I've Changed

Doadars Uncle

Genre: Indie Rock

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Things used to be a lot different ... or was it just me ...

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Lyrics

Golden rays of youth
fade away

Sometime skies
cold and gray

Beacon heart
guiding way
Flash of light
Break of day

Long its been
my old friend

Hope things are good
from where you stand

Serve and grow
some depend
Kindly smile
that you send

Golden rays of youth
(Serve and grow)
fade away
(some depend)

Sometime skies
(Kindly smile)
cold and gray
(that you send)

Song Stats

Hits: 1092
Comments: 36
Fans: 4
Plays: 221
Downloads: 40
Votes: 9
Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006 - 03:29:52 PM
Last Updated: Apr 30, 2006 - 03:12:54 PM Last Played: Nov 01, 2009 - 09:20:46 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

Mac, guitar, strange unknown mic

Software:

GB1, MidiKeys

Comments

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 1306 days ago (April 30th, 2006)

This is headphone candy...
I love the two guitars left and right, playing against each other, and
then the vocals... The leadish bit in the middle and the string bits are
cool...

Reminds somewhat of some early Bowie and some early Eno and Cale...
And some VU or Lou Reed...

And for all that I can make comparisons, it has a structure and feel all
its own. I like it very much...

Ed

Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	This is headphone candy... Thank you, Ed! Some of my favorite influences! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

alanfraser	alanfraser said 1306 days ago (April 30th, 2006)
	Song is cool but the orchestration is confusing and doesn't add anything. Your guitar and vocal could stand on their own. The lead kind of works on the break but not throughout. The strength in the tune comes from the guitar, your vocal and the lyrics. Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	Song is cool You have excellent comments! The orchestration is meant to be disjointed ... but I might scale it back a bit! Thanks --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Leon

Leon said 1306 days ago (April 30th, 2006)

Dire straits influence?
Reminds me of Mark Knoppfler, vocally. My voice is not like his, but I
have to say he knows how to make excellent use of his voice with the
right kind of songs.

Simple melody with poetic lyrics that stay away from cliches (which is a
hot topic in the forum right now). Good job!

Musically, I think you are in the right direction. Your voice and styling
is very comfortable with folk/rock or country/rock kind of songs,
melancholic and romantic.

Recording wise, a little rough in the mixing, and needs a little EQ and a
little more effects. But your voice and song comes across as sincere in
its rawness and that's the beauty of it.

Hope to hear lots more from you.

Check out my latest song called The Nightingale (music and lyrics by Oceans)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	Dire straits influence? Thanks Leon! Hey I really liked your song! My recordings are variable. Sometimes I'm more technically inpired. --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

	mint01 said 1306 days ago (April 30th, 2006)
	I like the way... ...the voices kind of sing against each other. Simple guitar riff that doesn't get boring at all. Maybe a litte variation to the drums would be a proposal. Dirty solo - sounds great. Check out my latest song called Can't Let Go (w rschletty)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	I like the way... Thanks Mint, Your assesment is correct! I could vary the drums a bit. Thanks for the good comments and the listen! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

jgurner

jgurner said 1306 days ago (April 30th, 2006)

Interesting stuff
I like the overlapping vocals, with each seeming to have it's own agenda.
The guitar parts work well, but I'm not so sure about the strings. I don't
know if I'd dump them entirely, maybe just scale them back to an even
more occasional hit. The lyrics are cool and I love the almost Lou Reedish
sound of the vocals. All-in-all, works well. Enjoyed it.

