Sinking Down (Original Song)

[scorpiongirl28]

Hello Kris...I'll make your song popular here in the Philippines!!!! I'll let it known to my friends..!!!! doing little campaign..:) I'll make them hear what a cool voice you have

[Lianna333]

Good Coldplay esque songs! =]]

[Surfwtw]

Great song. Do you like Pink Floyd?

[srfrr]

Show your face, Jim. Are you hideous or something? You are pretty good though. I would rock it.

[Bass734]

This is untouchable. After listening, I hardly had the strength in my soul to type. I felt every note and lyric surpass my miserable existence.This is a masterpiece.

[Oswlek]

Nice job. The music and melody duing the refrain are beautiful and I love the litte interlude at ~1:20. The fade out is a nice touch as well.

[poca622]

honestly i heard your later stuff when you were a one-man band first, and i have to say this is just as good :o) you've really come along way

[artisticallyfree]

Wow, how long have you been playing guitar? You're amazing. Who are some of your inspirations?

[LilliePuttin]

Record.

[zzzzzzzzap]

haha.. Thanks LittlePuttin. Peace

[zzzzzzzzap]

sorry -- LilliePuttin -- fingers have a mind of their own! ;)

[KrisShred]

wonderful song

[zzzzzzzzap]

Cheers, Kris. Glad you enjoyed. Peace

[dziki610]

I`m writing first time here (on YouTube) `cause I think that this song is amazing. You have great amount of talent dude, greetings from far, far Poland :-)

ps.

Last time when I heard song like this ... is "Alone" by Downface.

[zzzzzzzzap]

Thanks so much for choosing me to comment on :) Greetings to you my friend from Poland. Peace

[londonderryjason]

Are you listening to World Party at all? Your voice keeps hitting tones that remind me of him. Songwriting his good. Hey what is flyinghorseknuckles?

[londonderryjason]

Nitin Sawney, Van Morrison "Astral Weeks"", Bert Jansch. The Pentangle. You'll have to dig a bit for Nitin Sawney, but it's worth. I'm a potter, and the strength of my work comes from my interest in music, history , art. Not potters. Variety is the spice of life. Hope I am not presumptious, it's good to see artists on youtube

[zzzzzzzzap]

Thanks so much - I really appreciate the thought and spirit you've put into your comments. Will be checking out Nitin Sawney, as am already a big fan of Van Morrison and Jansch; I considered covering one of Jansch's favourites, 'Blues Run the Game'. Peace

[slavedragon]

brilliant

[zzzzzzzzap]

:D thanks a lot. Peace

[exxingo]

i just want to know if you write these songs or do you copy it from another song and just sing it the same way.your songs are awsome.....ive seen evry one of your videos. you have a great voice and yet you just sound like a little older than me.right around a 1 min and 25 sec into the song it gets good. How come you never show your face?are you one of those people that are supersticous and are afriad that someone you know is going to see you?

[zzzzzzzzap]

No, they're all mine.. no copying involved. I forwarded onto 1:25 and you're dead right! Re: the face - I'm just shy I guess. Peace

[LikeMyPizzaz]

Keep hiding the face, imo 'cause a mysterious allure is always a plus. That, and it makes it easier to focus on the person inside the music, not the face to it. Oo I got metaphorical

[zzzzzzzzap]

haha.. I'm also really ugly :P It'd put people off the music. Peace

[londonderryjason]

Looks are not as important as all that, unless you're joining N'sync. Charm and spirit make a greater beauty. Jarvis, Richy Hawtin, PJ harvey, Elvis Costello. You're in good company

[LikeMyPizzaz]

haha poor Elvis Costello, he can't help it

I'm sure you've got a big leg up on that guy and he sounds just as he looks

[zzzzzzzzap]

That's a good point.. Feel a little better now! :P I had told myself when I got to 100 subs I was going to show my face.. it just never happened (showing my face, that is) Peace

[LikeMyPizzaz]

