garybrun

If I can be honest...
When I first started to hear you music Jessie... it used to make me cringe,,  I just didn't get it!
But now... when I see you post and look forward to listening..  there is something about your art that just makes me smile.

I agree... that it reminded me of the Beach Boys..  must be that reverb!  🙂

9 minutes ago, Hidden Symmetry said:

 Great performances, lyrics, vocals. Excellent arrangement & orchestration.  A beautiful song!

Thanks for taking the time to watch and listen.
We are proud of our collaboration  ... well I am anyway!  lol

4 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Breathtakingly heartfelt.  Definitely brilliant!

Thanks for taking to the time to watch and listen!

15 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

They are another company with too many updates without fixing previous versions.  (like Cakewalk after Sonar 3).

I don't think that is a fair statement to be honest.
I have been with Cakewalk since day one... and its amazing on how the software has developed over the years..  and now its even free!

I know they stopped selling Antelope equipment.. heard it was because of poor customer service.
I dont live in the USA but I must say that I am very pleased with my Orion Studio.

Very nice.
I can hear your mix changes from the previous version.
You have some amazing mixing skills there my friend!  

Great voice.
Little bit of Springsteen in there 🙂

Piano more forward and the vocal more forward.  (we all paint a different picture)
I believe a compressor might help a little.. its only when you go down in your bass tone that sometimes I have to listen closely to what you are singing.
 

Very nice track and the mix in my opinion is spot on.
Love the trumpet (thats my instrument)

I love this kind of music.

thanks for listening and watching Freddy 

I thought that was brilliant 

1 hour ago, bjornpdx said:

Gary
I was pretty sure you were overcome with genuine emotion while singing. Good decision to keep those parts in instead of re-doing them.

Thank you.

We had discussed redoing it.

Hey...   no problem.

i didn’t mean to criticize your mixing abilities...  I thought it was a good track.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment Bob.

I must honestly say I am so pleased with this project.
The guys have done an amazing job and I have learned so much through the journey of it.

@Jesse Screed Don’t fall into the trap of deleting you songs because no one has answered.

I myself have posted a lot of projects up a lot recently and took up a lot of bandwidth.

I decided to go through a lot of posts and also see which had few comments on as I felt that I had attributed to the lack of comments.  So put your track back up and let’s give it a listen???

3 hours ago, Lynn said:

Gary, you made an epic song and video!  Your voice gets bigger every time I listen to it.  This is a great place to learn, isn't it?

It sure is a great place to learn and that I am thankful for.

Thanks for the encouragement regarding my voice too.

18 minutes ago, Kenny Wilson said:

That is a pretty serious message you conveyed in the song and your video . Your vocals  combined with the visuals and the music were synergistic

You sound big because you acknowledged how small we really are . (as individuals  in the grand scheme of things  .)

Other than that words fail me .

 

Kenny

 

 

 

Thank you Kenny.
I just sang and made the video.

I fell in love with this song when I first heard a version of it and was asked to sing it.
The orchestration and words make it.

I was crying when I sang it.
Couldn't help it.
Tried many times to get it together...  just didn't work after numerous takes.
Then I thought... maybe thats the touching part of the song... real emotion.
Once again thanks for the comments...  but hats off to the other guys..  Grem and Simeon.

Looking forward to working on some more projects together.
Before home studios... can you imagine how much a production like this would have cost.
Now we just share project files...  send them via the internet..  done!
Crazy,
 

18 minutes ago, emeraldsoul said:

Wow. The vocal delivery was so authentic and emotional, without being sappy. The video supported everything. And the string parts were really strong.

Nice job!

-Tom

Thanks Tom.
All three of us are pleased with the final result.
I am learning a lot from you guys on here.

I have kept every version of Sonar since day 1 😉

WOW Spirit Dance is a fantastic mix

Hi Jessie.
Missed the post...  but the track in now not available

Thanks for posting Martins.
I have the book and have used the site for a number of years.
Great place for honing your craft.

Sorry for the delay.

I always like to listen to the music first without watching the video.
The watch and listen again.

This is not my genre but can appreciate the amount of work that has gone into making it.

Hi Kakku.
Sorry I missed this posting.
Have been quite busy and have started to go through posts.

You style always makes me think of the 80-90's which was my childhood 🙂

I think your mix is a little harsh om my speakers.
With synthesised music there are so many frequencies and I would find it very difficult to mix.
@Wookie is good on sysths...  maybe he can chime in.

All the best.