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Title: New Album: The Sea
Post by: jakeg1235 on February 01, 2016, 03:27:04 PM
This is an album I've been working on for a while; my biggest influences here were my favorite music of the '60s: The Beatles, Van Dyke Parks, and of course The Beach Boys. Take a listen, comments appreciated!

https://jakegonnella.bandcamp.com/album/the-sea


Title: Re: New Album: The Sea
Post by: orange22 on February 08, 2016, 08:31:08 PM
Very interesting. I'm definitely feeling the 60s vibe. I didn't listen to every song though- anything you would specifically recommend?
One thing I would mention, and this is not to disparage the work at all, but I'd love to hear a bit more sloppiness/human feel, I think it would really benefit the songs. But I really like the songwriting, and there is some very interesting mixing going on!


Title: Re: New Album: The Sea
Post by: jakeg1235 on February 26, 2016, 06:54:16 PM
Thanks for Listening! I would reccomend "and i know", "without her", and "1000 miles off the ground". appreciate the suggestion, definitely something I've thought about, thanks for sharing your thoughts!


Title: Re: New Album: The Sea
Post by: JK on March 13, 2016, 06:45:07 AM
I've just listened to it all the way through and it sounds brilliant to me. You should be very proud of it.

And... I would say the human feel is definitely there.

Look forward to hearing any changes/improvements/whatever you may decide to make...