We have some fun news to report. As a result of some very enthusiastic reviews from GarageBand.com members, "Take This Town" will be Track of the Day at GarageBand.com.
For 24 hours on Tuesday, the 24th of January, 2006 (PST) "Take This Town" will be featured on GarageBand.com’s Experimental Rock front page.
Garageband.com is a site that provides independent artists the opportunity to get candid feedback from other musicians and music lovers. As part of this feedback process, songs are rated and entered into a contest. Take This Town just made it to round 2, rated #20 in the Experimental Rock category, as of today at least. We currently have a score of 4.7 stars out of 5.0. According to garageband.com, only the top 1% of the songs submitted receive a 4.5 or higher, so that’s kinda cool.
Many of you know this track featured a live studio performance of John Ganser, Tommy O’Donnell, and Clay Thompson (yes, the Spelunkers!) They did two takes from a chord chart and no rehearsals, and I think this was the second take. The track also features some beautiful violin orchestration from Shannan Sullivan, plus some great backing vocals by Clay Thompson and Diann Thompson. It is fun to read through the feedback on garageband.com. Quite a few of the reviewers like the intrumentation, vocals, overall mood, production, and the melodies, comparing the song to early Pink Floyd.
Anyway, check it out and pass along the good word…
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