Friday, January 30, 2009

Leehom MusicMan

爱得 得体 : It's kinda old school song, with a electric guitar solo that sounds a little bit metal (and a little Yingwie Malsteem). Very rich arrangement, yet, the drum beat is a little too repetitive. (Maybe he is trying to introduce Rock/Metal to us via a softer version so that we can take it!). It'll be better if he put in a heavier/thicker electric guitar sound.

心跳: His signature pop song style.. HAHA! No comment!

春雨里洗过的太阳: I love this song. It's having a "Norah Jones" feel.. The cause is mainly the electric guitar inverse reverb effect. Very calming "California style"..??

Everything: I love this song as well. Very emotional, having the 爱错(Shangri La album) feel.

我完全没有任何理由理你: An 'experimental' style (close to) song. He's teasing those critics who refuse to accept the new born singers/artists. I have got some John Frusciante(lead guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers) feel in this song, especially the guitar solo, it sounds like his (can refer his personal album, Murderer-To Record Only For Ten Days-John Frusciante). Overall, he is trying to introduce more style to us (i think so..) and it's nice!

另一个天堂: duet. Island romantica feel. HAHA!

玩偶: Mixing the happy rock with the happy Chinese Traditional style. So, in some part, you can get the feel of...Chinese opera style (like traditional wedding song..??). He is playing his voice, great. Electric guitar skills improved.

脚本: Some part, it has some old pop style, some part japanese song style, some part bon jovi style. It's a mix! It sounds very nice. One thing to note is the part after the guitar solo. His voice is changed a little, too trebly and become not very clear. I think he never sang so high and still using the 'real' voice, hence it should sound a little bit..wierd.

可敬的对手: 6/8 song. 1st time listening, i straight away get a "can you feel my world" feel mixed with 伍佰 feel. The centre part where the piano just swing up and down with drum and vocal is my most favoured part! It's like..hanging out in nowhere!

摇滚怎么了!! : He was playing with this song (hear his voice already you knew it), that's the spirit of rockers' song! Suddenly goes back to the 60s' (the accompany vocal), suddenly funk punk rock (rap part), suddenly 古筝.. HAHA! Just that, maybe coz this song he was playing all by himself alone, the whole real rock feel haven't come out.

The coordination of various artists is an important part. Usually when we jam rock, a lot of feel doesn't come just from you alone, other players ill inspire you as well, and this is actually crucial. Same applies to all his rock song. If he could get a full band to play his song, it'll be very very nice!

7 comments:

逍遥子Odysseus said...

good try to critic.. as you go indepth, one day you could become good music producer for pop singers...

HT said...

I'm just giving out my feel, to become a music producer is much more difficult! HAHA!

Pop singers music producer must have a very great vision on what they are trying to show to the current and future society.

逍遥子Odysseus said...

u try critic, Khalil, 方大同 music, more interesting ...

HT said...

ok! i'll try my best if i got those albums!

逍遥子Odysseus said...

just buy lah, those albums..cheap cheap,,

RM5 one cd, at pasar malam

Nally Woo said...

or cheaper... download online =)
but... its bad to download!!... lol..(just saying..)

HT said...

Erm... HAHA.. pirated..

Anyway, in LeeHom latest album, I noticed a failure of bass drum sound in the song 我完全没有任何理由理你. I wonders whether my laptop can't process the extended frequencies, or it's a flaw of his recording/mixing skill. Harsh treble occurs, as well, in the song 脚本.

Or maybe it's time for me to change a better headphone already!

LOL, Cheers!