TAXI (Leading Independent A&R) Critiques: My Throne: " Strong opening. The vocals are sung with energy and power. The guitars

are detailed and are executed with experience. The composition is dynamically well paced".---->

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Section 1

EMOTIONAL IMPACT

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Emotional Commentary: I truly enjoyed this song.  It tells a intriguing story while maintaining a little bit of humor in it as well.  The emotions the character in the song is feeling is perfectly demonstrated by the title "Meagan Won't Ya Make Me A Drink" very nice job in capturing the image. 

Section 2

TECHNICAL EVALUATION 

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Technical Commentary: Everything about this song worked entirely well together.  The music choice, the melodies, and the structure was great.  The sound was clear, the mix was fitting, making this songs overall production perfect.

Section 3

MARKETABILITY  

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Focus Magazine review 
Focus Magazine
The John Daly Project
Johnny's Quest
If Daly's d...
The John Daly Project
Johnny's Quest
If Daly's debut solo album sounds a tad famaliar to you, then you've been bar-hopping around these parts way too long. Over the years, Daly has lent his towering vocals to just about every high-profile hard rock act (including Damn the Torpedoes, Big Brother, Kingpin, Rocky Ruckman et frickin' cetera) in every beach hole-in-wall with a keg tap. His own project is just the sort of retro-edged hard finesse(Boston,Journey,name it claim it) that keeps popping up on the AOR stations around town. So while there's not much new ground broken, there's none intended. For you teetotalers who may have missed, Daly has some of Sammy Hagar's edge, with a lot of Steve Perry's emotion, though he can pull off the more laidback wares of Boz Scaggs at certain moments. This set contains a nice array of tunes( power ballads, epic rockers, ect.) with some chops-heavy playing. Features ZenDen impresario Steve Connelly on stun guitar(way to rawk out, brother man!), guitarist Stephen Haendiges,bassist Willie Moore, drummer John Hartley, and late Riff Raff band bassist Sterling Lee Janacek on his final recording.               

Focus Magazine Review


Groove Magazine review 
Groove Magazine
JOHNNY'S QUEST II - The John Daly Project        ...
JOHNNY'S QUEST II - The John Daly Project                                                                     
Recorded at ZEN Studios
          Straight out of the gate JOHNNY'S QUEST II comes at you full speed ahead.  If you're looking for blazing in your face metal it's not.  Actually it's a fresh break from all the growling and screaming you hear these days.  Most of the songs seem to have sort of a POPPY PSYCHEDELIC oriented guitar rock that keeps you coming back for a second and third listen.  JOHNNY'S QUEST gets GGGG's for not following the mainstream and doing it his way as Daly plays most of the instruments and does all the vocals.

Groove Magazine-August 2001

St. Petersburg Times 
St. Petersburg Times
JOHNNYS QUEST II , THE JOHN DALY PROJECT
( WWW.JO...
JOHNNYS QUEST II , THE JOHN DALY PROJECT
( WWW.JOHNNYSQUEST.COM ) : Largo songwriter
Johnny Daly performs under the moniker Johnny's Quest.the John Daly project,
his second album, is an intensely personal disc exploring different sorts of music
including rock, country pop, even electronica dance pop. Bummer anthem Depressed From Stress is brightened up with mandolin, though Daly does let
trouble get the best of him as he screams the chorus at the song's end. Snazzy
finger snaps and acoustic guitar help Daly celebrate the big guy in the sky on
Greater Power. Daly adopts an androidy drone on the dance cut, Our Fantasies,
intoning, "I'm gonna make you dance with me / You're gonna make romance with me." like a randy robot. He even takes a detour into goofy rap on Ghetto Stuck.
Daly's Project is fun, filled with a sense of play and candidness.

By Gina Vivinetto,
Pop critic for the St.Petersburg times

www.apequake.com review 2007 
www.apequake.com
John Daly is a sturdy rocker that loves the gritt...
John Daly is a sturdy rocker that loves the gritty brand of riffage that plays well in bars and dive clubs. Most musicians would be happy playing covers and throwing his or her song once in a while, but John strives to be a little more than a local pub crawler.
John is open to a massive variety of genres. Outside of hard rock, classic swing, country and alt-rock clip have featured spaces in The John Daly Project. The songs are catchy, accessible and immediate.