Kim Jones – Lucky Girl [LP]
by Jeanie Straub
Singer-songwriter Kim Jones is a very strong singer with a very throaty, deep voice – she has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Melissa Etheridge, Patti Griffin. (My own comparison would be to KT Tunstall and Adele.) The musicians she’s got backing her on Lucky Girl, including Wendy Woo and Melanie Susuras on harmonies and Glenn Taylor on pedal steel – are first rate, as well as the compositions, which feature the standards rounded out by violins, viola, cello, and a host of horns. It is no surprise that she’s gotten her fair share of radio attention, including spins on Denver’s 99.5 The Mountain and 88.9 KRFC in Fort Collins. My only suggestion would be – granted my speakers at work on a computer aren’t that great, but to me it seems like there are some recording issues even though she promotes the fact that it was recorded and mixed by Colin Bricker at Mighty Fine Productions in Denver. As my co-worker said: “If you are trying to sell your artwork, you don’t shop around Polaroids.” She sounds as though she is singing from the bottom of a well.
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And if you are in the business of being a critic of music you don’t listen to it on your low quality computer speakers.
Bill is right to a degree, but I think your recording should sound good on ALL systems. Artists should test their final recordings before duplication on every speaker they can get a hold of. Thats what the big kids do…
What Bill W. said above. Just FYI: What you say in regard to the method in which you judge sound quality compromises your credibility as a music critic, not to mention sounding unprofessional.
@TJ-I have been recording live music for about 35 years and I can tell you one low grade system’s trash is often a high fidelity systems treasure. Nothing sounds great (the same) on all systems, especially given all the audio option controls we are given in today’s technology. Often the sound quality is at the mercy of the user’s competency.
PS. Qualification: I says this not in defending the sound quality of
Ms. Jones CD, as I have not heard it, only in regard to what has been said.