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Solitude
Your guitar playing skills are impressive! The way you strike notes so clean and true plus your timing is exceptional! I will revisit to listen to more of your catalougue. Very nice! -MIke
nice song...fits the title. The lead guitar break is really good...soulful. liked it a lot.
Review up on this track as promised Craig - went into a bit more depth than before;-)
Still listening to this beauty Craig...love it truly!!
Back again for another listen Craig - I agree with some of the production crits below but the music itself is spot on. Very memorable lines and it has a great feel and direction to it. If anything, my suggestion would be to try and get someone to play some live drums with this one. It would really benefit from the looseness of a good drummer. The solo in this one is really beautfull, didn't really comment on it before. Great tone and lovely phrasing. Will rate again if it lets me!
Lovely song, Craig, sorry I missed it before now. Just a small crit, the rhythm guitar (left stage) and drum loop sound a little wooden. Likewise as Andy has said, the bass is wooden against the beat. A little more looseness and freedom would lift the track I feel. Sorry to be picky but I think a good song needs the best treatment.I would drop that acoustic lead back a touch in the mix and soften it with a bit of reverb. Lovely distorted guitar when it comes in. Seems like all I've done is crit you, but I think it's the sign of a good song. If I just said, yeah, great I think you'd be disappointed! Well rated.
Oh wow....Craig, this is truly wonderful...thanks for telling me it was here...I could not rate it highly enough and I can feel a nom coming on, dearest...I can imagine a Kelly type of story sung by a gravelly voiced cowboy (kind of a la Wandering Star Lee Marvin) world weary and desolate as the desert. Bravo...me love it...please send asap!!
It's nice to come back and revisit this now it's finished. I'm really glad you kept the same feel, it works so well. Love the distorted guitar when it comes in, and glad you didn't overdo it, too much would have lost the feel, but you got it absolutely right. --Paul
Sorry i missed this craig, been in hospital again so im just trying to get round everyone :) This is a LOVELY piece of work, although its very sombre i just adore that backing choir/Vocal pad you have on here, it works beautifully with the acoustics of the music, your right it has a very 'alone' feeling to it. The guitar sounds amazing. 100% a winner of a track, love it! Thanx for the DL ;) xx
its a slow and steady beat with this awesome acoustic guitar playing this sad melody. I like the slurs in the guitar has this portamento effect which does nicely to the track. right after that comes a distorted guitar solo which plays out just as nicely and bak to the acoustic to end jus the way it started, really nice =) Matt
Wow, lovely guitar work here. Full and very rich sounding production. Loving the slight distortion on the guitar as has been mentioned already. I was actually thinking you have a bit of a Dire Straits sound in that guitar work and chord progression. That is a great thing, as I love Dire Straits!! Loved it and taking download :)
Thats a really nice piece craig, great when the distortion git comes in too. lovely melody and spanish feel. me likes!
I'd consider filling the bass in a couple o places. You do two hits on B then 2 hits on C# and the song kinda drops after each pair of bass notes. Maybe have the bass "walk" a bit to keep the momentum up - try listening to the bass and drums alone together and see if it makes sense. Other than that my fave was the "slightly distorted guitar" sound. Sorry was I tubular belling hee hee. Nice one and rated
Nice easy piece to listen to. Musical and sincere. -rl
Craig Beautiful track my friend. EZ rate Bad Love Junkie
your on ur way dude:)every aspect of art.. ever heard band called the shadows? well you .... over em dude!!!! rated!
Beautiful track Craig - lovely emotive playing. Liked the phrasing, the keys under really help to lift things. Nice tone, big rate from me.
this is really sweet sounding, Craig...some really cool string pullin on this for sure. production sounds tight to me. nice work!
Really really beautiful instrumental Craig one to be proud of my friend. Lovely spaghetti western style to this as has previously been mentioned. Excellent work as usual. Easy rate. Take Care Andy :)
Whew, after numerous flaming hoops logging in & out I can now comment: You really nailed the feel to a continuation of, “Alone”. How do I know? Because those visual images I mentioned below got me right back into the Spanish Cowboy mode I wrote of in 07 on Alone. I started to write that image, but I knew I had written of this image before. Here’s what I see now: A bloody Spanish cowboy follows his tracks towards home, a blinding sun obscuring his path; the only obstacle now remaining. Ten bloody Gringos lay dead in the sand where his tracks reversed. Months earlier, when he last rode this canyon, the sun at his back and a mission in the front of his mind, nothing would stand in his way. His steely determination was like the wind that carried the tumbleweeds on their relentless journey west. The woman he lived for, gone now, forever behind him raining down rays of warmth to carry him forward. Upon his return, however, as he sees there exists no end to his trail, no destiny to fulfill, no one waiting to greet him, he slumps in his saddle, blood flowing from his nostrils. Brill track! All buttons!
