greekmac7

Hi Talia I'm listening to your myspace and writing as I go along. First impressions for 'flashes in the darkness' - great tune, great choice of instruments, reminds me of the seventies (not that I was alive then but you know what i mean). One criticism - I think you could have pulled away from the mic on the word 'flashes'......the volume seems to shoot up on that word each time. I like the Hebrew verse at the end (it is hebrew right?) it adds an extra dimension to the song. 'The Task' - at first something wasn't sitting right with me.....for the first minute of the song i thought maybe it was just a weak song. But actually the chorus has a good melody - I think i might have to agree with Robert here. The arrangement and tempo doesn't do the song, or your vocals any favours. I've had this problem with one of my songs. I would suggest trying to perform the song in different styles and seeing if a different style might work better. (I know how tought this can be for an artist) 'Sing a New Song' - great intro - nice start 'sing sing sing etc).....the word 'Strong' sounds a little bit yodley. I'm hearing a lot of vibrato in your voice. It sounds like you've drawn inspiration from ethnic folk, (maybe a hebrew song?), that you've translated to English. For me, it doesn't work. I've tried to do this in the past with Greek songs and I know its hard to get it to work.....Actually a lot of Shakira's English songs translated form Spanish don't sit well with me - even when i love the spanish version. I think you could sing it better a semitone higher. 'Life' - awesome intro! NICE VOCALS! My brother just woke up from the sofa and said 'who's that playing? Its GOOD!' I like the backing vocals too - they sit well in the mix. 'Turbulent Times' - the start had me guessing a bit with all the pauses.....but when the 'aren't you tired' stuff kicks in its cool. the drum pauses at 2:00 put me off a bit, in general its a song I would remember. 'Suspended' YESSSSSSS another jazzy song:D. I think your voice is most comfortable in this higher pitch range - I like this. I like your music. It has a really positive energy to it and it mixes a lot of different styles together nicely. You have great artistic vision.My two favourite were 'flashes in darkness' and 'Life'. I think 'the task' deserves to be looked at from another angle, and I think that the vocal style applied to 'sing a new song' doesn't suit English (in my opinion - people often disagree with me:) ). I hope you're not offended by any comments I've made. I am only picking at straws ....your music rocks ed.

Ethel you're definately not wasting your time...... You have a cool voice and the the song could be something really special, but the guitar playing lets you down in my opinion. The guitar wasn't great and I think it obstructed you from concentrating on just singing the song exactly the way you wanted. As for the song - I really liked the words at the beginning and the line 'one of dem days' is catchy. Its quite a moving song. Maybe it could be edited down a little - a shorter version could give it more impact. I saw 'Free 714' too and had the same experience as with 'one of dem days'. Really moving song, really REALLY great voice, but the guitar isn't to the same standard. I'm sure a million guitarists would love to play for you. These songs, and your voice, deserve more.

You have a lot of capability in your voice clearly. I think you could easily improve the delivery of the song by giving the vocals a little more bite - for me its a little soft. I'd like to hear it a little more rocky - especially given the content. I think rock would relate better to the lyrics about bars etc, as oppose to soft folk. But again, your notes can't be faulted so for me its not a quaestion of singing, more a question of style - and that comes down to people's taste i guess :)