It's a title AND a review! (Couldn't Have Been Worse)

[blue]

i think i should clarify that DJ Big Fanny is not a name I chose, but rather what the fightmaster gave me. This goes for all other names I've been entered under, including but not limited to:

DJ Big Duck
DJ Big Richard
DJ Big Doodle

fascinating.

[roymond]

i think i should clarify that DJ Big Fanny is not a name I chose, but rather what the fightmaster gave me. This goes for all other names I've been entered under, including but not limited to:

DJ Big Duck
DJ Big Richard
DJ Big Doodle

fascinating.

Some people have are born with big fannies. Others have big fannies thrust upon them.

[blue]

i think i should clarify that DJ Big Fanny is not a name I chose, but rather what the fightmaster gave me. This goes for all other names I've been entered under, including but not limited to:

DJ Big Duck
DJ Big Richard
DJ Big Doodle

fascinating.

Some people have are born with big fannies. Others have big fannies thrust upon them.

maybe next time they'll rename it "DJ Take The Friggin' Hint Already"

[c hack]

Sheeeit, this is a big fight. Gonna take some time.

caravan ray: This is great. I like it.

shot pounder: I like this, but I wish there was a hook or something. At least more melody.

superteen: sounds way too whiny-amateur. Definitely gotta work on your voice, dude. Stopping halfway through.

fine tuvan dining: I like this until you get to the throat singing. That just sounds gross. But I really like the subject matter

-- how it's about nothing more than bad service at a restaurant. The throat singing definitely kills it.

master hyde: Wow, great voice, great flow. Digging the beat. Lyrics - gansta shit is boring. Expecially if you haven't done any

of it for real. The twisted foot line is way the best. Except for the lyrics, I really like it though. CONTENDER

shae riley: I think the production is the worst part of this song. After you get accustomed to it, it's kinda nice. I really

like the chorus. (Goddam alien band...) I can't tell if you're being racist or earthist (depending on your definition of

"alien"). I'm gonna give it another listen. Organ/piano is awkward. You should just have the organ. and maybe drop it out during

the verse. And probably shorten the song overall. Less time in the middle, I'm thinking? Yeah, shorter 2nd verse. But I'm

thinking the organ's the biggest distraction. Well, I don't know, maybe you don't need to shorten it, just redo the production

with more pleasing instruments? It's got a lot of potential.

mc eric b: voice sounds really amateur. Not holding my attention, gotta stop it halfway through.

billy's little trip: I like this, but I don't love it.

5900-n5: Yuck. This is like aural abuse. Like you wrote a program to annoy me.

hell yeahs: At first listen, this sounds like pretty standard hell yeahs. Which is of course better than most of the rest of the

fight, but not your best work. At second listen, it's growing on me. I'll get back to you. CONTENDER

carpet burn: I'm kinda getting into the music, but the vocals need to be done better. Not really standing out for me.

klownhole: not doing it for me. Also, first rule of songfight -- don't talk about songfight.

mico saudad: Nice at first, but gets awkward with the execution bit. Needs a bit of reverb. Much nicer at the one more thing

bit. Goes on a bit too long though. Way too long.

ross durand: sounding good... nice production, nice mood. My only complaint is that it's not very original -- it's like I've

heard this song before 5 or 10 times. But who cares? CONTENDER

darkest daves: This is pretty tight. Very nice. A little moody/whiny, but whatever. CONTENDER

dangerous croutons: not a bad bit of electronica, but not really standing out for me.

pigpen: wow, pretty heavy mumblecore. Voice is too annoying. Have to stop it halfway through.

flvxxm forum: hmm. Kinda catchy, but not really tight. I like it but don't love it.

the bewells: This is really nice. No complaints at all. CONTENDER

dj big fanny: The 80's called. They want their techno back. Listen to "James Brown is Dead," that's good stuff, yours is just

kind of annoying.

melvin: Wow, this sounds great. Okay, it's too poppy though. It sounds like that "sleeping with my clothes on" song. This could

be on alternative pop radio. Which is not really a bad thing, just not my bag. If that's what you're going for, great. Give it a

catchy hook and you're good to go. It really needs a catchy hook. CONTENDER

signboy: this is kinda cool, until you get to the chorus. The chorus is reeeeally bad.

c hack: it's me! The idea here was to do a doo-wop style breakup song. And to use the words "velociraptor rapists." But just to do sort of an in-between song. I agree it could use more though.

saint cale: ooo, nice guitar. And nice voice! CONTENDER

shoehorn: No real complaints. Production could be better. Just not very exciting.

phil's first tambourine: it could be worse, but not much.

hoosier daddy: Just like the shoehorn review -- no real complaints. Production could be better, but just not very exciting.

closest dark vepun: ooo, casiocore. Kinda cool, but too cheesy.

the anchors: drums are a little off-beat. Not too bad, but I'm kinda jaded from listening to all those other songs, and I can't get into it too much anyway.

eddie lance: I dunno, not doing it for me.

doorite: ooo, this is kinda cool. Hmm, lyrics and vocals are kinda dumb. Yeah, not feeling it.



CONCLUSION:

Master Hyde's and Ross Durand's are great, but not very original, so they're out. That leaves the Hell Yeahs, Darkest Daves, Bewells, Melvin, and Saint Cale. Melvin's too poppy for my tastes, so he's out. I like Darkest Daves a little bit less than the other two. Hell Yeahs is getting better for me, and Saint Cale and Bewells are staying the same, so they edge ahead. Hell Yeahs gets my vote! I think Bewells gets second though, for the record.

[Meatwad]

klownhole: ... Also, first rule of songfight -- don't talk about songfight.

Where, the fuck, is this rule from? I've heard it once before from a similarily disreputable source. And I say that because I assume everyone I don't know is disreputable. Suspect. Like a terrorist. I'm totally profiling you and would stop you at the airport.

I also suspect, that our next entry will prominently feature Songfight and possibly even some choice participants by name.

[nextbedtime]

Jeremy Bornstein
Why aren't you in the voting list, sir? Hmm. Thank you for
submitting a song, instead of found dialog and sound effects. This
is charming and fun, although I think it might have been more fun
to do than to listen to. That droning deep voice can go, but
otherwise I wouldn't have changed it. Billy's Little Trip is too
good this week to get you a vote, but you're in the op half.

Aw thanks! I mis-ID3'd the file I submitted; it should have been "Fine Tuvan Dining".

I do appreciate your and everyone else's comments on my track so far. The recording was definitely lo-fi and a quickie: we recorded it in about an hour, using GarageBand and the built-in microphone on my computer. I don't have any trouble believing that it was more fun to make than to listen to--thanks for the loan of all those ears! The next one will have better production values, I promise.

[Caravan Ray]

i think i should clarify that DJ Big Fanny is not a name I chose, but rather what the fightmaster gave me. This goes for all other names I've been entered under, including but not limited to:

DJ Big Duck
DJ Big Richard
DJ Big Doodle

fascinating.

Some people have are born with big fannies. Others have big fannies thrust upon them.

Are you using "fanny" in the American sense of meaning "bottom", or the international meaning of "a lady's front bottom"? - I can't help giggling when I hear Americans call "bum bags", "fanny packs".

[Dave - so dark...]

La La La Review Time.

I'm going to try to break this apart, because sometimes i can dislike a song, but appreciate the production or writing that has gone into it, or hear a brilliant song that's been recorded and mixed by a retarded monkey with an crayon in it's arse. So let's see how it goes. I may forget what i'm doing, or possibly give up half way.

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5900-N5

Interesting. Is this vocoded, or pitch shifted? Both perhaps? weird. In fact, it sounds like everything was vocoded. Everything else is kindof smooshed together. Leads to a nightmare world where happy sounding synthesizers want you dead. Blood on the keys!

WRITING: 3/10
Doesn't feel overly thought about, more just layers upon layers heaped upon each other. I'm probably wrong though.

PRODUCTION: 4/10
Nothing sounds like it's clipping. Extra point for the crazy vocal effects.

MY PREJUDICE: 2/10
I don't mind it, but i don't think I'll listen to it again after today.

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The Anchors

Cool indie rock sounding stuff.

WRITING: 7/10
Nice, very nice. I like all the arrangements. Especially the drums. I like the vocal style, but the lyrics didn't really do anything for me. I don't see anything in the lyrics archive, so i'm probably not mistaken here.

