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these are all songs written by me or songs that armon had little to no part in

this is a cover of st. james infirmary that i made (no help from armon)

http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/st....s_infirmary.mp3 (http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/st._james_infirmary.mp3)

this is a song i wrote and recorded called contretemps (no help from armon)

http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/Contretemps.mp3 (http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/Contretemps.mp3)

this is a (gay) song that i wrote and originally recorded vocals for but armon redid them


http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/ghail.mp3 (http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/ghail.mp3)

before i get any of these questions:

yes i wrote everything except for the st. james infirmary cover (duh) and even then i added my own shit to it

yes i wrote all of the lyrics as well as the music and drums and shit

no i dont think this music is anywhere near the quality of farther snake and if you think it is then i will beat u up

what about

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/170309/656...c_Manhattan.mp3 (http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/170309/65604_Electric_Manhattan.mp3)

I liked 'em both Taylor
I dunno if it's just me, but Contretempts had an Egyptian feel to it...

oh shit i didnt upload the last one lmfo

edited post to have the third song

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yeah basically everything i write has that scale

i guess thats what i get for listening to so much muse/the mars volta/system of a down

you're the second person i know to do st.james
redmongoose did a version of it, too

they all suck especially the last one

st. james infirmary blues has a lot of history behind it, you did a good job but i wish it had some sort of highs and lows to it, it all felt the same

the second song kind of annoyed me tbh

the third one i liked esp. the lyrics

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im nothin without u

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the second song kind of annoyed me tbh

the third one i liked esp. the lyrics

im probably going to add more to st. james infirmary like drums and more instruments as it goes on because it really does get sorta boring

i can understand why contretemps would bore people, i mean its just the same fuckin scale basically except for the chorus which is still prwetty similar

i guess i just had that riff stuck in my head one day and was like hey fuck it i'll make that into a song

third one is my least favorite because i think the lyrics i wrote are gay but its all good

well that's understandable but from a first-listener perspective i think the lyrics are great

thank u my nig!

shinin like a star is bettur

http://radio.furfag.com/last%20night%20on%20the%20earth.mp3 (http://radio.furfag.com/last%20night%20on%20the%20earth.mp3)

this is a cover of one of the new greenday songs from their new album

im not tha best singer but i didnt want it to just be guitar cuz that would be really boring

http://radio.furfag.com/last%20night%20on%20earth.mp3 (http://radio.furfag.com/last%20night%20on%20earth.mp3)

this version is better

ok this is the thrid version of the fucking song

http://hlg.furfag.com/last%20night%20on%20earth%20final.mp3 (http://hlg.furfag.com/last%20night%20on%20earth%20final.mp3)

listen to this one and not the other shitty ones

this one has armon vox

btw i'm gonna keep bumping this until people stop ignoring it

i recorded that with my laptop mic

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ok cool

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are you all really that gay that none of you will fucking listen to this

i mean seriously its like 3 minuts and i spent a lot of time on it whATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE

<ropesnake> THE POOP DIED TODAYS WHILST TAKING A DUMP HE TWAS A GOOD POOP

Here, I found something comparable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGS8vvQKg14

^that was fucking gay as shit

the song is good

alot different than what you guys normally do

I kinda wish it had stayed slow instead of kinda speeding up at the end

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alot different than what you guys normally do

I kinda wish it had stayed slow instead of kinda speeding up at the end

i was just tryin to break up the monotony at the end but yeah its kinda a lame way to do it

thanks 4 the input!!!

great cool! after bumping this thread 3 or 4 times i finally got one legitimate reply!!! thanks guys!!!!!

alright I was avoiding this thread because I'm really not into that style of music
but these songs are well-produced
Contretemps would be better if it wasn't that same scale over and over again but it was good

and yeah anyways this deserves more attention from people who like that sorta shit and can actually talk about it

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i did some more covers

the first one you all probably know:

http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/pla...bout_a_slut.mp3 (http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/player.php?file=827sI9_about_a_slut.mp3)

it's about a girl by nirvana

i didnt put very much time in the recording (i just recording gutiar and singing at the same time and then added a lot of compression) but i like the way it turned out (other than the obvious fuckups in the first chorus where i forgot the words and other shit)

then this next one is nightgown of the sullen moon by they might be giants

http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/pla...Sullen_Moon.mp3 (http://www.thebackalleys.com/ok/public/player.php?file=848Xb7_Nightgown_of_the_Sullen_Moon.mp3)

this one is a bit more "polished" i guess

hey faggots am i critique repelent or something why is it that nobody ever says anything bout my shit

even if you say it sucks it's better than no responses

I liked the song for a slut but I think the sound of the guitar is too strong and I can barely hear what youre singing

I dont know if you can record the guitar first and then your voice later on but thats probably what id do

I dont know a lot about music tough

i CAN do that but i didnt for that

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Okay I'll say something since you really want input....

The first one was really rough. The guitar was all over the place (like the beat dun dun dun was not consistent and had little gaps) and it was recorded way too loud, like your voice sounded really stressed trying to sing over it. It kinda lost its status as a music piece when you interrupted to say "there would be a solo here blah blah", and it turned this into a "recorded practice session". And you took large gasps right into the piece which kinda reinforces the idea that this was not something expected to be listened on a playlist, but a one-timer to see how you're doing. I still think it has merit in that sense. You can play well; it just needs practice to get the rhythm of the strings down. And you could exercise more singing techniques where you practice to hold air in your diaphragm and project it clearly so it's not wheezing. But it's better than what I can do, since I have no idea how to read music or have the openness to attempt singing out loud to an audience.

The 2nd one was a little better. It had a lonely air to it. And the guitar beat was nice. It overall sounds more cohesive in terms of sound intermixing with the singing. Like the way the words went up and down, became the 2nd line of rhythm or something. I think this one could probably be redone to sound even better and has more potential to become something a person would listen to on a player than the 1st song. Maybe the next song you can add a little more spice to it? I know it's not really the same, but if vaguely reminded me of this: (like the way it's telling a story and has a repeating main line used as a chorus) although this has a little more "rock" to it, but that might help your own sound too?? Idk, its a suggestion and I have no idea if you'll like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S082UFTt8Ac (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S082UFTt8Ac)

thanks for the input though i'd like to remind you i didn't write either of the songs

also that song was like some annoying pop punk bullshit

i like that song

http://www.myspace.com/taylorbortnermusic (http://www.myspace.com/taylorbortnermusic)

ok a lot of shit is on there (some of it i've already posted in this thread)

i hope you guys like it !!!

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Cool Response My Friend.

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