Painted Smiles reviews - Part 1

Here are the reviews of Painted Smiles; I had submitted it to the Indie Rock genre. One of the reviewers wrote about the lyrics they very loosely rhyme... it allows for the message to be uninhibited by the bounds of rhyme. I don't think I had any rhyming scheme at all in Painted Smiles.

Most songs I write, I don't worry too much about rhyming since I'd rather focus on the story that the song is about. I think that if I focused too much on using words because they rhymed then it would change the meaning and tone of the words too much.

A notable exception in my repertoire is a song I wrote called Tales From The Vinyl Museum, in which I deliberately wrote in a very structured rhyming scheme. In that particular case, I felt that the rhyming was an important element of the song, that it just had to be there.


From New Jersey -

Super-creative song of bitterness. All the elements are there: Good guitar, good song structure, good vocalist (although I think he could belt it out a little more at key emotional points), good lyrics that are graphic in hostilitiy, and good arrangement. Well-done.

From San Antonio, Texas -

The intro guitar made me think I was in for an 80's metal love ballad (not that that's a bad thing), but the body sounded kinda goth, mainly just due to the singers tone and pace. This is definitely original, I can't think of a band to compare you to. Good production and very tight musically. Only negative thing I can think of is the vox seem a bit loud and could be mixed in more, but that's just my personal taste.

From Southport, Indiana -

The intro guitar took me back to the hair band era. I like the dual vocals; it lends a nice effect, and the lead voice is good. The laughter in the accents (as well as the last line) sounds a bit contrived. The "Full of it" lead-in was a nice punch. The first instrumental section seemed a little empty, but I'll have to listen again.

From Appleton, Wisconsin -

guitar with an 80's sound and comedic lyrics crashtest dummies from 1980 a bit of a mellow rock vibe

From Alameda, California -

The beginning is very cool. The vocals are powerful. It sounds really original. I like it. And the lyrics are really good too.

From New York -

I don't think that this song would be very interesting for the mass. But i have to say that it's very nice arangement. Guitar solos, drum parts are very nice. Vocal reminds me about goth-industrial stuff. But it doesn't damage the track. Nice song.

From Dunmore, Pennsylvania -

I like it. If your aiming this song at someone speicial, nice job. Spooky song with a very slight Rocky Horror type theme. This song makes me feel your pain. I too have been there. Nice job.

From Portland, Oregon -

the feel of the song reminds me of earlier metallica mixed with later pink floyd. the lyrics are very literal. they very loosely rhyme. i like this quality in a song, it allows for the message to be uninhibited by the bounds of rhyme. great guitar work and really good dynamic control.