Review: Is this any good

Subject: Review: Is this any good
From: folkyshaun
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:19 AM

Just looking for an opinion on one of my tunes. Well not exactly all mine as some Scottish bloke might have had something to do with the lyrics. (o; Ive always been a big folk fan and decided to have a do at a few and perhaps do some gigs. Though i have a low opinion of my voice and wondered what people thought...
http://www.myspace.com/beardsallowed

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Zen
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:27 AM

Well I personally thought it was totally excellent... both the tune and the quality of playing and singing.

Very best of luck with your initiative!

Zen

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Becks
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:40 AM

And I think it is bloody marvelous! I would come and see you play and pay! Guitar and voice are lovely in both tone and quality.

Infact... do you go to any folk clubs or such like? I notice from your myspace you are from the north east.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:40 AM

I agree! Love the tune you've given it and I don't usually like it very much when a tune deviates from what I am used to. Excellent playing and singing. I esp. like that your voice is clear and strong without being overbearing. Good luck and thanks for sharing!! And, welcome to the Mudcat Cafe!

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 10:58 AM

That's just fine.

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From: gnu
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 11:00 AM

Ditto.

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From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 11:10 AM

Yes, lovely. Can't imagine why you have a low opinion of your voice - I don't!

I couldn't hear anything when I first got onto the page, so remember you may need to adjust the volume slider on that site's own player (horizontal bar, right above "Plays today").

Nice stuff -

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From: Banjiman
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 11:14 AM

That's nice!

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: GUEST,folyshaun
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 11:48 AM

Thanks for the positive comments. Im from Leeds just updated the myspace thingy.Didnt realise it said northeast. Im gonna get a set together and do some folk clubs.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: topical tom
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 02:39 PM

All best luck to you! Both voice and music sound fine.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 06:09 PM

i have come back to hear it, again. I really like it!

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From: kendall
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 07:41 PM

I like it.Interesting guitar work. Open tuning?

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From: jacqui.c
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 07:46 PM

Nice voice, good arrangement. Keep us up to date with any gigs you get - I'm sometimes in the UK.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Don Firth
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 08:09 PM

Excellent, folkyshaun! Nothing at all wrong with the voice. Very good!

I think I can sympathize with the feeling. People tell me I have a good singing voice and I've made my living singing for a goodly portion of my life, so I guess it can't be that bad. Nevertheless, just about every time I hear a recording of myself, it's major cringe time! Never quite up to what I want it to be.

But from over here, your voice sounds fine. Clean, clear, and pleasant to listen to.

And the guitar work is really nice. But one suggestion, if I may:   the instrumental interlude between verses is very good, but if it were me, I would not play it between every verse. I'd use it a bit more sparingly. Like seasoning.

Your mileage may vary. . . .

Don Firth

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From: olddude
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 08:12 PM

PERFECT and one of my favorite songs
great great Job

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From: van lingle
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 09:40 PM

Very nice Shaun. You have a very distinctive voice and I really dug the accompaniment. Hope to hear more.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: folkyshaun
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 02:46 AM

Guitar was tuned to b f# b f# b c# Yeah i think your right Don arrangment still needs a bit of work.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Fidjit
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 03:10 AM

Yeah nice. Intro is a shad long, but then I don't like long intros to songs. I prefer to get straight at the meat and gravy.
See you on MYSPACE
Chas

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: frogprince
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 03:36 PM

You've got nothing to be ashamed of there, Folkyshaun; nicely done.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Harmonium Hero
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 04:00 PM

Nowt wrong wi' the voice. I've never been impressed with mine either, but people keep telling me I've got a lovely voice. You never hear your own voice the way others hear it. And, of course you are the one - being the operator - who knows all the shortcomings. But you've nowt to worry about, I can assure you. Hope to hear you around the clubs.
John Kelly.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: Phil Cooper
Date: 25 Feb 09 - 03:31 PM

Made two friend requests (one from each band I'm in).

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: folkyshaun
Date: 01 Mar 09 - 10:31 AM

I added another tune. I tried a straight live take. More of a live feel to this one.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: DADGBE
Date: 01 Mar 09 - 07:12 PM

Folkyshaun, you're asking the wrong question. I doesn't matter what anybody else thinks of your music. Do you like it? Does it move you? If you're good with it, others will be as well.

Just for the record, I loved it. . .

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: sharyn
Date: 01 Mar 09 - 11:17 PM

Yes, in my opinion, quite good. Listen to DADGBE above.

Subject: RE: Review: Is this any good
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 12:07 AM

If you were on the radio I would not change the station. If you were in a pub I'd turn away from the bar and put a dollar in your jar. The drone tuning and fingerpicking technique of the guitar accompaniment lends a solemnity to the tune, especially on the grim John Barleycorn arrangement.