Timothy Gurshin: Reviews

(from K&K Sound re: Songs Along The Highway)


Hello Timothy,

Thanks for the copy of your new CD, I love it, you did outstanding, great
songs, professional sound, a winner overall!
Hopefully you are getting the success you deserve.

I put up little note on our K&K homepage, left side - further down. Hope you
like that and hope it helps, thanks again my friend. Keep up that great
work!


Thank you and best regards
Dieter
K&K Sound - the Acoustic Pickup Authority

You can listen to Dieter's music on http://www.myspace.com/dietri

(from the Concord Monitor re: Walkin' Strong)


Ramblin' man
By: SARAH M. EARLE Monitor staff
Traveling from Portland, Maine, to L.A. to Alabama and back in his new CD Walkin' Strong, local rocker Timothy Gurshin manages to convey the blistered, road-weary-but-restless feel of a vagabond. His self-penned lyrics focus on scattered moments in time, and his sound - which he describes as an Americana blend of folk, rock, country and blues - seems a fitting vehicle for the journey. He hints at failed plans and fleeting romances in "Last Day in L.A." and "Alabama Smile," singing of a woman who knew him better than he knew himself: "She told my fortune/ she knew what I'd done / she saw it end long before we'd begun." But Gurshin, who lives in Canterbury and performs around New England, never wallows. And his title track punctuates his wanderings with a sense of hard-won contentment. For more information and to order a CD, visit timothygurshin.com. SARAH M. EARLE


Copyright, 2007, Concord Monitor
(used with permission)

(from HelloMusic.com re: Songs Along The Highway)

Performance:

Instruments - Lead

We felt the instrumental leads on this track were tuneful, interesting and well-articulated. There's no overplaying here, and nothing seems to be lacking either. Spot on.

Vocals - Lead

Lead vocals are the first thing that most listeners pay attention to, so a great performance is essential. Your lead vocals really grabbed us. We don't tag a lot of releases as having great lead vocals, so this is an excellent strength for you to have.

Songwriting:

Lyrics

Crafting interesting lyrics is hard and a completely different art than writing the music. Clearly you've put some thought into your lyrics. Good work.

Melody

Above almost everything else, melody is an essential musical quality. Yours jumped out at us. Good melodies don't come easy; you should be proud.

Song Structure

We thought this song had a logical structure and all the parts were distinct. A good song structure generally has both repetition and surprise, and we thought you nailed it.

Production:

Instrumentation

Having a good arrangement, with the right instrumentation, helps give listeners a good sense of what's happening musically. Your arrangements were just right. Nice job.

Sonic Quality

It sounds like you sent us well-mastered, high-quality files. We hear the details loud and clear. This is an essential quality for a commercial release. Nice job.

Production Quality

All the elements in the mix here sound clear, and they coalesce into a cohesive sound that suits the composition. This is very much its own art form. Nice work.

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