Paul Bush

Yeah loved this I try and do something funky but It just doesnt work although i have a few funk drum beats from toontracks  lots of respect great production

18 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

enjoyed! really liked the guitar solo.

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t

Hi t , thanks for commenting  I always try to keep my solo`s pretty simple  and straight to the point , I did double track on the solo to give it more pressence  I´m not a fast  player so I try to rely on melody ...and not try and play a million notes per second..cheers P

Hi chaps . thanks for the comments ,and yes of course  I used my nans hearing aid , and my grandads ear trumpet as well , I´m sort of pleased with the outcome i think that the drum break wasnt too good though  , I pulled out all the stops on this one productionwise everything ive learned from Mikes creative sauce tutorials, I´m looking forward to the next project cheers paul

Hi guy`s .. well I`ve gone as far as I can with this one using three types of headphones, auto speakers , and my nans hearing aid , and every time i still couldnt decide Ive added the lyrics just so you can make sense of it all Ive also left the rough demo on sound cloud until i need more space for new songs... have fun cheers paul 

Guns of Navarone paul bush

Well we`v sat three times through ``four funerals and a

wedding´´ and we`v ate all the cookies from the jar,

We`r sitting miles apart on our secondhand couch could

this be our.... ``bridge too far´´ ? ...

Well every Wednesday night is scrabble and a pint,

with our new friends we met in Corfu...well he´s so funny

and she`s so smart...do they feel just as lost,

Like we do ?

Oh for pitys sake, We dont need a break

Is it time we tried something new

Stop being meek and mild, I say lets go wild

Break out the vodka and our dancing shoes

Maybe We´ll try a new postion do it in the rough

It all depends on my condition Once is not enough

I´m made of sterner stuff it just cant be a sin

doing it behind Tesco`s wheely bins on a saturday

or a rainy day in the park

…..solo......

Well I´ll arm wrestle , any man in the bar

Fight off the man who wants to tear us apart

Draw pistols at dawn If that`s what it takes

( or you can burn me at the stake yeah)

I´ll play a walk-on part in a period piece ,

Swe-ep you up in my arms on the edge of a cliff

r riding horses on on an empty beach

…..We can be just who we want......

I´ll wear a ruff just like ``shakespeare in love´´

Fight Mr D àrcy in a freezing cold tub.....climb a

office block ten stories high , jump off the top

and write your name in the sky

I`ll even drink my beer shaken not stirred,

Wear a bunny outfit just like in Bridget Jones ,

Wear a mask just like in eyes wide shut

..….Untill you just cant get enough.....

Join a club, for swingers with loose ends,

Just like the couple from the flat downstairs

Rent a black tuxedo just for one day

you walk around in red lingerie

Oh for pitys sake, We dont need a break

There´s time to start something new

Lets dance into the dark unknown, till we have grown

…..We can be just who we want.....

Right off the bat I´m fan of you songs  but i find myself going back to youre country acoustic guitar slide guitar format of which you really excell so I understand that you want to expand your song pallet , i just want you to go back to your roots , this is no critque just my personel taste  , I really missed the acoustric guitar and simplicty cheers all the same great song

Beautiful vocals  , just soo good, great production  high street kensington Loons rule ... just keep em comming ! great song

Well many many thanks for the encouraging comments guy`s ,Nick Lowe, Elvis costello wow  all the names you mentioned are really hero´s of mine I think because i´m a 70`s - 80`s  kind -a guy thats the way i write , after all these years I´m still thrashing about, I played in my first a band at 18 and wrote all the songs untill it disolved , then i had a maybe 14 years where i was too busy traveling working around Europe, I then started up again about 10 years ago hobbying but since downloading cakewalk about three yeras ago i seem to be having more fun than ever mainly due to the encouragement from this forum ..so its all your fault ! cheers everyone  the master mix will soon be finished.  Paul B

Well what can I say great vocals ,  well recorded, loved the melody and harmonies all the stuff i like in a song , was in there ..super cheers P

Yeah I like this very much loved the double guitars cheers p

 

Thanks for the comments and encouragement guys , I´m at the fun point of just adding some  guitar fills , bits of vocals, percussion I´m  just trying to get everthing nice a sepereate and not too over complicated ...... i´ll not listen to it for a bit, so as to clear my head and my rose tinted headphones ..cheers P

9 hours ago, Keith Wilby said:

That's food for thought Paul, thank you. I'd be interested to know what you don't like about the drums - do you mean when the "loud" drums come in?

