garybrun

Very nice for your first song.
Well done.

Very nice.
Reminds me of my youth with Ultravox 🙂
I thought the vocals where well placed in the mix and mixed well.

Good job!

I thought this was brilliant Mark.
Love this laid back music...  very nice mix and vocals are great.
Well done mate...   love it.

Very nice sounding guitar.
Very nice.
Well done.

3 hours ago, jbraner said:

Hi gary,

Thanks for listening. It was the lead guitar @ 0:45 - 0:59. The bends weren't coming back down correctly (they were staying a little sharp).

There were a couple of other small things too.

The disappointing part is that I didn't pick it up from the beginning 😓 - oh well, I'll need to be more vigilant wrt tuning!

Glad you sorted it.
When we are mixing our own personal stuff we miss things because we are so used to the song.... they dont pop out.
Thats why its good to have other ears listen

@jbraner   thats a lot better.
Nothing jumped out to me at this time... so youve fixed it.
Well done.

Which instrument was it?  Second guitar?

12 hours ago, jbraner said:

Gary,

I've been made aware of a few tuning issues - and patched them up with Melodyne.

If you can be bothered - could you let me know if you hear an improvement?

https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14103520

Rgds,

Cause I can....  I will listen now.

Gary

12 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

@garybrun I think the ears become more sensitive to jarring sounds and odd pitch as part of our self preservation.  As one get older one get a little slower better to react sooner than later that strange sound might just be something hunting for lunch.

Thank you very much for your time and your ears, (Sorry if i hurt them  ) I appreciate your comments to.

Thanks for you understanding pal.
Thats quite a good explanation there regarding that I may be lunch  🙂

3 hours ago, mark skinner said:

Very nice Gary ,  It sounds Much more polished now. The added harmony was a nice boost. I do think a low octave vocal  should be used to reinforce and thicken a lead vocal and not stand out so much on its own , unless you're specifically going for an Oak Ridge Boys type of gospel group song. Just my personal preference...  I still loved it.    mark

Thanks @mark skinner
To be honest I dont know what sort of sound I was going for...  just my sound.
I cant really harmonize...  but could do the bass...  so I thought I would try that to see if it worked.
Was thinking of using the bass vocal to echo some phrases in the verses instead of using it in the chorus's.

Once again thanks for taking the time to listen.

Very spooky stuff.  clever.
It felt nightmareish!!

The older I get the harder it is to listen to music like this (disjointed)  and I mean that in a positive way.
Is it because we are sat at our benches listening to music in a standard melodic way??
The strange thing is when Im doing live work every-week I can spot an instrument out of tune straight away and it cuts through me.
Also find I dont enjoy concerts if a band is out of tune etc.

Are we influenced by our daily listening preferences that we are not able to a certain existent to appreciate other kinds of music???
Some might not call it music??  My grandfather wouldn't for sure...  lol
One genre I cant get into is trash metal...  its just a massive noise to me.

So there is not a misunderstanding I am not knocking wookies music...  just bringing up a theme about music I have been thinking a lot about lately.
How to appreciate other genre.

Brilliant mix and track.
Drums are really pumping.

Talented man!!

23 minutes ago, Bajan Blue said:

Sounds good now Gary, especially with the backing vocals. 

Nigel

 

Thanks for listening @Bajan Blue appreciated.

14 minutes ago, Douglas Kirby said:

Yeah, Daryl's vocal harmony makes it a better song - good job guys.

Brilliant... thanks @Douglas Kirby

6 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

An all around wonderful song.

Thanks so much for listening Bjørn and you comments.
Really appreciated.

Well done Doug.

Liked the acoustic version best.

Very nice track and you also have a nice voice too.

Dont be shy...  bring your voice up a little.. above the bass.

Brilliant.

Well mixed too...  not easy with so many voices.

Hi Freddy.

Nice track.  ; )

i didn’t quite catch the lyrics at the very beginning.

Dont be shy of that voice...  bring it up a little and add some sparkle in the top end.

38 minutes ago, freddy j said:

Ahhh perfection.  This is indeed a beautiful song -- vocal performance, lyrics/story, instrument and instrumental performance.  Love that bass in the BGV's!

Thanks so much Freddy.

17 minutes ago, Amicus717 said:

Really nice song.  Like the pacing and the relaxed vibe to it. I am wondering if I'm hearing a bit of vocal clipping in it? Example, at the 1:31 mark? 

Overall, I like it a lot, and the backing vocals are a really nice touch.  Great stuff.

Rob

I agree with clipping...  I thought I had heard it...   but too long on the speakers today.

Just now, Hidden Symmetry said:

On laptop but it sounds good here, the bv's are a nice addition to the tune.

@Hidden Symmetry thanks so much for listening.  🙂

Finally got the backing vocals down.
Many thanks to @daryl1968 for sending them through today.
I couldn't do it without you.

Comments on the mix greatly appreciated.

Its took 38 years to get this one done.

Cheers,

Gary
 

Looking forward to getting Daryls backing... sounds great.
Ive added some oohs in here...  soon will be finished.
excited.
 

Very nice Bjørn.
Can imagine this being played with a full orchestra.

Less beater head : )