PRODUCTION: 5/10
Everything is nice and separated. It sounds pretty good on the headphones i'm using at the moment, but earlier it sounded really thin, you could pretty much only hear the vocs and drums. I really dislike the 2nd voc towards the end over "couldn't be worse", it's hurts my ears. I needs them for the hearing.

MY PREJUDICE: 6/10
I really like this song. If it had tighter production values and a better vocalist it would rock me, hard. You also lose a point for not having an ID3 tag.


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The Bewells

WRITING: 7.5/10
Really nice progressions, i like all your instruments in this. The lyrics are pretty and seem well thought out, although a little generic. Better generic than boring though. I like!

PRODUCTION: 9.5/10
Awesome production, you've got a great voice and you bring it out. The guitar is nice and sparkly, the bass sounds great, the drums could be better but only because it doesn't sound as perfect as everything else. I'd love to hear a run down of how you produced this track, and what gear you use to do it.

MY PREJUDICE: 6/10
I'm not a huge fan of the style of the song, but it's done so well I can't but help like it anyway. Good work.


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Billy's Little Trip

This strangely reminds me of some japanese rock bands, though i can't quite put my finger on it. Something about the vocs and the guitar riffs. Cool.

WRITING: 6.5/10
Not bad, but not great. I like the guitar change in the chorus, and the harmonics, nice changes on what sounds like sequenced drums. I like your vocals on the chorus, but dislike them for the verses.

PRODUCTION: 6/10
The mix sounds a little bit muddy/compressed. The guitar tone is a little average sounding, the drums sound fake, and your voice is lacking the punch that you need for this song.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I want to like this song, but I have trouble due to the quality of your voice, and the tone of your guitar and the sound of the drums. One day you should come back to this song and do it again from scratch. If you do, let me know.
You also lost a point for lack of an ID3 tag.

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Caravan Ray

Dude, you sound so good this week.

WRITING: 9/10
I like your lyrics, and your composition. The changes in the song are good, the guitar rhythmn is rather tasty. Your vocal delivery is great, and the bass is sliding around all the right places. I feel... creamy.

PRODUCTION: 7/10
You vocs are coming through nicely, the bass sounds awesome. Guitar nice and sparkling. You lose out with the drums. They need to be punchier for something this sparse and the reverb doesn't save them. I kindof like the midi quality to them, but it's letting the rest of the song down. If you like, give me a pm, and i'll upload some of my favorite samples somewhere. With liberal compression and reverb you can get some punchy sounds from them, if i do say so myself. (Which I do).

MY PREJUDICE: 8.5/10
Love the song. Your avatar is also amusing me. What can I say? Maybe you need to smoke more cock, because the emo thing is working for you. Or at least it's working for me, if you know what I mean. *Winks suggestively* I'm gonna listen to it again!

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Carpetburn

WRITING: 9/10
Like it. Like the progressions. The vocal timings, and the buildups and changes are awesome.

PRODUCTION: 6/10
Let down mostly by your mix. There is alot of high end hiss, coming from the drums i think, there is also quite a bit of guitar amp buzz. The drums are punchy on the high end, but missing the low end. Bass sounds good, but it's also only really coming through on the high end. Also most of your mix sounds biased towards the right. It sounds like there is only guitar and drums coming through on the left.

MY PREJUDICE: 8/10
One of my favorite songs from this fight, unfortunately you are almost directly competing with melvin, and he's had more practise. Sounds great though. I hope to hear more from you.


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C Hack

WRITING: 8/10
Love the lyrics. Like the slow, parse, depressing sound. Your vocals are a little shaky on those low notes, but you can get away with it. Like the vocal melodies, and I think it's just short enough not to become boring in any way.

PRODUCTION: 7/10
Everything sounds well done. The backing vocals give the song an awesome fullness. I like how I can hear the room you are in, it makes it feel like your singing in an empty lounge club, and i'm sitting in a club knocking back shots of scotch. Is this just me? heh.

MY PREJUDICE: 8/10
I dig it. Short and sweet. I don't think you'll get my vote, but you're one of my favorites this week.

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Closest Dark Vepun Ind.

