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 | ledebutant said 1080 days ago |
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Man Guitar and Microphone I'm so proud of you for having the guts to strip off most of the doubling and let your simple arrangement and production and great voice shine. As always, your lyrics rule, "it's a universal antidote," is one I particularly like the sound of. It's so funny to think that it's summer in Australia. I'll bet Santa wears a Speedo when he hits your part of the world. |
 | rtcooper said 1080 days ago |
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Vocal Equally Effective W/O Double(s) The vocal is Just as Pleasing as Single TX, as shown here. I presume you know this and Mostly Double for Contextural Affect. Both Great. The finger-style is quite good, but the guitar mic sounds a little "hot" on this Gear (well, the song Is about Summer, after all). What You Mean, "Last GarageBand Song", Kimosabe? That just means new software and such, Right? Not, "Thank you, thank you very much. Elvis has Left the Building"? Right? Best regards, Cooper |
 | thetiler said 1079 days ago |
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Nice singin Like how the picking gathers around the vocal. I hear a little REO Speedwagon in your voiice. Thanks for sharing! |
 | Joshosh said 1079 days ago |
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Great Quality... to your voice. I'm glad the hurdle has been cleared. I'm looking forward to hearing more like this! I can't explain why, but the tone of your voice just sucks you in. Really, really cool. |
 | snowdragon said 1079 days ago |
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One thing I really liked about this one is the up-tempo fingerpicking approach. This could easily have become one of those sickly-sweet, sentimental songs but this has just enough edge to take it out of that overdone realm. Nice up-front vocal production too :) |
 | Tadashi Togawa said 1079 days ago |
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Christmas of the southern hemisphere. Simple composition. The guitar and the song are sung. Good melody and good climate. |
 | Macaudion said 1079 days ago |
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You did it again... I will comment about this in more detail later today, Neil. Another nice tune, sir. Dion |
| Macaudion said 1079 days ago |
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You did it again... I will comment about this in more detail later today, Neil. Another nice tune, sir. Dion |
| Macaudion said 1078 days ago |
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You gambling man, you As always, you have artfully put together some fairly poetic lyrics. I really like this; and although I have truly liked your previous works, I especially like the FX-less voice and guitars on this. Perfect for the end of springtime, where things tend to start clean, stripped and anew, while readying for the upcoming seasons. I wouldn't have thought to ponder if I might like your singing voice w/o fx if you hadn't stripped it to offer it up to share in this way. I might not ever think to ponder or question to differentiate between the two, but your voice has a naturally distinctive and rich quality to it. I wouldn't know to think that you or anyone would filter such a voice with the thoughts that it sounds better. Well, I do understand how we can sometimes have a lower opinion around something that could have us in a most vulnerable position and yes, the addition of fx makes for a safer bet, but it's not gamble that you would ever need to reconsider, Jiguma. The richness in your voice is warm and more textural while allowing for it to be more intimate and present in the way that it is presented here and in most other ways. I would think... I actually just assumed that the fx most likely make your voice sound better and that it has been the source of this distinctive, jiguma sound. Way silly me... You were born this way, how cool is that... And of course, the same thing holds true for the voice of your guitar, it is much warmer and more natural w/o fx too. It's all still classic Jiguma, but more so now as it is closer to the originating source... That'd be you, Neil. I sure hope that we are in for more of these naturally occurring events, but it matters not, you will always be the one that determines how and what it is that you would like to share and so far, so damn good... Dion |
 | ziti said 1078 days ago |
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this is very annoying, neil I am sitting here in a studio that could double for a meat storage unit, in three fuzzy sweaters (layers, ya know)...outside it's a bout 10f...and yer song makes me wanna say shut UUUUUP!!!.... seriously...the guitaring is superb...the singing sounds confident and strong, lovely chord changes and a sparkly production....now...go to the beach. great work...more please! z |
 | Mcboy said 1076 days ago |
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lyrics had me daydreaming of summers past.....the vocal delivery and fingerpickin just ties it all together.....thanks for the trip! |
 | milkus said 1076 days ago |
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Great stripped down song I always prefer a stripped down more bedroom/campfire sound to the big production/wall of sound feel. I think the song fills out nicely. It sounds like there are more than one guitar and the vocal is full and doesn't sound flat at all. Why is this your last GB song? |
 | caroline said 1075 days ago |
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quick - send your address!! jiggy - censored! censored!! censored!!! i am sick with envy - you make it all sound delicious - you have a great christmas barbie on the beach - thank you for sharing this (i think!!!) and my favourite bit is the very last line with your pure, pure voice xxx |
 | Ejh said 1075 days ago |
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Hi Neil! I've been so frustrated with my Internet this week... I knew this song (and a few others) was up and I couldn't get it to play... Some days I couldn't load the page... Tonight I finally heard it. Your voice is great on this. Your voice, in fact, has a nice "furry" quality to it as a single track (although you ARE doing SOMETHING to it, aren't you, besides doubling? One of the GB presets? ), which, paradoxically, may be why your voice doubles and quadruples so well... I like the lyric and the optimistic vibe of this song. I always appreciate your natural feel for detail... Your songs never come across as generic... you have some universality to 'em, but never at the expense of the particular... I have a sense of you being who and where you are, even as I respond to a more general emotional message... About to turn yourself loose on Logic. Hats off to ya, mate... I've got Logic Express and have barely made a dent... Maybe next vacation.... I look forward to hearing what you do in that expanded medium... As always, a great pleasure to listen.... Ed |
I like this raw approach (well you know what my tracks sound like!). I
agree that the acoustic fingerstyle guitar work is great. The vocals sound
cool too...this has a great intimate vibe
Steve