Here I am with my review, I’m sorry it took me so long!
Watching the Skies
1. It’s a duet between a man and a woman. Each one sings a verse, it’s like they’re chating together, and in the chorus their voices unit and go very well together. The story they’re telling is nice (I almost understand everything on the second listening :D). I like the quiet music and with their voices it makes a beautiful song! :heart:
2.This track reminds me of the music style and the singing of Alexander (for example: 'A Million Years'). It makes me also think of a one man orchestra. The music is catchy. It’s a folk track to me. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5beDmeylV1o]Alexander Ebert - Million Years - YouTube[/ame]
3. It’s more a soft rock/punk song to me mixed with violins and piano. The two verses follow each other and the music played is composed by only drums, violins and guitars. It contrasts with the chorus. The singer is a man and his voice reminds me a bit of the punk/emo singers. In the chorus, he is joined by a woman I think and also towards the end of the second verse. :heart: After a few listenings I wonder if it might be Dashboard Confessional?
4. The first half of the song is a bit too calm for me. But the other half is brilliant with the hands clapping, heavier guitars and the choir or person singing with the singer who is a man.
5. It’s a duet sing all along by a man and a woman. The man has quite a deep voice and the woman sometimes a calm, sometimes a high voice, they go nicely together. It’s a ballad, almost an acoustic song: guitar, violin, voices. The song is about what the river brings to the singers from what I understand (or not?)! While listening to it, I thought of being in a rowboat upon a river watching the sky :D :heart: Are they English (they say 'water' in an English way)?
6. The singer’s voice reminds me strongly of Snow Patrol’s singer but the music style doesn’t really match. It’s more folk to me. Maybe it’s a duet with him and a band or a remix? There is a sort of choir behind the singer during the whole song. Nice song and I like the singer’s voice!
7. I think it’s Ellie Goulding. Her voice is quite recognizable as well as her music style. :heart: I don’t know why but the synthetizer/keybord makes me think a bit of the one in a song with a completely different music style: ‘Looking Glass’ by The Birthday Massacre :wacko: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREZ-ggSDjM]Looking Glass - The Birthday Massacre - YouTube[/ame]
8. It’s kind of an indie/folk song to me. The singer is a man. I like the chorus and especially the electric guitars in it.
9. The singer’s voice reminds me of Franz Ferdinand’s singer but like track number 6 the music style doesn’t really match. It’s an electro-rock song to me.
10. At the beginning there is a modified voice, like a robot singing. It sounds like a man’s modified voice but it’s a woman who sings the rest of the song, although the 'robot voice' appears again later in the track. I like her voice. The music is electro-alternative to me. I recognize a xylophone in the chorus :nice: Her voice and her music style reminds me of Emilie Simon (for example: 'All is White' - Live). [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00NWMFJVoo]all is white / emilie simon - YouTube[/ame]
11. It’s a soft rock-alternative song to me. The singer is a male. Sing: 'So give me something to believe, ‘cause I am living just to breathe…' and move head :D :heart:
12. This track could be part of a soundtrack for summer holidays :D It’s casual if I can say so. But I think the lyrics don’t match the music, I don’t understand all the lyrics but sociopaths are involved :D Sorry if I completely misunderstood the lyrics :blush: But I didn’t want to google them. There is whistling at the beginning and the end. A man is singing. I like the background voices and the hands clapping which begin at the half of the song.
13. A man is singing. It’s a quiet song. I recognize acoustic guitars, drums, violins. Maybe ’You’re a wolf’ is the title of the track? I don’t really get carried away by it.
14. It’s an alternative song to me, a bit like MGMT but less psychedelic :D The singer is a man. It’s a catchy song. You dance and sing along to it. :heart:
15. The voice of the male singer seems familiar to me and I like it! It’s an alternative-rock song to me. Go on electric guitars :D :heart:
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Your mixtape flows very well together :clap: I spend great times listening to it and I’ll definitely keep your mixtape in my folders :pleased:
My favorites tracks are number 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14 and 15. I can’t wait to discover the tracklisting :D
I think I only knew one artist: good job :thumbsup:
And I’m interested to know why you called you’re mixtape 'Watching the Skies'.
I find the picture of the mixtape pretty: did you take it?
The little minus is that I had to listen to the mixtape only with VLC media player otherwise I couldn’t hear tracks 7 and 9.
Thank you for the time you spend making this mixtape :nice: