ramscapri
Cool one Jesse. Felt like a seamless mix of jazz and soft rock to me. Drums really catchy here...

You win the free wind chimes, you're the first person to notice that in my song.  In fact, I try to put some soft rock into all my stuff...NOT! just some of my stuff, but not this one, this one was straight up disco.

emeraldsoul
Cool as usual but for some reason I think it's a little TOO "low fi" - like you are trying hard to leave the edges rough? I'd vote for a little more polish, and more bass level, because this song I think is very good and very worth it.
Lyrics, melody, vocal delivery, pace - all great.
cheers,
-Tom

Hello Tom, I had to look up what low fi really meant.  To be honest, I wasn't trying to leave the edges rough, they just turned out that way, mostly due to my inexperience.  I was in a hurry, as usual, so didn't use any eq, compression, or reverb.
The acoustic guitar was di using one of those under the saddle pickups.  The bass was di too, and I didn't use an amp sim.  The electric was recorded di too, from the digital out of my Masrshall DSL  401.
 
Under the circumstances, I can see why you said what you said.  It is very much low fi, but not intentionally.
 
esoul, you are one of the persistent listeners of my stuff, and I always appreciate your input.  I will take to heart your suggestion to spend more time on this piece.  Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted the file, so I will have to start from scratch, but I think I can do it, thanks.
 
Jesse Q. Screed
 
 

Jesse Screed

ramscapri
Cool one Jesse. Felt like a seamless mix of jazz and soft rock to me. Drums really catchy here...

You win the free wind chimes, you're the first person to notice that in my song.  In fact, I try to put some soft rock into all my stuff...NOT! just some of my stuff, but not this one, this one was straight up disco.

emeraldsoul
Cool as usual but for some reason I think it's a little TOO "low fi" - like you are trying hard to leave the edges rough? I'd vote for a little more polish, and more bass level, because this song I think is very good and very worth it.
Lyrics, melody, vocal delivery, pace - all great.
cheers,
-Tom

Hello Tom, I had to look up what low fi really meant.  To be honest, I wasn't trying to leave the edges rough, they just turned out that way, mostly due to my inexperience.  I was in a hurry, as usual, so didn't use any eq, compression, or reverb.
The acoustic guitar was di using one of those under the saddle pickups.  The bass was di too, and I didn't use an amp sim.  The electric was recorded di too, from the digital out of my Masrshall DSL  401.
 
Under the circumstances, I can see why you said what you said.  It is very much low fi, but not intentionally.
 
esoul, you are one of the persistent listeners of my stuff, and I always appreciate your input.  I will take to heart your suggestion to spend more time on this piece.  Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted the file, so I will have to start from scratch, but I think I can do it, thanks.
 
Jesse Q. Screed
 
 

 
JQS,
 
 
I rarely disagree with Tom, but I do here. I think you already have what you wanted.
 
Cheers,
 
Bert

Very interesting track, Jesse.  I think you achieved the sound you were after.

Nice atmosphere and feeling, the guitar play is very energetic. Maybe I would have tried to make the vox fit in more with the rest (tiny reverb/delay?)
I listened in headphones, that is. Good work, interesting piece!

Sorry.
How do I delete multipostings?

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Sorry, double post.

Sorry, triple post.

Hi Jesse,
 
I finally get around to listen to some of your music.
 
When I listen to new stuff I try to pigeonhole it into something I am already familiar with.
 
Can't do it with this piece. Not a bad thing... Not at all. It is your own style, and with this particular song it comes across as raw and having been done "in the moment," something which I could never even think about achieving.
 
I am trying to picture you live... Difficult to do on just once piece, so I've listened to some more of your songs. Now I am seeing/hearing a more punky version of Rolling Stones or something... I hope that hasn't offended
 
Nice work
 
cheers
 
andy

synkrotron
Hi Jesse,
 
 I hope that hasn't offended
 
Nice work
 
cheers
 
andy

Hello Synchotron, I'm not offended at all.  Thank you for listening to some of my music.  I enjoy making new music.
 
Jesse Q. Screed