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June 2007
HotDisc 97 REACTIONS - RUN LIKE THE RIVER
Your song has already been to #32 in the Hotdisc Most Popular Tracks Chart as voted for by the most influential DJs in Europe and some even further afield. Only the elite tracks from the recent Hotdiscs deemed good enough by the DJs get into this chart on merit so this is a great achievement; and there are many major label acts in the Top 40 too .
Stewart Fenwick - Country Music & Dance magazine, UK Quite interesting sound
Graham Hassall - Radio Nightingale, UK Nice appealing track
Maureen Allen - Linedance DJ, UK Really good
Stuart Cameron - UP Country magazine, UK I've said it before and I say it again — this guy is so talented. This is his most country offering to date and it's really good To see him picking up more airplay this time
John Brookfield - Pathfinder magazine, UK Very good effort, up — tempo and good
Tommy Truesdale - West Sound Radio, UK This is nice
Alan Jones - Radio Ceredigian, UK His best to date
Barry Dixon - Now Dig This magazine, UK Nice track, very good voice
Brian Sharman - Wycombe Radio, UK Good music and vocals
Bryan Chalker - Music Maker magazine, UK Distinctive voice and sensitive production
Sam Harris - Gigs and Jigs magazine, UK Enjoyable
Petur Rouch - Faroya Radio, Faroe Islands This is a very good
Eric Pimlat - Cheshire FM Radio, UK I like him because he is different, but this is his most country release to date
Martin Van Der Laan - Radio Compagnie, Holland Great one
James Pearson - BBC Radio Shetland, UK Good voice
Maurizio Benvenuti - Radio Incontro, Italy Very impressed with his latest song
Friedrich Hog - Radio Free FM, Germany Great track
Jackie Storrar - Smooth Radio, UK Definitely a grower
Otto Waldoft - Radio Gladsaxe, Denmark His best so far
Maurice Hope - RocknReel magazine, UK Folky sounding and some imaginative touches - the listener is given something to think muse over........
Alan Priestley - Linedance DJ, UK Different, good number
Pietro Giovanni Scazzola - Radio Gold, Italy Beautiful voice and instrumental arrangement
Colin Roke - Radio Frimley, UK This song should appeal to those who reflect on life. Should have wider appeal as mainstream rather than country programming
Etienne Berthels - Radio Terre Franche, Belgium Very great performance, Very good voice
Arno Bierings - Eagle Radio, Holland Very good song
August 2007
TAXI - The World's Leading Independant A&R Company has done a complete review on Richard's CD "Point of View".
Richard:
Overall packaging on this led me to expect a more country kind of vibe - this feels more pop in a folk influenced way.
Overall, well put together and well played - instrumentation is cool - not as down the middle as might be expected - but has a good feel in presentation.
Vocal has a good tone and delivery - pleasant to listen to.
Lyrically seems on the generalized side in terms of development and theme - I sort of get a vague sense of what song is about but it seems like a bit more detail and specific situational exposition may help the listener get more emotionally involved with the song.
For instance, just in the first verse: obsessed about what? what game? and refuse to believe what who says?
The title / hook, "Run Like the River" seems a bit vague in addressing those things also.
STYLE
Threw me off a bit at first when I heard the sound here - the production feels more eclectic pop than packaging.
MELODY
Has a flow - moves with structure and feel well. Could perhaps kick a bit more someplace in order to lift arrangement a bit more, but overall OK.
STRUCTURE
Like the melody, seems to do the job in an efficent manner - has a good basic feel but could possibly use a bit more dynamic imperative somewhere.
LYRIC
Nothing stood out to me as being particularly of track anywhere in the flow of this lyric - but nothing particularly stood out to as saying something unique and attention grabbing either - has sort of an easy flow and works in context of track - sort of typifies what might be called an "easy listening" vibe.
TITLE
Works in the context of approach and development of song.
Critic ID #97
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