This is a cool recording, I love it when it's spontaneous. Your bottleneck playing is good and conveys the right blues feeling. I'll listen to your tracks once your fingernails are back! just a joke, I'm sure your other tracks are good too. Thanks for sharing.
I think there's some great ideas in there. To me it needs the bass a little more up front to anchor it or else periods with a more steady drum beat. Plus I felt like I was waiting for the drop after the intro that didn't quite come. But there's some beautiful dynamics in there and I like the track. I'll be interested to see how it devellops. Whew I don't generally critique to that level, I must like the track!
love the way it is built (the accoustic guitar, the drum, the voice). Great track really, we can feel you had fun to put it all together with your drumming pal!
JohnMatteson replied 19th Jan 2025 - 10 months ago
Oli, thanks so much for checking it out. Ya, I really dig the way John Doebke plays drums, he is the real deal. So stoked you dig the song!!
A nice loose blues feeling. You could potentially tighten it up a bit (and maybe speed it up, ZZ Top style?) but this is already very pleasant and a great jam!
JohnMatteson replied 17th Jan 2025 - 10 months ago
Thanks for listening, I usually set my bpm to around 110, this was 79. good constructive ideas, thanks again
Wow this is so darned coooool - love that country blues twanging - BTW- nail biting can be a sign of a mineral defficiency lol (sorry, sometimes my day job bleeds in here)! Kay0s
JohnMatteson replied 17th Jan 2025 - 10 months ago
Haha, nail biting and mineral deficiency, very interesting! So stoked you dig my jam KauOs, thanks for listening!
I smiled when I heard this - it sounds a bit psychedelic. I found myself imagining that you could smell the eucalyptus as you swang - that would make it a very heady experience indeed! The lyric 'But You Lord still stand true, I still can put all my trust in You' is genuis. If you think about how we get swept up and blown about by life, just like you in that tree, that lyric is even more potent. Christmas wishes to you Kay & Oli
JohnMatteson replied 21st Dec 2024 - 10 months ago
You are so cool to check this out and you really felt what I was feeling with the smell of eucalyptus all by myself me against the world at the top of that tree. Merry Christmas Kay & Oli
I can certainly understand the thought and intention of a song like this, Ive
done my fair share of them. My old lady cant handle it if i go too long without composing something for here these days, and this has given me an idea for that. Thank u for that, and well done, as well.
JohnMatteson replied 13th Dec 2024 - 11 months ago
Man so cool of you to check it out! Stoked you dig it, cant wait to hear what you come up with!
Wow I wanted to rock out to this - a fabulous vocal an d a really groovy guitar track - really enjoyed the listen Kay
JohnMatteson replied 12th Dec 2024 - 11 months ago
So stoked you like it K, I wrote this song years ago. It was nice having my buddy John Deobke playing drums on this. We used to be in a band together years ago called The Shreddin Eddies. Thanks for listening Kayos!
What a great groovy and flow with a huge and tasty, moody guitar play!!!
Though from the middle there is some slide, maybe in the acoustic guitar???
Perhaps, I'm wrong, if yes, I'm sorry ...
fistbump,
Danke
nice track John, great guitar, vocals are always on point as is the playing, you know i'm not a religious soul but today, i offered up a prayer to the fallen dead, its remembrance Sunday, lest we forget, we all want peace, will we ever get it, i very much doubt, i know what to expect when i press play, i listen because you always bring positive, i dont need to be religious to enjoy your work, well done again brother
Greetings, Although iam not much of a religeous person myself. But i do have a sense, when a track is good or not. And thats what iam here for. It was pleasant to listen to none the less. And the acoustic play i did do enjoy. So yeah a solid track and still well done. Verdi
Hi JohnM....another good strong message about faith and devotion to the true power. It's a good reminder and a necessary one.....good vocals and acoustic guitar.
It sure sounds rock John, I would say it is pure rock sound. Your solo guitar playing is what makes the song so beautiful, it is rather simple but clearly rock. I liked it a lot. I hope you find the right collaboration for the song to be completed .
My best regards, Anthony
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I like to give it a try to sing something on it.
Not sure if i can..im new with using my voice..but if i can i will let you know.
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done my fair share of them. My old lady cant handle it if i go too long without composing something for here these days, and this has given me an idea for that. Thank u for that, and well done, as well.
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(my own experience is that I usually get a shrug at best :D and in one case she got teary-eyed over entirely the wrong song :D :D )
Good job!
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Though from the middle there is some slide, maybe in the acoustic guitar???
Perhaps, I'm wrong, if yes, I'm sorry ...
fistbump,
Danke
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love the zeppelin inspired riffage around the one minute mark!
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My best regards, Anthony