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- Hey everybody, what is up?

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Welcome back to Fansom Power Music Review.

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This is episode 10.

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I think I'm gonna do four songs this time.

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Episode 10 of the Fansom Power Music Review.

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This is where we dive into songwriting,

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composition, recording,

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we geek out as musicians love to.

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Some of you guys love to geek out

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over Bitcoin mining and nodes and ordnals

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and whatever all you propeller heads love to geek out about.

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I like to geek out about songs

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and hopefully people will chime in and listen.

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Or listen and chime in, one of the two.

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But most importantly, this is a value for value podcast,

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which means that the listener can send

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little tiny bits of Bitcoin

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straight to the artists while the songs are playing

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or to the podcast host who could always use a new microphone.

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If you love the show,

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we certainly hope you will donate to it,

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be a value for value.

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But most importantly, we are here for the artist

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and we want to help artists earn a living wage.

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And I think the value for value

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and what's going on in podcasting 2.0 with RSS feeds

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and with what's coming up with Nostar,

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I am excited about the music industry

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for the first time in 30 years.

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Anywho, I've talked about that on my other podcast.

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All right, let's shut up and let's dive into some songs

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and then we'll break down what makes them tick

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and what we like about them.

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First up, we are going to do a song called

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"Figured You Out" by The Dwarfels.

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And if you dig it, you got to boost it.

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Let's listen to it and then we'll break it down.

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Here we go.

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♪ There's a girl in my world ♪

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♪ And she's all one ♪

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♪ If only I could follow her and take her ♪

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♪ I know every single little thing about her ♪

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♪ If only I could follow her and show her ♪

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♪ Shoot her tax in the middle of a night, die ♪

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♪ Maybe we could get together ♪

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♪ Take her to your spots on the rooftops, baby ♪

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♪ Go on, take her out and let me change her ♪

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♪ Oh ♪

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♪ Are you ready? ♪

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♪ You can't have the fun ♪

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♪ Don't stay in the city ♪

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♪ Going downtown ♪

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♪ And leaving downtown ♪

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♪ And I don't want to stay in the city ♪

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♪ 'Cause I can't do that ♪

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♪ I know you like staying up a little later ♪

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♪ I know you're not the kind of fox for a play ♪

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♪ And I'm spelling all my time, baby, baby ♪

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♪ Just trying to find a way to take you ♪

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♪ From the guys that you know you're the all right ♪

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♪ Don't you let me shout a little loud ♪

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♪ Little, little real you do, baby ♪

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♪ Go on, take her out and let me change her ♪

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♪ Oh ♪

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♪ I'm the baby ♪

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♪ You got the fun ♪

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♪ I'm down, stay in the city ♪

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♪ Going downtown ♪

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♪ And leaving downtown ♪

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♪ And I don't want to stay in the city ♪

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♪ 'Cause I'm gonna get you out ♪

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♪ I know you want to know ♪

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♪ 'Cause I'm gonna get you out ♪

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♪ I'm gonna get you out ♪

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♪ Every time I'm with you ♪

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♪ You're just dead ♪

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♪ I am not blind ♪

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♪ And I'm so ♪

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♪ Fly ♪

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♪ You're the sound of a fly ♪

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♪ You got the fun ♪

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♪ I'm down, stay in the city ♪

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♪ And leaving downtown ♪

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♪ And I don't want to stay in the city ♪

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♪ 'Cause I'm gonna get you out ♪

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♪ And I'm gonna get you out ♪

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♪ I'm gonna stay in the city ♪

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- Well, we're gonna have TJ Dorfell on the show

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coming up at the back end of January.

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He's agreed to do an artist, our interview.

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We can dive more into that track and to the history

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of the band, 'cause I know they've been around now

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for at least 14 years.

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I saw some YouTube clips of the band

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when they were down in Florida

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and playing it around the country.

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So I bring all of that up because it is no surprise

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that that song physically sounds as well as it does

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when you have a band that's been together that long,

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when you guys have guys that have been doing it that long.

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absolutely topped here.

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the complete absence of any sort of beat, any sort of music

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on beat one.

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I know, you know, like Miley Cyrus did it last year on Flowers

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and I just love that feel of it.

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I mean, just what it does to the whole syncopation

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is so cool, really smart writing.

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I love the dirty techno bass sound you get

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with the live drums and you can tell that it's live playing

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or I hope to God, it's live playing, right?

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key bass thing with live drums is really EQed well,

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very hip, great drive.