Lovely instrumental, the soft acoustic guitar, percussion and choir an excellent backdrop for the melody you paint. The acoustic lead with the harmonics blended beautifully, and is my favorite of the two, the distorted lead comes on like Carlos Santana. Ordinarily that'd be a good thing as I'm a huge fan of his and that sound, just seems slightly out of place with this piece. Your attention to detail with the mix and production is impressive, Craig, and my slight crit is most likely just a matter of personal preference. Very pleasant listen, sir, and very rated.
Just the finish of the lead I mean could be smoother.
A really, really great track as is stands now! Instills visual images. Has a slight touch of a Mexican flare to it. Love the lead (especially the nicely laced pinch harmonic). Only slight crit is that I think you can play that lead a bit smoother. Easy R8! PM me when you have the final mix up please!
Like the crisp production job here.Tune itself is a nice relaxing one with some nice voices backing.Neat change of pace for you.
Sounding alot better Craig. The drums to me sound fine to be honest. They do their job well, and sit in nicely, holding the backbeat. Simple, letting the guitars take the spotlight. Electric solo was GREAT!...Acoustic lead/melody is very nice also, but needs tweaking mix wise i feel. Just sounds a tad too bright to me. Perhaps a hint of Chorus? Fine track anyway:) Mark
Great to hear something so different from you and it works for us! Well done and rated.
Totally cool Craig. You're one versatile dude. From Rock to Instrumental and all between is really unbelievable. This track really shines! Dan
Great progressions in the ''chorus'' and nice choir pads too,nice touch.Luv the electric lead @ 2.40...adds dynamics.Cool harmonics too. Take a rate fella.
Yeah Craig this is nice as is. I dig this big time. Vin
I have to agree with Mark on this matter Craig. Sounds very cool as it is and I wouldnt change that formula for now. I do look forward to the finished piece! Would you consider writing some lyrics to this at a later stage Craig?
Really nice feel to this. Id definitely leave it in this format. Especially knowing your other stuff is more Rockier, this breaks your own back catalogue up nicely and gives some variation.
you've got a nice sound on here and the title fits perfectly - personally I think I'd work on what you've got rather than rocking it up.
Just love the guitar style on this track and also the melody...more please. R
(NO MORE) HAPPY ENDINGS. This is the second collab between Truj and myself, follow up to the MP3Unsigned Official Chart No1 'On The Road'. Once again Tommy wrote and performed all the music and I wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals. Tommy is also responsible for mixing and mastering. All comments and suggestions, good or bad, as always are greatly appreciated. Play this LOUD!!!
Please check out my latest track, Misery Loves Company. I'm really pleased with the way this one has turned out, definitely one of my best yet! Cheers Craig
Note: Same as always, going on the basis that a score of 10 is for a release level track with Bob Rock style production. First off, let me say that Craig is a damn fine guitarist - for a long time I only knew him as a song writer but the more of his stuff I've listened to the more I began to notice smatterings of really excellent guitar playing all over the place. I was excited to see tha
At this point in time, I have reviewed getting on for a dozen Pidgeman tracks and discovered that this rock based musician is generally worth listening to. Personally I still think he is capable of much, much more but his catalog of tracks on Mp3 Unsigned (and Soundclick) will show a very competent musician and songwriter, sometimes let down by the equipment he is working with. A
First track out of the MP3 Unsigned bag this month is the indefatigable (Ed: wooahh Gilmore!! Big words!) Pidgeman. Since I first met him while reviewing Misery Loves Company (September 2007 Pidgeman has been a regular visitor to my review schedule so at this stage of the game I probably have almost a dozen of his tracks reviewed. Although there is a fair smattering of Highly Recommend
Craig Matthews (aka Pidgeman) has been a regular on these pages for the last year or so and is actually quite a prodigious musician and out of the wodge of tracks I have reviewed has done well in terms of keeping my critical beast at bay. It helps considerably that most of the tracks this UK based musician writes are good, old fashioned rock tunes and I am amazingly biased that way. Th
Out of the seven or eight reviews I have done of Craig Matthews (aka Pidgeman) one thing becomes instantly clear, I like this musicians style even if I haven't found a track to rave about yet. That is obviously just a question of time of course, and the right combination of circumstances, but I feel fairly confident at this stage that this is an artist who definitely has a Must Have track lu
I was, am and always will be a big fan of rock music, from the Beatles and beyond rock has always been a constant in my own life. Which, as it happens, is pretty good news for artists like MP3 Unigned's Pidgeman considering that rock seems to be his meat and potatoes too. Consequently we haven't had a lot ofg trouble seeing musical eye to eye and some of his tracks have indeed been standout, par
Babylon is Doomed? Fucking A, as someone once said. Don't know about you mon, but whenever me hear dat Babylon t'ing I think of reggae. Not something I would automatically expect from Pidgeman, an alternative rock musician from MP3 Unsigned I have reviewed a half a dozen times, without too much upset. Fact is, I do like a good singer/songwriter, especially when their chosen
This is an incredibly well structured song. I enjoyed listening to this track a lot and I'm really looking forward to the remake that has been mentioned. First off, the production is as close to perfection as you can get in a home recording environment. The acoustic guitar sound is exceptional. Nice and crisp, clear as a bell but with enough low mid and bottom end to keep it warm soun