WRITING: 9/10
This is so cool. I love the james bond feel, and the synth lines just add to it somehow. The horns sound sweet. Nice changes, I like your vocals, though I wish they were a little bit sexier sounding.

PRODUCTION: 9/10
Well produced. All the instruments stand out. Your vocals are clear and easy to understand. Top and bottom end are all tight sounding. Excellent. Like to hear your production notes as well.

MY PREJUDICE: 8/10
Cool, so very cool. Makes me want to go drinking and womanising. How could I resist? I wish I knew how to write music like this. A contender.

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Dangerous Croutons

WRITING: 4/10
I like your bassline. I like the buildup, you build a nice soundscape, but you don't take us anywhere with it. Your vocals are kind of droll. I'm not inspired to check to see if you have any lyrics. I do like the outro though.

PRODUCTION: 5.5/10
The synth is nice and full sounding. I don't hear any clipping. Your vocals don't really sit with the rest of it though. THe guitar is cool though.

MY PREJUDICE: 5/10
Don't mind it, but I feel it was a bit pointless, and wasn't so much a song as filler. I didn't see the relevance to the title either.

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The Darkest Daves

Time to wank on about myself again.

WRITING: 6/10
Probably my favorite lyrics i've written so far, but that's not saying much. I also really like the progressions in this, but I thought it should change more. Needs a bridge and a chorus and stuff. yeah. *points both index fingers in a pro-active fashion*

PRODUCTION: 7/10
Also probably one of the better sounding mixes i've done. Though that's not hard considering most of it is all software synth.

MY PREJUDICE: 8/10
I really like it. But I would, it's mine.

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DJ Big Dick

WRITING: 5/10
When that cool bass synth comes in I think i'm going to like this, but then I change my mind. Not so much rap, as just cut up samples of what I assume is your voice. You do have a cool voice though, compared to the pre-pubescent sounding voices I usually hear on songfight. However. you are doing some cool things with the vocal cut up stuff, and the it's not like you just made a couple of loops and did it for an entire song (*cough*, like I pretty much did). You also get points for not making us sit though more than the 1.14mins of this.

PRODUCTION: 4.5/10
I'm not noticing any clipping, and it sounds full, but the production isn't exactly blowing my mind.

MY PREJUDICE: 2.5/10
It's not doing anything for me. It's certainly not making my dick any bigger or harder. I'm not sure anyone needed to know that though. You also lost a point for not having an ID3 tag.

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Doorite N Rankenstein

WRITING: 6.5/10
I'm digging this. You are reminding me of Godly and Cream. Backing track isn't terribly interesting, but i guess it's not the point. Lyrics are entertaining.

PRODUCTION: 6/10
Backing track is cheap sounding. everything could certainly sound fuller, if you had spent more time on it. Need some good squelchy bass, maybe it needs to be a bit sparser. eh. Vocals could be recorded better, but they are clean and easy to understand.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I like this, but it could be better.

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Eddie Lance

WRITING: 6/10
Once again you sound like the theme to an indie movie i'll never get around to seeing. Your piano melodies are beautiful. The story is baffling. I don't know.. it feels like it's going to be abstract, but then it isn't. Maybe the guy shoves the purse up the kid's arse, and they never spoke of it again. even that is pretty lame. sigh. I *love* the guy's voice though. Is it you, a friend, or sampled from somewhere?

PRODUCTION: 6/10
Not bad, not good. Recorded nicely. I like the background road noise and such. subtle.

MY PREJUDICE: 5/10
Pretty, but i think I would have liked it more without the samples.

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Jeremy Bornstein

WRITING: 5/10
I Have mixed feelings about this. It's like being in a dodgy themed diner and then you have a bad acid flashback. I like the changes, but feel like this could have been more of a song instead of a short skit. the two drumkicks at the end always make me smile though for some reason.

PRODUCTION: 4/10
The weirdness that comes in halfway through is cool, but the rest of it seems like you recorded it in front of a fan, in your parent's livingroom.

MY PREJUDICE: 4/10
Yeah, i'd eat there once, but i don't think i'd come back. I think there was something wrong with the chicken.

