I always heard that herpes was started by the vast right-wing conspiracy as an effort to kill off Ice-T. Maybe that's not what you were getting at...15-16 puzzle wrote:What is your crazy attitude that everyone who doesn't like a song with lo-fi production values is solely using the fact that the song is lo-fi as the reason to dislike it?Daj Werkenhorse 1 wrote:What is your crazy attitude that everything has to sound GREAT and produced?
Sharon, a Democrat with herpes: Hey, you might have gotten herpes from me.
John, who slept with Sharon: Gawd, I hate you, Sharon.
Sharon: Why do you hate Democrats, John?
Like a snake in the lass (Hiss and Hearse reviews)
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Dan Wrekenhaus 2
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Even on the <a href="http://poemtastic.com">internet</a> I can't make friends.
Brandon E: The beginning is nice. I like the grove. The build is nice to the next level. The cohesiveness falls apart when it goes to the next level. It went from a listenable song to a mess in no time. Everything seems out of sync by the end. Half of this song was really good.
Draft: The guitar is recorded very well. It sounds like you’re singing at the bottom of your range. The vocals need more strength and less breathiness. (new word?) The recording is nice. Overall it is a bit boring to me.
Johnny Cashpoint: I always look forward to your songs. Your words are so much better than your music. Vocals are great. In the change it is real muddy and clipping. If it is intentional, stop it!
Possible vote.
Luke Henley: The dual vocals are nice. Sounds like an early Bowie song. I love this. I would love for this to be an intro to a full band sound. Either way, nice.
One Third of the DAJ Collective:
Weird combination of sounds. It has a clubbing beat with a slide guitar? I don’t like this much but I have no suggestions on what I would change.
Rabid Garfunkel: Nice intro. If you’re going for the scratchy record sound, you probably should EQ the bass out of it.
I am not a fan of this song. Nice lyrics though.
Sell Crazy: Nice song. I like the intro part better than what it turned into. It is back to the beginning part again. I like the background vocals. I don’t particularly like the arrangement.
Luke wins the vote for me. Cashpoint is a close second and if Brandon could have pulled it together the whole way through for me, I would have ranked it at the top.
Draft: The guitar is recorded very well. It sounds like you’re singing at the bottom of your range. The vocals need more strength and less breathiness. (new word?) The recording is nice. Overall it is a bit boring to me.
Johnny Cashpoint: I always look forward to your songs. Your words are so much better than your music. Vocals are great. In the change it is real muddy and clipping. If it is intentional, stop it!
Possible vote. Luke Henley: The dual vocals are nice. Sounds like an early Bowie song. I love this. I would love for this to be an intro to a full band sound. Either way, nice.
One Third of the DAJ Collective:
Weird combination of sounds. It has a clubbing beat with a slide guitar? I don’t like this much but I have no suggestions on what I would change.
Rabid Garfunkel: Nice intro. If you’re going for the scratchy record sound, you probably should EQ the bass out of it.
I am not a fan of this song. Nice lyrics though.
Sell Crazy: Nice song. I like the intro part better than what it turned into. It is back to the beginning part again. I like the background vocals. I don’t particularly like the arrangement.
Luke wins the vote for me. Cashpoint is a close second and if Brandon could have pulled it together the whole way through for me, I would have ranked it at the top.
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gduncan
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Thanks for all your reviews of the Sell Crazy song. I appreciate it.
Brandon E. - the production puts me off this song. The kick drum feels really out of place in the initial quiet guitar/vocal sections, which is the section of the song I like the best. I also have some issues with the timing of the playing being a bit too sloppy in places. Saying that there are some nice melody lines over the sliding guitar and the build up is good. This is probably my second favourite song of the fight.
Johnny Cashpoint - I like this song a lot more when the plicky plonky noise stops, it's just too cheesy. Unfortunately it runs through most of the song and really spoils it for me. The verse section when the noise stops and your singing over the guitar riff is good, especially the driving bass line. I'm not a fan of the breakdown though, it sounds like you where experimenting with a number of different styles and it didn't quite gel together.
One Third of the DAJ Collective - that guitar/drum sound is pretty harsh, a little bit of it sprinkled around the song might have been dramatic but putting it all the way through makes it hard on the ears. There isn't much too this song. It sounds like you were trying out some new sounds and tried to write a song around them, rather than writing a good song and then using appropriate sounds to express it.
