The First Day of Autumn
Hello Everybody
In our continuing series of songs being reviewed on GarageBand.com, we have made our way through the review cycle of "The First Day of Autumn" here is all the info about the song and the reviews that it received. Reviewers are also able to give extra credit to certain elements of a song, a list of the extra credit awards will be shown after all the reviews. A quick note on our previous song “Soup Turtles”, I incorrectly listed Mick as playing backwards keys, it was actually backwards guitar, that and the extra credit awards have been added to the "Soup Turtles" post. See you next time with “She Keeps Talking To Me”
The First Day of Autumn (7:08)
Score 3.1 out of 5.0
#117 of 186 in Current Experimental Rock
#682 of 1,328 in All-Time Experimental Rock
History
This song appears on the Tonto Savalas album, Close The Kitchen. This song was done in October of 1998. We had Jeff on Vocals, Adam on Guitar, Mick on Drums, Rob on Bass, and Scott on Keys. It was an improvisational recording. Unfortunately this was recorded with one microphone for everything, I'm pretty sure it was hanging from the ceiling. The singers microphone disconnects from the amplifier halfway through. There were many highs and lows on many different instruments throughtout this recording, so I put it through an EQ effect to even it out a little bit, messed with the pan a little, and the rest is history. On a side note, in checking over the master tape of this song, I was able to decipher the lyrics, "Doing it with my Zebra pants," which I had never heard before. What a nice surprise!
Lyrics
There's alot of stuff about it being the first day of October.
Reviews
recommended with some good pod
Retro is hot, very hot. More and more bands are making retro music. One even more retro than the other, of even more retro than retro.
This one is just balancing on the edge. The guitarplayer is not tight at all, but the massive amount of vintage sound effects cover that up nicely. Just like the vocalist. Half the time his screaming pushes all the other instruments away and there's nothing left but crisps and random distortion. 7 minutes can then be very long.
When made in de 70's this was probably a brilliant trip, but now I know there better trips I go fore those.
- Nynke from Groningen, Netherlands on 4Apr2005
uninhibited
This song is powereful in delivery and rolling intensity. At first the vocals seems to overpower, while the instrumentation lags behind - but, the music and vocals soon conjoin harmoniously to create a surge of pure helter skelter rock and roll. The cadence that this song reaches is pervasive, sharpened even further by its jamming instrumental at the end. I really like the live feel to it, it was actually a relief - no pretention there. What made this song stand out was its canvas of sound that was actually able to create a balanced chaos.
- Tutunaru from Los Angeles, California on 4Apr2005
Messy energy
Until about 30 seconds into this, i was really liking this, but then for about 15 seconds, it got really messy. what happened to the drums? as they went down the toms, they were really muddy and off beat! i think i preferred the vox when they werent screaming - although the screaming is actually quite effective in this song. the quality of the recording here is terrible - and that might be taking away from the song's overall listenability. what i can hear properly sounds interesting. the voice sets off nicely from the instrumentation. if you could capture the messy sound properly (even keeping the out of tune guitars), this would sound pretty cool. theres a hell of a lot of energy here which is always a good start.
- EdwinMiles from Budaiya, State Of, Bahrain on 4Apr2005
Great ideas, iffy execution.
I really like what you guys are trying to go for, and hope you get there. I hope you do cause it could be amazing if you were too.
- clayman24 from Simsboro, Louisiana on 3Apr2005
I like the blues
The blues sound good man i like the style. It sounds good keep up the crazy experimental style.
- CONSCENDER from Reno, Nevada on 3Apr2005
uuugghhhhhh
uuughh, where is the intro.
nononono, you guys...structure this out. the production is bad. i bet you would be a good live band, this sounds recorded live. sounds like you made this while you were drunk, i am not drunk and it is kinda irritating because i think yuo guys are good musicians that are unfocesed. terrible production. hurts my ears. uuughhhh. c'mon guys fix this awful sound, he sounds like he has a great rock voice but this is hurtin my ears.
