just kind of poignant and a little sad BGM: All of the poignancy is added in post-production by Ken. He uses a plugin called "Poignstar*." So we fooled you. The raw tracks are just kind of and a little sad. I'm pretty sure Glennn is going to be happy about the Can comparison. * You need a...

I just spent two hours reviewing every song and I got logged out and lost everything. Operator error, I guess. Here we go again but less: Add - Backing vocals are not adding anything much to me, synth sound is interesting, but the fake clap is not doing it for me- I think it needs a kick drum. But t...

WTG Martin and BSS.

xoxox,
ryan

I are not teh n00b!

interplay between the different guitar parts I'm going to have to give credit to Sam for turning a liability, namely my tracking two mediocre and inconsistent rhythm guitar tracks, and putting them together to make them sound good. I was missing my old baritone guitar during this jam. I could see t...

"Suddenly my cheeks are wetter." -Jon Eric.

That, my friends, is a lyric.

Mad props, true talk.

I just lost all of the reviews i just typed cuz it made me log in again for some reason. so annoying, I spent over an hour on reviews for each and every song. so frustrating. I'm too pissed off to rewrite them now. I'll just take credit for writing and singing the "wrapped up in my jacket"...

nice to have 50 more people than usual listening to all of the songs and voting on their favorites.

This fight is tight. I used a spider capo and my new overdrive pedal for my guitar part- first time I practiced a lot in between sessions to make sure I could play my parts so I am pleased that the song came out so tight. I listened to all songs with headphones last night, but I was a bit confused- ...

Wutz Up, home-skoo, You've Been Feedbacked! AoD: Beck meets Magnetic Fields. I really like this. Nice harmonies. I wonder if snipping off the last .5 seconds of some of the vocal lines will make it tighter, less repetitive, and mo'betta. Heck- not repetitive... its hypnotic. yeah. voterded. Single-...

Thanks for listening. I sang on Berkeley Social Scene- I was trying to go with some John Fogerty action on the chorus, but i didn't have the range to pull off the melody that came to me. That was the first time I tried to really push myself since having a couple surgeries on my throat- so I am just ...

Agreed- too many clever lyrics in BSS. My fault. I just couldn't stop once I got started. Ken wrote a few stanzas too, but that just goes to show that two fucking geniuses aren't always better than one. I'm SFO airport waiting for a delayed flight to Vegas for a bachelor party weekend. I plan to kil...

I'm trying to think about how many moments I should spend on lyrics in order to justify even considering the idea of explaining them in the D&R portion of the process. I will say that some of the wordplay is based on jargon germane to the fields of psychology and cognitive science, so I got some...

Useful feedback so far. Thanks everyone. So, I'm getting the feeling that BSS will have to live to rock another day. Adjusting my expectations down to "at least it holds together as a song" status. Perhaps I can start writing something fresh now so we can save valuable group get-together t...

Now you are to which one can is getting it!

Sure we'll call it "pending." No, I actually am a little rusty with the winamp-combo-typing-stuff. Um... Affirmative Action: I agree with Glennn and John Eric. Jealous of the vocals, the guitar tone was a little much- like someone let Johnny Marr sneak into the backstage area of a Matchbox...

BSS - I had fun, and it was great to sing again. The first chorus needs to come in 4 bars earlier maybe. We could really use a win. Pappa needs a new pair of workout gloves. The Hate Noise : great, until the "white boy saying fuck" a lot verse. Sorry, but everyone knows that it doesn't so...

DCFC comparisson: Yes, that's fair. I know a lot of their work, and I saw them live opening for Sunny Day Real Estate in Santa Cruz, I think. Of course, for an obviously deductive reason, I can't remember exactly. I'd have to say that Gibbard puts about as many words in one of his songs than all the...

buddy: I was just kidding, Ken calls it "supervision," but I think he just likes to watch, you know? Because what kinda boss would supervise you by peering through your bedroom window from the bushes? What is it with that guy? Anyway, just letting you know that I appreciate people who appr...

hi hoblit-- thanks for the tip. two things you should know about me: 1. I used to post here under the name "trogdor" and "ryanaxisII" and you helped me with the old avatar system via PM, so we have e-met before. I dabble in songfight-- only under Ken's direct supervision. 2. I am...

This week's fight is the best one that I can remember. I was gonna vote for myself (L3) but I made the mistake of actually listening to the crowd first. Welp, I may have lost my own vote. Great Jorb everyone! We're all truly winners at Songfight this week.

Emo I like the w i k i p e d i a entry on Emo. Start there. This is as far as I can go without starting a new thread and getting slapped with a big gay avatar courtesy of blue. actually, I kinda need someone to host an avatar for me. I tried to pull one of my website, but its in flash and I am not g...