steve@baselines.com

11 hours ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Nice one, Steve, I love those horns and the guitar break. The mix sounds pristine to me and its a very nice arrangement. One for the album!

Thank you Kevin!

Recently added lyrics to this one - I'm planning out my 2024 album and this will probably be on it (later this year).

The last verse I had some help from Bard - not word for word, but it did come up with the Window Panes Weep idea - One I really liked and was surprised by.  I had to coax it along a little with 4 or 5 suggestions, but it basically worked as a helper tool for when the words just won't come.

https://baselines.com/?p=6968

I am right here
Waiting for you to come back
It's been a while since you've been
seen around here

Every one is ve - ry concerned
We hope that you haven't gone south
But who could blame you if you did
There's only so much drizzle that a 
sol can take.

Come and break the spell...
And melt away my shell
Power up ---
Power up my soul
With your stunning warmth

Window panes weep their dusty tears,
Empty chairs hold echoes of your bright smile 
Conversations stutter, ice falls on the sill
Aching for warmth, a tender touch. 
 

That lead synth sounds a little like a theremin.  Very well put together.  It made me think in places like Ruby Tuesday.

Steve

Nice job Jack - I like the way the bass fits the track.

Steve

Great vocals sit perfectly in the mix.  Nice work!

One of the best guitar sounds I've heard here.  Cheers!

Steve

Cool - sounds like you must've fixed the snare - sounds good to me!

Steve

That sweet strat sound!  Nice work.

On 1/24/2024 at 10:03 AM, Keith Wilby said:

The "room" I've been playing in of late is marked "Stem Separation" - the ability to isolate instruments and voices from a mono recording. This is the earliest/oldest

Amazing what you can do with old tapes these days...great work on that.  I like the tremolo effect whatever it is - it doesn't get used much these days, but should be.

Steve

Another quality production Nigel - well done.  I like the way the keyboard propels it along.

Steve

On 1/25/2024 at 2:25 AM, Keith Wilby said:

Some very nice vocals and guitar on this, well done. I found the percussion a little intrusive and repetitive but that's a personal preference I guess.

Thanks for the feedback Keith - if I ever get back to this one I will remember and try to adjust.

Steve

On 1/23/2024 at 12:49 PM, Old Joad said:

Great song, sounds good with phones. very cool picture👍🏼

Thank you!  I love that picture as well - really fits with the song.

Steve

On 1/19/2024 at 12:50 PM, Lynn Wilson said:

Terrific song, Steve.  This is a joy to listen to.

Thanks Lynn!  Good to hear from you.

On 1/19/2024 at 5:58 PM, garybrun said:

Hi Steve.

Nice track.
I personally found it a little hard to hear the lyrics.. had to listen hard.
Is that a compression problem??  Maybe  bring the vocals up a little?

Hi Gary thank you for the feedback.  I have all the instruments going into one bus and the vocals into another - I'll try to adjust those balances a little.  I still think I am using way too many of the UAD Spark plugins, but I find over time, I calm down a little bit.  Perhaps that is part of the problem here.

Steve

On 1/22/2024 at 8:43 AM, Wookiee said:

As ever a cool production,

Sin what is sin? Who defines what is a sin? One man's sin is another man's normality.

I will say no more.

Thanks!  The older I get the more I realize that what you say is true.  Just be nice to people and help when you can and that goes a long way.

Steve

On 1/19/2024 at 10:20 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Steve

Like this - well performed, produced and a very good mix

Cool

Nigel

 

Thank you for taking the time to listen and leave a comment.

Steve

I appreciate the feedback - thank you for taking the time to listen!

3 hours ago, Sailor55 said:

I quite liked this. Very well composed and produced. Great picture too.

Facts are facts Steve, and this certainly is good work. - Dan

Hi Dan - thank you for listening and commenting!

Steve

Here's a song about temptation:

https://baselines.com/?p=6964

Very cool - vocal sounds great.

2 hours ago, treesha said:

Very sweet. I don't know the original song or the film so listening with no background. The song moves me as very sincere and kinda sad but lovely in mood, delivery and instrumentation.  I live under Arizona skies and they are the most stunning at night and on days when we have clouds against the blue the skies are amazing. So nice imagery there for me and a sweet song ! happy holidays

It was Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the film A Star is Born.  We plan on doing the cross country this spring and hope to pass through Arizona.  My son also has to travel occasionally to Yuma for his job and he loves going out there!

Hope you are enjoying the season treesha!

Steve

7 hours ago, KSband said:

Nice version, good sounding simple arrangement.

Thank you for listening!

8 hours ago, jack c. said:

beautiful.merry christmas.jack c

Merry Christmas Jack!

10 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Steve

Great vocals, love her style

Very nicely recorded and mixed

Cool

Nigel

 

Thanks Nigel - hope you are enjoying the Christmas season!

@kiwichrys does the vocals on this classic.  Check her out on Bandlab.

Produced at Baselines Designs Studio.

https://baselines.com/?p=6954