I LOVE the dog in the background...! Adds realness and an interesting contrast to your lyrics. But I dig your performance quite a bit more...your voice is really tight and tense in this one, like you might want to drink some warm lemons and honey and warm up a bit more before recording, but it's still very pretty and tugs at our heartstrings nicely There are a couple of awkward spots lyrically, but nothing that really mars the whole piece for me. Please keep writing!

Aw, the first section's not so bad; there's so much you could do with it, though. You could sustain some of those syllables a bit longer to make room for a little more melodic material (eg "fa-a-a-all" vs "fall" hope that makes sense ). Nice transition after first verse, and I really like your chord progs. Some of my favorite lyrics from you...sad, but I can totally id with you Growing up really sucks sometimes, no? Anyway, keep up the good work!

Mmm, I can already hear why this one's your fave...that guitar intro is so sweet, lyric, sad! And you're right at home here vocally, too. Some of those bends that creep in so subtle on many lines ("below-ow is my home...") are beautiful. Gotta disagree w/ droquen...the aggressive singing would be a little inappropriate here, as this piece is all world-weariness, bleakness, and "I've stopped caring 'cause it hurts too much" (come on "sometimes I even get bored..."). Hands down, your best piece (and performance) yet. You threw a lot of energy into some spots that seemed a little random to me, so I guess a little more control over when to unleash the emo beast, so to speak, would add even more power to this piece. Anyway, congrats girl, and thanks for sharing so much of yourself

Good tune!

I really felt the emotion you put into this song. Your voice definitely sets the mood for this one. You seemed to be building up to a climax though and it never came...I was expecting aggressive singing after the second verse

Guitar playing was really nice and I dug the solo!

Really good track!

Starfaded - Sunken Reverie (acoustic folk)
This is indeed a rough recording, but I can sympathize. Besides, lack of slick production does not mean lack of great music, as this track demonstrates. The elements of guitars and vocals blend very nicely, and I think that’s all that matters; a little background noise only adds character.

The vocals are well-performed, but for a missed note or two, which I can easily overlook, seeing as how you are otherwise singing so well at lower end of your range. Your tone suits the song perfectly. The lyrics are decent enough (which is a compliment coming from me, as I am very critical of lyrics). There are a couple lines that struck me a bit iffy, but nothing to fret over.

For an acoustic folk song, this has a nice amount of character. The chords and the melody are repetitive upon analysis, but I enjoyed it so much that I barely noticed. Nice work; you have been added to my station.

Hey this really works. i love the intro, the way that one of the notes keeps sustaining under some of the final.this is a lovely piece.it is a relatively simple melody but that is counterpointed by a reasonably complex backing underneath.as the other poster said i like the 123 bit too.
best regards,
alexis

I dig your chord progressions. Your vocals are kinda tough to understand behind some of the heavier strumming, but you have a pleasant voice regardless. Nice moody piece.

Ah, I love that "123, 123" idea you use every 4 bars or so. This is such a sunny piece of music! Your voice sounds so melancholy over that cheerful guitar, it's a pretty sweet contrast. Nice work!

I'm a sucker for acoustic instrumentals, so you get points for that. I suppose the fact that it's actually a tight bit of music is just a bonus. Production's terrible, but I'm sure you already know that. Decent mics ain't cheap. Anyway, keep it up!

"Forgotten Sundays" is a much better song. it has a nice riff, the guitar playing is great and the songwriting is good too. the melody is interesting although i think it ends too soon. i like the lyrics and identified with them, i like your choice of words.
i see you have great potential, you just need to work on your a little more.
take it easy and keep going!

your voice is smoother than creammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

and that's good.

i commented on your song one aswell, because i really like it and have listened to it multiple times, i couldn't hear the lyrics on the song and now seeing them written down they are really good, goog, good all good :) i like the style

i liked ur notebook song the most it was really nice i liked your voice twas really nice and priginal, couldnt hear the words really, nice song, good work :)

I thought this was really nice... does seem a bit repetive when you read it...but i listened to your mp3 and you seemed to do it very well... i'd say 8 out 10... keep up the good work

great chord progression - nice tone on your guitar. The web cam mic doesn't do you any favours, but you can still hear what is a really nice piece of guitar. I really enjoyed it, from start to finish.

When selecting your mic - go for an SM57 if you have to get a dynamic mic, or...do some research on Condenser mic's and mic preamps, because THAT is the set-up that will make your music sound beautiful (especially classical acoustic playing with all its subtle harminics and dynamics).

'The Notebook Promise'... I really liked the lyrics, and the tone, but the chord progression stayed the same for the majority of the song, which, don't get me wrong, sounds great but it's possible to add flavor by keeping that progressive pattern and changing the key of it. The playing was amazing, and I've got to say, your voice is a very inviting one.

'Classical Cinematic Complexity' is a very nice progession, in both melody and in tone, I love how around the 1:02 mark you start strumming harder and getting more natural bite out of the guitar... it's the little things like that which make great music. Then you fall out of it beautifully into a picked rhythm. A major Kudos to you.

This isn't the music that I generally listen to, so I can't compare you to any other artists, but I can say that I enjoyed listening to your songs.

It was so mellow and nice to listen to...
You are on a great track. Keep working the way you are.

hey, really really good songs, especially quiver in my eye. Your voice is awesome it really fits the tabs and the tabs are pretty decent too... my only suggestion would be in the lyrics. The rhyming for both of them are essentially either aabb or abab, try to mix up the rhyming pattern a little to at least abcb so then you have two lines that be really creative. Other than that i'm really blown away, do u play in a band or is it just you?

okay, curiosity got the better of me, so i checked out 'quiver in my eye'
one again nice acoustic picking, good melody lines from the vocal, however it sounds again that your really holding back with your voice, effecting your vocal to be weak and sometimes going slightly out. you need to open your mouth wider and let your voice come out. also the melody line your using on the vocal has quite a diverse range and once again you struggle with the lower notes. i think you need to find where your vocal range is and work from there.
overall good acoustic picking, good melody, but a struggle in the vocal department. memorable. decent arrangement. awful production you need to sort out the hiss/vacuum cleaner noise in the background. are you using a standalone hardware multitrack recorder? digital or tape?

okay, your track descriptions made me laugh, they were quite funny. but however you put yourself down, when you shouldnt!

i listened to 'notebook promise' nice mellow picking on the guitar, good timing and it was interesting, the vocal that you valued as 'shit' was okay, but i do have a few suggestions for you, your melody line was good, but i felt it was a bit of a struggle getting those lower notes, try shifting the track up one semitone or two and see if your voice excels at that pitch, secondly there wasnt a chorus, there were solo guitar riffs, a chorus would have been better in my opinion, raising the pitch of your voice, as it is the melody line was memorable, but there was a chance to make it more memorable by lifting the track up with a chorus. i can hear a voice in there really wanting to come out, but i feel you are holding back.
the guitar solos wernt fantastic, but they were effective and there wasnt any bum notes, but i would shorten any guitar solos as you said, youve only just begun to do guitar solos, so your only going to impress yourself and not others. (been there done it, bought the t-shirt) so keep them short!

overall better than how you described it yourself, memorable (i can still hear it in my head) in your melody line, nice acoustic work, good arrangement, but maybe needs a vocal chorus.

production was bloody awful, but yeah i remember my first recordings on my old 4-track, so i cant pull you down about that!

keep it up!

btw, you should tell whoever is doing the vacuuming, not to do it while your recording