What makes Scott Cooley albums so different from other songwriters albums?
The song diversity keeps your attention. Load an SC CD, hit play, and even if you’re an impatient skipper or fast forwarder, it won’t be long before one strikes your fancy. You’ll enjoy noticing an underlying theme or concept to each album that makes the listening experience a good one if you’ve got a spare half-hour of free time, yet, you’ll also enjoy the variety – more in the vein of a Led Zeppelin album than an AC/DC album (don’t get the wrong impression – I sound nothing like either of these bands). The sound quality is refreshingly unpolished. If there is one thing my recorded versions of my own songs have in common with each other, it is the signature sound of acoustic instruments, sparse percussion, and minimalist production that is somewhere between a stripped-down guitar/vocal demo and a fully-produced one. Far from songwriter demos that sound almost exactly like the “cut” versions by the popular recording artist, SC records are never perfect, and many prefer them that way. T
