Thursday, February 18, 2016

January's Winning Song!

I felt it was a nice change of pace with the January songs.  Instead of specifying a genre and subject, as we have always done, we set a number of chords to limit the song writing process.  What resulted was each song was more representative of the person who wrote it.  All styles and genres were accepted and we had a big diversity as a result!
After two weeks of voting, we had a clear winner, and he was no other than Danny Imig with his song, "I Quit School 'Cause they had Recess'  Check it out here...


Congratulations, Danny!  Good work, as always!  We will be doing David Bowie (RIP) covers for February so watch out for those coming soon!

Monday, February 1, 2016

January's "Chords" Songs

For January, a set list of chords was put forth and the songs could ONLY use those chords.  This is a far different stipulation than normal, and it came through with great results!  Each song is quite a bit different and they all are great in their own ways.  Check them out and vote for your favorite below!

Ryan Kinal - My Last Night
My comments:  I dont think I have ever heard such an upbeat and catchy song about dying!  This song is a lot different than Ryan's other offering since it features an electric guitar playing lead and a solo.  I really enjoy the song and think the separate vocals for the different characters is a fun touch!

Rene Zansman - Predestined to Dull
My comments:  When I saw the length of Rene's song (about 4 minutes) I was a little reluctant but I ended up REALLY liking it.  The chorus has a great feeling of happy and sad at the same time.  The whole song is really catchy, too.  It gets a little sloppy towards the end during the solo but that's pretty minor in the scheme of things.

Brian Salapek - January
My comments:  Here's another instrumental track of mine.  It is a lot more effects heavy than I usually make my songs, but I think it works well.  I originally recorded this song on my loop pedal completely improvised but liked it enough to work it out into a whole song (by adding the chorus) and recording it properly.

Danny Imig - I Quit School 'Cause They Had Recess
My comments:  Danny's song has an awesome country feel to it.  This song came from Danny's 2006 album, Space is Your Friend, which he has submitted a few other fun songs from.  I like that this song has the country twang but is fast and upbeat enough to even touch into a little of the punk territory.  It's upbeat, a little sloppy and fun!

Vote for your favorite!