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Winter Mixtape Exchange: Feedback Thread

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Valrus:
Outshined, I got it. But I've only listened to it once so far. I need to give it the thrice-over (or more) before I can write some decent feedback, but it sounded pretty good on the first time through.

Outshined:
W00t!  Well, at least it's there, now.

yelley:
i received 2 cds from inlander today... a winter one and a summer one. in a pretty red and blue case. i forgot that it is summer where you are. so i haven't heard of most of these songs. which is exciting! yay! i also liked how you divided the songs into categories.

so here's what i think.  p.s. i am writing this as i listen.

winter

grey afternoon: watching the rain

track 1 - jackie leven - when i was a farm boy
honestly, i don't care much for this song. it's a bit too twangy-country music like for my tastes and i felt like the melody was sort of repetitive and boring. there was a bit of an interesting instrumental bit in the middle though.

track 2 - sodastream - cane and rice
starts out moody, slightly melancholy... i like that. vocals sort of sneak in and aren't overpowering at all.... interesting as well. i like this song... i can see this getting put into regular play on my itunes. i also might need to find more songs by them.

track 3 - scud mountain boys - freight of fire
halfway through and i don't really have anything to say about it. i guess i'm sort of indifferent to this song.

dark early: reminiscing by the evening fire

track 4 - lester young - these foolish things (remind me of you)
yay for saxaphone. yay for piano. yay for this song.

track 5 - iron and wine - bird stealing bread
you win for including this song. it is one of my favorites. but then i just really love sam beam. if you've seen my last fm profile you'd know that it might be a bit of an obsession.

track 6 - great lake swimmers - moving, shaking
this was pleasant.

track 7 - silver jews - random rules
not really liking his voice much. or the trumpety bits. this might be an okay song, but i can't get over the not liking his voice part.

track 8 - gerry mulligan quartet - moonlight in vermont
these jazzy bits are nice.

track 9 - dolly parton - will he be waiting for me?
twang twang twang. don't hate me, but i skipped this song after about a minute.

late night: frost & starlight

track 10 - youth group - skeleton jar
i rather like the first half of this song. it reminds me of something... not sure what... but something that i like. then it gets to some part in the middle... maybe around 2:20ish and i kind of stopped liking it as much. and the instrumental part is pretty repetitive. overall, an okay song. i'd listen to it again.

track 11 - cat power - metal heart
starts out nice. stays nice. i tend to like sort of slow, slightly gloomy sounding music like this though.

track 12 - micah p. hinson - the day texas sank to the bottom of the sea
before this song even starts, i like the title. okay listening now... like the opening. whoa i was totally expecting a girl to start singing. again with the not digging the voice so much. oh stringy part starting... yay. very yay. okay, liking the vocals now that they've started up again and it's sort of a duet thing going. this is a very pretty song. i like it.

dawn: mist in the half-light

track 13 - j.s. bach - prelude from the cello suite no. 1 in g major
hey, i know this song! good choice.

track 14 - ahmad jamal - 'no greater love'
this really doesn't strike me as a dawn type song, but i like it nonetheless.

morning: new day, bright & clear

track 15 - darren hanlon - winter takes fall
i remember that you sent a bit of darren hanlon stuff to the qc gmail account and i liked it a lot. and i like this a lot too.

track 16 - blur - for tomorrow
what a fun song! i never really listened to much blur before. except that song 2 song. and the one where the video has a giant milk carton in it. that was a cute video.

track 17 - kate bush - hounds of love
she has a unique voice. i kinda didn't like this song much though.

okay. there was a lot of music that i didn't know on here, and some of it i liked a lot and the rest was kind of not my style. but this mix was all over the place! a bit of country, a bit of jazz, a bit of mellow awesomeness... it was fun to listen to! and i think i will be checking out a few of these bands as well. oh, and i'll listen to and type up randomness about the summer mix eventually as well.

thanks, inlander ^_^ *hugs*

Inlander:
I'm glad you like it, and my nonsensical categorisation!  I'm sad you didn't like the Dolly Parton, but I guess bluegrass isn't for everyone.  The "Summer" C.D. is more upbeat.

And yes, both the C.D.s are very all-over-the-place, genre wise.  Welcome to my musical world!

P.S.: I was thinking the Ahmad Jamal suited "dawn" because of that kind of tingly sensation you get at that time of day, when everything's just starting to wake up . . . seemed to suit his piano style.  But maybe that's just me!

P.P.S.: Lester Young was the best tenor saxophonist ever.

sjbrot:
I got my mix CD from Valrus a few days back. Thumbs up, buddy.

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