Mistakes by Bill Draper

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 "Mistakes" by Bill Draper (featuring Jason Ortlieb) is a brand new beautiful fully-acoustic ballad that is introspective with powerful and personal lyrics.  Bill is out of Watertown, New York USA.

The acoustic guitar is played masterfully and so naturally that it seems like it is singing just as much as the vocal.

I LOVE the harmonics that are especially noticeable in the intro.  Doing that with electric distorted guitars is one thing, but doing that with an acoustic guitar can be a challenge.  Then I notice riffs that fill in between the repeating fingerpicking parts...natural improvisation.  Stuff like this kept me very interested throughout, not only hearing the expected chord progression all of the time.

"Mistakes I've been the king | Mistakes self-pity and wallowing | Mistakes burn the brain | All the baggage is following...following..."  These chorus lyrics feel like a gut punch.  So very relatable, yet presented in such a self-realizing way that can't be done by words alone.  I also love the uniqueness of Bill Draper's voice.  It is very natural with a strong raspy quality to it, hitting notes all the way through with style that drops off of notes at the end of lines of his poem.  The vocal harmony adds a fullness and expansion of the chorus, accentuating those heart-crushing words.  I think it is cool how the harmony is lower than the melody and is fit within the same note-space as the vocal so well.

This song is being added to the "Calm the Storm" playlist for it's expertly crafted introspective feel.

You can also find this song on your favorite streamer following this SongWhip link:

https://songwhip.com/bill-draper/mistakes


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