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  1. I guess I have decided that I am done with writing songs and playing music altogether for good. Thank you all who has been there for me at times. I'm getting old and it's best for me to move on, I have a ton of songs I have written, but I just don't have the desire to complete them anymore. With my age and health failing it's best that I just put my guitar down and let go of childhood dreams I had where music is concerned.  

    Wish you all the best ALWAYS!!!!!! Thank you all for taking the time to listen and reply to my songs and music over the years, I am sorry for the attitude at times, but growing up around a bunch of 80's hair metal attitude type of folks it makes you feel that way. 

    Thanks again all for listening to this tune! Sorry for any drama I might have created in the past or even now with my reply here. It's time for me to move on away from music. 

     

     

  2. Hey, why don't you do something original like a CCR Licensed cover or something like that? 🙂

    LOL! I'm kidding of course! 

    What would put this tune over the top in my opinion would be some timely pauses making the listener wonder what was going to happen next. 

    This is one SERIOUSLY KICK THE FREAKING BUTT SONGS! And you have OVER THE TOP TALENT!!!!!! No doubt about that at all!!! 

    Some stops and go's here and there would make it even better. 

    Great tune and performance!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUTSTANDING actually!!!!!!

    Stop and go here and there will get some attention on this song, and after you stop make sure the go is harsh with the sound, loud or outlandish or catches someones attention leaving them thinking about what the heck just happened. Just my opinion. 

    Enjoyed hearing this one very much. Sorry to sound like a critic, but I hear things from a different perspective sometimes. 

    Great performance and song! Keep on keeping on!

     

  3. 6 hours ago, Douglas Kirby said:

    Hey - good song - it has a solid hook.  Nice job on lead vocal Daryl. I thought the mix overall is a bit trebly.

    Thank you for taking the time to listen and reply. It may be a bit trebly, I know I can turn down the treble on the master but I am wondering how you might fix it if there is a better way?  And also, any particular part or instrument that is too trebly? 

  4. 21 hours ago, Johnbee58 said:

    Nice, soft rocker.  The mix is good but in a few small spots a bit off balance where I have to strain my ears a bit to hear what Daryl is singing.  But it's a great tune and a nice listen overall.

     

    😀John B.

    Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. Daryl did the mixing on this tune. It was really great to have someone playing drums for a change rather than programming them like Daryl did. 

    Thanks again. It's always good to know what everyone hears because we don't all have great ears or speakers. 

     

  5. On 1/18/2019 at 4:56 PM, James G said:

    I remember this one, really good driving song, full of hooks, vocal and guitar. Reminds me of Bryan Adams a little.

    Thank you for that kind comment! That is probably one of the best comments I have ever gotten, not kidding at all! 🙂 

    Bryan Adams and John Mellencamp are probably the two biggest influences in my life when it comes to music and songwriting. I remember as a kid listening to Bryan Adams and John Mellencamp and not knowing nothing about music and thinking how I wish I could play music and write it someday like they do. 

    Thank you!!! 🙂 

     

  6. 9 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

    50? Welcome to the club! I can recommend several knee surgeons.

    For me, the chorus, the vocals are a little buried. Do you add a guitar layer in the chorus? it's the  "don't wait around until you're old" section.

    The guitar work is really good and fits the song in the right spots.

    I listened on headphones. Possibly the bass could have a notch cut out in the upper mids? So the lower part of the vocal can poke its head out more? I dunno.

    Personal preference - on a groove jam like this, a fade-out ending is more satisfying that just . . . stopping. My .02 Zimbabwe Dollars.

     

    Very good, driving tune. Age appropriate to the max.

     

    cheers,

    -Tom

    LOL! What are the benefits of being in the 50's club?  So far all I get is bills and flatulence from eating fried food. 🤣

    Thank you for the advice on the mix. That is exactly what I am wanting to know. You mentioned you were listening on headphones. I actually have a pretty good set of studio headphones, not so much on the studio monitor speakers though. I've been listening and mixing on these Logitech speakers I got from office depot. Yeah, I know I need some better ones, hopefully I can upgrade in the future. These sound great though for listening to mixed down music, but I've come to realize that they sound great for ALREADY MIXED DOWN SONGS, not so much for mixing down songs. I have a pair of Sony MDR 7506 headphones, I know they're not the top of the line, but they're probably better than the speakers I have been using for mixing things down. So I think when I remix this I will give those a try. I'd buy some top of the line monitor speakers, but I just can't afford that right now. 

    I always like it when people tell me what they are listening to sounds with, that means a lot, it lets me and others know by comparison what they are talking about. 

    I'll keep that in mind on the fade out, actually, that was my idea to start with, saying "One Fine Day with the background vocals saying Don't Fade Away" and then fading out. But I didn't do that. Maybe in the next mixdown. 

    Thanks again for all your advice and taking the time to listen and comment! 🙂 

  7. 7 hours ago, Cookie Jarvis said:

    Great tune...really catchy! Clear mix and well-defined, especially the guitars! Turned 56 myself a couple of months ago...let me tell you, 56 is the old 56 😉

    Bill

    Thanks for taking the time to listen my friend and the kind comments. I really do appreciate it very much.  And hey, not sure if you are an Elvis fan, I am myself, but think of it this way, 56 was Elvis's break out year 1956. So turning 56 might just be yours also playing music. I know, your probably saying "CRAZY PERSON REPLYING TO ME!!!!", LOL!!! You might be right about that one. But I must say, I am thankful for every day on this earth, and considering Elvis died at the age of 42, we've both got it a lot better than him no doubt.

    Thanks again for taking the time to listen and reply and comment! 🙂 

     

     

  8. On 1/18/2019 at 4:55 PM, daryl1968 said:

    I really enjoyed working on this with you - great song

    Thanks Daryl, you are one extremely talented person!!!! Not just with your vocals but singing and music and songwriting and the instruments you play. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to work with me on this song.  Not many people would do that for me, it means a lot!!!!  I could write an entire album of songs featuring your voice easily given the chance. 

    Thanks again!!! 🙂 

     

     

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  9. 22 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

    I don't want to go off topic, but nice song, I dig the lyrics and the guitar arpegg riff. Maybe the kick drum is too big and crunchy in spots. 

    Daryl's voice is killer.

     

    cheers,

    -Tom

    What is wrong with you? Going off topic like that by talking about a song and music and mixes and stuff like that? 

    Kidding of course with that last comment. Thank you for the thoughts on the mix. I'm going to remix this tune, and not use so much compression and all that stuff. 

    Honestly I have been considering just leaving it raw and simply adding an EQ on the Master and mixing it that way without all that other stuff. Because I can already see it doesn't matter how much mixing I do, open spaces with sound are better than compressed closed off room sounds.  LOL! Have no idea about any of that. 

    I'm going to try and remix it sometime soon and we'll see what happens. Thanks for the Drum being too big and crunchy in spots. I'm one of those people who plays guitar and just doesn't pay enough attention when mixing to the drummer. 😞  I should  no doubt. 

     

    Thanks again for listening and taking the time to reply. 

     

  10. On 1/18/2019 at 6:08 PM, Will said:

    Whooaakaaayyy..... O.o

    I was only kidding with you. 😀 Sorry, a friend of mine on another social media site with the curly hair looks a lot like her.

    A lot of people don't know, honestly I didn't know who Carol King was until recently. The song "You've Got A Friend" was written by her and many other hits. 

    You've Got A Friend is a song I recently learned finger picking the guitar. Or that is tried to do so. 

    Thanks for taking the time to listen and reply. Sorry for the attitude if I sounded that way. 

     

     

     

  11. 22 hours ago, Lynn Wilson said:

    Great collaboration, guys!  It has everything I like to hear in a song and mix.  I'll be replaying this from time to time, so keep the songs coming.

