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You've sussed me! I have been roped into playing in bands before, but mostly I try to learn romantic period shizzle. I'll concede that to you, completely! Needs to lift some rhythmic elements of those genres in order to get that style nailed.

When I said it was a blend of jazz, I was referring to the harmonies on the second track there. It plays an added minor ninth at one point which is all far out and shit. They are easy, riff-based songs, yes! Looking at our newer excretions, a shite Zappa is the definitely the direction we're headed! Yes, that is me singing and playing guitar - as noted, I suck at both of these tasks. I'm surprised and intrigued that it sounds like indie rock, because I don't really listen to that sort of thing, so it is an interesting and unintentional outcome! I'm going to have to listen to a bunch of that crap now. I have enjoyed reading all the feedback! Thanks, everybody!

MilnerD: cheers!

scottyboy: OH NO! Not only is that important feedback, but I am now logically forced to listen to lots of Kaiser Chiefs songs.

ca_gere: Cheers! Not convinced the tune is worth working on. Nothing strikes me as needing obvious improvement for it's just a continuum of bollocks. I wrote it while really drunk. Nevertheless, I appreciate your feedback! Perhaps we will try and do another similar one. My feeling is I'd be better off writing another song, rather than putting effort into making this suck less.

I appreciate your psycho-analysis, but I'm just not upset about sucking! I have played in far worse bands in the past, and the experience made me rather thick skinned xx

I'm sorry if I seem snobby! I'm a terrible person. It isn't lo-fi. Not deliberately so. A friend helped us with recording. He knows what he's doing! At least better than any of the band do. My attitude is lame. I'm sorry that you hate us.

I've a pal who says "DIY or DIE". I don't know if he's claiming the moral high ground and using it to peer down on we poor folk, or whether he's just broadcasting his preferred techniques in a sensational manner. Personally, I find the "DIY or DIE" mantra kinda entertaining in itself so I'm not offended by it. I can see why being told that you're a tool of the machine might piss some people off though. I'm sticking this DIY label to our shitty band just to raise interest in the matter because it encourages other people to get making tunes. At least, I was very young I found the idea really impressive, and it got me into playing, shite as I might have been. In our specific case, we're not suffering because of the quality of the recording, we just suck.

You are absolutely correct that I'm not witty, and though you're entitled to believe that I think I am, I assure you that I have no overblown opinion of my own literary style: I suck.

Hooray! I realised that if your band is called GOFF, you play dodgy genre crossover tunes, and you have cocks on your cd cover then it's shite in a few conceptual ways before you even pick up a guitar. Cheesy blues licks and silly rhymes don't help. We are screwed. Our new material uses church organ and maximum pretension. Unfortunately for everyone, we shall be inflicting ourself on the local area for several months at the least. At the risk of sounding like a po-faced ninny, I would humbly submit that DIY here suggests rejecting professional services like recording, replacing them with your own efforts, or those of similarly aligned individuals who will do shit for reasons other than money. This is partly a rejection of the capitalist hegemony, but it is also our default because we're all fucking broke!

Also, here is our bandcamp: http://wellgoffik.bandcamp.com/ Have a lovely Cockbottle o' Goff!

Uh, time-limit expired to amend that message! Here is a track

GOFF are a new and strange D.I.Y. band. Here is a prolapse from our recent demo: <iframe width="300" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 300px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=2551805360/size=grande/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://wellgoffik.bandcamp.com/track/i-get-erased">I Get Erased by GOFF</a></iframe> We play a blend of punk, blues, jazz, and are well goffik too. I'd describe us as chronically awful.