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franco · 03-17-2008, 04:13 PM

John has some nice, (albeit a little too familiar) elements layered over a creatively restricted, depressing (sorry), singular chord progression that goes on for the life of the tune. I know that sounds unkind but the tune goes nowhere creatively and for someone who supposedly has all these credentials the effort really is simplistic and comes up short.

That said, and as a bassist, I really enjoyed his guitar lick and you can tell that is his instrument. He should stick to it and collaborate with some formally trained people who really, actually do play drums and keys,(clearly John doesn't) and, hopefully, who he could fall back on for technical and creative guidance when putting together musical compositions. I assume John must be self taught...

Not bad for a first effort but no commercial viability here...makes me think of Zamfir, actually, from back in the '80's........cheers all.

03-17-2008, 04:13 PM	#4
franco Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ottawa Posts: 6	Re: A New Day - "Classic Rock Meets New Age" John has some nice, (albeit a little too familiar) elements layered over a creatively restricted, depressing (sorry), singular chord progression that goes on for the life of the tune. I know that sounds unkind but the tune goes nowhere creatively and for someone who supposedly has all these credentials the effort really is simplistic and comes up short. That said, and as a bassist, I really enjoyed his guitar lick and you can tell that is his instrument. He should stick to it and collaborate with some formally trained people who really, actually do play drums and keys,(clearly John doesn't) and, hopefully, who he could fall back on for technical and creative guidance when putting together musical compositions. I assume John must be self taught... Not bad for a first effort but no commercial viability here...makes me think of Zamfir, actually, from back in the '80's........cheers all.