    Thank you Lynn Wilson for taking the time to reply and listen!  For various reasons some of my songs I have worked on weren't up there long for people to listen to, and I know some who have heard them say they've heard them before, but I am reworking some of them also.  The reason they weren't up there long was because of a Hard drive crash, new PC, changed music host and etc.. Various reasons.  I'm sure a lot of you can relate to that. What I post here on Bandlab I plan on leaving there forever. My search for a music host is over. Yeah, there's some things I would change with the setup of the music host site, but it seems to be pretty solid for now. 

    I just turned 50 last year, and I realized I have a lot to learn when it comes to music. Nothing I do will ever be perfect, but I hope my attempts reflect the emotion I try to convey in the sounds, however I may get there. 

    Thanks again!!! 🙂 

     

     

  12. 21 hours ago, Will said:

    Who are you, and what the hell did you do with Carol King?

    That's a rather vague attempt at trying to upset me with that comment concerning the person in mind looks like a very good friend of mine from another social media site I used to frequent. 

    Hey, don't like it, say so, don't listen if it bothers you, sorry you are upset because you don't like Carol King. 

    Thanks for Hissening........... 🤣

  13. 21 hours ago, Leadfoot said:

    Please see the smiley faces on my post. I was just having fun.

    LOL! I know, I'm kidding  also myself. 😀 - Just wanted to say, I freaking LOVE the smiley face definitions with the smileys that they've added to these forums when you add them. So many forums don't have that, it's nice to be able to see when adding a smiley what it means. The only improvement would be to add a hover over with mouse to see what it means. But it gets the job done. So Kudos to Cakewalk by Bandlab on that for the forums.

    It's a new forum and site. I hope everyone hits the reset button when it comes to others. I'm no pro musician, it's obvious, I just write songs and try and make something good happen with them because that's what I like to do. 

    I don't mind critics at all, I like hearing from them. I want to make this song the best I can, not just for me but for the singer also and any song in the future that I might work with others. 

    I am wanting to remix this song because I think it can be mixed down and sound better.  

    Thank you for replying Leadfoot, sorry if I come across a bit harsh, I have no ill will or bad feelings towards anyone at all on the internet or forums on or off the internet. 

    Thank you for keeping it real! 😀

  14. This is a song I wrote a long time ago. It's about not wasting the time you have on this earth and going out and seeing the world.  I asked my friend daryl1968 if he would like to collaborate on the song.  He said he would and added Drums and Vocals and done the final mix down for the song. I thought it turned out great! This would have never gotten done without Daryl's help and contributions to creating the song. 

    https://www.bandlab.com/user924a9571/travel-down-the-highway-d7293?revId=2d1cf245-a61a-e911-9f2a-00155d7803f0

    Just thought someone might like hearing this.  

     

     

  15. 7 minutes ago, James G said:

     Yes, you have , many times.

    We've all got years and years worth of material we could flood the new forum with. It's a matter of personal choice how to go forward.

    I'm not FLOODING nothing here. If you have nothing productive to say or don't want to listen then why even bother replying? 

    The old forums are gone for good, so are a lot of the links. 

    What part of "re-mixing advice" do you not understand? And as for "YOU HEARD IT BEFORE", good, I'm glad your hearing is working. 

    Cheers..... 

  16. This is my first post here on the new songs forum. This is a song I wrote and recorded and played all instruments except the drums which I programmed a while back and asked daryl1968 if he would sing the vocals to the song. He did and I thought his vocals turned out great!!!  I did the mix, but I'm no mix master or nothing like that, I just did the best I could at the time. 

    I have been thinking about remixing this one , but I don't think in terms of hertz and things like that, I'm better off with someone saying "More treble, more bass, less bass, more bass", simple terms, like I said I am no mix master and am not going to pretend to be one.  

    I would like to say thanks to Daryl for adding vocals to this song, because without his help and vocals this would have never gotten done. I'm no singer that's for sure, these days I have trouble speaking because of trying to be a singer in the 80's. 

    Anyway, just thought someone might like hearing this. It's called "One Fine Day", it's about no matter how bad your day is going, you should always remember the good times. 

    I recorded this using  Cakewalks Sonar Platinum at the time, it was my first attempt at using Sonar Platinum to record with, thought I'd mention that.

    Thanks for listening!!!! 

     

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