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Saturday, June 25, 2011

SpinTunes #3 Round 1 Review: Ben Davila

Governing Dynamics – Alive Again
• Catchy Guitar. Reminds me of Granddaddy
• Good harmonies in the chourse
• Nice modulation

Gold Lion – The After Life
• I like the conversation and wine glass in the bridge
• Nice harmonies on the shall la la part
• Maybe try to boost some of the low end on your acoustic guitar for a warmer tone.

Dr. Lindyke – Wake Me When It’s Over
• Good melody reminds me of like Elton john

Alex Polasky - You Will Never Die
• Good minimal intro
• I like the the breath sounds
• chorus is catchy but could be bigger

The Offhand Band – All Over
• I like that you are telling a story
• Good Beatles reference
• Reminds me of a song that would be on the Muppet show.
• Nice Billie Preston solo/outro

Mat Walton – We’re All Going To Die
• I love the ukulele
• Like that use death as a unifier
• Loved the laugh

Brian Daniell – Cubbies Will Win
• I love the feel nice groove
• The bass line makes me want to dance
• Fun. I loved this

Byron Blocker & The Offbeats – She’s Dead
• To misogynistic for my taste
• Calling the ladies bitches alienates a lot of potential listeners
• Recorded well
• Good sound, reminded me of a mix of tom waits and the choral

Edric Haleen – Cubbies Will Win
• Very Musical Theater
• I love this song Is but you to should get a divorce
• Good balance of light and dark
• Great vocal performance
• Please don’t kill anyone!
• Loved the ending

Charlie McCarron – Grandma And Grandpa
• Nice guitar
• Nice chord changes
• Good bridge
• Not exactly a happy song but definitely a beautiful one

Spencer Sokol – Keeping Calm
• I like the Tambourine
• I like when the vocals get more intense

Luke Brekke, Esqure – Cannibal
• Please don’t eat anyone!
• Don’t know if this is as much happy as just hilarious
• Original approach to the challenge
• Dark
• Laugh should have more reverb

Buckethat Bobby Matheson – No Worries
• I love accordions
• Looking on the bright side
• Catchy chorus

Alex Carpenter – The Day I Died
• not happy but poppy
• good emo song
• don’t do anything rash

Inverse T. Clown – Caroline Is Dead
• good vox intro
• Dark but funny
• Lost me at the end with the bitch line

Jutze – I love The Dead
• Funny concept
• Catchy chorus

Godz Poodlz – Wake At The Sunnyside
• Catchy song
• funny concept
• nice modulation

Tally Deushane – My Dead Fish
• Cute
• Like the ukulele
• I love this song
• Very original
• Good lyrics

Ethan Ivey – The Four-Year Itch
• Dark but funny
• Good piano

Matt And Donna – Lady On The Gray
• Love the backing vov
• Nice horn solo
• Very ben folds
• Great chorus
• Nice ending

Ross Durand – No Taxes
• Nice 12 string sound
• Great lyrics
• Great chorus funny and sweat
• Brilliant bridge
• I love this song

Menage’ A Tune – Isn’t It Nice
• Like that you told a story
• Dark but cut good balance

Glen Raphael - When You’re Dead
• Cool intro
• Like the spoons
• Cool vocal bass line

Doom SKITTLE – A Better Place
• Nice tempo change
• Not exactly happy

Wait What – Death: Everyone’s Dong It
• Reminds me of the B52’s
• Like the Jim Henson reference
• Very funny
• The rapping breakdown won me over
• I love this
• Love the ending

Steve Durand – Die Happy
• Clever lyrics
• Like the vaudeville feel
• Good chourus

Jason Morris – Burning For You
• Good Production
• Like the backing vocals
• Dark
• Very original consept
• Please don’t burn yourself

Caleb Hines – Haven’t You Ever
• Very musical theater
• Funny lyrics
• Catchy chorus
• Good chang up at the end

Bryce Jensen – Thank You
• Dark but funny
• Minimal but effective
• Good backing vox in the chorus

Pat And Gweebol – Baby Go To Sleep
• Nice piano
• Like the male female vox
• Nice backing vocals
• Very nice

The Boffo Yux Dudes – Marked For Death
• I like the juxtaposition with the stone roses guitar sound with the spoken word vox
• Very funny

Young Stroke aka young Muscle – My Name is Death
• Nice consept
• Clever

Chris Cogott – Drag Me Down
• Clever approach to the theme
• Nice chord progression
• Nice backing vocals
• Catchy chorus
• Reminds me of something from revolver

Happi – The Next Part Of Life
• Nice lord of the rings reference
• Good rhymes
• Like the metal bridge

Emporor Gum – Frequency
• Cute
• Like that you told a story
• like the tempo changes
• Dark

Jon Eric – Birthday
• Great song
• Strong lyrics
• Love this song
• Nice harmonies
• Third verse could be a bit stronger

Hudson And Day – Silly Baby
• Dark
• Like all the different vocals

Mick Bordet – The Highland Coo Song (Shadow)
• Very funny
• Interesting approach
• Like the flute

Noah Mclaughin – Thank You, Joss Whedon (Shadow)
• Like the claps
• Nice rhythm change

3 comments:

  1. People say it sounds like Elton... must sound like Elton! Thanks. The opening is in the style of Elton's "Shine On Through", which is one of my favorites.

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  2. Uh... Can we get a definition for "misogynistic"?

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  3. ...Yeah, I didn't think so.

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