Joined: July 24, 2018
Reid Likes: 87 Songs
Guitar, some keyboards, and sing well enough to do my demos and in live bands for songs in my range and vocal style. But my primary skillset is songwriting.
The Eagles, Tom Petty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, Doobie Brothers, Heart, Donald Fagen/Steely Dan, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Meghan Trainor, The Beatles, Bach, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Beethoven, Gershwin, and the Blues.
Reid Yamamoto gave feedback on Who's the Matter With You
Thank you Dori, and yes, I agree with your and Frank’s feedback. This is one of my main weaknesses, and when I listen to you, Frank, Brent, and the other great writers here, I can clearly see the differences in my songs and yours. I’m working with Brent... Read More
Reid Yamamoto gave feedback on You Can’t Save Yourself
Hi Dori, coming from a great writer and killer vocalist like you, I’m glad you feel the song is headed in the right direction now. It is the rewrites after our initial demos that turns a good idea, into a potentially great song. I love your writing and voice,... Read More
Reid Yamamoto gave feedback on Who's the Matter With You
Hi Frank, thank you, and what you said makes total sense and is often my weakness in developing my songs. I come up with what I think is a great hook, develop the melody for it, the chord progression, then build the verses from there, often not giving them enough... Read More
Reid Yamamoto gave feedback on You Can’t Save Yourself
Hi Dori, Thank you for your very detailed and great feedback. I’m having one of the guys who works on my songs, who is a pro vocalist and great arranger (Jonathan Hayes), do a version 2.0 which has a totally different feel and more contrast between verses and choruses. If... Read More
Reid Yamamoto gave feedback on He Has Come
Wow, this is such an amazing and uplifting song Tre! Great production values and your vocalist kills it! It sounds like you enlisted a choir to sing on the choruses, and it sounds great!