Comments on: Free MP3!! New Song

By: schiing

schiing — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:20:57 +0000

Thanks. I usually pay a lot of attention to the arrangements - I’m not a great player, but I think my arranging skills are pretty decent. I do tend to over-produce my stuff, though.

I think a lot of bands don’t really have a clear idea about the arrangement when they walk into the studio - they just play out their parts as if it was a live concert or a rehearsal.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:59:52 +0000

I like how the two songs you’ve presented so far have a full sound. I have friends who record in semi-professional studios, but their songs still end up sounding kinda … small.

By: schiing

schiing — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:10:01 +0000

Thanks Robert! I actually miss some musicians and music geek friends, too, in my all too conventional and “grown-up” life. I have wonderful friends, but none of them share my more or less complete obsession with music - not even remotely so… and that’s a bore.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:22:22 +0000

I downloaded the song last night, and once I saw the title in iTunes I thought, Jason’s going to love the parentheses. Well done on all counts! It’s a good song! I wish I had more musician friends who wanted me to listen to pop songs like this one. (Sorry, other friends, but you’ll never see this comment, so who cares?) Put together an album soon, Terje, or at least an EP.

By: schiing

schiing — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:41:39 +0000

That’s really cool. Thanks!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:42:22 +0000

No, I totally didn’t, but as I walked home last night listening to your song, I kept thinking, “how can I talk him out of using those parentheses?” You got me good on this one.

The more I listen, the more I like. The instrumentation and production is really great. I’m a total sucker for that lead guitar line in the chorus as well as the backing vocal singing “over.”

By: schiing

schiing — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:27:29 +0000

You realised, I’m sure, that those parentheses were aimed at you, Jason? I forgot to mention the title in the post, though… I can assure you that the real title is without any parentheses at all.

By: schiing

schiing — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:34:07 +0000

Thanks Dude! :)))

I intended to put the whole title in parentheses - I discussed that with Robert here in an earlier entry - but it made infinitely more sense to me to leave “Again” standing alone - there’s an almost poetic quality to it, I think - don’t you see?? I’m really pleased with the title, I should probably use parentheses much more in my lyrics. Maybe I should retitle my other song to “Tell (Me)”

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:57:40 +0000

Oh wait. I just saw that four out of five words are contained in parentheses. You don’t need ‘em!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:52:00 +0000

Dude.

This is really fucking good!