Thanks, as always, Michael for the shout out! I also really loved the latest New Pornographers album, and I only didn’t put it on my list because I was trying to not overlap with the other writers! In fact, my upcoming 75 best songs of 2023 playlist features the song you shared here! The acoustic duet with Aimee Mann! I’ve been humming it in my head, earworm style all week, so don’t be surprised if it appears on my stack. A little bit of kind criticism though-- Aimee should have been given lead vocal on one of the verses. I feel she was slightly under utilized.
Really great resource, Michael, there’s some great recommendations, very useful. I know it’s obvious (because he worked with Brian Wilson / The Beachboys) but I love Jeffrey Foskett’s vocal / backing vocal harmonies. Also I know what you mean about singing songs in D Major / B minor. I’m currently trying to figure how to convincingly sing the chorus of ‘Old Man’ by Neil Young, I just can’t hit those notes, nowhere close, I have to sing it an octave down, which doesn’t really cut it. Transposing it doesn’t work for me, doesn’t sound so good in other keys. What to do?! 🤷♂️
Good stuff. Nice to meet you, Michael.
Thanks, as always, Michael for the shout out! I also really loved the latest New Pornographers album, and I only didn’t put it on my list because I was trying to not overlap with the other writers! In fact, my upcoming 75 best songs of 2023 playlist features the song you shared here! The acoustic duet with Aimee Mann! I’ve been humming it in my head, earworm style all week, so don’t be surprised if it appears on my stack. A little bit of kind criticism though-- Aimee should have been given lead vocal on one of the verses. I feel she was slightly under utilized.
Hey, thanks for the callout. I know very little about music other than that I love it, and thus I have written about it a couple times.
Really great resource, Michael, there’s some great recommendations, very useful. I know it’s obvious (because he worked with Brian Wilson / The Beachboys) but I love Jeffrey Foskett’s vocal / backing vocal harmonies. Also I know what you mean about singing songs in D Major / B minor. I’m currently trying to figure how to convincingly sing the chorus of ‘Old Man’ by Neil Young, I just can’t hit those notes, nowhere close, I have to sing it an octave down, which doesn’t really cut it. Transposing it doesn’t work for me, doesn’t sound so good in other keys. What to do?! 🤷♂️