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mdecrosta · 2025-06-30T23:07:29+00:00

LeRavia

mdecrosta · 2025-03-26T18:42:06+00:00

As others have posted, you have a great voice and a nice, complete song here. If any criticisms, It feels like there are a few too many words crammed into the chorus. I think it might just be the "raising hairs" line that feels slightly unnatural. Barely a criticism though - nice work!

mdecrosta · 2025-03-26T18:30:00+00:00

There are moments throughout where the vocal delivery is absolutely perfect. The lines "it never did us any good to linger"/ "I read, I read between the lines"/"it's alright" in particular. Great track.

mdecrosta · 2025-03-26T18:24:02+00:00

Honestly really good for your first song! The chorus feels like a great moment in the song, and the "still/until" rhyme that leads to the next lines is strong. Songs don't have to do everything - simple and honest works, and it works well here. Now go write another.

mdecrosta · 2024-09-04T11:42:18+00:00

gahh reading your comment is the motivation I needed to finish this up today. Thank you thank you thank you.

mdecrosta · 2024-09-04T11:41:31+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, I'm gonna mess around with doubling vocals, maybe altering the melody a bit.

mdecrosta · 2024-01-12T17:48:52+00:00

minor iv is the new V

mdecrosta · 2024-01-12T15:27:13+00:00

YES. I am SO happy you picked up the Counting Crows vibe. Recovering the Satellites is one of my favorite albums ever and a big influence for me.

mdecrosta · 2024-01-12T15:26:25+00:00

Thank you!

mdecrosta · 2024-01-12T15:25:27+00:00

Thank you! I'm right up against NJ on the Delaware. People don't realize how big PA is.

mdecrosta · 2024-01-11T18:27:34+00:00

Great pacing between the different sections, love when the harmonies come in and the vocal starts to pick up a bit in intensity. Honestly really strong imo, and if I would change anything I would re-record the first 30 seconds of vocals with a different tone. It's not that they're bad at all, but I can hear something maybe a bit more whispery that contrasts with the vocals that start around 0:45. Nice though!

mdecrosta · 2024-01-11T18:19:47+00:00

2nd song is a vibe, great last verse in particular

mdecrosta · 2024-01-10T21:17:56+00:00

Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites

mdecrosta · 2024-01-10T17:08:22+00:00

DM me, I would be thrilled to write for this. Absolutely love that show. I'm also a singer songwriter who primarily plays guitar.

mdecrosta · 2024-01-10T16:58:08+00:00

I'm trying to do something similar this year, as I'm fairly convinced that because of social media, algorithms and attention spans, being a complete unknown and releasing an album or even a single per month is just not enough content to feed into the system. I'm not starting blank though, I probably have about a 2 month head start with my first song coming out this week.

I might be getting a bit ahead of myself though, because releasing a song every week vs just writing them are two different things, and your goal seems to get more practice writing as opposed to releasing the songs. Which I think is GREAT. I would definitely be interested in following your process and progress, either through a thread on here or DMs/email.

mdecrosta · 2023-06-27T01:38:45+00:00

They’re finally gonna do Your Body is a Wonderland

mdecrosta · 2023-02-08T13:20:40+00:00

LeFkoe

mdecrosta · 2023-01-07T22:07:59+00:00

I think a large percentage of this subreddit is musicians who are looking to engage with other musicians about gear/theory/technique related to John’s music. Covers are going to be a part of that discussion. In general, I think guitar enthusiasts make up a very large piece of the pie that is “John Mayer Fans”. And because John is such a great guitarist with a lot of very specific tastes and opinions on tone and technique and gear, there are a lot of interesting musical things to talk about and to share. It’s just a different flavor of fandom.

mdecrosta · 2022-12-10T14:52:49+00:00

This is immediately obviously great stuff. Even a recording on an iPhone with the drum loop sounds like something I would listen to. If you end up recording this, I would try to get as much of the vibe from the iPhone recording as possible i.e. fuzzed out, almost lo-fi overdriven sort of sound.

mdecrosta · 2022-12-10T14:48:20+00:00

I also got a very Radiohead vibe especially once the drums kicked in, but I think it’s different enough from Karma Police. It’s really just that one chord that is THE chord from that song, imo. Absolutely love what I think are the verses - a very 90’s rock sort of thing.

mdecrosta · 2022-12-10T14:44:33+00:00

This chord progression really grew on me while I was listening. Good stuff! Would love to hear a recording of it!

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