Art of the Mixtape is proud to feature a guest mixtape from Pete Willett. While not rooting and endlessly researching The Yankees; Pete enjoys playing ridiculous amounts of jazz guitar (Pat Metheny is an unfortunate favorite) and being inspired by the non-sequitur lyrics of Matt Berninger, 80’s pop, and plenty of 90’s and 2000’s melodramatic music. I kid, sort of, but here’s his mixtape after the jump.
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Hey remember Jack Johnson?! The dude who took laid back surfer style music by storm? Of course you do. The man has his critics, often likened to “every song of his sounds the same” and I’ll admit its easy to jump on the critiquing a popular musician bandwagon, if only to convey a sense of musical knowledge, i.e. “You like him, well you should check out (insert unknown indie band here) they’re a lot better and they haven’t sold out. Everyone loves to find a diamond in the rough. However, Jack Johnson is different, though he does often rely on his mellow style, he cultivated that sound, and created his own record label way before it became the thing to do. This song, Losing Keys features a perfect laid back arrangement and some beautiful guitar lines. Its like a sunset on a beach, a late afternoon by the pool, or just all those sweet summer memories that are springing to mind with this beautiful weather. The lyrics are strong, and the harmonizing with the guitar in the chorus is undeniably ear candy.
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Ok folks here’s the first official Art of the Mixtape(Song) ever!
This time up its a song called From Spring Til by a little known Colorado artist Nathaniel Rateliff. It starts off nice and slow with a beautiful acoustic part before a beautiful harmonious glorious chorus. Think Bon Iver with a lower pitch, or a more laid back Fleet Foxes arrangement with a single vocalist. Rateliff is blessed with a voice that immediately draws attention, but boy that harmony and building arrangement sure sweetens the deal. Like the song? Then head over to Art of the Mixtape and download it
Art of the Song Tuesday
From now on, every Tuesday, head on over to http://artofthesong.tumblr.com/ to catch a new song in collaboration with Art of the Mixtape. This week features Nathaniel Rateliff.
If you like it, you can download the song here
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