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Flvxxvm Florvm

WRITING: 4/10
This sounds completely uninspired to me. It's like you just wanted to write anything, but didn't think come up with anything good. Lyrics are halfassed, but the guitar solo saved the day and gets you an extra point.

PRODUCTION: 3/10
The mix is all muddy, the guitar sounds like it's clipping. Your doubletracked vocals are all out of time with themselves. ugh.

MY PREJUDICE: 2/10
I like the organ and the imprompteau (if i spelt that right) guitar solo. Doesn't make it a song for me.

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The Hell Yeahs

WRITING: 7/10
I like the vocal timings, and like how the guitar follows the vocal melody, or is that the other way around? Totally rock. I dig it.

PRODUCTION: 4/10
Mix sounds really thin, lower end is blending together. I do like your guitar tone, and vocs are recorded well, placement is great. Your production lets you down. If this was tight, and the drums where cutting through, and the bass was sitting more in the low end where it should this would rock anyone.

MY PREJUDICE: 7/10
I have a soft spot for this kind of rock. Not the best song I've heard from you guys, but not bad. I'll never be sad to see you guys in a fight.

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Dan-o from Five-o

WRITING: 6/10
You've obviously put effort into the guitar riffs and into your lyrics. Could just be a genre bias.. you know, where I just don't like bland sounding songs. But yeah, it's more technically proficient than anything i would probably do.

PRODUCTION: 5/10
Not good, but not horrible either. Getting a better mix wouldn't hurt, everything seems muddy and on the low end. Doesn't have any punch, the lead guitar sort of seems like it's got somewhere to be and hanging around the door. Your vocs are well placed though, mostly at the front and I can understand what your saying, and i like the 2nd voc, adding that chorus feeling.

MY PREJUDICE: 3/10
I can appreciate this, but compared to everyone else this week, this doesn't come out all that good. Probably just due to me being a cock.

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Klownhole

WRITING: 7/10
Love your lyrics, and i'm biased towards the style of music. I don't know if I really dig your vocalist. The vocal style is right, but it lost in the delivery, you need someone with more attitude.

PRODUCTION: 5/10
Muddy, and chaotic. I guess that's but of the deal. I can appreciate that it sounds like it was done in one take, and the playing is pretty tight, i just wish that guitar was sawing my head off, and the drums were pounding against the walls, but instead everything is kindof being played through a pillow.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I totally dig the style, but you've lost me because of your vocalist and the mix.

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Masterhyde

WRITING: 8/10
I like the old school feeling i'm getting from this. The minimal music is perfect for this. Your delivery is perfect, like your lyrics, and the changes are perfect to keep things moving along and keep it interesting. Good work.

PRODUCTION: 6/10
Everything seems pushed back somewhere. I like the low-fi feeling, though you should probably make use of some compression/mastering to bring everything up front. Needs a little more punchy low end bass, either from the drums or from a bassline. Your vocs are recorded and placed really well though. Nice, but room for improvement.

MY PREJUDICE: 7/10
I'm not much of a rap/hip hop/whatever genre you want to place this in, but I like it. Quite a bit more than I probably should.

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MC Eric B

WRITING: 7/10
I quite like your lyrics. The music is varied just enough to be interesting. I really like your piano loop. I also like how genuine you come across, it counts for alot. I also like the fact that it sounds like could take you in a fight. It makes me feel like more of a man.

PRODUCTION: 5/10
Production is fairly amaturish, but in some ways it works for you. Like I said, it sounds genuine and heartfelt. Perhaps too much reverb coming through, but I like it.

MY PREJUDICE: 7/10
I... just like this.

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Melvin

WRITING: 9/10
I love your writing style. Your songs are consistantly awesome.

PRODUCTION: 8/10
Your guitar tone is amazing. I'd love to know the process you use to record it, and what equipment you are using. Though I still feel your mix could be brought to the front more, and have a little more punch. It's a pop song, and so it needs to be compressed like one.

MY PREJUDICE: 9/10
Probably my favorite song of the fight, except for mine, because I love myself and i really like my song this week. I've played this quite a bit this last week.

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Mico Saudad

WRITING: 2/10
Boy with guitar needs to be really interesting to keep me interested. This isn't. Your riffs are tedious, and i'm not really liking your vocal delivery. I didn't really pick up on what you were singing about, but if it's anything like the rest of the song, i don't think I can be bothered, nor would it really save the song.

