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Review for Let It Go

Post by liamkelly » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:42 pm

www.taxi.com/liamkelly song is Let It GoUploaded this song to my Taxi site a short while ago for a custom critique. Have submitted to a couple of review sites since then and am getting mixed messages.Would appreciate any comments from Taxi Forum members regarding this song's suitability for film/tv listings for indie pop or Brit pop only. All comments welcome - not sensitive here. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities or threats Thanks and regardsLiamLet it goYou could want me but I just go too fastSpend too much time deconstructing my past.You could need me but I’m just sweet soul pain.My sleight of words that you’re hearing again.I’m left here standing under thundercloud skies,I’m trading secrets for the jewels in your eyes.I’ve followed these rainsteps, I’ve nothing left to hide,I’ve worked it out in this lonely crowd no-one can hear me.Let it go, leave it all behind, let water rush in and wash it from your mind.Let it go and stand up on dry land singing.Such a paradox that you’re not ready yet when all yourShape shifting isn’t that hard to get.You say you’re tired, you’re just so ‘tired of being tired’And I just love to haunt myself, shot up to the sky.You say it’s over long before it’s begun You can’t turn ‘round now and tell me I’m your only one.I’m left here standing under thundercloud skies,I’m trading secrets for the jewels in your eyes.I’ve followed these rainsteps, I’ve nothing left to hide,I’ve worked it out in this lonely crowd no-one can hear me.Let it go, leave it all behind, let water rush in and wash it from your mind.Let it go and stand up on dry land singing.Black coffee, nicotine, it’s like a heat wave and I can’t breathe,Empty words, streets in the rain, I’m twisting with my shame.

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by andreh » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:26 pm

Hey Liam-Really nice song, well played, and a great mix. A few random thoughts:- For indie (and Brit) pop, your guitars could get bigger and dirtier in the choruses; I noticed this issue in some of your other songs as well.- For Brit pop, you'd have to adjust your pronunciation in several spots; I hear some clear Yankee twang going on. - If you're going for that Coldplay/Snow Patrol huge & Ethereal anthem sound, you could use a more prominent, delayed (and possibly modulated), single-note guitar line to act as a big pad.- Your guitar tones also have a somewhat "American" sound to me, though they're reminiscent of Dire Straights (classic British pop/rock)...I'd play around with your amps/emulators a bit.- The vocal seems a little cloudy in mono...you might shave a hair off your upper lows in the vocals, or maybe take some out of the bass or snare if you want to keep that full, warm, but defined, vocal tone you have going.- The mix seems to pull to the right during the last chorus.- I find the lyrics too vague for my taste (Chris Martin might disagree), though I do get the idea that this song is about unrequited love...is it? Great job on this!André
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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by liamkelly » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:18 am

Hey AndreThanks for your words and thoughts here - appreciate it.I agree with your comments about dirtying up the guitars in the choruses but seems they either come out too soft or too crunch. Not quite dirty.Your other point about the twang is actually what I was hoping (or not) to hear. Really wanted to know if (to the general listener) the vocal line came across as sort of US flavoured generic pop rock or as non US in origin.As for the unrequited love - lyrically I'm trying (probably pretty poorly) to cover a small range of bad relationships: he wants her can't have her, he had her and is losing/lost her, they just don't get each other any more. It's true that in doing this I have lost specificity.Liam

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by andreh » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:29 am

Quote:I agree with your comments about dirtying up the guitars in the choruses but seems they either come out too soft or too crunch. Not quite dirty.LiamLiam-You might try sidechaining the vocal signal into a compressor controlling the big guitars...this can give them a more animated sound that pops out without stepping all over the vocals.You might also blend a super-distorted and compressed guitar tone at a low level under the more dynamic, cleaner guitars...that way you get the attitude without the whole song turning too rock/metal.André
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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by billg » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:44 pm

Wow Liam, what a great song! I wish I was capable of getting as indepth on these sort of things as Andre but when I really like something my mind just kinda stops there. I really like this song, just listened to it three times. The only thing I can add is that it sounds sort of "American" to me & I really don't hear the Brit Pop, but I'm certainly not an expert on Brit Pop. & I LOVE the lyrics! Very, very, cool. -billg-

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by geo » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:47 am

Geo here, hey Liam, tried to listen to your song, got an error message...Geo

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by liamkelly » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:55 am

Quote:Geo here, hey Liam, tried to listen to your song, got an error message...GeoGeoI checked the link and all seems to be fine this end.www.taxi.com/liamkelly song is Let It GoC'mon guys, throw me a bone here Liam

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by geo » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:23 am

Hey Liam, tried again, I get a Realplayer error message, corrupted or unknown data, sorry. I listened to your stuff before and enjoyed by no dice here... Geo

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by sgs4u » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:34 am

Quote:Quote:Geo here, hey Liam, tried to listen to your song, got an error message...GeoGeoI checked the link and all seems to be fine this end.www.taxi.com/liamkelly song is Let It GoC'mon guys, throw me a bone here LiamI like reading the lyrics, while I check something out. Any way you could post them? Cause they sound really interesting. The song is pretty great. I'm not sure what kind of genre you're after yet, so my comments might be a little generic, or unusable... Getting into the chorus at the end of each verse could use a bigger builld-up, maybe an extra bar or really big drum fill of building up. The chorus could use a higher pitched melody right on the title. As a keyboardist, the little organ thing on the end is a bit lame, compared to how big everything else sounds. The guitars right in the intro sound a bit thin, there's so much chunk in them without much note to hear. Your singing is very interesting, and it might not need those chunky things right in the intro verse. The tom groove(2:03) in the end is nice, but the way it sets up the last chorus, is a little tentative. Maybe a quiet delivery of the first couple of lines of the last chorus would help that, then jump into the chorus with fervor. Really good music! steve

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Re: Review for Let It Go

Post by billg » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:37 am

I always have trouble with the Taxi hosting page. I checked out Liam's song on his Bjam site. If you have problems just go to Bjam & search Liam Kelly-

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