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³Comments  From  the  studio  musician,
Andreas Stenhager:
¹
When  I heard the first tune from this
guy,   called   'Desert   Dawn'  (from
'Memorial  Songs  2'/Diesel),  I found
the  style  very  own,  as  if  he had
worked it all out by himself.  'Desert
Dawn' had a very nice melody, and even
though  the drums are a little bit too
soft for the general sound, he manages
to  keep  my attention all through the
song.

Then  I  heard  the rest of the tunes,
and  I  found  them  being  copies  of
Desert   Dawn(or  vice  versa).   What
strikes me is his general knowledge of
taking the right chords, but also that
he  throws  away  the main idea of his
songs     by    putting    the    same
leadinstrument to them every time.

The  bassline  is also very much alike
in  the different songs, although that
doesn't  disturb  me  as  much  as the
leads.      Maybe    he    uses    the
cutcommando(if   there  is  one?)  too
often     when     changing    between
notes/samples.   It  tends  to sound a
bit  unnatural  and  computerized in a
way that keeps me wondering why such a
talented  guy  like  this  don't  ever
change.

Actually, there is some songs that are
not  as  Lizardking-erized, like Tango
¶Love  Song,  and I think he manages to
fullfil   the   mainidea  good,  maybe
because    he    doesn't    use    the
'woaaa'-sound.

As already stated, Lizardking could be
better  if  he  wasn't  so  afraid  of
searching  for  new  ways of expanding
his  musical views.  I am sure that he
could if he really tried.
An average musician due to the lack of
variation,  but then again, if this is
popular and if you're not intrested in
inner satisfaction,why bother changing
it?


³Diesel's comment:
¹This  is  a good friend to me, so I'll
try to be as objective I possibly can.
Lizardking  is  generally known as the
'wacka-wacka'-guy, who loves 'A0f' and
Woooooaaaa-sounds,  but  it  has taken
him  far  up  the  charts.  He is more
than  aware  of  his reputation, so on
Memorial  Songs  #2, there is partly a
new Lizardking.  He has also made a CD
together  with  D-luxe  and a DAT-tape
together with Mantronix.  Go ahead and
buy it, it's worth it!