PRODUCTION: 2/10
Sounds like it was done in one take with maybe 2 microphones, and no post processing. dull, and half-assed. put more effort in. Your acoustic guitar sounds really nasty and you don't have a voice of any particular quality.

MY PREJUDICE: 1/10
I had to listen to this song 4 or 5 times to have anything to say about it. I think I hate you for that.

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Phil's First Tambourine

MY PREJUDICE: 5/10
What can I say? Amusing.

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PiGPEN

WRITING: 7/10
I like the camp vocals, the lyrics and rhythmn is great. I love the booming drums. I like the changes and rhythmns.

PRODUCTION: 4/10
The mix is a little sucky (pun not really intended). It sounds like the original recordings are dodgy. Bad samples and microphone? The drums are lost with everything else.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I like. You need to work on your mixing. I think I need to go back and listen to your other submissions.

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Ross Durand

WRITING: 9/10
I love your lyrics, you paint a story and I fall right into it. The whole song has a great flow, and your guitar riffs are fantastic. Sir, you kick arse.

PRODUCTION: 8/10
Awesome production, your vocals are nice and full sounding. The bass booms through the mix, and the drums cut it all up nice and neat. I think the bass may actually be a little too loud, but it just doesn't matter by the time that guitar screams into the mix. Fantastic.

MY PREJUDICE: 9/10
I love it. One of the best songs in the fight.

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Saint Cale

WRITING: 7.5/10
Good melodies. Your vocals are really what carries this song through though, well that and the distorted guitar that comes in during the later part of the song, but i feel like it ends too soon.

PRODUCTION: 7/10
Good mix, but it could be better. Needs tightening up a bit. Usual things, bass and drums need more punch, guitar sound good though. Vocals would sound better if you recorded them right up next to the microphone. I want to hear your lips part inbetween verses... okay, maybe i'm a pervert, but i feel like this song should be a bit more personal, and it would sound better if it was like you were crooning right into my ear, just out of sight.

MY PREJUDICE: 8/10
I like this alot. I wish that guitar stayed longer. Listen to the same sort of thing being done on Mr. Durand's track. Keep it up. :)

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Shael Riley

WRITING: 6.5/10
I really like the organ melodies. You're lyrical melodies are good, but i'm not so sure about your lyrics. Changes are nice and refreshing, as well as the little quirks through the song. The synth lead at the end is great too.

PRODUCTION: 7/10
Mix is quite good, organs sound like they are pushing squares a little bit though. The delay on your vocals is bouncing a little late and sounds a bit weird, try using reverb instead, or try doubletracking your vocs, if done right it should make them sound fuller.

MY PREJUDICE: 6/10
I like it, but I don't know how much more I would listen to it. Though it's difficult because this fight is of pretty high quality, so while you are good, it's stiff competition.


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Shoehorntc

WRITING: 8/10
I like the guitar riff you use at the start of the song. Your vocals are also nice and dreamy. The lyrics are good and your timing is interesting. Your song is the longest of the fight, but it doesn't become tedious, which is an indication of good writing.

PRODUCTION: 7/10
The mix is fairly solid. not quite professional. Drum samples could sound a bit better, and the rest of the mix brought forward a bit.

MY PREJUDICE: 6/10
Dreamy. I like, though i tend to stare off into space while listening to this. You lost a point because you didn't have an ID3.

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ShotPounder

WRITING: 5/10
Average song, the only good thing about it is your interesting use of vocals, but you don't have enough attitude to pull it off. The playing sound fairly tight, though you arn't really playing anything interesting.

PRODUCTION: 4/10
You sound like you are standing behind the rest of your band, to avoid being punched in the face. You've put too many effects on your vocals to hide that you can't sing. It doesn't work. Everything else is indistinct and badly recorded.

MY PREJUDICE: 6/10
I like the style more than your skill and recording. Get better and rock me.

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Signboy

WRITING: 6/10
This is odd. But somehow in a good way. Works more as a story than a song. I quite like your vocal delivery, the drum loop is also kind of cool. thaaats about all I have to say.