Rabid Garfunkel - I love slide guitar playing and you've managed to capture a good slide sound. Slide guitar should have a driving rhythm laid down by the bass strings but you don't seem to have got that rhythm going. Because of that the song and the vocals seem very stationary, there's nothing pushing the song forward, no real beat that I can get into.
Draft - ohh, I like those whispered vocals, very creepy. There are some nice melody lines in this. The entrance of the drums feels a bit strange but once they're in they sound good. Great use of the sparse distorted guitar to add to the tension and the weird atmospheric noise off to the left works well. This is my favourite song of the fight.
Luke Henley - something about the guitar seems slightly out of tune every now and then, like your not fretting the chords quite right. Despite its roughness this song has some nice sections, when the piano first comes in is good. Unfortunatley the use of the piano later on isn't great and song falls apart a bit. I don't know if the page turning sounds was put in deliberately but it sounds to me like you didn't learn the words and were reading them. Your songs are defintely getting better and this is the most listenable yet, keep at it.
Cheers,
Gareth.
Brandon E. - the production puts me off this song. The kick drum feels really out of place in the initial quiet guitar/vocal sections, which is the section of the song I like the best. I also have some issues with the timing of the playing being a bit too sloppy in places. Saying that there are some nice melody lines over the sliding guitar and the build up is good. This is probably my second favourite song of the fight.
Johnny Cashpoint - I like this song a lot more when the plicky plonky noise stops, it's just too cheesy. Unfortunately it runs through most of the song and really spoils it for me. The verse section when the noise stops and your singing over the guitar riff is good, especially the driving bass line. I'm not a fan of the breakdown though, it sounds like you where experimenting with a number of different styles and it didn't quite gel together.
One Third of the DAJ Collective - that guitar/drum sound is pretty harsh, a little bit of it sprinkled around the song might have been dramatic but putting it all the way through makes it hard on the ears. There isn't much too this song. It sounds like you were trying out some new sounds and tried to write a song around them, rather than writing a good song and then using appropriate sounds to express it.
Rabid Garfunkel - I love slide guitar playing and you've managed to capture a good slide sound. Slide guitar should have a driving rhythm laid down by the bass strings but you don't seem to have got that rhythm going. Because of that the song and the vocals seem very stationary, there's nothing pushing the song forward, no real beat that I can get into.
Draft - ohh, I like those whispered vocals, very creepy. There are some nice melody lines in this. The entrance of the drums feels a bit strange but once they're in they sound good. Great use of the sparse distorted guitar to add to the tension and the weird atmospheric noise off to the left works well. This is my favourite song of the fight.
Luke Henley - something about the guitar seems slightly out of tune every now and then, like your not fretting the chords quite right. Despite its roughness this song has some nice sections, when the piano first comes in is good. Unfortunatley the use of the piano later on isn't great and song falls apart a bit. I don't know if the page turning sounds was put in deliberately but it sounds to me like you didn't learn the words and were reading them. Your songs are defintely getting better and this is the most listenable yet, keep at it.
Cheers,
Gareth.
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Rabid Garfunkel
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- Location: Hollywood, Calif.
Reviews
Overall, one of the better fights I've had the pleasure of being in. Could listen to all of these multiple times and not hit the skip button. Weird, gloomy sort of wistful retro feel in all these songs, but with a title like this... yeah. Enjoyed what y'all did with it.
Brandon E.
Dunno... listening through a mono computer speaker, it's damned quiet, though in headphones, stereo, and car speakers the mix isn't quite so faint. Musically nicely done, the building swelling adding of parts, sounds like you listened to what the song wanted and put it in just right.
Draft
Tone, baby, who else is in Draft? Good stuff here. Though I'm in the minority on the subject of that hissing sample living in the left channel. What is that, anyway? Sounds almost like a brush swirl on the snare that you put really fast fade ins and outs on. Contradicts the languorous flavor, IMO. Trem guitar rocks. Breathy vox... for stronger variations in tone (I can feel your TAP voice sniffing around the chorusy parts and I want more, damnit) back off the mike some and use your lungs to control/accentuate the builds. Or paint some lips on your pop filter since you're right there on it, heh.
Johnny Cashpoint
Heh. This is good fun. Good mean fun. Dig the BAD harmonies, and the peep-peep '80s bounce.
Luke Henley
Backup singer needs some enunciation action, the slurryness is bringing down the lyrics, alas. Nice Pilates line. Freak-ass piano is a little heavy in the mix, but good call on picking it. Tastes like madness. This song gets sung along with in the car, though I don't know what anyone is saying.