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so that it sounds a little bit more like a synth in the verses.

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per se until the bridge comes around.

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as well great separation in the mix

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from the lead vocal to the rest of the mix.

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I love how the bridge of the song

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doesn't follow the Nashville format or even the LA format

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of what I quote unquote bridge should be.

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that these guys, they've been a band for so long

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that they just don't necessarily care about the rules

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of what the industry tells you you should do for songwriting.

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And it really shows in the quality of how well this song comes off.

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The melody is killer, strong, love how it is tight

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with just about every instrumentation in the entire production.

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how they coincide with the chord progression too,

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especially with the two chord.

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really great chord changes.

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pulling hard off the three and pulling hard off the two

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as much, you know, so many times in pop or country,

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you know, you're doing a 1645 or 6251, you know,

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just the same old trite progressions.

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One, three, one, two, one, three, one, two.

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once in the song if I'm not mistaken.

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So just overall, figured you out is a vicious song broken down,

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I mean, it's just so well done for every aspect of it.

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Theory, production, melody, harmony, vocal delivery,

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great track, great track, absolutely great track.

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Okay, so let's move on to the next one.

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Let's check out Sheets of Brain from Oshianna Heart Song.

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I think these guys are number one on Wave,

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like not with this song right now, but with another one.

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But let's check them out.

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And then we'll break it down.

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Here we go.

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♪ Love is a pushin' ♪

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♪ Born in the morning ♪

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♪ You gave me goosebumps ♪

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♪ That was a warning ♪

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♪ Your eyes are the ocean ♪

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♪ Color is on them ♪

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♪ I wake up she ran ♪

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♪ Gold and burnin' ♪

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♪ I ain't, I don't know what you want ♪

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♪ I'm tryna stay afloat ♪

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♪ Caught in an undertone ♪

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♪ You would let me go ♪

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♪ Findin' forever brave ♪

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♪ You were marked in Dunin' and Burn ♪

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♪ We ain't calling in ♪

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♪ Sheets of Brain ♪

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♪ Thundered storm and baby, I'm away ♪

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♪ I can't get no sleep ♪

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♪ Sheets of Brain ♪

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♪ Tossin' her and baby, as we lay ♪

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♪ In a Sheets of Brain ♪

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♪ Love is a poison ♪

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♪ We got our demons ♪

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♪ I set myself low ♪

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♪ Guilty of treason ♪

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♪ Eyes are the ocean ♪

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♪ Color of torment ♪

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♪ I wake up she ran ♪

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♪ Gold and burnin' ♪

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♪ I ain't, I don't know what you want ♪

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♪ I'm tryna stay afloat ♪

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♪ Caught in an undertone ♪

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♪ You would let me go ♪

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♪ Findin' forever brave ♪

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♪ You were marked in Dunin' and Burn ♪

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♪ We ain't calling in ♪

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♪ Sheets of Brain ♪

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♪ Thundered storm and baby, I'm away ♪

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♪ I can't get no sleep ♪

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♪ Sheets of Brain ♪

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♪ Tossin' her and baby, as we lay ♪

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- Love that tight little ending at the end.

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The song only clocks in at 2.30,

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which I guess is the new three minute,

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but it works well.

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It really works well and I love that abrupt little ending.

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The thing that really drew me in on this song was the space

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that is created with the rhythms

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all throughout the song.

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If you go back to what Miles Davis taught,

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Herbie Hancock about space,

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I think I've probably told the story before,

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but he told, Miles told Herbie to sit on your hands

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while you're playing essentially.

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Space is more important, right?

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And that's the first thing I thought of when I heard Sheets of Brain,

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Oceana Hearts on with this.

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I also really love that turn going into the pre-chorus

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or if you wanna call it the second half of the verse.

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There's a nice little twist that they use with the progression.

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Chorus chords are very strong, love the buildup.

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There's a really great,

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there's four great textures going on in the chorus that I love.

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Number one is they take the verb or the grease off of the vocals

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from the verses when the chorus comes up

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and they go with a drier approach

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on the lead vocal in the chorus,

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which I think is very smart.

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That's the first texture that I love.

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Number two is the sound of the acoustic.

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Number three is the trash drum sound.

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And then number four, the how it fills itself out

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in the soundscape with the rest of the modern sounds.

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I think it's whoever produced this

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and I can't quite figure out if this is just a galsing in

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or if it is her and her musical partner doing this,

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I can't quite tell what's going on from Instagram or TikTok

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or whatever.