Check out my latest song called Bourbon Street Dawn

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	Interesting stuff Thank you JG, Comments noted! Thanks for stopping! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

jiguma	jiguma said 1306 days ago (April 30th, 2006)
	Back later Doug, will get back when I get home - my iBook speakers don't do it justice. Neil Check out my latest song called Lost In Translation (w Mike Watkins)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	Back later Till then, Neil! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

jiguma

jiguma said 1303 days ago (May 3rd, 2006)

Back later
I'm back! This sure is an odd little ditty Doug! I really enjoyed the sounds on the guitars, especially the backwards-sounding one. Also enjoyed the Lou Reed-ishness of your vocals. There are some odd timing things in there which, on second listen didn't sound too out of place - I liked this, and as Dion said below, it's a great rainy day song - so I'll keep playing it just in case it encourages rain.
Neil

---
<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/20419"> Jiguma Blues </a> & <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/19990"> Too Many Ghosts</a>

Check out my latest song called Lost In Translation (w Mike Watkins)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1303 days ago (May 3rd, 2006)
	Back later Hey Neil, Thanks for tuning in! I appreciate odd! One of my favorite things is messing with syncopated rhythms! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

rsolorio	rsolorio said 1306 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	I want that strange mic Whatever that strange mic is it has great fidelity. Especially when you reach down and get close were you can hear the spittle. Great I don't know that I would change much because it's not main stream or pop. It's got a funky drive and with the contrasting vocals, guitars and orchestra it fits. Quirky, fun. Thanks. Check out my latest song called Bass Thoughts

Doadars Uncle

Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)

I want that strange mic
Thanks Roy,

You have definitely caught the levity!

Thanks for swinging by.

I bought the mic from Radio Shack about 20 years ago as a reward for
quitting cigarettes. I didn't actually quit for another five years. I need to find
some more bad habits to reform so that I can get some more equipment!

---
We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well...

Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

echoroom

echoroom said 1306 days ago (May 1st, 2006)

soft shuffle
Well .... the tone of this is fantastic, really lethargic and a lovely, seen-it-all vocal, but it can go a little flat (the vox) in the really low bits. The guitar solo is OK, but a bit to much chorus for my taste.
The sound in general is good (better than i can achieve), it just feels like the song needs a bit more of a push.
It's really good, but it can be great.

Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	soft shuffle Hey echo, You're right. A little flat. I think this song is worth readdressing sometime! Thanks for listening! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

	said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	Cool! This is a wonderful Knopfler-ish piece. Your vox is in top form here. I love the guitars and the overall mix. But the strings don't really work. Without the strings I would give this a 9.50! Be well man!

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1305 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
	Cool! Thanks Michael! So far it stands, but I'm starting to waver on the strings thing. You taunt me with scores, that's what happens. I checked out your "Penguin" song! Coool! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Macaudion	Macaudion said 1304 days ago (May 2nd, 2006)
	What Ed said... This is 'earphone candy' - This is a perfect rainy Sunday in Seattle - It made me miss that... Like the g'tar in this - This is such a lazy tune ...Nice job Uncle - Dion ps - Hey what's in your name, and is part of that your real name? - Thanks! Check out my latest song called 123 iGetU

Doadars Uncle

Doadars Uncle said 1304 days ago (May 2nd, 2006)

What Ed said...
Dion!

You guys are the BEST!

I have 2 daughters: 8 years and 25 years. When the older one was a little girl,
she called her best friend and cousin Jonah - "Doadar."

I'd never met anyone like MacJams, before. So I wanted to come up with
some funky sounding code (screen) name. These things were all new to me.
I'm still learning about this internet community. I sometimes learn, too late,
about my inappropriateness.

Life story.

Thanks for listening!

Doug Crews-Nelson

---
We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well...

Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

composerclark	composerclark said 1301 days ago (May 5th, 2006)
	Lou Reed I agree with the first comment by Ejh that it is remiscent of work by Boweie, JJ Cale, and especially Lou Reed. I heard the simple and clich�d chord progression at the beginning and was wondering what you were going to do with it, but you absolutely kept my interest all the way through. Great words! Check out my latest song called Scarlet Nightfall

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1300 days ago (May 6th, 2006)
	Lou Reed Thanks Clark! Your comments mean a lot to me. It was fun to make ... and make subtly interesting. --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

charliechen

charliechen said 1300 days ago (May 6th, 2006)

good song
But I must say that I didn't like the strings. They sounded really dissonant to me. Since no one else above has mentioned it, maybe it's just me. I would love to hear this song without the strings. And how it pans from left to right... the same refrain over and over... (OK, I'll stop. I really didn't like the strings.)

