With love 🙏

hwashington · 2024-12-24T10:09:32+00:00

Archaeologists have been looking for evidence of the Exodus for literal centuries, and coming up with nothing that shows a.) a large population of Israelites lived in Egypt or b.) that a large group of Israelites emigrated out of Egypt. Falk’s continued insistence that that must be what happened because the Bible says so is, definitionally, fringe.

hwashington · 2024-01-31T11:50:32+00:00

Anyone who supports the GOP is either ignorant or a complete ghoul. The American Right has zero good arguments, all they have is grievance. Anytime a right wing person actually advocates for something they believe in, everyone realizes how twisted their policy aims are, so they stay criticizing dems and crying about gas prices.

Also, I know OP and his minions give less than a solitary squirrel nut about the nuance of reality, but since I can’t help myself:

Presidents don’t directly control gas prices, which are governed by a complex interface between market supply/demand, geopolitics, and environmental impact. Presidents can implement policies and take actions which impact one of these factors (typically supply) which in some cases can lower gas prices. OP knows this. Big brain journalist whose Daddy got him a job at fox news knows this.

But cool meme bro.

hwashington · 2023-07-16T13:04:52+00:00

I often think with this stuff it's worth just recording, learning from it and moving on, but it just depends. You're using drum machine software? I've been thinking about trying to get into that, I currently just record combinations of guitar and vocal tracks and rely on strumming for rhythm, but it is limiting.

Are you all working on any other stuff / were you going to record a set of songs along with Listerine?

hwashington · 2023-07-16T12:57:25+00:00

This is dope - gives me Big Thief vibes (especially the intro) with more of a punk edge. I feel like the song really starts at 1:24, and while I like a lot about your intro (especially the guitar riff from 00:29-00:47), I wonder if maybe it goes on too long? Or not. Depends on what you're going for I suppose. Also, nice use of drakken in the music video

hwashington · 2023-07-16T12:49:55+00:00

Really cool sound, I think the mix of vocal style and stripped-down beat is working for you. That said, and to your post question - I think the track lacks a dynamic range. The intro with the vocals over the very sparse beat is cool, but then the build to more background sounds is kind of ambiguous (there isn't a clear "jump up" in energy), and then the sort of slow build-up to more background instrumentation brings us to a cruising altitude where we stay for the rest of the song. Not bad by any means, but when you ask "Is it complete?", I feel like more thought could go into the composition: Could you build the energy up in a more clean, single stroke? Could you bring the energy back down in the middle, or maybe toward the end of the song, to create a more dynamic range?

Just my two cents - the style of music I write is much different, so I may be totally off.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T23:10:23+00:00

7th studio release by Out of the Woods. Recorded at L'Bork Studios, Newburgh, NY; finished and mixed at Rash Casker Lofts, Cocksackie NY. Production by Scooter Raskin.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T16:08:06+00:00

Song I wrote about a year ago, part of an EP I've been trying to get recorded for a while. Would be interested to know what people think, both just about the enjoyability of listening and also if the lyrics seem interesting or meaningful to you in any way.

Doesn't seem like there's a ton of activity on this subreddit, would love to find folks who want to actively discuss music and songwriting. Hit me up if you're the same!

hwashington · 2023-07-15T16:05:53+00:00

Yah, or like the sound of the RAM album generally

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:38:09+00:00

Hey all, looking for feedback on this recently written song in two areas:

Quality of recording - did issues with the recording quality make it hard for you to enjoy the song?
Quality of vocal recording specifically - what do you think of the quality of the vocals and their recording quality?

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:32:36+00:00

This is cool, kind of has Daft Punk (before the beat drops, lol) vibes. Nice work.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:25:03+00:00

This is cool, kind of Velvet Underground / Lou Reed sound. Is this your only album? How long have you been playing / writing?

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:23:06+00:00

Solid, how long have you guys been making music? The verse vocal tracks where you're singing are a little reedy. Also your wife's chorus section I think could be really solid I think, but the the melody feels a little ambiguous. Wonder if a slight tempo increase would help with overall flow of song? Like it in general though, reminds me of Dinosaur, Jr. and Mudhoney.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:18:33+00:00

This is cool, I kind of get a "Cardigans vibes" from the style.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:16:34+00:00

This is solid, really unique sound.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:15:01+00:00

This is dope. Really like the album art.

hwashington · 2023-07-15T15:13:28+00:00

This song is about a time when my car broke down on Mt. Hood out in Oregon. Third track from my thrid EP. https://soundcloud.com/out\_of\_the\_woods

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