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But there's some really smart production going on in this song

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and as I said at the start,

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what drew me into it was the space.

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I also love the doubling of the vocal on the chorus.

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Not a lot of people do that anymore.

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It adds a great amount of depth

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and I love the selections that they made in doing it.

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Sometimes you want to get that vocal just absolutely dead nuts,

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soup to nuts tight.

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On that second track, sometimes you just,

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you want it to be just a little loose

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and that's what I think that they did on this.

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And to me, it was very, very strong.

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This song has the ability to sound very, very intimate

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as well as very massive in the same setting

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and that's hard to do.

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So Kudos to the production team on this.

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Obviously it's a romantic song.

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So you want to have that intimate moment

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but you also want to have the large explosive feel of a pop song

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which I think they do very well.

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And then lastly, I will say that I think her voice

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really matches not only the instrumentation

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but the storytelling of the song.

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This is very well recorded, very well mixed

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and very well mastered.

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And those are three different things entirely.

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So Kudos to Oshihana Heart Song

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and be it just the Gowon singing

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or the duo that's creating the stuff.

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Nice track, guys, really nice track.

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Looking forward to what you guys come up with next.

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All right.

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By the way, that song was key of C, about 98 BPM.

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And if you were curious about the key in the BPM

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for the Dwarfless track, that was the key of the people, G

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and about 79 BPM.

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All right, so let's switch it up.

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Now we're gonna jump over to Seaminer,

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about 152 BPM.

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And I love this band, IRO, I-R-O-H.

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We're gonna check out their song called The Fever.

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Here we go.

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If you dig it, you gotta boost it.

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(upbeat music)

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♪ I see the snow in the wind ♪

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♪ Twisting stars and I can hear them now ♪

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♪ I've been hearing them and been ♪

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♪ Jason Holt, the love thing you feel ♪

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♪ I'm running, they sign here ♪

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♪ Here's your beautiful feet ♪

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♪ Break the rules for us ♪

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♪ And I run in place, I can't get you ♪

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♪ You're afraid ♪

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♪ You're afraid ♪

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♪ You're supposed to be a little more ♪

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♪ A little more ♪

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♪ A little more ♪

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♪ Grab my keys, you know what I'm gonna do ♪

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♪ Lost my friends, and I lost you ♪

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♪ They come from the world, second man ♪

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♪ The space, they stay away ♪

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♪ I'm running, they sign here ♪

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♪ Here's your beautiful feet ♪

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♪ You're afraid, they come from the world ♪

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♪ A little more ♪

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♪ I can't get you ♪

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♪ You're afraid ♪

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♪ You're supposed to be a little more ♪

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♪ A little more ♪

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♪ I'm a man ♪

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♪ I'm a c'mon, c'mon, done ♪

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♪ Rear with a smile feet on ♪

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♪ From the commemoration ♪

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♪ Come to the kelp ♪

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♪ When the storm ends ♪

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♪ I'll go ♪

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♪ Is coming under ♪

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♪ Rear with a smile ♪

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♪ Rear with a smile ♪

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♪ For a combination ♪

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♪ Of your true mind ♪

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♪ And it's being a joke to see ♪

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♪ I won't let you go to sleep ♪

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♪ I won't let you go to sleep ♪

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♪ I can't let you go to sleep ♪

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♪ I won't let you go to sleep ♪

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♪ I learned the lessons I see ♪

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♪ I know I'm a fool ♪

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♪ I learned the lessons I see too often ♪

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♪ I've been hearing ♪

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♪ I've been hearing ♪

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♪ You're a fool ♪

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♪ Just a fool ♪

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♪ Gluttoned different rules ♪

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♪ I won't replace that kid ♪

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♪ Get your job out of the field ♪

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♪ Praise the hero for us ♪

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♪ I won't replace that kid ♪

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♪ Get your job ♪

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♪ Get your work ♪

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♪ Sing for your praise ♪

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♪ The plans of men are coming ♪

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♪ Coming or done ♪

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♪ The reptile beans of violence ♪

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♪ Combination ♪

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♪ The plans of men are coming ♪

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♪ Coming or done ♪

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♪ The plans of violence ♪

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♪ Combination ♪

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- So much to love about the song,

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but let me start with the very beginning

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and what I call an all-start,

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which is where everybody starts,

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at the same time, everybody's in,

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bought a ping-pong, bought a boom.

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This is a brilliant example of how to do it.

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Let me give you the beginning again

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so you can hear what I'm talking about.

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♪ I know I learned the lessons I see too often ♪

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I mean, that's just perfect.

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Everybody's at, boom, you got a snare fill

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and then everybody comes flying in

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and you just are bolted out of sleep

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or waking up from your coma

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or brought out of the grave,

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whatever the hell it is, you want to call it.

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Absolutely love the all-start.

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That's one of the better ones that I've ever heard.

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Another thing that I love about this track is that

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it is very easy to lose the vocals in the mix

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when you have such a heavy song.

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But the mix on this is really well done

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and I hope people are sticking around

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and listening to all of these comments

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because I think if you look through,

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or listen through a lot of the stuff that's on way, Blake,

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or a lot of the stuff that's in Ellen Beats, unfortunately,

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there is an overwhelming supply of stuff

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that is not mixed well, that is not produced well,

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that is not in tune

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and it just gets in the way of everybody

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who's trying to take this seriously.

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So I would hope that anybody who, you know,

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before you put your stuff up on the web,

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I don't care if it's here or Spotify,

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have somebody else listen to it

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and give you an honest critique

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as to whether or not everything is in pitch

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and on time, 'cause that'll save everybody a lot of trouble.

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But again, the mix on this is exceptional

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and the other part of the mix

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that I just absolutely adore is the bass and the kick EQ.

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It is on point throughout the entire song

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and the guitar riff, how that is EQed,

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how the guitars are EQed, fantastic, top tier.

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The melodies on the verses and throughout the song

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are very, very, very strong, especially on the third verse

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where they're repeating the first verse again,

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but those backing harmonies on that third verse

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are fantastic.

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I love the bridge breakdown, how it's drum driven.

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I love the ascending chord progression in the chorus.

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These guys are really smart writers

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and whoever is producing their stuff

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is guiding this band in the proper direction.

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This is one of the better bands that I have come across

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in the V for V space.

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Yeah, I dig everything that these guys are doing.

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Great writing, great engineering, great production.

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Great vocals too.

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All of it, just quality shit, man.

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Quality shit, so I hope you guys are sending them some sats

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and I hope the band is sending some sats to their producer.

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All right, last track that we're gonna get to,

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we are going to listen to,

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quote unquote, my favorite band

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and I love the name of this band.

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I mean, if you're that bauzy with calling your band,

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my favorite band, well,

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then I'm definitely gonna give it a listen.

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So let's give it a listen.

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We're gonna listen to a track called Never Going Back

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in the Key of A, about 93 BPM or 186,

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I don't care what you call it,

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but this is Never Going Back by my favorite band.

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(upbeat music)

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(upbeat music)

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♪ Break up, I wasted hours of sleep ♪

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♪ In the back of my mind, my soul feels weird ♪

436
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♪ About no one's different ♪

437
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♪ About to think you're different ♪

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♪ She's coming back to my old ways ♪

439
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♪ My old past and the things I'm changing ♪

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♪ Now I'm trying to grow right now ♪

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♪ This doesn't even show ♪

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(upbeat music)

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♪ You know myself in the mirror ♪

444
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♪ I seen my best two years ago ♪

445
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♪ Where two things were so much clearer ♪

446
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♪ I'm already late now, some two ♪

447
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♪ I've gotta try to pick that one this time ♪

448
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♪ Turns out they just wasn't right ♪

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♪ I feel I'm falling back again ♪

450
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♪ I feel I'm falling back again ♪

451
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♪ Yeah, no, never run back again ♪

452
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♪ Or you will never have a string to hand ♪

453
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♪ Stand by yourself and be in my age ♪

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♪ You are the control in your life ♪

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♪ Break up, I was in a sleep ♪

456
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♪ In the back of my mind, my soul feels weird ♪

457
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♪ About no one's different ♪

458
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♪ About to think you're different ♪

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♪ She's coming back to my old ways ♪

460
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♪ My old past and the things I'm changing ♪

461
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♪ Now I'm trying to grow right now ♪

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♪ This doesn't even show ♪

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♪ And I'm never run back again ♪

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♪ Or you will never have a string to stand ♪

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♪ Stand by yourself and be in my age ♪

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♪ You are the control in your life ♪

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♪ Yeah, no, never run back again ♪

468
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♪ Yeah, no, never run back again ♪

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♪ Or you will never have a string to stand ♪

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(upbeat music)

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♪ Yeah, no, never run back again ♪

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(upbeat music)

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♪ Yeah, no, never run back again ♪

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♪ Or you will never have a string to stand ♪

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♪ Stand by yourself and be in my age ♪

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♪ You are the control in your life ♪

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♪ You are the control in your life ♪

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There is a lot to love about that band.

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They kind of remind me of the chili peppers,

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maybe a little bit of primus.

481
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,760
That song basically, or that whole project,

482
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I think came out in 2005.

483
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So we're basically talking about stuff

484
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that's 20 years old now.

485
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,640
And another band that it kind of reminds me of

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is Fall Out Boy.

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There's, it's kind of funk rock with some emo, right?

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And I listen to a lot of their tracks up on Wave Lake.

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And they are so impressive rhythmically.

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One of the, everything from all of the guitar riffs

491
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:05,840
and the finger tapping on the bass and the drums,

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rhythmically these guys were,

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and I hope they still are.

494
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I hope they're still together.

495
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,720
Amazing, really solid band.

496
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:20,640
Let me be completely honest

497
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,360
and I'm not trying to talk shit

498
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and I'm not trying to bring anybody down.

499
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:32,960
But I could not help but feel when I listen to these songs.

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As much as I loved the band and I loved the lyrics

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and I loved the melody,

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I would love to see this band get back together

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even if they're in their 40s or 50s now.

504
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,040
I mean, at this 20 years later,

505
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I'd love to see this band get back together

506
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,560
and I would love to see them hand the mic over

507
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to a female lead.

508
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,360
Somebody like a Gwen Stefani type thing

509
00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:10,360
because I think if like that to me is what's missing

510
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,080
about this stuff.

511
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,760
I love the band, don't get me wrong.

512
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,520
And who knows, I'm probably gonna get some hate mail

513
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,600
for saying this but I just, I couldn't help

514
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:23,080
but feel that way as I was listening to all of these songs.

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00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,880
I'm like, God damn, they're really good

516
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,120
but like something was gnawing at me.

517
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,080
It's like, man, how, like if I was producing this band,

518
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,440
what would I do?

519
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And what I would do is I would get a female lead singer

520
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in there.

521
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,200
So I hope this band is still together.

522
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,840
Even if they're in their 40s or 50s,

523
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,680
fuck it, man, get out there and play.

524
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,840
But hey, but I would love to hear this band

525
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:44,960
with a female lead singer.

526
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,760
I would just love to hear what these songs sound like.

527
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,040
And I hope that they don't take it the wrong way

528
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,760
and I hope that they don't send me any hate mail.

529
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,000
I think that, you know, if you're gonna do podcasting,

530
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,160
you gotta be honest.

531
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,640
I'm not gonna come out here and talk about the songs

532
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,000
they don't like and make fun of people

533
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,280
who put songs up that are out of tune or poorly produced.

534
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,440
That's not fair.

535
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,880
But if I hear something and I think it still has some life to it

536
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,560
and still has some value to it and there's a way

537
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,600
to take it to the next level, I'm gonna throw it out there

538
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,440
and see what people say.

539
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,720
And I love the name of the band.

540
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,640
I love the work that they put up.

541
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,000
And I hope they're still playing.

542
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,600
It would be amazing to see these guys live.

543
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,600
I just think it, I would love to see it with a female lead

544
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,920
in this and what it would do to the dynamic of this project.

545
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,680
So that's it.

546
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:43,680
That's all I got for you.

547
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:48,680
That is four songs for the fans and power music review episode 10.

548
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:54,200
Shout out to Absolute Absalom over there in Switzerland

549
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,280
who is providing us with the killer bumper music

550
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,040
that you are hearing throughout the entire show.

551
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:06,400
And can't thank all of the podcasters

552
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,880
who support this show, all of the developers who support this show.

553
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,160
Everybody in the V4V space, shout out to Dolby Doss

554
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,520
at RSS Blue for the amazing job that he does

555
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,480
and teaching us and helping us with the serving up

556
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,880
this fine show in the podcasting 2.0 world.

557
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,720
Shout out to Adam Curry and Dave Jones

558
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,440
for all the work that you guys do.

559
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:32,400
And Drep Scott and all the fabulous folks at Bitcoin Park

560
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,120
here in Smash Vegas, right?

561
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,000
All right guys, that'll do it.

562
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:42,480
I hope you guys had a safe and happy New Year's Eve

563
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,840
and look forward to a great year in 2024.

564
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,760
Smile for the mugshot.

565
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,720
We'll talk to you later.

566
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,300
(upbeat music)

567
00:30:51,300 --> 00:31:01,300
(upbeat music)