Straight off the bat its a great song Keith , I just didnt like the sound of the drums, its just my  personal taste  really  sorry , the melody really draws one in, so its all there , I´d be really  interested to see  what you`re going to do with it ...I´ll shut up now before i get myself into more trouble ..cheers P.

Hi Keith, really good intresting melody, one never knows where its going untill it gets there , I think the synth`s (sax as well)let it down and cheapens what is a great song and the midi drums are not very nice (I use EZdrums 2) this is well worth finishing , its got so much going for it .. I didnt hear any guitar (Iwould say that being a guitarist) good vocal range, lots to play around with cheers P

Hi chaps here`s a new one for 2023 way not finished needs some filling out towards the end and a decent mixdown as it say rough demo , the drums will be seperated in the new mix ,,have fun ...its about relationships as usual ..

 

Loved the chord changes great song tight production ..

 

I look forward to your songs...... .just lovely ..great vocals liked the subtle double vocals , harmonies worked really well  great song ..cheers P

Nothing ``shamless´´ about this song as long as you dont dance around in yer underpants like kylie , loved the break , backing vocals hit the spot . nice one..

Lovely song and production liked the strat sound .nice one

Not being the best at production myself here´s my twopeneth worth, I loved the chord changes but i felt they coulve be more acentuated (hopefully thats the word)and at times there was just too much going on and not enough space  , I wouldnt rush this one Lynn its well worth a slight re-think .I`´m sticking my neck out here but Its got a ``crime of the centry ´´ feel to it   just my thought `s cheers paul

As always fantastic vocals your voice really has feeling , wasnt overly keen on the solo guitar maybe nyon without the chourus pedal would have been a better choice just my taste on it ... lovely song

Nice one Alan i always get the feeling there´s a portion of tongue in cheek within your lyrics another great song cheers P

Sounds really fine to me great riffs and tones, lots going on in there

never muddled yep one the best i´ve heard in a long time

Another great one Alan, love the airy feel to it , loved the Bass and guitar tones cheers paul

35 minutes ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Paul - really like the track - there is something there in the rhythm section that does feel wrong - perhaps the bass - apart from that, this is a great track.

Really enjoyed it

Nigel

 

Hi Nigel and  JW , I did the mixdown deleting some bass drums so that it doesnt sound too muddled as before thanks for the nice comments  cheers paul

On 10/7/2022 at 10:47 PM, Larry T. said:

great vx and chorus and yes, the whole song rocks along quite nicely....enjoyed it very much....probaby in the Top Ten of the all the songs i've heard here 🎶🎶🎶🎶

Thanks Larry thats really kind , like all my songs it started of with the acoustic chords and then it just developed , I had a lot of fun with this one using the arranger mode, saved me a lot of time, I liked doing the backing vocals , and the solo, once agian thanks or all the encouraging comments cheers P

11 hours ago, noynekker said:

Hi Paul . . . just had a listen on SC and have great appreciation for what you done here, what a great sounding track ! (hear a few drum timing vs. guitar issues at the very start of the piece, but the groove certainly settles in after that) You recorded those vocals and harmonies very large and clear, and some stellar guitar work along the way. Great stuff, great songwriting, nice change ups, as always. This one has a very catchy melody in the verse and chorus, really enjoyable to listen to.

Thanks Noynekker, I ironed out some glitches and did a much better mixdown although somehow betwen 07 13 seconds is a glitch that i cant identify , i think i´m going deaf , yeah i had a lot of fun with this one , after a long hot summer break  I was ready to play about in the studio check out the master mix  thanks for the lovely comments always appriciated cheers paul