exist as some kind of constant, just a trend that you happened to experience. You know, you're completely right. Sorry for wasting my time and yours, folks. I shouldn't have tried to change what you guys have going today. Even ...
by john m
Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:23 am
Forum: Monkey Business
Topic: Monkey Affairs IV MAIN
Replies: 1104
Views: 223719

Re: Monkey Affairs IV MAIN

Why I love our admins:

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by john m
Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:13 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

I don't care if you guys love or hate my songs. They could be your favorites, good, passable, poor, awful, or the single worst songs you've ever heard in your life. I take everything evenly; everyone has their tastes. Like I said, I write songs that I like to hear, and regardless of whether you're j...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:37 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

Oh cool, you know them. Which show did you attend? I didn't manage to make it (didn't have the money at the time, plus the closest was Chicago, iirc). Their new stuff is kinda disappointing. By the way, I meant to ask, since I don't know who you are: Did you enter this fight? If you took issue with ...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:29 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

Life's great, thanks! Getting pretty much everything squared away, finally. Doing exactly what I want to be doing every single day. Life isn't perfect, but who's is? Thankfully, mine's better than it's been in years. Top 5 artists: They Might Be Giants (self-published through "indie major,"...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:01 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Not new exactly but returning
Replies: 5
Views: 1255

Re: Not new exactly but returning

Hey! I remember you. Kinda.

Always nice to see a female songfighter. Welcome back. Bring it strong.
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:54 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

HIS NAME IS GRINMAN DAMN IT
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:51 pm
Forum: Currently Digging
Topic: What are you listening to right now?
Replies: 1811
Views: 344568

Re: What are you listening to right now?

Seriously this album is so epic.

I saw a Spanish guy doing the Bartman, hahaha.
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:50 pm
Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
Topic: RPM 2009
Replies: 26
Views: 4491

Re: RPM 2009

Yeah, I'm out. I got sick a few too many times to accomplish enough. I don't really mind, though, since it'll give me more time to be serious and deliberate in learning to mix properly. I'd hate to rush out a bad product.
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

heh, I don't mind if you typecast me as jaded rocker or whatever. I listen to a huge variety of musical styles. I was a classically trained percussionist, turned jazz quartet drummer, turned self-taught rocker. Some of my favorite songfighters have been from genres I never ordinarily listen to. Bric...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:27 pm
Forum: Currently Digging
Topic: What are you listening to right now?
Replies: 1811
Views: 344568

Re: What are you listening to right now?

INCREDIBAD NON-STOP YEEEEEEEAAAAAAH I'M ON A BOAT MOTHERFUCKER
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

Dude's reviews are even more condescending than Jon Eric's. I only review SERIOUS ENTRIES. Not bathetic alt-rock anthems. No thanks. Old days. Old days. Let's get some real guitar in here. Real drums. Real rock and roll. You need some more rock. Flute? What the hell is this, London Philharmonkadonk...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:50 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

hahah, wow, those are some fake sounding real drums to me, then. My bad. I guess you could stand to be a little more dynamic in your play, then but it was seriously not a criticism of that originally. Also, the Third Eye Blind comparison isn't saying you suck, it's just... I mean, listen to Jumper o...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:39 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

No songlove. Harsh but fair (and actually helpful) reviews only, like the old days. I did an initial listen-through of the entire fight the day it was posted, and the prevailing theme was that the songs were "okay... maybe good for songfight ," which is an altogether depressing label. I ho...
by john m
Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:51 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

Doctor Worm - Well, look at that, that sure is... happening for a long time. WTF? I... uh... maybe if I listen to that a second time, it'll make sense. Are these vocals in the beginning of the long part? I assumed that I missed a whole block of things but most of it doesn't seem to have any vocals,...
by john m
Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: Complaints and Suggestions
Topic: Title suggestions
Replies: 179
Views: 91639

Re: Title suggestions

Unnecessary Revival

... titles? What?
by john m
Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:41 am
Forum: Currently Digging
Topic: 03-07-09
Replies: 13
Views: 1816

Re: 2-14-09

huh, finally another person who listens to Japanese music. You have some good choices of bands there, though not my favorite songs by any of them. We should talk, and more people should frequent songfight IRC anyway. Come in sometime.

... also drop the Naruto font, it's embarrassing.
by john m
Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:01 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)
Replies: 137
Views: 24503

Re: Where your rating is (Come Down reviews)

Doctor Worm - I would like this to play over the end credits of a slick supernatural action movie, wherein the hero has finally revealed his badassery and we can all walk out of the theater secure in the knowledge that whoever he was fighting has gotten, and may continue to get, their comeuppance. ...
by john m
Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:16 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Easy Songs to Play Drums with
Replies: 10
Views: 1699

Re: Easy Songs to Play Drums with

Simplicity isn't nearly as important as her familiarity with and love for the song she's playing. I got my start drumming by playing along to They Might Be Giants songs, even ones that had drum machines. I knew those songs inside and out, so I was able to focus on playing these new rhythms rather th...
by john m
Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:07 pm
Forum: Monkey Business
Topic: ROH seeks bands
Replies: 4
Views: 1409

Re: ROH seeks bands

Holy shit.

I am so looking into this.
by john m
Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:51 am
Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
Topic: RPM 2009
Replies: 26
Views: 4491

Re: RPM 2009

(Boing.)

The FAWM thread is getting a bunch of updates, but everyone on this side of the recording challenge fence is silent. What gives?

I'm finishing up my second song today. My goal is a total of 15, which seems a little ridiculous with only 17 days left, but I can record quickly when necessary.