Originally Posted By: edshaw
Fitting tribute to a great artist and an honest song creator. Joni always seemed to have something in the tank as she spun her musical tales until, viola, she sprung it on the listener. She must have has a complex personality.


Yes! Complex personality or not, I feel it reflects incredibly on her songwriting, and that's what matters, right? Thanks for your kind words!

Originally Posted By: Scott C
Awesome tribute James. I am too a fan of her music. Excellent vocal and backtrack. Well done


Thanks, Scott!!!

Originally Posted By: dcuny
Nice tribute!

River is an astonishingly good song.

Your song's pretty good too! laugh


Haha. Thanks for your comments on my other two songs, too ... didn't get a chance to reply. You're right "Dance by the Fire" needs work!!! Thanks for being honest and pointing it out :-)

Originally Posted By: MarioD
A super tribute!

However I agree with Floyd:

Originally Posted By: floyd jane
James,

A clever "tribute". (I'm a huge JM fan, too)

There is a good deal of sibliance to the vocal and (for my tastes) too much reverb (makes it a bit hard to catch the lyrics at first - but it's okay once your ears adjust).

When you sing "Joni Mitchell" (each time), you rush a bit to get all the syllables in. I think the song would be effective if you simply sang "Joni" (no Mitchell). Most listeners will know the reference, it would add a touch of "mystery" and it would sing much better.

fj


Clean up that vocal and you will have a winner for sure.


Thanks Mario!!! I'll be on it as soon as I get some time!

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