I give up. I had a whole thing laid down for this one, but couldn't get past the basics. This title was just too redolent of a regular song with lyrics instead of my piano duet thing I've been up to. I even had lyrics - was going to do a song with vocals this time. But it ain't happening. My streak ...

Each and every song I post, I ask myself how heavy and annoying my accent is. I try my best to avoid/reduce it. But I can't listen with native's ears. So - if not for Songfight! - I prefer writing and singing in German language. I don't find it annoying at all. It is a trait that distinguishes you ...

And the Lamb I really enjoy this one. I wish I could understand even half of what you're singing. As it is I can't understand any of the lyrics almost. Which feels like a shame because I like the tune and your voice, and it is kind of delightful. Reminds me of White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes some...

I’m in. Didn’t think I would be, but I had an idea and then used the project as a nice time for many little 15-minute breaks away from holiday hecticity.

What'd'ye know I'm in, against all odds.

Jim of Seattle I immediately got Steve Reich vibes, and this was reinforced as the vocals came in at the end. I had to flip through some stuff, but I'm thinking "City Life" in particular. Please let me know if you've heard that record or if you were explicitly referencing it! I've been a ...

I posted this in the wrong thread. This is the Director’s Cut of my iwlyg, which was not finished enough to my liking when the bell rang.

https://jimofseattle.s3.amazonaws.com/S ... Cut%29.mp3

I know I said I wasn't going to write reviews, but sheesh, everyone else is and it's nice of them and I feel like a slacker not playing along so here we go. My caveats hold, however. You may notice that I wrote a lot more about heine and that's just because I noticed he mentioned what he was hoping ...

OK, I'm finished with I Won't Let You Go. This is the Director's Cut. As mentioned earlier, I wasn't totally done with it at the deadline. All around better and more what I envisioned from the start.
https://jimofseattle.s3.amazonaws.com/S ... s+Cut).mp3

Jim You always have such a unique style. I remember when you did Welcome to Windows and I was blown away by your creativity. I was a little scared at the beginning by the repetitive use of the title but the piano music following it was nice. Even though I really like it, I don't think I can vote fo...

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Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:40 pm

I don't have a confirmation email yet. I sent mine in Sunday. Or has no one got theres yet?

I got mine right away this morning.

WHY I AM NOT WRITING REVIEWS I used to think writing reviews was the funnest part of SF, and I enjoyed really thinking hard about everyone's entries, and it was a process I loved because I was really mostly doing it for myself, to add to my never ending mental list of musical ideas that work or don'...

I'm in. Ran out of time. For the official record, I need another hour to balance the mix properly. I need another day to fix the arrangement, and I need another couple days to re-organize the form. Note to self in case I ever go back to this for some reason.

In. I spoke the title into the mic. I permitted myself to speak the title only once, and however it came out in that first take was what I required myself to use. Then I spoke it a second time to determine how I would end the piece. Again, I required myself to use that one take. This is how I made a...

I've really enjoyed the bonus covers round, both recording and listening. It's so interesting to hear what people do with the songs and it feels like a mini collaboration where someone is bringing something different to the party. I've always preferred writing with others, or at least I have done h...

Here are my reviews, in no particular order. Really enjoyed this spintunes competition and I'm intrigued to see who will be crowned the champion. Jim of Seattle - Variations on an End The scenario that played around in my head whilst listening was a piano with the 2 singers either side having a min...

Belated defense of my having NOT cheated in the two chord rule, based on what I heard in the podcast. I knew that putting the F in the bass on the dm7 chord could make it an Fmaj chord, which is why I painstakingly make sure there was a D also in the chord any time the F was the bass note! Which mak...

Stuff I quoted just so I could tag Jim... Hey Jim, I saw in the live chat on the listening party that my music reminds you of Margo Guryan, so I looked her up today and I fricking love this album so much! Thank you! Everyone else, do yourself a favour: https://songwhip.com/margo-guryan/take-a-pictu...

So Cybronica, I have gone through Banshee half a dozen times now. I think it's pretty cool, and when listening I found my imagination starting to go hog wild on it, which is a good sign in my book. I don't think it reaches nearly its potential, which is high. Right away, the verse hook that comes do...

Hey everybody, listened to everything. Lots of interesting things that this cruel, cruel challenge brought forth! If you are interested in any feedback, PM me and happy to go into however much detail you are interested in. Thanks for the fun hour! Hey Jim! Even though I’m a little late, I’d love to...

Aww... means a lot. I realize that music criticism doesn't affect me much at all, but I'm taking review criticism hard. Go figure, Reap what ya sow I guess. But the real reason I am posting is that I'm really hoping that if people post covers for this Round 5 that the SpinTunes overlords will let ev...

In the spirit of giving an opinion to try and make something better, I feel like your reviews have really useful information in them, but your way of expressing that information can sometimes be a bit too narrow. Of course, you can only come at something from your view, but the way you tend to phra...