Supa Reels

18 hours ago, freddy j said:

I love everything about this song --- arrangement, instrumentation, performance, video etc.  To me the 3 best points were 1) the lyrics which delivered a great message; 2) the vocal performance -  which definitely expressed the message of the lyrics; 3) the incredible pictures which drove home the the song.  I certainly am in agreement  -- - - expletive deleted  (just to be polite) the haters!

Excellent piece of work pal!!

Hi Freddy,

Many thanks for the great comments & compliments. As your probably aware I am essentially a lyrics guy, guitar, well not so much as I'll never play like you can, so I depend on plugs like NI to hold the structure and then add my own bits to it so it's not cheating .... the rest is all in my head . I use Plat, Bandlab and CB12 Pro, but this was done entirely on Plat then mixed using CB12.

The song was inspired by my grandson and school stuff we all go through at one time or another as we grow....

Keep up the great work mate🤛

All the best

Steve

On 5/4/2023 at 7:52 AM, Supa Reels said:

BTW I don't think you needed to put the warning on the vid.

And so I took it off restricted  ... even with the salty language LOL

Steve

On 5/6/2023 at 9:51 AM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Steve

Really good track and I love your vocals - they are excellent

Good mix as well

Cool

Nigel

 

Hi Nigel ... Thanks for taking the time to listen, it means a lot !☺️

ATB

Steve

15 hours ago, jack c. said:

why f them all????????????huge sounding song.jack c

It's in the words my friend ... in the words ....

Steve

12 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Steve,
Well I guess you've expressed your feelings pretty well here and I totally understand what you're saying.  I was one of those people once and I'll regret it forever.

Very nice guitar work and a clear voc delivery. Great video too! I'm amazed you were able to get so many images that fit the lyrics.  BTW I don't think you needed to put the warning on the vid.
-Bjorn

I'd love to buy you a beer and discuss my reasons for writing this song mate, but it seems the message was clear. Thanks for the vid complement, means a lot having seen your stuff 😉 .. 

All the best

Steve

12 hours ago, FreeEarCandy said:

YT says I'm not old enough to listen to this, and I don't think I can take the beatings in my old age if I get caught listening to salty language before I mature.

Still laughing ...great comment thanks

Steve

Thought I'd do one with the old Plat and Power Director  .. sorry about the language   or not

As a lyrics kind of guy ... love the lyrics, I think the arrangement has a little too much compression in that it has that everything 'in your face' kind of thing .. probably what you were going for, so all good.

ATB

Steve P 

Continuing the shadows theme .. my very first 45rmp was The Shadows .. Stars Fell on Stockton ... bit more upbeat but your sound is so much like I remember Hank, Great stuff my friend

ATB

Steve P

Your on fire ... another great use of NI

Steve

REM

Clean and catchy performance, great to hear James is still playing ... I don't have a prob with the toms ...fits the song just fine (you can pm me with the cheque  Bapu)

ATB

Steve

Absolutely amazing ... at 72 I'm lucky to be alive ! 😉 Great work mate and very professional ( The wife was a little unimpressed ... I've been told not to get any ideas about ironing boards  )

ATB great post!

Steve

This song is everything it should be.  The vocal to me ..... ( and I could quote quiet a few ) is so much to me, like my old mate, Lynne , and it cuts through the mix something grand. To me the mixing of all the bits and pieces are excellent ... I normally ask for the lyrics .. ' but in this case I hear them all ! ...and they are 2me something I wish I had wrote myself,  the meter is spot on ... as is your guitar work and interpretation of the beat and just where it should be ....  I'm thinking I like it .. should be on main stream IMO ...

WELL DONE !!

Steve

Well up to your high standard Bjorn, only nit that I thought the Sitar was just a bit to high in the mix but it's a very small nit. 

ATB

Steve

Your work is so well produced it's hard to imagine a better sound. I hear a bit of Simon Le Bon and war of the worlds in this mix .. just so good ...

Thanks for your posts m8 .. just love em!

Steve

Lynn !

For the first time EVER! No Crits .. V2 is a great listen so from me to you 🤝 ... well maybe the ending left me wanting but how do you finish apart from that?

All these years of mucking around and you produce a gem ... must go ... ghodda listen again 😁

ATB

Steve

Good for a demo idea but the mix is severely lacking making the whole song toppy. Good to see lyrics but your vocal is, in some, places is very low. One last thing is that it's a happy tune with a sad message ...perhaps you meant to do it that way, who knows but you.

I would suggest a remix with the comments here in mind 

10 hours ago, treesha said:

Hi Steve, thanks for listening listening again I appreciate it and your commenting. I think I will post lyrics yes they are important to me.  Nice to know what you thought was great and what suggestions you have, i have spent long months on this never finishing due to circumstances and I have no energy to take it on again at the moment! The pad you mention is strummed guitar and strings panned. I had the high hat and snare on a bus together maybe their balance was off.  Thanks again! 

Just a thing ... 'cause it's my way .. Don't think your voice needs any process ...been going through your work and  'Side Effect of Technology' says it all ... well a bit anyway ....I think I am becoming a fan  ... so don't let me down on the lyrics LOL 🤝

Stay well

Steve

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15 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Has to be Windows if you build the computer yourself.   I'm comfortable with  Windows,  unlike Mac where I'm totally lost.

-Bjorn

Yep, it's the same deal from my end Bjorn, it's just that from then to now your stuff ( and vids ) have become so professional ( respect )  I wondered if you was gonna take the hop 🙃 For me ( with the home built PC ( as you ) I think I needed reassurance.  Good to know you get great stuff from your gear.

I had the opportunity to look up an old mate and he had the latest Mac book set up / when he told me how long it took to swap things around with the flaf ( Samples etc ) Not the main progs, I don't think I'm young enough to learn a new O/S  ... plus I wanna sleep  🥺.. I  use C/w by Bandlab and C/b 12 pro , and IMHO they are the best ... for everything a songwriter needs.

Thanks mate for responding 👍means a lot

Stay well

Steve

Left comment on SC

Great song .. a real laugh  .. must be my warped SOH 🙃 ....

ATB

Steve

Right!

I listened (a couple of turns maybe more 😉 ) I am a reader of words and I love (if that's right, given the sadness and seemingly hopeless message ) what you have put down in your music, for me, it seems unfinished, and I also feel that I can't offer a crit to help ... just that something is missing .. certainly not the verse, but in the whole piece somehow.. maybe the high hat could come down a bit and bass drum up, to carry the tune through , the continuous drone of the pad is great ( John Lennon's 'I'm only dreaming ' comes to mind) .. for me you have a real feel for the message and skipped your skill as a musician, in some way.

Never the less it is a great piece and worthy of a little more time ..instrumentally ... plus! "where's the lyrics!"😎 LOL

All the best

Steve

On 3/20/2023 at 3:03 PM, bjornpdx said:

Thanks Steve. I thought about making a video but a new computer got in the way.  So much stuff (and time) to move everything over to the new computer!

-Bjorn

Yep! been there ... Are you using MAC? or staying with windows ... Just idle interest as I was thinking of moving over to Mac  ... but the work eerrg

Steve

Hi Bjorn,

I also get a bit of G/G in this piece, but it brings to mind 'The good the bad and the ugly' sound track ...dunno why  ...  However your getting really good at musical communication , where one sound counters another .. and so on.  I really am a fan of your work ... but where's the vid?  LOL

ATB

Steve

Thanks for the words Lynn ... food for thought me thinks ....