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 | Jim Bouchard said 168 days ago |
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I am always critical or at least usually, but I have a real hard time being critical of your stuff. You just slay me! Let's see, um, I can probably find something. The drums aren't too inspired I guess. It sort of goes along with what I understand the message in the song to be, though so perhaps that's appropriate. I sort of wish there was a bit more movement in the horn part, and the horns end up sounding sort of synth-y. But I'm really digging, here. It's another great song! |
 | rabittwhole said 168 days ago |
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dude .... stop it!! are u just a music machine or whot!! Jack |
 | peacepiano said 168 days ago |
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Song I like where this is going. The vocal is just right to me. I would like to hear this "acoustic" also to get a better feel for which way to go: more harmonies and guitars or less. Either way the way the intensity builds for the choruses sounds great. Thanks Bill |
 | Vic Holman said 168 days ago |
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so how come.... ... this didn't make the "White Album"? |
 | rsorensen said 168 days ago |
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piano's play great laid back tune. if you revisit definitely get your friend to add the steel. that would sound amazing over this. like the drums. did you tap it out with your keyboard? |
 | mowguy3 said 168 days ago |
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Piano's Play I like the White Album idea. Nice flowing tune.Your vocals are right on,very enjoyable. Be well,Russ |
 | dirigent said 168 days ago |
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Piano's Play Wow - what a cool track, an amazing picture (how many pianos were burnt for getting this perfectly performed? LOL) Great voice, wonderful performance, a beautiful song, bravo!!! |
 | Lennon714 said 168 days ago |
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I wouldn't change a thing It's near perfect as is. My only beef with the horns is how canned they sound at the very end (the note that holds). I actually kind of like how they sound throughout the rest of the tune. They're subtley placed so the focus isn't on how real they sound, but the place they take the song. |
 | Karmatoburn said 168 days ago |
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light my fire 1st off, what an insane pic. I love it. The song is fantastic. A peaceful lovely feel. Your voice just floats across space. There's a very cool instrument/synth? you use on the chorus. Adds a neat flavor. Very subtle |
 | lavalamp said 168 days ago |
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You know what......? I just turned this up and leaned back in my chair and mellowed out. Sort of a Beck-ish thing from Mutations. Nice laid back melody. Certainly, one of your best. See ya around, Dave |
 | egobandit said 167 days ago |
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You have A way of making some rather simple chord arrangements sound so perfect and good. Ya know I would like to criticize this, but when its your song It always sounds perfect to me |
 | guygrooves said 167 days ago |
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You're filling up my Itunes man, great song. It has a cool vibe to it. It reminded me of Nirvana, mostly because of how you sang it. I didn't think horns sounded all that canned, you did a good job of tweaking them. I do have one nit ... the hiss, it might be from those single coil pickups in the tele (I have a 98) I have trouble with an audible hiss when I use my tele with my digitech processor. All in all a great tune, with incredible lyrics and a solid performance behind it. Thanks for the download. |
 | thoddi said 167 days ago |
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cool songwriting You sure have a talent for making brilliant melodies and compositions. The laid back style of playing suits this one very good in my opinion. I think I'm with Jim on the drums and the horns though. But the quality of your performance and songwriting shines through anyway. I think that the way you have arranged the horns might be the reason for them sounding more like a synth/string section than a horn section. I think those long notes gives that feel. But platic horns will always be ust that;) Maybe it could be interesting to replace them with a distorted guitar holding those long notes, or maybe an B3 organ... If you'd rather have a horn section I think that getting some real horns in there and maybe alter the arrangement for them a bit could do the trick. What about a sax, a trumpet and one bass/bariton/trombone to get some boom in there...:) |
 | tokai said 167 days ago |
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love that photo where it from? tell me you made it just for this track!!!! very smooth track. |
 | jiguma said 167 days ago |
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Love the laid back nature of this Nice mix, cool vibe. You have a real way with a melody. The horns sound a bit dodgy and kind of break the mood a bit - as Jim says, the horns in the Orch JamPack are pretty good. I like this one a lot. Neil |
 | Elevator_Funk said 167 days ago |