- brandoncruz from Unspecified on 2Apr2005
In what decade are we living?
Jimmy Hendrix slammed into the Who just after taking a pill that makes them all fly high in the sky!!! Boy That was hard for me That's it I'm pissed off enough of that Hippy music please!
- Lera from Quebec, Canada on 1Apr2005
Band practice jam
I think it's fair to say that the guitar is the only essential part in this musical marathon. I guess you never know what to expect when browsing experimental rock, but i though the experimental side meant it was going to be unconventional and show me a new way of making a record. This just shows me that if I record a band practice jam I can sell it as an experimental song. Very uninspiring with no real substance to it.
- dont_tread_on_my_badger from Unspecified on 1Apr2005
yikes!
It's really hard to get past the production on this one. It sounds like it was recorded live through one microphone out in the house. The quality is so poor it's almost impossible to examine the song, but I'll try. The guitar riffs that are used are very intricate and original. Nice use of the modes. The vocalist has a lot of passion. I can't tell what his tone or styling are like due to the recording, but I can feel his passion. Nice solo section, some cool use of dissonance around 3:40. Take the time to record this song for real and let's see what you've got. I wonder if you put in experimental rock because of how crappy the recording is.
- SlySinger from Chesterfield, Virginia on 31Mar2005
Great vocals
Great emotional weirdo vocals. I'd comment on everything else, but for me it all serves as an appropriate background to hear this totally compelling guy rant and rave over top of it. I love it love it love it. A great sense of humor and kind of substance-abuser aesthetic. The guitar serves the song very well. Keep doing what you're doing. It's pretty anthemic when the chorus comes in and the guy starts really screaming. GREAT.
- jonvisger from Ypsilanti, Michigan on 31Mar2005
hmmm
Well in my oppinion it sounds like bad pop from the 70's. Nothing I haven't heard before, vocals are irritating due to the inconsistency of the singer and the other instruments clash at times. Structure is good, tight live play, but thats about it.
- schwagrotto from West Valley City, Utah on 31Mar2005
Drunken jam
Sounds like a fun drunken wild jam. Vocals had a slight bit of a jimi feel to it-until the screaming-that was cool. Would be fun to see live wasted. I would like to see how this would sound professionally done.
- SkyblupinkLtd from Sayville, New York on 31Mar2005
funky funk
This song has a funky groove. The drummer gets the mood going upbeat.
Sounds very lo-fi. The highlight is where every thing gets loud, the singer starts screaming and that guitatr riff rocks. Good job there. Kind of reminds me of a song off of Beck's Mellow gold albume. from begining to end this track don't lose it's groove.
- yep_this_one from Reynoldsburg, Ohio on 30Mar2005
Good
Bad production. I could really enjoy it is it was recorded better. The instruments need to be roped in with some good production. But... who cares what i think????
- EvilDrGonzo from West Henrietta, New York on 30Mar2005
great stuff
Sound like some old classic-prog rock song. The guitar is really great. The production could use touch up, but in a way, the poor production add to this old records vibe. Like if you did this track some 30 years ago, and just recently found it.
Love those freak out, noisy part...the voice is great too, and even though the drum is kind of hard to hear, it's great to.
Hey it's a pretty amazing track.
4/5
- desertedparking from Quebec, Canada on 29Mar2005
Howlin all the way
This is one noisy recording, but the singer makes it worth the listen. I thought it was one sampled Howlin' Wolf at first, but then i realized that this guy really sings on this recording (not howlin... the other guy that really sings here... oh, this got complicated). The guitars are excellent and i love it all the way. It's neurotic, spacy and freakin' insane all the way through. Never try to record this again in a real studio - you'll never get this feeling again. Trust me.
- bluerat from Malmoe, Skane, Sweden on 29Mar2005
Almost reminiscent of Blues Explosion
That who you remind me of. John Spencer Blues Explosion. This is pretty off the wall, due to the singer, but this is the type of thing that's get you paying attention at a show. The music is decent, yet a little hard to determine what's happening individually, due to poor production. I like the guitar part throughout the 2 minute section. My only complaints are the production and the length of the song.