I'm sure you're not a Quasimodo; the worst you could do is put people off their lunch, not the nice music. :D

On a more serious note, I'd love to hear a cover of Blues Run the Game. It'd def be interesting to see where you take it

[zzzzzzzzap]

Yeah.. I've been thinking about what I could do with it. I heard the Nick Drake version and I just wonder what's left to do with it, if you know what I mean. Peace

[LikeMyPizzaz]

Oh, oh if you want a boost of confidence, check out Brett Dennen. Hilton used his song "Blessed" for one of their commercials and I swear to God I thought it was a black woman. Apparently, he's a short chubby redhead. Oops!

[zzzzzzzzap]

haha.. yeah, thanks for the recommendation.. will add it to the list. Peace

[LikeMyPizzaz]

Oh wow, he was just put on the "featured videos" list. How convenient

[jonnysaintly]

I like it, reminds me of Nick Drake.

[zzzzzzzzap]

what a compliment. Thanks. Peace

[classicrocker1970]

How do u come up with our own song. I try to make my own songs but I can not come up with good lyrics.

[zzzzzzzzap]

Errrm.. it varies but the general trend is.. A couple of nice chords which lead to a melody and words.. Everything kinda comes at the same time. Good luck writing your own stuff! Peace

[WolfCoalition]

Ok, I have been glued watching your original's for the last half hour.. This is my favorite.. I have view allot of musician's on youtube and view a couple of originals of there's and move on.. but yours.. I find my self clicking on all of them wanting more.. simply brilliant music and lyrics..

[zzzzzzzzap]

That's a really touching thing to say. I'm really glad you enjoyed the vids; this is most certainly one of my most sincere songs. Thanks again. Peace

[Noradne]

yep this is unusual but I think it very good. so keep trying to make some more of these kinds. And I really like how you arrange the part 'We're sinking down, there's no way out'. And that it sounds different sometimes because you raise or lower your voice. Wonderful!

[zzzzzzzzap]

Thanks again Noradne.. apologies it's taken me so long to reply - I don't know whether YT's fallen out with me but I seem to have stopped getting emails notifying me of new comments.. Hope you keep watching.. All the best

[Waggonerslad]

(Quick burst of applause) The man has talent. Very nice song, sweetly sung.

[zzzzzzzzap]

Thanks muchly. Thanks for checking it out.. :D

[daisy3535]

You wanna show yer face. This is wonderful stuff and you deserve recognition. This is 'album' stuff.

[zzzzzzzzap]

I'm getting braver .. my latest video does feature my head, albeit vailed in darkness. Mean and moody, that's me!

[Faure45]

love it brother! well done, and thanks for sharing :)

[zzzzzzzzap]

Thanks a lot for listening. Thanks for subscribing, means a lot

[ningyoko]

I actually like the foot tapping it reminds me of Blackbird. I really like the movement of the song and the dissonance bits; you have such a lovely trance-inspiring voice

[zzzzzzzzap]

Haha, 'trance-inspiring' .. I'm often responsible for sending people to sleep with my voice. Thanks for the lovely comments :)

[BadHabit1994]

I really like this song. Your voice is nice, and the lyrics are pretty good.

[zzzzzzzzap]

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed the song, means a lot..

[aidanpn]

This man's got talent. I'm a 3-chord trick pony with a voice that could charm the crows from the trees...I feel like putting my guitar back in the attic

[zzzzzzzzap]

Mr. Neary, you're an inspiration..

[FlyingHorseKnuckles]

You are all-around excellent! You just got another subscriber. I like your mellow progressions. We both like to use dissonant chordal shapes (come listen). I'd buy your CD any day! Jon

[zzzzzzzzap]

You're too kind Jon.. It's especially good to get praise from someone quite as established as yourself - I look forward to checking your channel out further. Thanks for stopping by!

[logana13]

gorgeous melody, of both guitar + vocals, love the 'hadn't you heard', add different perspecrive to the sinking bit, for me anyway - great :)