One Third of the DAJ Collective
Dig this. But I'm a treble freak. Vox sound low in the mix, bring 'em up, yo. Tastes like Peter Murphy on accelerants fronting King Missle, or someone akin. Let's offend some people at a later date, eh?
Rabid Garfunkel
Had to do a Dracula song for this title. You might say the title was made for it. Voice courtesy of a renewed pack-a-day habit. Kids, don't try that at home. Thanks for playing.
Sell Crazy
Catchy weird faux surf-beatles action. Had to read the thread to get a clue about the his & hers music structure thing going on. Should've had your harmony singer front the hers parts, for a more clear demarcation of the sections, yo. Unrelated note: in the the "ah-ahs" of the hers section, I enjoy singing "I-I I'm glad I'm dead" and riffing a bit more archly than your sweet sentiments over the rest of the section, but that's just me with the personal value add.
No clue where the vote's going.
Replies
A new feature in my reviewing, let's see just how self-centered it comes off, eh?
nyjm
Hey, thanks!
j$
Sorry man, maybe next time, that is my preferred genre, after all.
dre
Que sera, no worries.
tonetripper
"C'mon, let's go" was in the lyric sheet. Didn't make it out the mouth, however. And that was the only take where there wasn't the cat adding his 2¢ to the mix. Condensor mikes pick up *everything*, dude. Drove me nuts.
joshw
Heh, thanks. Not into blues? Wouldn't have expected to hear that from you. Wild.
Daj Werkenhorse 1
There is no slack. Ever. Heh. Good start, reviewing fights is a good thing.
jack shiet
Yes, yes it is me. And thanks, you made my night, that night.
roymond
Niveous
Really, whitey shouldn't sing the blues. And yet, we can't help trying it at least once.
EightLeggedOedipus
VST plugin called "Grungelizer", with the hum stripped out, and most of the crackle (78rpm) maxed out.
Bolio
Blatant fx are always a crapshoot, yeah. In for a penny, in for a pound though.
WeaselSlayer
Some reviews you shouldn't read aloud to your coworkers. Rock!
socialist_wolf
Thanks! And welcome to the board.
Fried
Good advice. Just learned about spectrum analyzers yesterday, now EQ tweaking might make more sense to clueless me.
gduncan
Yeah, didn't thump the bass string as much as Muddy woulda liked.
Overall, one of the better fights I've had the pleasure of being in. Could listen to all of these multiple times and not hit the skip button. Weird, gloomy sort of wistful retro feel in all these songs, but with a title like this... yeah. Enjoyed what y'all did with it.
Brandon E.
Dunno... listening through a mono computer speaker, it's damned quiet, though in headphones, stereo, and car speakers the mix isn't quite so faint. Musically nicely done, the building swelling adding of parts, sounds like you listened to what the song wanted and put it in just right.
Draft
Tone, baby, who else is in Draft? Good stuff here. Though I'm in the minority on the subject of that hissing sample living in the left channel. What is that, anyway? Sounds almost like a brush swirl on the snare that you put really fast fade ins and outs on. Contradicts the languorous flavor, IMO. Trem guitar rocks. Breathy vox... for stronger variations in tone (I can feel your TAP voice sniffing around the chorusy parts and I want more, damnit) back off the mike some and use your lungs to control/accentuate the builds. Or paint some lips on your pop filter since you're right there on it, heh.
Johnny Cashpoint
Heh. This is good fun. Good mean fun. Dig the BAD harmonies, and the peep-peep '80s bounce.
Luke Henley
Backup singer needs some enunciation action, the slurryness is bringing down the lyrics, alas. Nice Pilates line. Freak-ass piano is a little heavy in the mix, but good call on picking it. Tastes like madness. This song gets sung along with in the car, though I don't know what anyone is saying.
One Third of the DAJ Collective
Dig this. But I'm a treble freak. Vox sound low in the mix, bring 'em up, yo. Tastes like Peter Murphy on accelerants fronting King Missle, or someone akin. Let's offend some people at a later date, eh?
Rabid Garfunkel
Had to do a Dracula song for this title. You might say the title was made for it. Voice courtesy of a renewed pack-a-day habit. Kids, don't try that at home. Thanks for playing.
Sell Crazy
Catchy weird faux surf-beatles action. Had to read the thread to get a clue about the his & hers music structure thing going on. Should've had your harmony singer front the hers parts, for a more clear demarcation of the sections, yo. Unrelated note: in the the "ah-ahs" of the hers section, I enjoy singing "I-I I'm glad I'm dead" and riffing a bit more archly than your sweet sentiments over the rest of the section, but that's just me with the personal value add.