PRODUCTION: 4/10
I quite like the effects on your vocals. It's not exactly well mixed, but i'm sure you know that.

MY PREJUDICE: 6/10
I like your weirdness. It's somehow fascinating.

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Superteen

WRITING: 6/10
Haha. Not only do you have a stupid name, but you sound like a clone of Bill Cosby. I keep expecting you to say "yousee" or "Theeeoooooo!". I actually really like this though. I love the casio sounding deal you have going on.

PRODUCTION: 3/10
Production is not exactly what this song is about. I don't think it sound be as good if it was well produced.

MY PREJUDICE: 7.5/10
Curse you. Something about your song has had me randomly singing this week. Mainly while brushing my teeth. What does this mean? I don't know. You have infested my brain!! *screams*

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I can't believe I ate the whole thing. Sorry it took so long to finish these. Bad time for me to choose to do such an in depth review process. For those I slagged off, please try not to take it too personally, i'm just trying to convey everything I hear and feel about your song as honestly as I can, and hopefully give you something to work with, I know I didn't acheive that with all of these though. There were so many good songs this week, it was hard to pick, so i'm voting for myself because I'm a selfish arsehole, and I really liked my own song this week.

[Meatwad]

Klownhole
WRITING: 7/10
Love your lyrics, and i'm biased towards the style of music. I don't know if I really dig your vocalist. The vocal style is right, but it lost in the delivery, you need someone with more attitude.

PRODUCTION: 5/10
Muddy, and chaotic. I guess that's but of the deal. I can appreciate that it sounds like it was done in one take, and the playing is pretty tight, i just wish that guitar was sawing my head off, and the drums were pounding against the walls, but instead everything is kindof being played through a pillow.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I totally dig the style, but you've lost me because of your vocalist and the mix.

First off. This is sick. This sets the bar for how reviews will be done going forward. Holy shit dude. Way to go.

Secondly, I think it's ironic that the highest value we received was on the "writing".

Lastly, you are the king for putting so much effort into this. You could say that we sucked balls, but I would still respect you in the morning. And those two statements are not related.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Billy's Little Trip

This strangely reminds me of some japanese rock bands, though i can't quite put my finger on it. Something about the vocs and the guitar riffs. Cool.

WRITING: 6.5/10
Not bad, but not great. I like the guitar change in the chorus, and the harmonics, nice changes on what sounds like sequenced drums. I like your vocals on the chorus, but dislike them for the verses.

PRODUCTION: 6/10
The mix sounds a little bit muddy/compressed. The guitar tone is a little average sounding, the drums sound fake, and your voice is lacking the punch that you need for this song.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I want to like this song, but I have trouble due to the quality of your voice, and the tone of your guitar and the sound of the drums. One day you should come back to this song and do it again from scratch. If you do, let me know.
You also lost a point for lack of an ID3 tag.

Holy crap, this must have taken for ever.
Paco said I sounded like a Japanese video game on my solo. What gives? LOL. Also, what is an "ID3 tag"?

[MintyHandy]

An ID3 tag is when you make an mp3, and write a little header into the beginning of the file that has information like artist, song title, and so on. Whatever program you're using to make your mp3s probably has a means by which you can set the ID3 tag info when you create each new mp3 file.

It makes it easier during reviews, because your name will show up in the mp3 player when your song is playing.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Thanks Minty, Ross just explained this to me. I just checked, and I do have that option on my MP3 converter and I didn't know it. Thanks for docking me points Dark Dave, or I wouldn't have known about it.

[mico saudad]

extremely entertaining reviews

and thanks everyone else too, sorry I didn't get to review much this week, I'll do better next time if I missed you...

for the record, that was an amazing amount of work, dave (even if I got slagged in the process).

[Dave - so dark...]

Klownhole
WRITING: 7/10
Love your lyrics, and i'm biased towards the style of music. I don't know if I really dig your vocalist. The vocal style is right, but it lost in the delivery, you need someone with more attitude.

PRODUCTION: 5/10
Muddy, and chaotic. I guess that's but of the deal. I can appreciate that it sounds like it was done in one take, and the playing is pretty tight, i just wish that guitar was sawing my head off, and the drums were pounding against the walls, but instead everything is kindof being played through a pillow.

