Flood Plain

[Coises_foiled_again]

A new song:

[url=http://www.coises.com/songs/floodplain.htm]Flood Plain[/url]

Jamstix contributes a lot that I would have no idea how to invent from scratch... I used Standard Rock with a snare added on 4-1/2 and the velocities adjusted, plus Phil, with a few tweaks, playing Deep Modern downmixed — no kit changes or processing beyond Jamstix internal defaults, except what’s on the mains.

Now, if Jamstix could only get drunk and trash the bathroom, it would be just like having a real drummer...

[md_optofonik]

I liked most everything I listened to and hope you're sharing your music with a live audience somewhere. It would be a shame to keep it confined to the internet. Some truly inspired moments; "Weeping willows at midnight,.." brilliant.

The voice on "A Friend Request" is wonderful. A tinge of "you know who" but then, you knew that already. It's a good thing and a nice change from the double tracking. Interesting to hear where you would end up if you explored that direction a little bit more but not to the detriment of the rest.

I think you might like Stephin Merritt if you give him a listen. If you haven't already.

[Coises_foiled_again]

I liked most everything I listened to and hope you're sharing your music with a live audience somewhere. It would be a shame to keep it confined to the internet. Some truly inspired moments; "Weeping willows at midnight,.." brilliant.

The voice on "A Friend Request" is wonderful. A tinge of "you know who" but then, you knew that already. It's a good thing and a nice change from the double tracking. Interesting to hear where you would end up if you explored that direction a little bit more but not to the detriment of the rest.

I think you might like Stephin Merritt if you give him a listen. If you haven't already.

Thank you!

Alas, though I enjoy singing and playing, I’m not cut out to be a performer. There was a lot of computer-based juggling involved in getting those tracks to sound even as good as they do; and still, to my mind, they’re song demos, not finished recordings. I hope people can enjoy listening to them, but I don’t expect them to wind up on anyone’s iPod.

[i:4df0596aa8]Searchlight[/i:4df0596aa8] (“Weeping willows at midnight”) was Neil Young-inspired. (There’s a hint of his [i:4df0596aa8]Borrowed Tune[/i:4df0596aa8] in there, but I hope not too much.)

Self-impressions can be tricksy, so I wonder if we heard the same thing. When I wrote and recorded [i:4df0596aa8]A Friend Request[/i:4df0596aa8] (quickest thing I ever did—from first inkling to finished vocal track in about eight hours, though re-dubbing the piano and making the mix took a few more days), I was quite consciously thinking of Tom Waits.

I have not heard of Stephin Merritt, but I will look him up.