No clue where the vote's going.
Replies
A new feature in my reviewing, let's see just how self-centered it comes off, eh?
nyjm
Hey, thanks!
j$
Sorry man, maybe next time, that is my preferred genre, after all.
dre
Que sera, no worries.
tonetripper
"C'mon, let's go" was in the lyric sheet. Didn't make it out the mouth, however. And that was the only take where there wasn't the cat adding his 2¢ to the mix. Condensor mikes pick up *everything*, dude. Drove me nuts.
joshw
Heh, thanks. Not into blues? Wouldn't have expected to hear that from you. Wild.
Daj Werkenhorse 1
There is no slack. Ever. Heh. Good start, reviewing fights is a good thing.
jack shiet
Yes, yes it is me. And thanks, you made my night, that night.
roymond
Niveous
Really, whitey shouldn't sing the blues. And yet, we can't help trying it at least once.
EightLeggedOedipus
VST plugin called "Grungelizer", with the hum stripped out, and most of the crackle (78rpm) maxed out.
Bolio
Blatant fx are always a crapshoot, yeah. In for a penny, in for a pound though.
WeaselSlayer
Some reviews you shouldn't read aloud to your coworkers. Rock!
socialist_wolf
Thanks! And welcome to the board.
Fried
Good advice. Just learned about spectrum analyzers yesterday, now EQ tweaking might make more sense to clueless me.
gduncan
Yeah, didn't thump the bass string as much as Muddy woulda liked.
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Daj Werkenhorse 1
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Dan Wrekenhaus 2
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This is a really great set of songs, hard to pick a favorite.
Brandon E:
I really like the progression here at the beginning, but the gradual rushing is making me uneasy. This is a very well written song and you could do it a lot more justice by taking your time with it, right now I feel like it's rushing toward a climax. Also, when the drums come in I can't hear anything but the hi-hat! The easiest fix for this is just to learn to play lightly on the hi-hat and very heavily on the snare.
Draft:
What a voice, and I like the static-ness of the delivery. Slow-core lives! Watch the rhythm on the acoustic though, there a few spots where it pushes the beat.
Johnny Cashpoint:
This is sweet! The vocal line is great, and really cool delivery... you're not German are you? Did you just say "life is a pre-cum"?! Holy shit, that's awesome. The little beat and the end reminds me of the song they would play when we used the parachute in gym class; you're right, I will always be a virgin. This gets my vote.
Luke Henley:
I know this is a philistine remark but I can't understand what you're saying. Except for... wait... "Pontius Pilates!" Wow, the Jesus joke makes the song.
Rabid Garfunkle:
I love the narrative, and your voice is perfect for it. Way to play to your strengths. The words lose their meter in some of the lines and the guitar doesn't carry them along like it should. This is badass though, and scary.
I've gotta go, I will do Sell Crazy and One Third later... Great contributions everyone!
Brandon E:
I really like the progression here at the beginning, but the gradual rushing is making me uneasy. This is a very well written song and you could do it a lot more justice by taking your time with it, right now I feel like it's rushing toward a climax. Also, when the drums come in I can't hear anything but the hi-hat! The easiest fix for this is just to learn to play lightly on the hi-hat and very heavily on the snare.
Draft:
What a voice, and I like the static-ness of the delivery. Slow-core lives! Watch the rhythm on the acoustic though, there a few spots where it pushes the beat.
Johnny Cashpoint:
This is sweet! The vocal line is great, and really cool delivery... you're not German are you? Did you just say "life is a pre-cum"?! Holy shit, that's awesome. The little beat and the end reminds me of the song they would play when we used the parachute in gym class; you're right, I will always be a virgin. This gets my vote.
Luke Henley:
I know this is a philistine remark but I can't understand what you're saying. Except for... wait... "Pontius Pilates!" Wow, the Jesus joke makes the song.
Rabid Garfunkle:
I love the narrative, and your voice is perfect for it. Way to play to your strengths. The words lose their meter in some of the lines and the guitar doesn't carry them along like it should. This is badass though, and scary.
I've gotta go, I will do Sell Crazy and One Third later... Great contributions everyone!
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tonetripper
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That is the best description someone could come up with for this type of song. Thanks for the review Meathands and good ears for hearing the pushing and pulling of the acoustic. We accomodated my loose meandering rhythm with the drum track that my pal Chad did a fine job of managing along with the click. He made it breathe.....Meathands wrote:Draft:
Slow-core lives!
