I think maybe I don’t like 3/4 all that much. My song sucked, and I quickly got tired of all the waltzy rhythms. Everything sounded like “I Feel Pretty.” add—This has a nice full sound. The dual guitars work well together, though the one on the left seems just a tiny bit too loud. The arrangement is...

Pigfarmer Jr—I know too much about dams and their maintenance to avoid being distracted by the technical content of the lyrics, but that won’t be a issue for more than 0.001% of listeners. By the way, a dam built in 1969 would be significantly newer than most of the dams administered by my agency. ...

add—Great overall sound and mix. I wasn’t a huge fan of the vocal melody, but this sounds like a well produced, well performed, fully realized song. Balls to Monte—This sounds like a previously unreleased rarity from The Who, except that the drums lack the wild abandon. I think you hit the nail abou...

I'm in with what I'm pretty sure is the worst song I've ever recorded. I tried to start with the vocal melody first, and it was an unmitigated disaster. Then I tried to see if I could improve things with heavy-handed processing, which didn't help much. At least it's in 3/4, though I'm not sure anyon...

Another Mystery Solved by Escapegoat I saw you there in your long black coat With a bowl of pork lo mein, Your wet hair clinging to your throat, Since you’d walked there in the rain. It seemed like nobody else was there, Even though the place was packed. Like you were lit by a spotlight’s glare Whi...

Here's mine. I added a tiny bit but mostly used the tracks in the download, and not nearly all of them.

How do we submit these? Should we post them in the thread or email them somewhere?

My immediate confusion upon listening to this and looking at the files is probably an indication that I am in need of the practice which this exercise is intended to provide.

I Can't Turn It Off by Lichen Throat Drip, drip, drip from the kitchen sink, I hear every drop. Plink, plink, plink on the plated zinc, What will make it stop? Despite new washers and new pipes, It still drips in the trough. The Delta rep has heard my gripes; I can’t turn it off. Call the plumber; ...

Sign me up. Can you clarify the rules, though? Do we all get the same song, or different songs?

the panna cotta army wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:49 pm

Anyone else get that? You write a song and you think it's a good one, yet when you come to record it you just can't make it sound like it did in your head. It just comes out as something different?

Almost every time.

jpnickolas wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:21 pm

Lichen Throat
- Is that a round in the intro? I love it!

Yes, it is! I've used instrumental rounds a few times before, but not for a while. I'm glad you liked it.

Number two: you have a strong tendency in your vocals of smearing the pitches, i.e. at the start of the note you need some time to "warm up" to the right pitch. This is partially due to technique, but it's also habit. Simply by doing some occasional practicing hitting notes faster (withou...

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This happens to me about 70% of the time.

To demonstrate that I apparently have no control over my output, I attempted to write a song in the style of The National and ended up with a stompy hoedown.

Disembodied Voice by Lichen Throat Erik the Red and his famous son Sailed toward the setting sun. Ferdinand and Isabella Sponsored that Italian fellow. Heretics and privateers Crossed the ocean, year by year. Why did they listen to the disembodied voice Whispering in their ears? Why did they act as...

Robyn Mackenzie—I’m not completely sold on the “want it, want it” and “got it, got it”, but the rest of this is awesome. Grungy but still melodic. The variability in your vocal cadence keeps thing interesting, too. Good work. Were you any in any previous bands in New Mexico? Tbh I'm not sure I was ...

add—For some reason I took a dislike to the descending instrumental melodies. In a way that I cannot entirely articulate, they seem to bring a lightheartedness to the song that seems out of place with the lyrics. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was an issue specific to my subconscious, rather than a...

I'm in with what strikes me as a mediocre song. I was trying to work on vocal melody, but I don't see much improvement so far. I did, however, fulfill the Spalted Rhyme Challenge.

Screaming into the Void by Lichen Throat Drills and sanders have long assaulted Wood with figured grain or spalted. Thrumming bandsaws rattle and growl; Whirling saws make banshee howls. Screaming into the void, My tabletop was destroyed. Yelling next to spinning blades, Can’t be heard above the la...

Abandoned Banana—I quite liked the opening chord sequence, and I like the chord progression in the chorus. I’m less a fan of the scratchy-sounding component of the rhythm section. This song improved for me on subsequent listens. add—This is well-made and well-performed, but I wish it sounded livelie...