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July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

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Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

22 Jul 2009, 11:31
hey craig- i got a chance to listen to your music. the first track first 10-15 sec gave me kind of a goosebump feel. nicely done. you have a great instrument... your voice (like sammy hagar/lee greenwood type rich voice).

i use to work at this very religious chistian store back in my teen years. it brought back memories. im not a religious type but have listen to quite a bit of christian music. it's good stuff. congrats and good luck!! :)

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 06:41
I have to admit that I didn't pay much attention to the words when listening to this stuff initially.

Christian music rarely seems to do anything that you might call 'cutting edge'. It tends to be AOR or middle of the road. Why do you think that is?
Steve Cooke
http://soundcloud.com/stevecooke
http://www.facebook.com/comradec

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 06:46
>comradec,

Perhaps because the more bland it is the safer it is for parents to allow their children or themselves to listen to it without any danger of it making them think for themselves.

And there's lots of money in it.

Someone once said: "There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over" :o)

Now to listen to Craig's tunes & judge them on their own merits...

Andy
Andy

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 07:35
Craig,

The fact that you did all these songs on just a single Fantom G is testament to both the capabilities of the technology, and much more importantly your willingness to dig as deep as possible into it to get the most you possibly could. Absolute kudos to you for that.

I found most of the songs good for their style, but not really my sort of thing. The stand-out track to me is probably "Falling Down", which I do quite like :o)

Also, well done for getting a very human "live band" feel to the tracks. Most people will assume it is a full band playing which is great.

I'm glad you've got your inspiration back, and all best wishes for your future with this.

Andy
Andy

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 07:50
Thanks Andy, and why are several of you calling it "Christian Music"? None of these songs are religious. Are you sure you listened to the words? There is a "lyrics" button on the music player itself.

I don't have any problem with Christian music, other than it being "sold" which to me is like selling the message of Jesus.

But...

What Christian music do you know that starts off:

"Always staring at my ass, while I look in the mirror.
I catch you watchin' when I comb my hair.
Baby, love... has got you wanting'.. oh yeah!"

LOL
Craig Maxim
http://www.myspace.com/craigmaxim

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 08:22
The Church of Lurve, baby? :o)

I think kenchan likened it to the stuff he had to listen to when working in a Christian store. Anyway, we shouldn't make your thread something it's not.

Andy
Andy

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 11:59
@ craigmaxim - I certainly didn't perceive it as Christian music when I listened to your tracks. It's just some of the comments made since my initial feedback made me assume I'd overlooked that influence and I haven't had the chance to revisit your MySpace page since (can't access it where I work). Happy to accept your assurance that it's not the case.

@ Andy Keys - I think the late, great Adrian Mitchell put it well:

Tugging at his zippers,
Sweat in waterfalls down his leathers,
God used to scream into the mike.
Blood-lightning spurted from the speakers
And the sparks were in his hair - yeah.

Then he decided to try for the family audience.
Steve Cooke
http://soundcloud.com/stevecooke
http://www.facebook.com/comradec

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 12:02
>comradec, :-) my quote was Uncle Frank Zappa
Andy

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

23 Jul 2009, 21:46
comradec,

No, my hair is long as sh*t. Not much styling involved!

But "I DO" have a nice ass, and "I DO" catch her staring at it, with a lustful smile on her face, when I am combing my hair! :-)
Craig Maxim
http://www.myspace.com/craigmaxim

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

18 Sep 2009, 07:46
hi my friend!!!
I have a simple question-- the songs that you made with the fantom G are truly fantastic so I would realy like to download them-and Its not posible to download from MySpace, So - give me a solution or I just have to wait till your album gets in the stores.
Stay SAVE my friend.

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

18 Sep 2009, 09:44
best of luck craig. i must admit not my type of music but you are very very talented and thats what its all about. the g is a great bit of kit and if you have got it it will show it. end of.

Re: July 21st - Countdown! The Fantom G Saved my Career!

20 Sep 2009, 00:59
the songs that you made with the fantom G are truly fantastic so I would realy like to download them


Thanks psihomodo :-)

Do you have 1 or 2 favorites?

I'll email them to you. I have a couple more too, on my Americana page.

JohnC,

Thank you also brother!

Craig Maxim
http://www.myspace.com/craigmaxim
http://www.myspace.com/craigmaximamericana
Craig Maxim
http://www.myspace.com/craigmaxim

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