[Will_Wood]

You should listen to it. It's just a demo (of course) but I'm proud of it.

soundclicker

[Crawdaddy]

Will, this is a really good song. I found it very enjoyable and can hear that this kind of thing is where you best find your voice with a simple acoustic production and vocal being all you really need to engage the listener with a story you want to tell. The guitar sounds good, the playing and singing is all coming together nicely.

[Will_Wood]

Aw, thank you so much man. It's crazy to think that I've been posting recordings of myself on this forum since I was 15 years old. It's been almost five years, and you guys have been there for all the changes in my music. Thanks for listening.

[dorio]

I liked it too. Nice strumming though a little choppy towards the end but its not a big issue. I thought a little bridge or something could embellish the tune and its true that your voice has matured.

[BrokenMirror]

There are nuances in your voice when you sing in this range that are truly lovely, and I adored the guitar. Wonderful song.

[Mantrasolo]

Will, your acoustic always sounds so great. I love how you hit those notes and keeps the rythm rolling along with the action when you strike the strings. Good playing throughout.
You are around the 20 mark of age? Your lyrical content are sometimes drizzled with words of sweet, ageless taste. Others your age are content with writing silly love songs, y'know.
I listened last night and it's a great song to just lay back to. Reviewing this morning and it still feels good. One of your best, I think. Loved it.

[w00dy]

every one seems to be giving you a pat on the back for this song mr wood, including myself - really nice song, i cant honestly say i get it, but it has that mystery in its favour - you do that well in your songs, you leave listener to fill in his or her own meanings. very nicely played too

[Will_Wood]

I liked it too. Nice strumming though a little choppy towards the end but its not a big issue. I thought a little bridge or something could embellish the tune and its true that your voice has matured.

Yeah, I know it gets a little choppy towards the end. I did this in just two tracks: Vocals and rhythm in one, lead in another, and they were just one take tracks. I get frustrated recording myself over and over again. There IS a bridge, but it's subtle and there's no singing in it. Thanks for listening, Dorio.

There are nuances in your voice when you sing in this range that are truly lovely, and I adored the guitar. Wonderful song.

Thank you, compliments on my voice are always super appreciated considering how rare they are.

Will, your acoustic always sounds so great. I love how you hit those notes and keeps the rythm rolling along with the action when you strike the strings. Good playing throughout.
You are around the 20 mark of age? Your lyrical content are sometimes drizzled with words of sweet, ageless taste. Others your age are content with writing silly love songs, y'know.
I listened last night and it's a great song to just lay back to. Reviewing this morning and it still feels good. One of your best, I think. Loved it.

Thank you so much, man. Your opinion is one that I rate very highly, so really, thank you. I'm almost 20. December 20th.

every one seems to be giving you a pat on the back for this song mr wood, including myself - really nice song, i cant honestly say i get it, but it has that mystery in its favour - you do that well in your songs, you leave listener to fill in his or her own meanings. very nicely played too

It's about dying alone. lol. Thanks for listening.


Thanks everyone, I know I keep saying thanks, but really: thank you.

[BrokenMirror]

The true test - I listened to it when I was sad and lonely and it made me feel ok. Congratulations. Few artists can do that.

[dorio]

I can relate too - albeit in a different way than Julie - when you sing about white hair since mine is turning a grayish white now. When I commented I heard the song just two or three times and my opinion was based on the technical aspect. Now that I have listened again I can appreciate the beauty of it. One of your best country tune so far no doubt.

[w00dy]

stop slapping your own testicles as you masturbate into tho wind will. c'mon on lets hear about why you.....

your a good enough writer to (i was gonna say pull this off, but your 20ish, and im not - but masterbating and wind excetera).

no ive never got that tenuiouse link either. into your sock?, everyman can get. but into the passing breaze? leave it out you dirty bugger (no dont leave it out, dont get it out)*

*unless you have to

[BrokenMirror]

Woody... how high were you when you wrote that post?

[w00dy]

lol - i honestly cant remember writing it, ive just read it and im literally blushing

[Will_Wood]

stop slapping your own testicles as you masturbate into tho wind will. c'mon on lets hear about why you.....

your a good enough writer to (i was gonna say pull this off, but your 20ish, and im not - but masterbating and wind excetera).

no ive never got that tenuiouse link either. into your sock?, everyman can get. but into the passing breaze? leave it out you dirty bugger (no dont leave it out, dont get it out)*

*unless you have to

[igorski]

Your voice man, it's fine, altough nobody mentioned anything in the thread, your voice has grown immensely over the past 5 years and it sounds like you're at the point where you found your sweet spot and your use for it. Soulfully sung, great confident acoustic playing (those percussive slaps, the occassional emphasis on a higher note), cool minimal second guitar, a song to be proud of. If you call this the demo, you have a lot to live up to for the final performance

[Naan100]

lol - i honestly cant remember writing it, ive just read it and im literally blushing

I so want to meet w00dy if i'm ever in Manc

Your voice man, it's fine, altough nobody mentioned anything in the thread, your voice has grown immensely over the past 5 years and it sounds like you're at the point where you found your sweet spot and your use for it. Soulfully sung, great confident acoustic playing (those percussive slaps, the occassional emphasis on a higher note), cool minimal second guitar, a song to be proud of. If you call this the demo, you have a lot to live up to for the final performance

This is probably the best recording i've heard from you...

would you mind posting the lyrics?...

[harrumph]

It's gotten a lot of praise, so let me break it down a bit. While your vocal quality has gotten a lot better, it's still pretty flat-line. I think you only really used 4 different pitches. Lyrically, I think its too thought out for how you've sung it. I don't hear the emotion in it, it doesn't sound pationate to me. Excellent guitaring, but your vocals still don't do it for me.

[Will_Wood]

The reason it's pretty "flat line" is because I'm not able to sing louder or higher without distorting my microphone. It's too bad you need a well sung performance to think it sounds passionate, though. I mean, it's about someone who's accepted their fate. Not a whole lot of defiance left, you know? I don't know. Perhaps I could've sung it with more "emotion", but generally signing like that throws my voice out of key.

[harrumph]

I wasn't saying it doesn't sound very emotive because the note-variation, I just don't hear the sincerity in your performance. And don't go blaming the way you wrote the song vocally on your microphone. That's just ridiculous. I mean, you've heard my recordings... they sound like sh*t because I haven't had a decent microphone since I started writing, but I didn't let that stop me from playing the way I want to. Gotta get that confidence up, buddy. You've got it, most definitely, you just have to use it better.

[DerrickOfCommonwealth]

Will, I completely disagree with "Harrumph" I think this song is awesome. I actually, quite the contrary, thing the song is emotional. I think the light, airy way goes along with the song great. The same way John Mayer has made it work for so long. I mean if he released this song, not only would it be a number one single, he would probably sing it exactly the same way. (That is a compliment coming from me :-) ) Anyway, sometimes less is more and you prove that here.