His Last Few Days by bgm At the start his dreams were killed Each day his hopes went unfulfilled Long, hurtful years of ache and grief The crying nights with no relief With each and every painful move He'd hoped someday things might improve And longed for just one happy day But it was not to be tha...

Wow, this one went up fast.

That's what she said.

And....in!

Thought I'd try writing some lyrics first, before coming up with the music, which I pretty much never do. Got some verses written and started trying to come up with some chords...a few minutes into a promising chord structure I realized that it was "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves." So yeah, b...

I assume the buttons give you some sort of accompaniment type thing depending on what note you play lower on the keyboard. Exactly. The lower keyboard is the bass. The "SINGLE FINGERED CHORD" button just plays a major chord when you hold down a key on that lower keyboard, or the "FIN...

Thanks for the reviews! I'm a sucker for cheesy synth and blatantly fake drums, and there are certainly those here, and the melody is pop at its sweetest. To me this feels like if Fountains of Wayne got trapped inside a Casio. it sounds like an auto song off my old casio keyboard The Casio comments ...

Bad Boys at Bat Mitzvahs: Is that a Honeymooners sample? Kinda sounds like Norton. It's a great groove, for sure. Seems like not enough happens though. I do like the sad growl at the end. Shamanizer: Interesting. I'd pan the kinda flangey guitar line that's in the middle off-center a bit so your vo...

...what if the voting system would be changed like voting would be possible only by entering a review for each participant (not just checking). This would also make it harder to enter illegitimate votes :) The now-defunct garageband.com did this. The problem with that scenario is that then people j...

BBABM wrote:if i had a nickel for every time someone entered and didn't review

Guilty as charged.
Going to force myself to make time this round.
Hopefully that won't come back and bite me in the ass.

Really sappy one in the works. Oh man.

Thanks for the kind words guys. The comments are well taken regarding low-end and mixing; I bought some Yamaha HS50m's at Christmas and I still haven't re-calibrated my ears to mix with them. I'm finding it kind of frustrating and have yet to be happy with a mix since. Currently doing a lot of readi...

Beaten Man by bgm beaten man you're better than all the people who are laughing at your short attention span soon you can complete your plan when you'll lock the doors and drive away in your delivery van and you'll spend your days in sun never seeing anyone using up the cash you keep inside a can a...

Been a while for me, but I threw one together last night and managed to get one emailed in by about 2.30am.
(Never got my confirmation email, though?)

I didn't read any reviews before posting this, trying to have fresh ears and be as unbiased as possible. Here goes. Berkely Social Scene : I'm liking the combination of geeky dude rock with a female vocalist. The sudden change into a Rush song for the choruses made me smile. Really loving the bass t...

Boron Rod by bgm The things you don't notice The day after day The damp and the mould and decay The person who loved you In every way But now it's just crumbling away You still say things look fine I can see that they're not There's a way we can stop it And save what we've got Like those spikes for...

In under the wire. Didn't think it was going to happen. I was just rudely sick this week and it is just obscenely fucking cold in Toronto. Started writing something this afternoon while waiting for the Ikea delivery truck to bring our bedroom wall unit. Then later to the basement, in which I record ...

Thanks for all the great comments, guys, I really appreciate it. And the votes. The various "alternative guy" "90's-sounding" references made me chuckle; I'd totally not heard it that way. The points about mixing are well-taken also; mixing/mastering is my least favourite part of...

This is my first round and I'm not entirely sure of the proper protocol. I've been sort of torn about reviewing or not...on the one hand nobody knows who the hell I am so it seems kind of arrogant or presumptuous of me to come in and start commenting on people's stuff; on the other hand I don't want...

Niveous wrote: (hey what does bgm stand for?)

It's actually my initials, but it seems to be used as short for "background music" quite a bit.
Often in video game speak, but also on blogs and forums and stuff, as in:

mood: sulky
bgm: Kraftwerk

which I kind of like.

Cakes by bgm "We're sad you're leaving after only one year, John." "But sir, my name is James and it's been three." "Well, John, the girls arranged some cake, so please drop by the break room at 4:30." let them eat it "Sign this card, it's for that guy who's leavin...

Been lurking on and off for years. Finally decided to get off my ass and actually post something. I almost did the "After Hours" one a while ago; got half a song written and then lazed out the day before. Hoping to being a bit more productive in the future, recording songs in my dark and t...