Ross Durand I hope you are able to hear past it to the artistic intent. Oh yeah, I totally could. That was just a bit of production nit-picking. The strings were actually pretty subtle and worked well when they first came in, and I completely got what you were going for. Too bad we don't all have a...

glennny wrote:@BGM- Furry Pedro is VERY British as well as Becci. Melvin is Canadian. Frisbee Ken and Glen are West Coast Yanks.

Cool. Wasn't doubting, by the way, just curious if it was the real thing (or a reasonable facsimile.)
Seems like you are outnumbered by Commonwealthers!

Really impressive round. ADD Great song. No doubt about it. I don't know how strict the judges will be about form, 'cause yeah, choruses. Really great song, though. Nothing bad to say about it. bgm I was a bit rigid about sticking to the villanelle form, which was hard. This required writing the lyr...

Can I just say that the cover art for this week's song is fucking awesome?

Cassettes by bgm if we were boxes filled with empty space amongst the useless junk our lives accrue cassettes without a label or a case so easy to exist without a face tell crying tales as if each one were true if we were boxes filled with empty space the trick to find the perfect trusting place in...

frankie big face wrote:I have a feeling that guy is going to do a good job with this.

Oh man, I don't know about that.
If you'd asked me a few hours ago, before I saw the Wikipedia page, I'd have said a Villanelle was a female bad-guy or something.

Villanelle.

Cool!

I don't know if anyone saw my Round 2 reviews because they took me a while, so I tried to do these in a more timely manner. Great round. ADD Always a fan of your voice. Just effortless and natural. I like the acoustic verses better than the middle freakout section. Production sounds great. bgm Wish ...

Elizabeth the Great by bgm you never let me call you Betty no more you're someone different when you walk outside that door I kinda think I liked you better before you tried to be somebody else you roll your eyes at everything that I say pretend you didn't used to talk the same way it's like you're...

In.
And headed for the highway.

roymond wrote:

Jefff wrote:

roymond wrote:I believe songwriting challenges can help you write better songs. But they're not these songs. These are the exercises, the homework, the tests.

Well, great. We all accidentally enrolled in Song College.

Maybe bootcamp is closer to the mark.

I'd say it's more "home-schooling."

Am I getting worse? Am I losing my ability to tell a good sound from a bad sound? A good idea from a bad one? NO. YOU ARE NOT. You are way overthinking this. It's a website with songs on it. I'm going to take a break from Song Fight for a while. I'll probably be back, but I don't know when. I think...

Oh my. I fear this round may be my undoing, because: 1. Elizabeth the Great 2. Whatever bacteria or disease I have caught is showing no signs of subsiding; today's gifts the virus has left me include a dull-pained, doughy lump in my throat upon swallowing and a completely plugged left ear. 3. This w...

glenny wrote:BGM- Booo! I hope you enjoyed your immunity.

I didn't. I have a bastard of a cold. I guess the timing was right. Just hope it goes away by tomorrow.

Things aren't quite so insane tonight so I thought I'd do some reviews on this great last round. Adam Adamant Kind of a Foster the People vibe going on! I like the mix of uke and beats better in this song than last week's, it fits the song better and you've arranged it in a more interesting way. I t...

nyjm wrote: bgm
--- some stops are too long ---
--- percussion is too hot, especially those fills, which are painfully so ---

I debated about that first stop.
Heh. The fills are my absolute favourite part.

Sent mine at 4:29.
Then I sent it again at 6:35 with the actual mp3 attached.

The Best Place In Town Is Also The Darkest by bgm in this town with these people around I prefer to stay down in my basement wet and cold in the dark and the mould and there's no one I've told it's a secret I don't mind that they look and can't find me the dark makes me blind and it's good the brig...

Sad to see you go, Idiot King.
Good luck with your stuff.

frankie big face wrote:Am I insane or am I the only one who heard the hidden message in BGM's song at the end? Something to the effect of "it's our fate you're sealing."

Ding ding ding!

bgm +++ yes! +++ +++ fantastic integration of the challenge: rich, dynamic and punchy +++ +++ it's a bold stylistic choice, but i like that the "stumble", especially how it pays off in the round +++ +++ not a round, a catch +++ Thanks! Yeah, a catch is a round. After not being able to thi...

congrats Ross!