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Wow... so many questions. is that wurlitzer/rhodes sound from our m-audio? It sounds too good to be midi. Also, is that your real voice? I don't remember hearing it on your other songs.... It sounds really good. Got a lot of good character to it. This is a really good song. Totally radio ready. NO amateur sounds that I could hear at all, but then I'm no pro at producing. B |
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Pinao's Play Sounds really gorgous . Love it. You are Amazing and a fantastic talented geezer you are :) Thanks for the download I love your voice. Michael2. |
| said 166 days ago | |
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---> How you got the guitar and horn sounds out of the burnin' piano i'll never know :-| always enjoy every one of your tunes, really . - Harold |
 | 12parsecs said 166 days ago |
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indie rock? the genre (not that it's important) could almost be indie rock for this one. great vocal performance! best yet, perhaps? i love the laid back feel. i like the drums. simple, with a lot of room. i don't know if i'd change anything in the mix. maybe (and it's just a maybe) take the synth pad at the end down a db, and the rhodes piano up a db. the that's purely a taste thing. thanks for sharing! |
 | bud said 166 days ago |
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Oh man this is sweet - I love the way this just rolls out and slides across the floor and ripples up the wall and wraps itself around my head. Very subtle horn section - excellent way to go for it - was expecting something brassier from the description - but this is just right and fits in beautifully. Great track. |
 | Lightman- said 165 days ago |
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Great I really like your vocal sound.... The voice is great.... And good guitar play.... I think you did a good arrangement..... Good melody... |
 | paul f. page said 165 days ago |
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There's such a... ...laid-back, mellow feeling about this number and the chorus rises up in just the right spot for the lift that the tune needs. Your mix of instruments is just right throughout. I wish I could hear the vocals a little more clearly -- I am missing some of the lyrics -- but my hearing isn't maybe so hot these days. The quality of your voice is very pleasant indeed...and harmonies work beautifully. Very nice number. Peace. Paul |
 | LunaTrick said 165 days ago |
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You's popular! Easy to see why - good songwriting and production - always willing to take on new forms! Good stuff! |
 | heath said 165 days ago |
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Nice under whatever genre u choose I agree with ALL the nice things that have already been said so I'll skip ahead to an attempt to be constructive: I think the bridge is good, but suspect it could be better. The vocal is fine but perhaps the melody strays too far from the overall feel of the piece. Maybe something even simpler, closer the main melody would work better. |
 | magnatone said 165 days ago |
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Pianos Play Hi Michael! First of all, thanks for the note - sorry, I've been away on vacation and am just now trying to make a dent in the my backlog of listening. Anything from Michael2 is tops on my list to get to ASAP. I think the horns are a great idea, your vocals here are terrific, and I don't know how you make that m-audio sound so good either. You're just a wizard I guess! |
 | MarkHolbrook said 163 days ago |
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Micheal As always I love the vocals and in general the song but I found this one a little repetitive. It could have used some bigger changes to keep it interesting... even the chorus or bridge whatever it is called is the same set of chord changes. The first really big change didn't come till over 3 mins in. Ya this coming from Mr. Repetitive song himself... Well again I'm just pointing out what occurs to me! I certainly am guilty of the same thing! Nit picking here because Micheal this is like virtually all of your other works a truly great song. Lots of mean in the lyrics and the sound bed creates a good place for those lyrics to live. I also couldn't pick out the horns very well until the change and the very end. They seem sort of buried in the mix. |
 | stevel said 160 days ago |
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Great song Fab performance...those horns are just right. Reminds me a little of REM for some reason...Electrolite or something off Automatic for the People. Very cool Steve |
 | Alannah said 157 days ago |
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I'm running out ..... ... of things to say to you .... all your stuff is just great and I always enjoy listening to a new post by you ..... I was singing along with this one ! |
 | Heightened said 15 days ago |
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Geeze! Another super cool song! Damn these paws and howls. |
 | sedasia said 12 days ago |
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Nice I like this a lot. Very cool song all together. Each instrument stands apart but blends well together. I like your vocals. |
great song! thats all i can say...