MY PREJUDICE: 6.5/10
I totally dig the style, but you've lost me because of your vocalist and the mix.

First off. This is sick. This sets the bar for how reviews will be done going forward. Holy shit dude. Way to go.

Secondly, I think it's ironic that the highest value we received was on the "writing".

Lastly, you are the king for putting so much effort into this. You could say that we sucked balls, but I would still respect you in the morning. And those two statements are not related.

I think i started thinking about the writing as the composition/playing of the song rather than just how the song was written. i suppose i should have redefined it.. but eh! my brain was moosh by the end of writing them all.

i have no idea what possessed me to go to such lengths. Somebody stop me before i strike again!!

who was that handsome devil?


also.. yeah, what minty said. You can also set the ID3 in your favorite mp3 player. .. well.. most of them. ... actually, i don't know for sure, i'm just making it up.

stop looking at me like that!!

[Dave - so dark...]

Oh!

By the way I only do ball sucking in the evening, after application of approriate stimulants and depressants.

oh wait... i'm not sure you were asking... nevermind

[jeff robertson]

Are you using "fanny" in the American sense of meaning "bottom", or the international meaning of "a lady's front bottom"? - I can't help giggling when I hear Americans call "bum bags", "fanny packs".

None of these names m ake any sense for the item in question. Aren't you supposed to wear them in the front?

[Caravan Ray]

Are you using "fanny" in the American sense of meaning "bottom", or the international meaning of "a lady's front bottom"? - I can't help giggling when I hear Americans call "bum bags", "fanny packs".

None of these names m ake any sense for the item in question. Aren't you supposed to wear them in the front?

Yes, so I suppose "fanny pack" does make more sense, for ladies anyway (you would need a "cock sack" for a male, I suppose. Or "penis pouch".)

[roymond]

To quote a great statesman:
fascinating

[halen99]

La La La Review Time.

Eddie Lance
Pretty, but i think I would have liked it more without the samples.

Thanks for the review. I love the songs (well some people don't call it a song) that I do that tells a story. But to please the masses, Grey Rainbow is 100% piano, 0% sound effects. I just don't want anyone complaining that there are no vocals. Hopefully ya'll can hear the emotion of the song that ties in with the title.

FYI all of my voices overs are recorded here or by a voice person I know from the internet. I was not personally in this last one.

Edide

[Heather. Redmon.]

Maybe not your best or favorite of mine, but not disappointing in any way shape or form.

this rocks okay, but I was not sucked in like I am to some of your others

At first listen...not your best work.

Thanks for the vote btw!

Not the best song I've heard from you guys, but not bad.

First of all, thanks for the reviews. I didn't have the will to do them this week.

My curiosity has been piqued... If this is not our best work or your favorite of ours, what is?

Phil and I do consider this our best song so far, so to have so many say it wasn't was a surprise.

Modern-day Waitresses song?

Been smoking some Waitresses this morning?

Huh! I don't think we sound like that band at all. For this song, though, I guess it would have to be "I know what girls like. Nya nya nya nya nya."

Funny thing is, when I first saw MATA's review, I thought someone actually got the connection to our Outside Paradise song. Ya see, the waitress that the main character runs away with in Outside Paradise, is Ramona in this song, and she is now in love with Ramona, who got arrested for counterfeiting, etc. Yep.

[Paco Del Stinko]

Heather - I didn't (don't) mean to say that it sounds like a Waitresses song, there was just something very early on, although I'm not sure I could point it out directly, that made me think of them. You guys sound like, well, you guys! The actual waitress connection is interesting, I remember that story from your Outside Paradise song. And...

Phil - I hate to be so petty, but ever since last summer's Megafight, I've been guessing that your guitar is an older SG with a wiggle stick on it. Am I correct? Thanks Hell Yeahs, your music is the real deal and treat for (almost, apparently) all.

[Heather. Redmon.]

Thanks for the kind words Paco! I really loved your review style this week!

Yep, the main character, Emily (see our song From This Day On for reference) and Ramona pulled a big heist at the El Dorado Hotel and Casion in Reno, then, when Ramona spent her share of the cash, she got greedy and started printing counterfeit money. She got arrested in Modesto and Emily realized that she was in love.