Joined: November 15, 2013
Don Likes: 8 Songs
Vocals, guitars, etc
Franz Kafka: "Don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical - don’t edit your soul according to fashion - follow your own most intense obsessions mercilessly"
Woody Guthrie: "It’s a Folk Singer’s job to comfort disturbed people & to disturb comfortable people" Lou Reed: “I have never thought of music as a challenge — always figure the audience is at least as smart as you are. Do this because you like it, you think what you’re making is beautiful. And if you think it’s beautiful, maybe they think it’s beautiful.”
Don Nelson gave feedback on Time To Hit The Road
Hi Nice lilting vibe to the song - but as some have said above i didn’t find the lyrics that engaging - maybe the chorus could go to a minor chord on “understand” to add some shadow to the song and maybe at each chorus iteration what you “gab”... Read More
Don Nelson gave feedback on Plank
Hi Matt I liked the song overall – very nicely played and sung - but still I wasn’t sure exactly what you were trying to convey. While listening - I kept imagining it was from the point of view of (for instance) a homeless guy who is having to endure... Read More
Don Nelson gave feedback on Slow Ride (Long Road)
Another nice one - good job! I only wish there might be some way towards the end of the song (unless maybe this sounds too trite) to widen the scope of the song so that less an autobiographical story about your personal determination to succeed in Nashville -and perhaps more... Read More
Don Nelson gave feedback on Us Someday
great song - great vocals, music & delivery - the little guitar figure is perfect to bring the listener back to the story too. nice stuff!
Don Nelson gave feedback on Talking to a Ghost
Hi Eric, I liked the song - it’s a fun pop tune. I especially liked the use of that little piano figure walk-down thing that comes in at the 2nd verse. In reading the feedback from others above - i get what they’re saying about the narrative -... Read More