Saturday, February 10, 2007

Heart Like A River reviews - Part 3

Here is the last set of reviews for Heart Like a River. It achieved a top ranking of 226 out of 634 in the Acoustic genre. That puts it just shy of reaching the top third. In contrast, The Great Escape last year had a top ranking of 19 out of 87 in the Progressive Rock genre. This tells me that the Acoustic genre is a bigger market than Progressive Rock, and also much more competitive.

From South Farmingdal, New York -


This just may be one of the most melancholy songs I've ever heard. The lyrics are mildly interesting, but the metaphor of and the repetition "my heart is a river" gets old by the end of the song. The melody is pretty and the singer really expresses sadness, but here is a case where the song is "oversung." It sounds like the singer is trying too hard to convey sadness, which ultimately takes away from its effectiveness.


From Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada -


Well I must say that the music is very well done. I'm sorry but I don't think I can say that same for the singer. Get a new singer and this song would be very interesting.


From East Highland, California -


i like the guitar a lot and the melody and the voilin, and the vocals a pretty clean


From Athens, West Virginia -


I liked the almost folky feel of this song...the intro sparked my attention...the song proceeded it gave me a simon and garfunkel feel with just one vocal...I think the song could use a pick me up...and then we'll see what happens.


From Boca Raton, Florida -


nice strings. the vocals sound good but id say trying to find a different mic to better fit your voice. sounds a little creepy with this mic.


From Bedroom, United Kingdom -


Liked the opening guitar - sounded promising and quite moving. Nice violins/cellos too.
Wow - that's a wierd voice. Is that just the mix? Not sure what to make of the voice. Sounds a little like an electronic voice...maybe it's just a question of lowering the vocal track a touch or taking off some of the treble...not sure.
Lovely melody and instrumentals though. Just sort out the recording of the voice, if you please!


From Llandudno, Con, United Kingdom -


This is recorded well. The pan is lovely and the strings are fantastic

The vocals deliver the lines purely but the lines are a little cheesy at times and I find them not to my taste

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