My notes. Brown Word and the Big Whine : Love the goofy space feel. Reminds me of the exceedingly off-genre Gravitational Forces from Robert Earl Keen. Or that post-mortem Jim Morrison poetry album. There's something about the capture of your vocal performances that I feel could be better - it's lik...

Strike Me Down Sober If to be good we need a threat of hell Instead of love for the sake of itself We’re just little sparks of light from some old stars that died above Here but for a moment from the dust I’ve never seen a person saved by anything but love It’s the only thing that ever is enough I ...

Yet another hiatus breaker here. First entry in about 15 months.

Mostly these two: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QkGGvO4bL._SL1200_.jpg https://waterloorecords.com/Photo/418461325916 https://www.billystrings.com/resources/_opt/Renewal-Cover.jpg Colter Wall, Tyler Childers, and Billy Strings. Billy is the latest addition to the rotation, and I'm really enj...

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Likewise belatedly chiming in here to say thank you to Daniel Sitler for covering my round 1 song. Very cool to hear such a different take on the material

One things that I don’t understand is ‘modern mix’. What exactly does that mean? I did a Google and it sent me to a page from 2006, so….. I would really appreciate if you could elaborate for me / you’ve got a very strong production capability and I’d love to understand more of what you’re thinking ...

It Never Comes by Sober Well every night I lie awake And think about the music that we’d make And all the chords that we once knew But now we only play the two Chorus She plays that seventh, and her bassline starts walkin to the four But it never comes, my darling don’t play the D no more I think b...

Governing Dynamics : bzzzzz. Very Deathcab. I love Deathcab. Thin out the kick drum during the chorus; the busy stuff is great for the verses, but the chorus is stadium rock time. The vocal is slightly too out front, and wanting a little more compression. Maybe bring up the band and throw a bit of ...

Thanks both for taking the time to write reviews. I have a genuine question about the auto-tuning comments, and I'm going to do something that makes me super-uncomfortable to assist with my question... One thing to get straight right up front - I'm not a singer. Outside of SpinTunes and FAWM, and v...

Quick thoughts. For reference, my focus tends to be on production and performance, rather than lyrical content. Also, I'm an idiot. Chas Rock : By Songfight standards, this is top-tier. Drunk groove, very fashionable. I'm very sad about your bass tone. Really needs more bottom end and punchy compres...

Sober - Leave the Ladder Do what makes you happy Never work a day in your life School and work and Sundays Retire at sixty five None of us want that exactly Even if we could afford it Just space, a little understanding And time alone to mourn it All that we want is a shot At the life that we were p...

Waiting for the Crash by Sober *note: links below for references some folks may not be familiar with. I took all the linked photos during my 2012 deployment Hear the jodies ringin’ in the back of your mind, singin’ C47 comin down the line It's a nice thought, gettin home overnight But a week in a c...

Kintsugi by Sober She looks at me through blue and green All the heartache she has seen When she cries the sky turns red All alone inside her head When she calls my name I come runnin we can sleep all day And hold each other, it's a goddamn shame I don't know any other way to be She looks at me thr...

Thanks for putting this together Ken.

For reference: I will be traveling in the UK for these dates, so I will not be able to MC. I'll try to put together a set of some kind though.

An irrelevant question I should have asked Blue years ago but I never did - someone might know… is Blue his real name? Blue is a very common nickname in Aus for people with red hair. I know lots of “Blues”. And it is now quite a common name for young kids - if their dads were “blues”. I don’t recal...

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Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:14 pm

Remember Song Skirmishes? For that matter I think he might have been behind those too!

That was me. I ran and hosted a few, and I think maybe Jon Eric took over from there.

This is terrible news. Blue's relentless, brutal criticism is what drove me to improve for years. He was never out of line with his comments, and he certainly wasn't wrong. I believe I got a "this isn't so bad" from him eventually, and I'm still buzzing on that, 15 years later. Meeting him...

I can co-host a night again if there's a need. Now that I have actual gainful employment, I don't know that I'll be able to contend with Glenn on content again. Long may he reign.

Optimistically, a July/August date will allow for a traditional live event