RECENT REVIEWS from fans in the music industry including R&P Reps  

Outstanding
The songs melody carries the song along with a light and breezy sound. Like sunshine at dawn on a spring day. Smiles for everyone. Acoustic guitar is warm and not overdone. The star of the song is the female voclaist. She brings a unique style of Jazz and blues that is simply outstanding. More talent than anything on American Idol. This is a five star song. You win your round and any round I would have voted on this year. Count me in.
- hillgruebel from Mukwonago, Wisconsin

Epic
Let's start with the fact that it takes balls of steel to upload a nearly eight minute song for the notroiously "attention-deficit" garageband.com crew to review. I admit I probably groaned audibly when the time indicator popped up.

But, then I was catapulted into the song by that lovely acoustic guitar and the harmonics, and we were off . . This song builds nicely up to the "So Alone" line.

An interesting call and response type of vocal in the first segment. Very tight. The female voice particularly is wonderfully racked with emotion, she seems like she would be confortable in many different genres. Overall the music itself and the performance particularly were very strong

An interesting cross pollenation of styles. There are elements of a lot of different styles at work here

The banjo and harp passage was particularly delightful then the dobro slides in and the mood is painted wonderfully.

The weakness, (if there was one) I felt was in the lyrics. With an obvious attempt at something truly epic, here . . . a few of the phrases seemed a little contrived; ie. "feeling so abused".

I didn't care too much for the dischordant vocal slide at around 3:07. Other than that, it's an extrordinary effort, and I'm very excited to hear more from this band. Good luck!
Reviewed by: knotlenny from The Mucklands (Upstate),

Original
Man, that chick has a really cool accent. Very "Shuffle" feel to the track. A lot of confidence in the vocals using only an acoustic guitar and some drums. This is, by far, the most original tune that I have heard here on GB in at least a month. Best of luck.
- croftman559 from Atlanta, Georgia

Holy Smokes
This is like three songs in one. The first part is fast and rough with a female voice singing "broken and juiced" with wonderful angst and sexuality. It just made me want to scream out "GOOD GOD YALL!" in my best James Brown voice. I mean this girl (in the song) has been rode hard and put up wet. I can really feel the absolute loneliness she's experiencing. Then we get a break from the madness and what I perceive as her male counterpart's rebuttal of "listen to all the lies you've said to me". But wait, it's not over yet. Next comes a wonderful instrumental filled with a banjo, harmonica, some slide and guitar which for me is the signal that everything is gonna be alright between these two tortured souls as they walk down a dark alley hanging on to each other. If these two singers aren't lovers in real life then they should be. The harmonies meld together wonderfully. The segway to each segment is great. At least that's my take on it. Nicely done guys, keep it up.
Reviewed by: beeterman3 from Houston, Texas

Awesome
Incredible. The vocals in this song are mesmerizing. I love the vocal parts together. The different styles portrayed in this song flow perfectly to make one extremely well written song. The lyrics are very nice also. Great job!!
- Robbing from York Springs, Pennsylvania

Awesome!
So unique, a breath of fresh air. It sounds very folksy in the beginning and then switches to a more alternative feel and back again... love it!!! Like both male and female vocals. Nice melody. Nice fills with the guitar riffs. You have something very special here. Keep writing and making awesome music! I'm adding you to my playlist!
- snowhite29 from Irvine, California

Relaxing
the guitar work is jazzy and fantastic. The vocals are clear, really nice melody. I think the background vocals really make it special. The chorus is catchy without being annoying. I still can't get over the guitar work. nice job
- leapyear1 from Summersville, West Virginia

Kewl tune
This song hooks right from the first note, the guitar has a steady smooth rythem but what makes this song is the vocals so soothing and relaxing I like this tune good job
- mr_happpy from Gardiner Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cool guitar riff
I really like the guitar riff thats backing this whole song, and the singer has an amazing voice, it's one of those voices that could sing you into sleep.
great work here
- id4joe from Austin, Texas

This is good stuff
Something i really like about some music is the way they blend some really smooth intricate vocals with some really nice soothing guitars. This song def does that. The guitars fit. The vocals are complex in a smooth, jazzy type of way. Basically like weaving in and out of your head with the music and melody. I listened to it twice and thought the same thing both times... Excellent vocals and well done melodies. Reccomended.
- theforevertakeback from New Iberia, Louisiana

Great singers
man both singers on this tune are amazing. beautiful beautiful vocals. great lyrics. sounds so delicate. the guitar is great although that little lick at 1:20 is kinda stumbly. other than that i love it.
- jamesrainbros from Detroit, Michigan