- ECSean from Louisville, Kentucky on 29Mar2005
Blues.
Solid beat, engaging guitar. I am not a stickler for quality, because lo fi sounds are just as good as hi fi. This makes me want to get up and dance the night away. The synth, or the...noise maker in the background definitely brings a great mood to this song overall.
- atomiskcity from High Ridge, Missouri on 28Mar2005
7:08
Singer is reminisent of Jim Morrison on Acid. But when was Jim Morrison not on Acid? Liking the Guitar Solo at 3:04.
After a while is sounds like a music marathon contest for the Guinnes world record book.
This could be good at a live concert where everyone is stoned and needing to rock out for a very long time.
Really not sure if someone died at the end of this one
- BushLeagueband from Newwestminster, British Columbia, Canada on 28Mar2005
one screaming motherfucker
Wild morrison like vocal, find some howling wolf warmth but this song is preety basic for what they call experimental. The crazy vox keep the song fun, but the production makes it a straight waste of time. The guitar is decent and the vintage thing is in full effect.
- mrarashi from Reno, Nevada on 28Mar2005
Extra Credit Awards
Each reviewer (out of the 20 reviews) is allowed to give as many awards as they see fit, the number after each award is the amount of times that aspect got an extra credit vote.
Mood-4
Drums-4
Beat-3
Most Rocking Track-3
Guitars-3
Male Vocals-3
Originality-2
Production-2
Melody-2
Bass-1
Programming-1
Stupidest Song I've Ever Heard-1
On GarageBand they have a section titled "Reviewers' Picks" these are sorted by genre, songs within each genre receiving the most Extra Credit Awards for a specific element become the song of the week for that element. Well I just noticed while looking through the charts, that "The First Day of Autumn" was awarded the reviewers pick award for the week of April 4th, in the category of "Most Rocking Track," way to go Tonto!!!
In our continuing series of songs being reviewed on GarageBand.com, we have made our way through the review cycle of "The First Day of Autumn" here is all the info about the song and the reviews that it received. Reviewers are also able to give extra credit to certain elements of a song, a list of the extra credit awards will be shown after all the reviews. A quick note on our previous song “Soup Turtles”, I incorrectly listed Mick as playing backwards keys, it was actually backwards guitar, that and the extra credit awards have been added to the "Soup Turtles" post. See you next time with “She Keeps Talking To Me”
The First Day of Autumn (7:08)
Score 3.1 out of 5.0
#117 of 186 in Current Experimental Rock
#682 of 1,328 in All-Time Experimental Rock
History
This song appears on the Tonto Savalas album, Close The Kitchen. This song was done in October of 1998. We had Jeff on Vocals, Adam on Guitar, Mick on Drums, Rob on Bass, and Scott on Keys. It was an improvisational recording. Unfortunately this was recorded with one microphone for everything, I'm pretty sure it was hanging from the ceiling. The singers microphone disconnects from the amplifier halfway through. There were many highs and lows on many different instruments throughtout this recording, so I put it through an EQ effect to even it out a little bit, messed with the pan a little, and the rest is history. On a side note, in checking over the master tape of this song, I was able to decipher the lyrics, "Doing it with my Zebra pants," which I had never heard before. What a nice surprise!
Lyrics
There's alot of stuff about it being the first day of October.
Reviews
recommended with some good pod
Retro is hot, very hot. More and more bands are making retro music. One even more retro than the other, of even more retro than retro.
This one is just balancing on the edge. The guitarplayer is not tight at all, but the massive amount of vintage sound effects cover that up nicely. Just like the vocalist. Half the time his screaming pushes all the other instruments away and there's nothing left but crisps and random distortion. 7 minutes can then be very long.
When made in de 70's this was probably a brilliant trip, but now I know there better trips I go fore those.
