Hoping I can find (Something To Live For reviews)

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Give us something to live for
Somethin’ we can hold on to
Somethin’ to believe in
Like the love between me and you
Caught up in a game that I know we can win
To lose it all now – oh, what a sin
I’ll keep my faith – no I’ll never change
Give us something to live for
Give us something to live for

Lyrics go here: viewtopic.php?t=13024

[Lunkhead]

Songs posted!

[boblazo]

Something To Live For

Cemetery Blues: Cool use of distortion and cool vocal. I love the energy. Nice n short and to the point. Maybe a little too much bass? Maybe?

The Lonely Socks Club: Like the wandering synth line. I like the 80’s vibe. Nice lead vocal.

Pigfarmer Jr.: Strong opening melody. Strong melody overall. Like the acoustic guitar in Chorus. Electric guitar is a little bit fizzy, but effective mostly.

The Quincy Boggers: Nice Acoustic guitar recording. Peaceful setting. Good lyrics. Flute might be a little much, maybe a better tone/reverb in the flute/ocarina.

Caravan Ray: Opening guitar riff and bass might be fighting for space. I love the way the chorus just takes over the song. Generally speaking arrangement a little busy.

Berkeley Social Scene: Drums could be a bit more impactful. Vocal verb is muddying the impact of the voice/mix/emotion/lyric for my tastes. Good guitar.

A.flaim: Great open. Cool song. Cool guitar and bass. Great message.

Hoblet: Mix is a little harsh. Love the vocal transition/build. Good metamorphosis into the very effective lead guitar solo.

Grid: Softest of all the mixes (by a mile). Mix sounds subdued. Drums might be a little loud.

* A good group of songs this round.

[Hoblit]

Something To Live For


Hoblet: Mix is a little harsh. Love the vocal transition/build. Good metamorphosis into the very effective lead guitar solo.


* A good group of songs this round.

Hello, I'm Hoblit but I used to have a friend that called me Hobelet and sometimes he'd soften the T like a French word. (Monet for example).

Anyway, no worries.

The mix was a little harsh, I agree. I did it in a Songfight! hurry and crushed it a bit too aggressively as well. I have since fixed that and will also be re-singing it as well. That may even be today, I don't know. But I'm definitely tweaking it before it hits Spotify.

Thanks for the listen and the "effective guitar solo" mention, I worked real hard on that.

[Hoblit]

a.flaim:

You conjured the Mark Hoppus spirit in your song. I generally like this type of music and I think you did a pretty good job of executing this sound. It's pop punk but with guitar generated drama that keeps it tense. Putting yourself out there with your vocal performance and where it isn't perfect, works with the imperfect style of music. Although I think the vocals might have been a little too loud in the mix. I feel like the guitars could have been a little more up front and aggressive.

Berkeley Social Scene:

I didn't like this at first but after a few listens it grew on me. The line "something to live for" would later worm it's way into my ear and I found myself thinking of this song with that particular line echoing around in my head. I also like the intensity of the guitar drama which is even a little scary. I get the feeling that this was recorded live off-the-board if you will, or something else that gives it an old-school live recorded sound like an old 4 (or 8) track recorder. I think it's good on that level but otherwise, the vocals are a bit muffled (which give me the impression that the top end is rolled off in a small space to avoid high-pitched feedback) and the drums suffer a bit from being clouded in the lower parts of the mix. While the action on the cymbals and even the snare have a tappy sound at the 'snap' frequencies. Anyway, this is a good song overall and very indie, which is why we're all here!

Caravan Ray:

One of the best songs this week. I love the guitar delay work at those tones, beautiful. Colorful with a warm light. The chorus is very catchy and I dig on all of the dancing rhythms happening in this song. It really has a spunky life to it and the lyrical story is nice too. I wonder if you saw David Byrne performing on Cobert's last show for the heyey-eyeyeyeyyeyey stuff there at the end, because I did and got some in my own song! So outside of my love of the guitars in this song, I appreciate your vocal style and touching on the lyrics again, I really like the way the song develops.

Cemetery Blues:

First of all, PB&J is ALWAYS on the menu! The music on this feels a bit phoned in and it reminds me of several classic rock songs (70's & 80's era). I'm not going to pick on your vocal performance and try to focus on what I do like and that is the vocal effect. While I don't typically like harmonicas all that much, it's welcome here. I do apprceciate you throwing your hat into the ring this week and look forward to hearing you develop.

Grid:

I think this is good execution of what you're going for but it doesn't land very well with my tastes. I do like music similar to this so it's not exactly the genre but I think the intensity and drama that is supposed to grab me, just isn't. However, the instrumentation and arrangement are good, well executed and the tones are very nice. The singing is pretty good and the chorus is definitely the catchiest part. So good job creating a very listenable song in this particular fight, which is always nice.

Hoblit:

My mic preamp broke in a recent residential move so I went old-school with an older device to help get the vocal tracks down. I'm not satisfied with the sound of the vocals though and will be resinging this song before I release it on Spotify. The mix needed help too but I have already redone that part over the last few days. But I'm redoing both the lead and backing vocals, which won't be as 'soft' as I went in this song due to time restraints. Anyway, started with the chorus and threw in a couple of Beatlesque' nauances.

The Lonely Socks Club:

The singing on this is song is the best performance of the fight. Very smooth, controlled and swing just right. The 80's sound is cute and the bumb-bumb-bumb-bumb nature of the song has a subtle energy that keeps the listener bopping. The lyrics are fun too and also among some of the best in this fight too. So great performance and keeping this fight in the higher tiers of listenablity. Also, it's cute that both you and The Quincy Boggers wrote about a "drawer" in this week's fight.

Pigfarmer Jr:

Dramatic, but your vocal performance pulls it off! The chorus swells in and is gorgeous, good use of doubled vocals...adding power that almost sounds like the rest-of-the-band is singing with you. The lyrics call for the dramatic delivery and I like the dynamics of the song as it quiets down at parts. Then again at the end. The guitar solo is a nice touch as it seems to show restraint among the other instruments, taming it. The arrangemnet is great and this too is up there as one of the best songs of the week. Good work creating something to live for.

The Quincy Boggers:

This is also a contender for the best song of the week. Great acoustic guitar picking and the wind instrument is a real nice & folky touch. Weirdly reminds me of Pink Floyd too, but it really does seem to call back to the 70s hippie scene. Not accusing your song of that so much as just the style of that kind of arrangement. This is recorded very well too and the vocals are spot on. The lyrics are real nice too. I like how it's about doing something, anything even as it concedes the bigger goals for smaller ones. It's brilliant and I expect this to be on the radio soon, even if it doesn't. Thank you for participating and bringing the entire fight up a notch. Also, it's cute that both you and The Lonely Socks wrote about a "drawer" in this week's fight.

[Lunkhead]

The results are in and the fight has been won by ... The Lonely Socks Club and Pigfarmer Jr!