Midge McKay
Comments
20
domj
Jul 13, 2006
Hi,
never listened to your stuff before which seems really dum of me seeing as you've got a great collection of songs.
'Brand new' i really like.
Got to come back and listen to the rest later.
Thanks :)
thelegendaryfredmiller
May 01, 2006
Thanks for stopping by, Midge.
Glad the music is to your liking. No reason to put it on display if no one listens. That's why I love to cruise around and visit others to let others know someone is listening. There's a lot of fabulous music out here.
Stop on by anytime... the coffe's always hot.
Road Apples
Apr 30, 2006
Hey Midge - just listening to your songs. Under the Ice strikes me as a good dose of Britpop - music which takes me back to my younger days when i loved the whole British music scene; Example some of the stuff by Blur, or even Soft Boys from earlier times.
Raise your Hand - also a great song.
I gotta ask - why don't you sing with the thick Caledonian accent like the Proclaimers (another band that comes to mind). Is it just local dialect differences?
Good stuff - I'll keep listening
Jeff
thelegendaryfredmiller
Apr 29, 2006
Hi Midge.
I saw some of your posts on SC Seniors and popped in for a listen. You have a very nice folk style and good songwriting skills, as well as a nice voice and skills with the guitar. Good attributes for a musician indeed. About the only thing your works need is production techniques, just a bit of noise and mixing levels, nothing insurmountable. The quality of the music is certainly fabulous. Being an old porch musician a lot of my music is similar. I'm just am old folkie ex-hippie with a computer. I'm not perfect, that's for sure.
Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed going through your tunes. I particularly liked the guitar work in "We've Always Time".and the tune "Closely, Closely". Great work.
redriverbunny
Jan 04, 2006
Hi Midge,
I like your stuff - I'm an acoustic fan. I really like "Brand New" - had to listen to it a few times.
See you on the boards.
Shelly
thorgar
Nov 18, 2005
Raise your hand - definitley captured the menacing lockstep vibe.
rachaelb
Aug 02, 2005
Liked your songs. i listened to fireworks of last night and Brand new. really liked both of them. your a good guitar player n great vocal.x
the phugs
Jun 22, 2005
arh you're orwite them songs is good like init.
tricker
May 26, 2005
You play really well...you create all this melos youself???Then you are professional...
9/10
But your singing is not so good...
vox populous
Apr 19, 2005
yeah i like ya style, rough raw and ready, words are free so keep doing your thing. im new
testacy
Apr 19, 2005
WHATS GOING ON FROM AUSTIN TEXAS, MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE WORLD...PEACE!
midge mckay
Apr 17, 2005
Thank you all for your kind words, thank you.
rhythmdoctor
Apr 13, 2005
Man, I just listened to Lazy Days and Mary-Anne and I gotta say, I loved them both. You sure know how to write a great song. You and I have much in common musically, we both like to keep it simple. You know, I believe a form of musical genius is taking a simple idea or progression or riff and making it a great song. Adding extra chords and complicated timing etc... usually ends up complicating the listener's good vibe. Seriously, you got a great thing going, don't let anyone steer ya different. Peace.
P.S. I saw your review by Steve Gilmore but the song wouldn't play, so I randomly chose those songs. I'm glad I did. I will definitely be checking some more of your stuff soon. Keep me posted on anything new.
interconnectedfemale
Apr 07, 2005
Hey midge
I love acoustics and "Brand New" is great - Oh how i can relate to the lyrics!
Will be sure to come back :)
Anne-Marie
Candice & Nadinne FanSpace
Mar 25, 2005
G'day Midge:)
welcome to SC you have some really good songs here :) We agree with Steve Alan:) Keep the music happening:) We'll be back again soon:)
cheers
Nadinne and Candice
gts4dls
Mar 22, 2005
Hi I enjoyed my visit and I like your
sound I will be back for more good luck
DeAnn Sanders
Bob Grez
Mar 21, 2005
Hey Midge, welcome to the country boards! Post any time. I check the acoustic board posts all the time. So don't worry, it's OK. LOL
I like Would You Say Yes and Fireworks. Make for real nice listens.
I noticed your homeless support sign. Check out my song After She Is Gone. It's about a bag lady I used to see in Brooklyn, New York. I don't usually ask this, just thought you'd be interested.
RCV
Mar 20, 2005
Hey Midge,
You've got some pretty good stuff, some of it reminds me of early Who for some reason like on Fireworks....The Ocean is alright too, overall I think the quality of the recordings are lacking a tad but as I said musically very well done.....
StevenAlan
Mar 17, 2005
The Oceans Bring A Tear to My Eye by Midge McKay
Critiqued by Steven Alan
For an artist to create a song using only a guitar and voice is brave. Midge McKay gets his kudos for taking a risk. Every artist would not agree to do an acoustic song. The artist must really be capable or is ignorant to their lack of capability. In this case it is both.
The vocals are nothing extraordinary but they are tolerable. The vocals are overshadowed by the music at times. Toward the end of the song there is a part where you can barely hear the artist’s voice. That should have been left in the outtake pile. It really qualifies as one of those WTF moments.
The lyrics do have a message worth telling. They are morally awakening.
The guitar playing is acceptable. No major surprises are waiting for the listener. At least no crimes of overproduction are committed. In the end acoustic songs are not the easiest songs to tackle. Once again kudos is given to Midge McKay for his brave attemp
Hi Midge, My favorite of your music is 'Apologies' Like the lyrics and your voice is great in it. The song has the emotion I like. Wow, just realized i was the last poster, it's only taken me over a year to listen again :s You should have more comments though, i think you've got a real talent for writing songs and am quite envious. domj.