- Nynke from Groningen, Netherlands on 4Apr2005
uninhibited
This song is powereful in delivery and rolling intensity. At first the vocals seems to overpower, while the instrumentation lags behind - but, the music and vocals soon conjoin harmoniously to create a surge of pure helter skelter rock and roll. The cadence that this song reaches is pervasive, sharpened even further by its jamming instrumental at the end. I really like the live feel to it, it was actually a relief - no pretention there. What made this song stand out was its canvas of sound that was actually able to create a balanced chaos.
- Tutunaru from Los Angeles, California on 4Apr2005
Messy energy
Until about 30 seconds into this, i was really liking this, but then for about 15 seconds, it got really messy. what happened to the drums? as they went down the toms, they were really muddy and off beat! i think i preferred the vox when they werent screaming - although the screaming is actually quite effective in this song. the quality of the recording here is terrible - and that might be taking away from the song's overall listenability. what i can hear properly sounds interesting. the voice sets off nicely from the instrumentation. if you could capture the messy sound properly (even keeping the out of tune guitars), this would sound pretty cool. theres a hell of a lot of energy here which is always a good start.
- EdwinMiles from Budaiya, State Of, Bahrain on 4Apr2005
Great ideas, iffy execution.
I really like what you guys are trying to go for, and hope you get there. I hope you do cause it could be amazing if you were too.
- clayman24 from Simsboro, Louisiana on 3Apr2005
I like the blues
The blues sound good man i like the style. It sounds good keep up the crazy experimental style.
- CONSCENDER from Reno, Nevada on 3Apr2005
uuugghhhhhh
uuughh, where is the intro.
nononono, you guys...structure this out. the production is bad. i bet you would be a good live band, this sounds recorded live. sounds like you made this while you were drunk, i am not drunk and it is kinda irritating because i think yuo guys are good musicians that are unfocesed. terrible production. hurts my ears. uuughhhh. c'mon guys fix this awful sound, he sounds like he has a great rock voice but this is hurtin my ears.
- brandoncruz from Unspecified on 2Apr2005
In what decade are we living?
Jimmy Hendrix slammed into the Who just after taking a pill that makes them all fly high in the sky!!! Boy That was hard for me That's it I'm pissed off enough of that Hippy music please!
- Lera from Quebec, Canada on 1Apr2005
Band practice jam
I think it's fair to say that the guitar is the only essential part in this musical marathon. I guess you never know what to expect when browsing experimental rock, but i though the experimental side meant it was going to be unconventional and show me a new way of making a record. This just shows me that if I record a band practice jam I can sell it as an experimental song. Very uninspiring with no real substance to it.
- dont_tread_on_my_badger from Unspecified on 1Apr2005
yikes!
It's really hard to get past the production on this one. It sounds like it was recorded live through one microphone out in the house. The quality is so poor it's almost impossible to examine the song, but I'll try. The guitar riffs that are used are very intricate and original. Nice use of the modes. The vocalist has a lot of passion. I can't tell what his tone or styling are like due to the recording, but I can feel his passion. Nice solo section, some cool use of dissonance around 3:40. Take the time to record this song for real and let's see what you've got. I wonder if you put in experimental rock because of how crappy the recording is.
- SlySinger from Chesterfield, Virginia on 31Mar2005
Great vocals
Great emotional weirdo vocals. I'd comment on everything else, but for me it all serves as an appropriate background to hear this totally compelling guy rant and rave over top of it. I love it love it love it. A great sense of humor and kind of substance-abuser aesthetic. The guitar serves the song very well. Keep doing what you're doing. It's pretty anthemic when the chorus comes in and the guy starts really screaming. GREAT.
- jonvisger from Ypsilanti, Michigan on 31Mar2005
hmmm
Well in my oppinion it sounds like bad pop from the 70's. Nothing I haven't heard before, vocals are irritating due to the inconsistency of the singer and the other instruments clash at times. Structure is good, tight live play, but thats about it.
