[Jandek] a bit of self-promotion

Brad B jealousagain38 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 15 16:11:10 PDT 2007


I agree, the vocals are pretty low, and seem to be mumbled constantly. I
think there were some good guitar parts in there, especially on "World of
Love", and "Let Me Love the People".



On 8/15/07, Matthew Elliott <soccerdude219 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know, man, interesting guitar work, but the vocals are hard to
> hear in addition to the fact that you're kinda mumbling, and it sounds like
> it was recorded into a tape player in like 1986. It's pretty cheap nowdays
> (like 100 bucks) to get a sweet digital recorder that would have much better
> quality, so I'd reccomend that, depending on how serious you are. I
> hear zero Daniel Johnston in yr music, as it pretty much has no melody in by
> any conventional definition. I guess there's a little Jandek, but whereas
> Jandek sounds serious, you just come more as a guy trying to sound funny or
> weird. That isn't to say you sound like a phony- it just seems a little "art
> damaged", and judging from yr influences, perhaps that's inevitable. But
> that Bar Mitzvah photo is classic. Anyway I appreciate yr balls in sending
> this a list of people who would inevitably rip you a new one, or worse, say
> nothing at all.
>
> If anyone else makes music and has it on some kind of nifty streaming
> website, I'd love to hear it. Some might consider it off topic, but I'm
> interested in hearing people's home-recorded crap, so if you don't want to
> send it to the list, send it to me.
>
> *BlackMonk <BlackMonk at email.msn.com>* wrote:
>
> I guess I could be called Jandek-like in some sort of general sense.
> Actually, I have been. Personally, I think I'm closer to Daniel Johnston,
> and not all that close to him.
>
> If you want, decide for yourself:
> http://www.myspace.com/songsoftommystevens
>
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