Comments on: Boots of Righteous Fortitude

Boots of Righteous Fortitude

dobie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:50:44 -0800

A song about tough love and looking in the mirror to face reality.

My writing partner doesn't like the chorus because it's "too pop", but I like it; to me it's concise and the chord change works. I guess this means that we may not record it. However I wanted to share it with you good people.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:07:05 -0800

Good stuff, solid guitar work. And what's wrong with "too pop", not that it matters but poppy probably wasn't the first than that went through my mind listening to it but if it was than there's nothing wrong with that.

By: Grundlebug

Grundlebug — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:29:45 -0800

I like it more and more on each listen. It's very simple. I like that. I also like the double tracked guitar, a nice little touch for some texture.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:41:56 -0800

Yeah, even if you don't give it a final go, this is a nice take. Charming and disarming.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:59:41 -0800

I'm a fool for intimate home recordings like this. And the song is very nice. I wouldn't call the chorus "too pop", but the tu-ru-ru-run chord change (the one that comes after "...say nothing" and many other parts) reminds me a lot of "No woman No Cry".

Still, that's completely besides the point, the point being that it's a very nice song.

By: dobie

dobie — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:05:13 -0800

Thanks gang.

Micayetoca, that is a really good reference that you made. I'm thinking about approaching the chorus with a bit of a sparse ragga feel to it now to try and change it up. I can often placate my partner by giving him something unusual for him to play. It might help us come to something that we can agree on.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:00:18 -0800

I'm late to the party, but this is another really good one, dobie. I totally hear the "no woman no cry" thing, heh. Anyway, playing that up with a reggae feel might be cool. I was thinking too that maybe you could consider writing a vocal counter-melody for that chorus. That seems like a poppy thing to do perhaps, but I think what might make it "poppy" right now is its simplicity. If you add another melody on top of it, you add complexity which might take it in a direction your writing partner might like. Just a thought.