Supa Reels

Have to say I was sold on the title, and this song , mix and masterful video didn't disappoint. This, for me, represents utter perfection is song production. I've followed your stuff for ages now and this is one of your best ...so thanks for the post S

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Can those in-the -know give me some advise / help via UT on playing basic drums and rhythms ... I will be moving to a detached house in the near future and I've never ventured into the field of drums .. well not real one's at the moment, as I found a deal on Ebay for an electronic yammy set . I'm gonna have to build another sound room/recording studio and that's gonna go in the garage. I think I have everything down on soundproofing ....and it'll cost a bomb ... Plus as I have a load of gear in my old studio, that gets smaller by the shopping for toy's, it's time for a fresh start. Anyway, as a songwriter, I would like to, eventually ,play my own beats and rhythms ... I've got most instruments that I play Ok'ish but this is a completely new field for me, I never thought my right foot wants the bass drum to keep a beat with my right hand ! Nightmare! and I can count to four and divide ... so that's good. Anyway this HAS to be the right place to ask.

AWSUM !

Ultravox ... re-born ...Excellent work! love the build, but then I am a fan 😎 S

Vocal is hot chocolate,warm an sweet ... supa cool, great work m8 ... just didn't like the end bit is all, did you do it live ? S

You play the piano, so just practice how ( say C ) ..sounds in E or G ... with a vocal done in C and still running ..hard to start but you have the voice for it .. there are other keys to suit ... play it on the ol' joanna and give it a try M8 S

Love the message and sung with passion ..Godda agree with the 3pt harmonies on the chorus. Good one m8 👍 S

Buggered me brain up ... I really couldn't understand the rhythm at all ... if Zappa saw my face he's blow smoke in the air and ask who my mother was ...and then I see Jesse's comment .. .far too clever for my old brain .. but boy... you play that ol'gitar well S

I get it now ..Brilliant ! Loadsafun S

Sometimes you have a way of pulling music into an ethereal feel, without knowing it ... You have to listen to this twice (or more) to really understand it's power.... Just a thing , sometimes my son-in law and I listen to stuff in the studio into the early hours ...he's ***** about bands and their history,and can't play a bloody thing, I'm into how the sound relates to the listener and yep, it's war at times, but ... he loved this, as do I .. so well done .. Thanks M8 you have skill ....and then we listened to Diamond Sky .......... ( The block will pass ) S

Can't believe it .. this is most probably the very best thing I have heard and seen on the site since I joined years ago ...... the video matches the song perfect, the misses vox is right on, the mix ..well what can I say ... WELL DONE YOU LOT ! I think it's time I retired from this songwriting stuff ... just leave it to the pro's Talent in spades !

As a big fan of yours all I can say is 'Brilliant' ! S

Just great, mix sounds OK for this kind of song ... made the sun come out here in Westward Ho! ... looking forward to the video, so thanks, wouldn't change a thing 😎 S

Sorry Pal, that's a typo... should have said ... reaching for feel that you can hear in your head, but can't achieve. I have to say the revisited version is so much clearer and I still think this is a top notch story that suits your vocal, I think it would work great in a live set ... good on you 👍 S

Thanks m8 I'm made up ! ...Now all I godda do is get my head through the studio door 😉 S

This is gonna sound really knaf. . . .I think you have a really great story here, the listener relates to it because it is life observation, we ARE trying and sometimes finding answers to life problems ' The Rhythm In Life'... BUT the sounds / mixing to these old ears is reaching for a ' feel ' that you can't hear in your head and so the song doesn't work ...Frustrating .. but for my pennyworth ( and a penny ain't worth nuffing ) on a piece of work like this I'd take a break, do something different and then come back to it, cause I feel your in too close ... just MO and it is a bloody good song S

That is a REAL compliment given your stuff ...Thanks M8 S

Great story, great song ..I love the chorus ...one question, why with so many great and catchy songs ain't we all millionaires

Have to say both songs have a sad feel to them, but I have to agree 'Thrown away' is a better song as I feel the story flows a little more. Many thanks for taking so much time with both songs . S

I think I put this one up on SC sometime ago but of late I have been going over stuff and remixing so I was very interested in the crits, having revisited this song and changed a few things. The chorus is my own voice but I use a modified Voicelive touch as I no longer do live stuff .. so that's what your hearing ... The song you made a comment about on SC, was not posted hear on CWD ( HE CAN'T TAKE YOU HOME ). You know as a songwriter and wordsmith, that if you write something to burn off the pain and one person feels it, you don't feel so alone ... Thankyou for your comment, it really meant a lot then and now, and yes things are never going to be truly resolved but they are getting better to quote an old Beatles song ! All the best Steve (Sabby)

Thankyou that's a great compliment given the stuff you do ! Sabby

Thanks for the comments I will go back and try a few things out, 'cause this song is worth it to me. The answer to me posting under a different name is yes, that's a very astute observation.Not a 'cloak and dagger' thing, I stopped posting early last year as my wife was diagnosed with acute leukemia and I didn't feel much like recording as you can imagine... she is in full remission now but I wanted to start posting under a different name ...a sorta fresh start as it were.

Thankyou, encouraging and helpful, I am trying a few alterations with the comments given ... Sabby

Thankyou for the compliment and listening Sabby