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[Awesome Guy]

Like it in general, but:
Some weird deviations from your structure. I'm pretty sure there was a verse, or part of one, that was like 7bars and 3 beats instead of your regular 8 bars or whatever. Recorded at 3 in the morning, so I'll give you that one.

It ain't ska. Gimme da upstroke skankin' beat, yo!

Chorus could have more lyrical variation, and maybe a different chord progression in there.

I really like your rhymes though! I think this could actually make an awesome, if somewhat semi-narcissistic, tune!

[Reggae instrumental]

Pretty cool. Steel drums, whether real or not, are always a win in my book. The slidey bass is also pretty cool, but it COULD have done with less slides between notes in some parts. It was sometimes distracting from the actual melody. Some harmonising with the steel drums from some horns or the keys would have gone down awesomely too!

Lastly, too many false endings. There were at least five occasions where I thought the track was ending and then it didn't. If you're bringing the beat down, bring it down, but don't make it sound like an ending, you know what I mean? You could throw in some cymbals, some nice long chords on the guitar/bass/keys, but there's something in there that lets you know 'hey, this song is still going, we're not done yet!'

Really nice track though, I like what you're doing. Keep it up!

Hutchmeow316 responds:

Tried to get rid of the false endings and tried to loop it, but couldn't figure out how. Thanks again :)

[GW OC - Ska Tune]

This is fantastic, why waste your time making it with synth sounds when you could record it with real instruments?! This is a great tune, if you formed a ska band I would listen to you all the time.

[Sand Trap - Sandopolis RX]

And here was me having given up all hope of hearing something new on the ska lists that was actually ska!

It's really really great. If this was with entirely real instruments it'd be pretty much the best thing ever.

[The Skandals - Insomniac]

Really liking this. When you record stuff properly you'll be fucking amazing and I'll be lining up to hear that shit man.

FairSquare responds:

Well, that's rather nice to hear :D
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[Gourmet Race Cover]

This is pretty sweet. I like it a lot. I reckon you could do more with the sax and definitely more with the trom, though.

[Fishy]

YES! YES!

Oh I recognise this! You had the acoustic version on Attack of the Electric Narwhals! This version is super polished though and I love how it's come out as a full song, it's utterly wonderful. Man I wish you guys lived in Aussie, I wish my band could play a gig with yours.

trabajaba7 responds:

Thanks for the support! Yeah the new album actually has two remakes on it (3 if you listen to the bonus track ;) ) And the overall recording quality and IMO music quality is just higher on the second album! Glad you like it!

[The Terminal - Piano]

It's wonderful.

It's absolutely beautiful. Almost too beautiful.