Fun song
Nice groove, catchy hook and a tight performance. I really dig the harmonies and guitar. The song had my interest all the way through.
- JenniferRenee from Glendale, California

Nice
First off im really diggin the vocals, sorta norah joneish, the mix is nice, without an overkill of instruments. Vocals and guitar with lite jazz drums works well togeather. Good work.
- eyeem2thamic from Unspecified

Grooving along
This tune is great. I enjoyed everthing about it. Usually I don't dig backing vocals done by men with the lead singing done by a woman, but it works well in this song.
Nice work!
- MojoIndex from Uk, Japan

Acoustic music
So you start listening to this song, and you think,"Well - kinda amateurish; vocals need work, etc" But then you listen a while longer and you hear this fetching little guitar rhythm that just makes you smile, and you hear the affected vocals that seem somehow to fit the guitar, and you hear how the duet of voices and the guitar match, and before you know it, you're thinking, "Wow. Now THAT is a helluva song." And you find yourself wanting to listen to it again.
- Doctor4point from Bogart, Georgia

Voice
may i say the lead singers voice is like music in full by itsself.by saying this i mean you probably dont need any backup music or acompnement because your voice is very powerful.beautiful might i add.guitar sounds very nice in this song.i like the chords and the strummin /picking is very good.mellow song.the lyrics get my thumbs up.well put together.
- gsa00021 from Herold, West Virginia

Is that an angel? ....What can I say,great sound,performance and I like the mood........Good job.
- astromrav from Yugoslavia

I really like what I hear...
Very inspiring if not uplifting. From the vocals to the intrumentation of the guitars, everything has a great appeal to the ears, sounds like a song that should already be somewhere, not garageband. Very well written and although a bit simple, really gets its point across, and doesn't try to do something that is out of the range. Overall a very good song that I enjoyed.
- tastykornbread from Corpus Christi, Texas

Musical magic moments
The acoustic guitar setting up the knee slapping beat, kicking in the drum stick work is very cool. Great drummers can make a coffee table sound fantastic. This drummers coffee table must be marked up pretty good. Traditional yet original, or contemporary ideas come to mind as I listen to the music. Great work there in blending the time periods.

Male and female vocals sound rather pro. Good energy and feelings coming through in their deliveries. Holy crap! Now this is guitar picking! Reminds me of some old classic "outlaws" stuff. The background voices behind the soloing guitars sound so real and "live" like. What energy! I cranked this baby up on my monitors and was really digging it. Awesome job, capturing a live musical magic moment.

I can't really find anything to citicize here because I liked this so much. I was going to comment on the six minute length being too much, but after hearing this great playing and energetic live performance, I figure it's just the right length. Great work! Keep it up.
Reviewed by: gcan from Vancouver, British Columbia,

Grabs your ears and won't let go!
this song grabs your ears and won't let go - there is vibe to this male / female vocals that make you fell like your listening to two songs at once but it does stop there at 2:20ish another takeoff that develops the song on more time????!!!! GREAT writing and arrangement! this is excellent! great percussion throughout - great guitar work - i like the "talking" in the solo it makes it sound "alive and fun" great recording and mix - an absolute must listen to this jam trax! great originality band!
- meyersongs from Roxbury, Connecticut

What a beautiful vocal performance
This is a gorgeous song with a good hook to the chorus and lyrics that evoke excellent imagery. Simply Gorgeous ! It is on par with Nora Jones ... Well done!!! You have amazing talent and it would be wonderful for you to do well/ Good LUCK!!!!!
- review from a music R&P rep

Give me a hammock and lay me out in the sun
Very refreshing and unique. Love the plucky guitar sounds with the almost Ella like scat vocals. Light hearted lyrics with wonderful melody that really made me wish I was laying in a hammock somewhere sipping boat drinks. Crisp studio sound that’s very refined. Wow, why aren’t you guys everywhere on the radio? Not to sound over complimentary but it really brought some sunshine into my day. Many thanks and carry on.
- David_Lepage from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

WOW!! I am not real impressed with many bands I review here but yours blew me away. I was surprised because I don't usually like this genre of music. After i reviewed "With the Leaves" I started making all kinds of plans for this song! Like how it would be great music to play for my husband during a romantic dinner or how nice it would be to hear during a country drive or even just a bubble bath! lol
It has a definite mood to it. I am sending you a friend request on MySpace too. I think you really have talent and it's good to hear originality in a world of cookie cutter tunes.

Rock on!
~Heather. (A garageband.com critique)