First Album

[JBabineau]

Finished my first album a few months ago. Its just an eight song cd of originals, and it took me seven months of on and off recording to finish. its called "Generation of Need"
You can get it on Itunes, CDbaby.com, or my website http://www.jackbabineau.com


The album has guest musicians such as:
James Montegomery
Charise White
Emerson Torrey
Marc Cutler and more..

It was an amazing learning experience for me.

Thanks,
Jack

[hofdaddy]

[SimsUK]

Good thinking, salvaging your site from Geocities before it bit the dust.

[Buck]

There is no end to the amount of fun one person can have while listening to Jack Babineau's debut album, Generation of Need. It's fast paced, anthemic, and hard hitting. You walk away from it feeling so inspired, so alive....

I stumbled onto him, to be honest. I don't remember how, but I am so grateful for finding this album. You just can't go wrong with it! I'll break it down for you.

1. For Today - Remember that Expedia commercial (I think) where the parents imagine their sons having a raging party in their absence? That's this song. It only sets the mood.

2. From the Outside - If your head ain't moving by the first few seconds of this song, GO AWAY. Don't turn back. This album is NOT for you.

3. Girls Own Love - This is the first song hinting to the true talent of Jack Babineau. Combining the deep bass guitar and twinkling keyboards, he creates a happy hard rock coaster here. Nothing special though.

4. No Excuses - Fun in a basket! I believe this is aimed at those to blame for 9/11, and if it isn't, it's perfectly timed!

5. Generation of Need - Not a horribly memorable track but it may appease some anthem fans.

6. Blossom Street - Again, I think this is post-9/11 music here. Most people didn't have as much love or pride for being from NYC until those attacks, but to be honest, this song always applies.

7. Love Now - THE BEST song on the entire CD. You can't help but have to catch your breath after this one. You *will* be singing your heart out to it!

8. Conformity - A big hint at what his sophomore album is going to sound like. This song seems to be more musically aimed than the rest of the album. A shame it's too short...


If that doesn't help you figure out whether you want this album, flip a coin. Kiss the coin when it tells you to buy it and you end up loving it.

[Blake]

holy shit

[Cor]

holy shit

[Pizzle]

[Alazais]

Ahh. I remember you!

Despite the hardships you've had here I always enjoyed your music. I actually had a stray thought about you the other day and searched you on youtube. You've got a strong voice, and talent. I hope you can stay humble and make it as a musician. All the best to you.

Edit: Keep it on really seems to have made an interesting evolution. It's so much thicker and rich from the Solo performance on youtube.


Edit x2: Did you post this on Antsmarching.org? You might find a few clicks there too.

[Klondog]

Holy cow, he had the nads to come back and post about his new album? Man, that cracks me up. What his last user name before we ran him out of here the last time?

Edit: SRVDMB, that's it!
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holy shit

[Mr_Walkaway]

What's all this harshness about? I feel like I missed something...

[Alazais]

If I remember correctly he posted a couple of videos and received a bit of flak for having moves a little to much like Dave Matthews. Then he made an alter to defend himself. He was caught and I don't think has returned since.

That being said he's still got a great voice and has tons of talent. In thinking about it, I believe he may have done this as a "fuck you, look what I've done" move. Oh well, c'est la vie. I enjoy his music if nothing else. He has a ton of talent and while some might argue he doesn't deserve it, it's his and not ours. I hope you make it dude, honestly.

[Banjobach]

From what I've heard, it's all mixed and mastered quite well. I still can't shake how similar you sound to Dave Matthews, still. In pretty much every song I heard there was something irreconcilably unoriginal to it. I could hear Dave bleeding into not only your songwriting, but also your playing style. But this isn't anything anyone here hasn't said before.

Believe me, you have good potential if you find your own voice. I have the same problem myself. Not everything about writing music is fun. Sometimes you have to tear yourself a new one and be brutally honest with yourself. YOu have to ask "Is this real, what I'm singing? Sure I can get into it when I sing it, but is it really me that's singing? Or am I echoing my influences to the point of not really challenging myself to write outside my comfort zone?"

See, I think of music like a big dark ocean (corny metaphor alert). The music that has been made already are the illuminated areas. But the music makers are the ones with the lanterns and you have to drift through some strange looking waters to find something new. Sure, its comfortable to float around in the well-lit places, but if you're like me and you want to give something back to the big map of music that has never really been heard before, you have to be honest with yourself and tread waters that might not please everyone because it's unfamiliar. But at the same time, when you find that place at bring light to it, you have done something more than just given people background noise, or a song they can dance to, or even a political song that appeals to their sensibilities. You have found something new, be it melodically or lyrically, and that will have more longevity than a something from the well-lit areas, because you were the first to find it. To quote McKenna "You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do, is to bring back a new idea, because our world is in danger by the absence of good ideas." He was talking more philosophical ideas, but I think the same applies to music.

I know it seems wishy-washy, because some songs are new lyrically but old melodically or vice versa. But that's how I think about it in my personal pursuit to find my own voice. Maybe it will make sense to you or maybe people here will think I'm on crack, but you have the talent, now you need the personal honesty to at least admit that these songs on this CD are heavily influenced by Dave. But if you're okay with that then keep on making your music the way you have been.

[Banjobach]

you know, as I went back and read what I wrote, I realize that if you enjoy the music you make, then you're probably satisfied artistically speaking. So decide for yourself, unless you already have. I personally hate it when people say I sound like DM, but if it doesn't bother you, then I have just wasted a lot of time trying to convey my own approach to music.

[JBabineau]

Banjobach,

I agree with you that I sound quite like Dave Matthews. Its frustrating to a certain point when I'm trying to write music, but I'm always working on finding my own musical "identity". When I'm out playing a show, i usually get one or two people that tell me "I can hear some dave influence in there" and it bothers me a little bit in a way, but it also means i found some common ground with someone and then could sorta play my own style. Now that i'll be writing and putting songs together with a band, I hope the callaborative effort with tweak the style enough to seperate me from the Dave Matthews comparison.

And on the subject of making it big...thank you for the wishes, but I'm positive it won't happen. I'm certainly not going to wait around for it to happen

Thanks for the listen fellas,
Jack

[Mr_Walkaway]

You sound good dude. I missed all the previous harsh, so I'm not biased. I would say that you have a little ways to go for finding your own voice, but I would come see you play anyway.