First track out of MP3 Unsigned this month is from yer old rock buddy Pidgeman. Regular readers will know the man and his works of course but if ya don't here's a thumbnail sketch. He's a home produced rock musician from Coventry here in the UK and considering that he is a home producer comes up with some very decent tracks indeed. Out of the last five tracks I reviewed, three go
Craig Matthews (aka Pidgeman) is an MP3 Unsigned artist you will be familiar with if you are a regular reader, and lets face it if you are not then I am talking to myself and that doesn't even bear thinking about. Having come from a lifetime of real world music, I have found I have developed a specific ear for what is right according to that world. It's why, I think, I am sometimes ove
MP3 Unsigned's Pidgeman had a bit of a rough time from me when I reviewed Wasting Time (March 2008) a track that I felt needed a lot of improvement - a fairly common thread of my reviews of this particular artist. Which is odd because Pidgeman plays rock of various tones, and he plays it well too. Where the wheels start falling off the wagon is when you add into it arrangement, pitch a
My final review for this batch goes to Pidgeman, who I've reviewed before when he collabed with electronica artist Destri! This track, however, is one he done all by himself! This starts off with a drumbeat first, then the rest of the instrumentation comes in! The sound is very 80's, which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on where you stand on the matter! Personally, I like the so
Third time around for MP3 Unsigned's Pidgeman, a singer/songwriter from the UK. The first track I reviewed - Misery Loves Company (November 2007) - showed that Pidgeman knows what he's doing in terms of performance and songwriting style and Can't Stop Thinking About You (January 2008) only confirmed that impression. Where things fell down in both tracks was in the final presentation, a
Well coming up here is my 3rd review out of the people who first came into my offering post for a review. I have to say I’m very pleased with the results so far. We have Pidgman’s latest; Babylon Is Doomed?. So without further due to you all… Lets begin! The first thing that gets thrown out at me is the snare. Very powerful and full. I like it a lot. The kick has a nice pumpin
Next up we have a new track from Craig (Pigeman) called Babylon Is Doomed? which I am told he recorded from beginning to end in one evening, which only goes to show when the muse hits, go with the flow and good things can happen.
Craig Matthews aka Pidgeman is an MP3 Unsigned rock musician who I first encountered when I reviewed Misery Loves Company (November 2007). Nice track, as it happened, especially since I like the kind of rock Pidgeman specialises in. Like a great many of us, he has to deal with certain limitations about getting it all down digitally and - on both tracks I've heard - that home produced f
Next up is a track that has been doing very well on the site, 'Misery Loves Company' which Craig (Pidgeman) released a while ago. Commented on the track when it came out and stand by all my original views but will attempt a more in depth overview of the track. Track is very much in Craig's comfort zone, a guitar led power pop/rock track, a genre that has always been popular in the charts (espe
good song and good sound, yout voice is like the voice of rush.keep on rocking.
Pidgeman is a new name to me, this time from MP3 Unsigned and has the singular honour to finally rescue me from the almost constant electronica/trance diet I have had from that site since I started picking up reviews from there again. Moreover, Pidgeman promises to deliver some of my favourite; rock, and for that the man is like an oasis in the desert. Aaah burt, you sigh, rock can cov
Collabs... the MP3Unsigned speciality! There's lots of them about on MP3Unsigned, from one-offs to collab bands such as Stella Polaris Project and Hare Of The Dog! This collab involves Electronica producer Destri and Singer/Songwriter Pidgeman! I've heard the backing music by Destri before as an instrumental, and the combination of electro and hiphop sounds great to me! In this version, the middl
I really like this track by Craig, I remember commenting and rating it before, and rightly so. For a slow instrumental it has some serious emotive phrasings. Craig's understadgin of music and ear for melody shines through on this piece. An unforgettable hook is what makes this track different from most other instrumetnals out there. Craig weaves melody and structure around the central theme from s
Heavier than most of Pidgeman's other tracks this one caught my interest becuase of the distorted guitars and crip powerchords. Th eproduction throughout is very clear and the instruments sit nicely with good separation between rhythm guitar and bass. Drums sounded good to me despite some comments regarding cymbal levels. Last comment on the mix and the only part that needs minor ad
This evening I'll be reviewing a recent newcomer to mp3u, Pidgeman (Craig Matthews) welcome aboard. He describes his music as a cross between Rock and Pop. In my opinion, this track is all rock. He hails from Cheltenham in the U.K. and can rock with the best of them.
Good review to start off, a track I have already listened to and enjoyed a great deal, from an artist with a ever growing collection of very solid, well crafted proper songs. First thing I checked out when reviewing the song were the lyrics, they are a really quite strong for a song of this type, which at it's heart, is a song about despair. Rather than wallow in the misery though, the song offers
I really like this song so it's hard for me not to rate it on the high end.The lyrics are well done. It's important to me that they tell a story or make a point.There are two things I really like about this tune. one is the how it jumps into the third section after the second chorus and two, the key modulation at the end. In both cases the vocal is spot on. not an easy thing to do. it's hard to de