Your vocals are perfect for this piece. And I like the overlapping voices. I really like the simplicity of the lyrics, the seemingly fragmented thoughts that put together creates something rather profound.

I must add that all the other instruments were well placed.

Just don't know what about those strings that got to me so....

Good job, though. Cheers.

Check out my latest song called Sparkles in a Lullaby

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1299 days ago (May 7th, 2006)
	good song Charlie! What about the strings? Ah yes, I understand. When I get around to readdressing it, I may pull back on the strings...but you never know... Thanks for the visit! Doug --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Number-S	Number-S said 1287 days ago (May 19th, 2006)
	unique & elsewhere Everything is well done has a kind of david lynch movie feel to it the only bit I would change is the sound of the lead guitar the package sound of the song is unique & elsewhere then that too familiar lead guitar takes me out of the spell Check out my latest song called Haven't Thought of That

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 1286 days ago (May 20th, 2006)
	unique & elsewhere Hey Numba! Thanks for the comment! I see that the lead does have a different timbre than the rest. This might be fun to play with in the future. I like your latest song! --- We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Number-S	Number-S said 1287 days ago (May 19th, 2006)
	unique & elsewhere Everything is well done has a kind of david lynch movie feel to it the only bit I would change is the sound of the lead guitar the package sound of the song is unique & elsewhere then that too familiar lead guitar takes me out of the spell Check out my latest song called Haven't Thought of That

michael2

michael2 said 906 days ago (June 4th, 2007)

okay
all of these people who commented, i respect them all. but don't listen to them, those strings are incredible. they sound really twisted. if it was me, i would double them with a guitar doing the same part. but heres the catch: tune all of your guitar strings to the same note, and then play that string part with a slide with a slightly dirty sound: da didda didda didda. really love this. i embrace the off kilter parts.

Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 905 days ago (June 5th, 2007)
	Hey Michael!! I looked at my list and saw you've done a little research on my old stuff! This one is one of my favorites, I must say. Thanks for the advice. Your thoughts are unique on the subject. I had a slide way back when, but never masted it. Maybe I'll pick it up again, now that I have more patience. Doug --- May your shoes bah-doo... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 905 days ago (June 5th, 2007)
	Hey Michael!! I looked at my list and saw you've done a little research on my old stuff! This one is one of my favorites, I must say. Thanks for the advice. Your thoughts are unique on the subject. I had a slide way back when, but never masted it. Maybe I'll pick it up again, now that I have more patience. Doug --- May your shoes bah-doo... Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

Magritte

Magritte said 871 days ago (July 9th, 2007)

Changed for the better?
Because this sounds like someone slipping into insanity to me. Everything's disjointed and off-kilter (while it still makes a certain kind of sense) -- and I will be the voice of dissent and say that I really like the strings. They add just another thin layer of madness on top of the song.

Seriously, I'm a little creeped out right now. I think in a good way.

Check out my latest song called Tango Macabre

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 863 days ago (July 17th, 2007)
	Wacky Yes, I really like the oddity of this one. It was all very calculated, I assure you! Or maybe it just fell into place during production. You be the judge! Thanks for stopping! Doug --- Freedom is a state of mind. Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

davisamerica	davisamerica said 692 days ago (January 4th, 2008)
	right then doug always fun to step back and see what i have missed...found this one, read all comments and offer this: do not change a thing! also now know where "doadars" comes from...cool! Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 688 days ago (January 8th, 2008)
	Hey J! Thanks for swinging by this old song. I'm glad you liked this as is. I try to listen to advice on some of my tunes, but can't help liking how I put them down originally. Just 'cause that's how I was inspired, I guess. Thanks, Doug Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag