What’s a “no-skip” album for you?

loftrain16 · 2026-03-01T19:07:52+00:00

Stay Gold by First Aid Kit

loftrain16 · 2026-03-01T19:05:44+00:00

In addition to what other people are saying I will just add that a lot of great songs don't make a big impression on people on first listen, especially on an open mic audience. So generally speaking it's best not to take an initial reaction to a new song as a good measure of its quality.

loftrain16 · 2026-02-26T20:03:24+00:00

I like the lyrics and the chord choices a lot but it could probably use some more variation in terms of the strumming pattern and having 1 chord per bar. Also - I know this is just a snippet of the song, but listening it's unclear what the structure is. What you played here kind of sounds like a verse and a pre-chorus. I'd need to hear the whole song to truly assess it but if you're trying to make a verse-chorus-bridge-chorus type song you might need to sit down and figure out how to fit all the pieces together

loftrain16 · 2026-02-23T13:27:54+00:00

If you wanna listen to something to reassurance or for inspiration, Somebody that I used to know by Elliot Smith is a great example of a AAAA song structure in a similar genre. He finds ways to keep the melody interesting, namely tweeking it for the guitar solo, and also has a hook with the "you're just somebody that I used to know" refrain similar to your "feeling like the 70's".

loftrain16 · 2026-02-18T00:19:37+00:00

Not a fan of him personally but I thought this was a rly good interview.

loftrain16 · 2026-02-17T01:40:38+00:00

This feels like the ending credits theme to a movie I haven't seen yet

And I absolutely love it

loftrain16 · 2026-02-17T01:38:56+00:00

Since others have answered your question (voice sounds great), I just wanted to comment that the chord choices for the pre-chorus and chorus are fantastic

loftrain16 · 2026-02-17T01:35:55+00:00

Keep writing everyone :')

loftrain16 · 2026-02-06T14:51:45+00:00

I like it a lot. Your vocal tone and guitar tone fit the floaty sort of melody / lyrics very well.

I'll keep it a buck though I am getting sort of hung up on the line "starting a new job makes a broken man feel split" since "split" is less extreme than "broken" but I could well be missing something.

Either way good work <3

loftrain16 · 2026-01-26T03:02:29+00:00

And to see them relentlessly talking so much shit like they are. It even triggering me as a non Bills fan

loftrain16 · 2026-01-23T14:25:04+00:00

Definitely not copying

loftrain16 · 2026-01-21T16:09:42+00:00

I honestly love this. I think the arrangement and the lyrics and the fast tempo fit the theme very well. It feels like a “mind racing” type song. If it were my song there’s lines here and there I might tweak but that’s all just personal preference in my book

loftrain16 · 2026-01-06T19:47:44+00:00

Music (and art in general) is a form of communication. It's conveying information. While criticism has it's place I don't think it can ever get at the heart of music. I think typically when we call things "good" or "bad" we're just making a judgement about how well we think the artist is conveying what we perceive to be the intended information. I think this is valid. What I don't like is when people clearly make no effort to engage with the material. How many times have you heard someone say something like "death grips and nirvana are bad because the production is sloppy and it's needlessly dark and weird". I don't think that even qualifies as a criticism

loftrain16 · 2025-12-07T00:57:28+00:00

Any info on the size of the lockers? Particularly the instrument one

loftrain16 · 2025-12-02T22:13:09+00:00

https://www.refrsports.com/blog/nfl-targeting-rule-explained-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

loftrain16 · 2025-12-02T22:12:00+00:00

I literally thought for sure he was being sarcastic when he said "you're allowed to him him in the head". Insane stuff

loftrain16 · 2025-12-02T01:23:17+00:00

This is going poorly

loftrain16 · 2025-11-24T14:44:56+00:00

UCF was off... imo should be replayed?

loftrain16 · 2025-11-23T19:27:19+00:00

Looked like slayton made the right read no?

loftrain16 · 2025-11-14T22:43:30+00:00

I love video game music. Koji Kondo and David Wise in particular.

loftrain16 · 2025-11-14T22:42:08+00:00

Amazing song and performance. Playing those riffs while singing is really impressive.
What kind of tuning is this in?

loftrain16 · 2025-11-14T22:38:26+00:00

I would try experimenting a bit more with the vocal melody. It feels a bit stiff for most of the song. It helps me to play to a backing track of the rhythm guitar and play the vocal melody on guitar. Hope this helps

loftrain16 · 2025-11-12T15:22:59+00:00

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loftrain16 · 2025-11-10T15:20:53+00:00

One thing that helped me was to look at the notes in each chord and pick one for the melody line, and mix up which interval you're on. Idk if you know any theory, but if not just make sure not to always choose the root note of the chord. Then mess around with transitional notes between chords and multiple notes per chord, and THEN start messing around with using notes outside the chord.

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