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The Fight: 3rd out of 30 Entries
I'm in the process of buying a house and moving. Do the math. :)
The Jason Wells:
Happy stuff, I really like it. Congrats on the house, by the way...misterorange:
Nice stuff!bluelang:
well-produced boredom. (sorry, josh) (rock more)Scott Hand:
Great guitar playing. With that style, you don't need any percussion. Building off of bluelang's comment. This could either rock more, or be more laid back. Either make the bass and drums add more, or cut them out. I like your singing a lot, though. I wish that when you did the backup vocals that they were harmony instead of just octaves. A major third up would sound perfect with this song.krisis:
It's a little dorky, but you work it so damned well. Agreed on needing some thirds (or fifths?) rather than the octaves. I felt like the vocal tone on the bridge wasn't quite right (wanted it a little more glowy/belty to go with the chords). The whole "Garage ... existance" line felt too shoe-horned, especially compared to the next one. How could a Peter Mulvey fan not be quality?JBB:
This would sound more rockin' if the vocal recording were as gritty as you've made the guitar. What drums do you use? They sound nice. Your mixing skill makes me incredibly jealous. Oh, and your guitar playing. Damn you.Frankie:
I know you wrote this song for SongFight, but it's hard for me to get too excited about the lyrical content of this song. There are some witty lines (rhyming "california" with "warn ya"), but I'd like to hear some kind of subtext (if it's there and I missed it, I apologize for being dense). Good playing, pleasant singing--song is [okay].Yet it's my real name:
Wow, you win the best guitar player award. It's a little too white-boy-acoustic-guitar-funk for my taste, but it's well done and I like it anyway. Demerit for rhyming "California" with "warn ya". Good production, good structure, good performance, good song.The 'Over:
Josh(winstoomanytimes)Woodward: Oh shit, guitar dude, give it!!! Stop being so good. You really can make a good song. Nothing original though, try going somewhere new because that could be really scarily good instead of this formulaic stuff.Eddiebangs:
I hate you. You are great. Totally Globe. That is all. A (#2)Pennsylvania Guitar Trio:
Awesome. Plain and simple. Bonus points for the 12 string. Jukeboxed!King Arthur:
reminded me a little bit of David Wilcox (that's a compliment). California / warn ya is another one of those lines that is probably overused to the point of counting against a song rather than for it... nice recording, keeper. "path of least resistance" line is nice.Vinyl Boy:
Holy crap. Josh Woodward just made a song that I won't be deleting. This seriously took me by surprise. I almost choked on the doughnut I was eating when I heard this. Possible vote.ethanrand:
dude, i don't want to vote for you again, but i just might have to. such effortless goodness. josh, you make it seem easy to crank out hot tunes. i'd love to see you stretch your wings a little more -- why not get some dudes to come in and play some horns or something? it would be neat to hear you bring in some other talent just for kicks. i want to hear you play live...when are you coming to NYC?Jim of Seattle:
If youre gonna do a musically simple, simple song with mostly minimal harmonic and melodic material like this one, then youve got to make it worth our while by giving us lyric interest. This song does just that. As it started, I was thinking Oh, this groove again. Yawn, yeah yeah, youve got it down. Very good, whatever but then the lyrics actually sucked me into the song. The clean and clear imagery and the smart wordplay and the wonderful prosody dancing, the fact they can be heard and understood. Really outstanding. (Does anyone else hear King Arthur all way through this song?) Fantastic job. Im so very jealous. What am I doing writing songs when my peers are this good? 8 out of 10 fights this would get my vote. Really sucks that you happen to share a fight with the Lunkhead song, because this is a total vote-getter for me normally. (Winners' Circle)The Voice Inside Your Head:
the lyrics are awesome, the guitar is nice and funky. i was waiting for it to break into something much bigger, and it kind of does with the drums and percussion and stuff coming in, and then it builds some more when you say "probably never gonna see the light of day", nice dynamics. great song altogether, though it would be really difficult to surpass your "troublemaker"!Puce:
awesome as always. The stereo 12 string sounds like four guitars at once.historyman68:
Does the word "crap" belong in this song? I'm not sure. Pleasant enough. Nice hand-drum there, along with the set. It's funny but you're the only one so far that I've said, "wow, he sounds maybe a little too worked up about some boxes." I'm only being a little hard on you because you're obviously one of the best. Good ending, though. I think. I was about to say you should've ended on the tonic, but then I thought the IV was appropriate because of the possibility inherent in the song, then I thought that if you're such a hot shit acoustic guitar guy you should have some really fancy chord at the end. But I'm just tired, so don't mind me.Dan the Apathetic:
nice guitar playin' homes. good rhythm on the vocals too. this could get you laid by some john mayer fans.bortwein:
You always seem to get my foot tapping. I loved the sound of your guitar. I really enjoyed this one and I dont question the use of the word crap in the song at all. This would be a possible Vote from me this week if I werent in the fight. (I need my one vote)Ice Weasel:
wow, your recording sounds professional. cool.Lunkhead:
i also think you win too much. we all know you wrote/recorded this last thursday on a whim. come on, people, don't let him win so easily! :) seriously, though, the music is well done, as usual. the lyrics aren't as strong. they seem pretty wordy, without actually saying a lot ("i have stuff, it's old, i'm moving, etc."), but that's just my opinion.