one thing that could also work--go quiet with the drum track / guitar track for a phrase, and let that vocalization of the phrase take on more significance. you could basically cherry-pick through your lyric lines and test this out on software to find a good "rest" spot.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 4:39 PM on April 29, 2008

wow, you're voice can really soar. in an exceptionally good way. evocative in the quiet parts too. please don't change any of that.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 5:26 PM on March 30, 2008

can i just pipe in here to say that you're voice is perfectly wonderful!! the way you're moving through several well-structured scales in multi-syllabic words has always struck me as one of those characteristic "hooks" you find in excellent vocal arrangements.

but heck, i'm no expert. keep it up, and please post some more!
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 5:14 PM on March 30, 2008

wow, thanks for this.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 11:38 AM on December 9, 2007

tres sountrack-esque! evocative and minimal. more, more!!
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 6:51 PM on December 1, 2007

love it. do more (please?)
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 2:51 PM on May 16, 2007

at times brooding, at times punchy, at times liberatingly cathartic.

you go, goodnewsfortheinsane!
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 5:35 PM on February 20, 2007

thanks for the kind words!

i suppose i should have described this as "one track" rather than truly lo-fi, since there did happen to be a pre-amp in the situation.

but somehow the whole notion of "one mic, one voice, one guitar" strikes me as lo-fi, or something? time to coin a word for that.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 4:54 PM on February 12, 2007

i haven't heard a track in a while that so brilliantly paints a visual landscape, while capturing a world of voices to which humans usually lack access. otherworldly, but eerie how close to all of us this is. thank you.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 5:00 PM on February 6, 2007

sort of reminds me of the orientation video i saw when i joined the Borg. a bit funkier, though, which is a Good Thing.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 10:28 AM on December 9, 2006

i would describe it more as "contemplative" than outright "sad." which, to me, is a good thing. i'm envisioning listening to this on a long drive and enjoying it while scenery/thoughts tumble by.

probably not a good fit for the cubicle, i would think.
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 4:00 PM on October 30, 2006

thanks for the positive vibe, guys!

*cracks open new bottle of chianti...begins concocting more rediculousness* :)
posted to MeFi Music by garfy3 at 5:07 PM on October 1, 2006