Congratulations Vowl Sounds!

...I was thiiiiis close.

Also, I'd like to apologize to Geech for saying his "Whichever Whenever" entry didn't earn its 4:25 run time, and then turning around and submitting a "Two Hits" entry that is... 4:25 long.

Two Hits Micah Sommersmith Two hits on the big bass drum Two hits on the big bass drum Two hits on the big bass drum Here I come, here I come Two hits on the big bass drum Two hits on the big bass drum Two hits on the big bass drum Here I come, here I come Listen close, you hear that thump thump As...

LATE AGAIN (to the tune of Mandibles' "Right Again")

Late again
Sent in my entry but it's late again
Late again
Hasn't left me feeling great again
If I turned it in on time
We'd be doing mighty fine
Instead I'm late again
Fightmaster gets irate again

Berkeley Social Scene - I’m so glad you unearthed this long-forgotten outtake from “Free to Be You and Me”! I don’t think many people were using the term “haters” in the 1970s, but other than that the lyrics are spot-on. The fun that everyone is having comes through very clearly, although rhythmica...

Maybe I'm jaded having written a lot of songs for Song Fight/Nur Ein/FAWM over the years, but the idea that the whole thing was leading up to her writing and performing an original song left me thinking "So what?" Music is such an important part of Rebecca's inner life, and yet she had never once c...

The series finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend aired last weekend, and I thought it was a great end to a great show. I thought the first half of this fourth and last season was a little weak (similar to Lunkhead's criticism of the third season, it felt like a lot of characters were just spinning their whe...

Pigfarmer Jr wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:53 pm

I want an accordion vst to play with.

Only the real thing will do!
...Seriously though, come up to Wisconsin, knock on any random stranger's door and ask if you can have their uncle's accordion they have sitting in their attic.

I had this done last night and then realized I forgot the handclaps. Stuck them in this morning and made it in at 9:59 PDT!

Whichever Whenever Micah Sommersmith Life is series of branching paths Decision theory taught me that And you get weary, I understand From choice after choice now With every turn there’s something to choose Something to win and something to lose And sometimes you yearn to wear some other shoes As t...

My friends, this fight is loaded with goodness - I’ve had so much fun listening, so many great songs. Here are my reviews! Berkeley Social Scene - I guess I’m the only one here for whom the Rhodes doesn’t really do anything. Once the other instruments come in, the sound is quite pleasant and there’s...

Well, I have never met the other Madison songfighters as far as I know, but our city is awesome, it's in the middle, and I'm sure I can help rustle something up as far as a place to play and some equipment if you want to do it here, particularly if we have the option of crowdfunding a venue. I know...

Congratulations to Third Cat. Sorry I didn't manage to submit reviews for this one. Since my entry raised a lot of conversation on the podcast about dry vocals... I had to record my vocals on a very cheap dynamic microphone because my audio interface wasn't delivering phantom power properly. So ther...

vowlvom wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 20, 2019 12:54 pm

Vowl Sounds are IN!

Fight's over, everybody. Fun while it lasted.

Made it in, one hour late again. For those who complained about the length of my "The Dream Crusher" entry, this one clocks in at 1:43.

Is This Real Life? Micah Sommersmith Is this real life? Is this a fantasy? A landslide of agony, is normalcy a pipe dream? If Freddie wasn’t ready in ‘75, Then how the hell will we survive 2019? Conmen in the white house, killers in the prayer house, Bigots in the streets telling us that this is th...

Finally finished writing lyrics and now scrambling to finish recording. Won't be in by the deadline, again...

Here are my "Silent Advance" reviews - better late than never, I hope! Cody Walker Jr. - It’s light and slight and fun. On their own, I don’t mind a repetitive melody, or repetitive lyrics, or a repetitive beat, but add them all up and I’m left needing something more. Far North Daylight - Some very ...

The Dream Crusher Micah Sommersmith Boy Beautiful baby boy Bright and blazing bolt, jumping jolt of joy In love In love with the world all around you Every moment a miracle, the sights and the sounds all astound you But they’re gonna pluck you like a rose right from the garden They’ll say the softe...

Just sent mine in, one hour late. I humbly seek the Fightmaster's mercy.

Micah Sommersmith --Love love love the lyrics (ok, except for the "purple pants" line which I didn't really get. why are they purple? is that important?) The significance of the purple pants is twofold: On the one hand, they are a synecdoche for the narrator himself: conspicuous, memorable, loud. P...

Lichen Throat- ... It sounds like you wrote the lyrics before you sang them. This is the opposite of my approach. I start out singing nonsense, then I refine the nonsense into English with meaning as deep as rock lyrics. I'm always interested in how people approach writing lyrics vs music, and I fi...