- schwagrotto from West Valley City, Utah on 31Mar2005
Drunken jam
Sounds like a fun drunken wild jam. Vocals had a slight bit of a jimi feel to it-until the screaming-that was cool. Would be fun to see live wasted. I would like to see how this would sound professionally done.
- SkyblupinkLtd from Sayville, New York on 31Mar2005
funky funk
This song has a funky groove. The drummer gets the mood going upbeat.
Sounds very lo-fi. The highlight is where every thing gets loud, the singer starts screaming and that guitatr riff rocks. Good job there. Kind of reminds me of a song off of Beck's Mellow gold albume. from begining to end this track don't lose it's groove.
- yep_this_one from Reynoldsburg, Ohio on 30Mar2005
Good
Bad production. I could really enjoy it is it was recorded better. The instruments need to be roped in with some good production. But... who cares what i think????
- EvilDrGonzo from West Henrietta, New York on 30Mar2005
great stuff
Sound like some old classic-prog rock song. The guitar is really great. The production could use touch up, but in a way, the poor production add to this old records vibe. Like if you did this track some 30 years ago, and just recently found it.
Love those freak out, noisy part...the voice is great too, and even though the drum is kind of hard to hear, it's great to.
Hey it's a pretty amazing track.
4/5
- desertedparking from Quebec, Canada on 29Mar2005
Howlin all the way
This is one noisy recording, but the singer makes it worth the listen. I thought it was one sampled Howlin' Wolf at first, but then i realized that this guy really sings on this recording (not howlin... the other guy that really sings here... oh, this got complicated). The guitars are excellent and i love it all the way. It's neurotic, spacy and freakin' insane all the way through. Never try to record this again in a real studio - you'll never get this feeling again. Trust me.
- bluerat from Malmoe, Skane, Sweden on 29Mar2005
Almost reminiscent of Blues Explosion
That who you remind me of. John Spencer Blues Explosion. This is pretty off the wall, due to the singer, but this is the type of thing that's get you paying attention at a show. The music is decent, yet a little hard to determine what's happening individually, due to poor production. I like the guitar part throughout the 2 minute section. My only complaints are the production and the length of the song.
- ECSean from Louisville, Kentucky on 29Mar2005
Blues.
Solid beat, engaging guitar. I am not a stickler for quality, because lo fi sounds are just as good as hi fi. This makes me want to get up and dance the night away. The synth, or the...noise maker in the background definitely brings a great mood to this song overall.
- atomiskcity from High Ridge, Missouri on 28Mar2005
7:08
Singer is reminisent of Jim Morrison on Acid. But when was Jim Morrison not on Acid? Liking the Guitar Solo at 3:04.
After a while is sounds like a music marathon contest for the Guinnes world record book.
This could be good at a live concert where everyone is stoned and needing to rock out for a very long time.
Really not sure if someone died at the end of this one
- BushLeagueband from Newwestminster, British Columbia, Canada on 28Mar2005
one screaming motherfucker
Wild morrison like vocal, find some howling wolf warmth but this song is preety basic for what they call experimental. The crazy vox keep the song fun, but the production makes it a straight waste of time. The guitar is decent and the vintage thing is in full effect.
- mrarashi from Reno, Nevada on 28Mar2005
Extra Credit Awards
Each reviewer (out of the 20 reviews) is allowed to give as many awards as they see fit, the number after each award is the amount of times that aspect got an extra credit vote.
Mood-4
Drums-4
Beat-3
Most Rocking Track-3
Guitars-3
Male Vocals-3
Originality-2
Production-2
Melody-2
Bass-1
Programming-1
Stupidest Song I've Ever Heard-1
On GarageBand they have a section titled "Reviewers' Picks" these are sorted by genre, songs within each genre receiving the most Extra Credit Awards for a specific element become the song of the week for that element. Well I just noticed while looking through the charts, that "The First Day of Autumn" was awarded the reviewers pick award for the week of April 4th, in the category of "Most Rocking Track," way to go Tonto!!!
posted by TontoSavalas at 1:11 AM
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