Deep*Soul - Sweet Dreams
Alternative/Alt.Rock, Blues, Country
Tidewater, United States
Overall Impression: "Sweet Dreams" manages to perfectly capture the essence of classic 1940's/50's era pop with its strong and highly articulate lead vocal performance and vintage-styled musical accompaniment. Gabriela Dickson gives a deeply passionate performance that feels both authentic in its delivery and true to the style it adopts.
Strongest Point(s): The highly expressive and delicate vocal performance by Gabriela certainly helps give "Sweet Dreams" both its charming and endearing quality, not only does Gabriela display a particularly strong sense of vibrato that elegantly rounds out many of the songs most engaging melodies, but it's crystal clear that this is an artist with a deep passion for the style in which this particular track is rooted in. The genre-defining vocalizations provided by the excellent backing vocals and the utterly graceful nature of the sweeping string sections provide a beautiful harmonic and textural bed in which the lead vocals can elegantly float over, resulting in a track that gently whisks its listeners up and calmly takes them with it.
Target Audience Appeal: "Sweet Dreams" is a brilliant love letter to the popular female pop singers of the past and has an undeniably "classic" feel to it, lovers of this particular style will definitely find themselves connecting with the track.
Artist target suggestions: Patsy Cline, Rosemary Smith, Kitty Kallan, Teresa Brewer, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Patti Paige
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About the Reviewer:
Andre Avanessian is a freelance session musician, composer, and sound engineer based in the U.K. Having studied music production and composition at a degree level, he has taken his passion for all things audio-related to a level that has allowed him to become both a competent musician and performer. Being a self-confessed "Guitar Nerd" Andre has been continually studying the guitar, as well as teaching it, helping students both learn the instrument, develop their songwriting, and how to become proficient in home recording.