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 

Thanks

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

On 8/22/2020 at 12:10 PM, garybrun said:

What is weird is that these sort of time signatures do something to my brain and seems to irritate me,
Anybody else get that?

I like the guitar work and your vocal Lynn but I cant listen to it all.
I remember thats how I felt when I first listened to Jessie's music..  but now for some reason I like it and have got used to it and can see the creativity in it.
Need to try and listen more..

Gary

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 

On 8/24/2020 at 1:28 AM, David Sprouse said:

Hi noynekker.  I'm not sure.  I was thinking of the Princeton fight song when I wrote it.

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

On 8/19/2020 at 4:31 AM, Lee Shapiro said:

Sabby, I thank you for your opinion, and I appreciate both positive and critical responses.  But I'm having a hard time understanding what you're trying to say about the "sound/mixing...reaching for a feel that you can't hear in your head."   Is the song too busy, because that I would agree with.  I think there are one or two many competing instruments vying for your attention.   But I did do some work on that while remixing/panning and EQ'ing to try to give each instrument it's own space.

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

49 minutes ago, Lynn said:

I've always thought that you have a Paul Simon quality in your voice and songwriting.  This is a terrific song, and you continue to be one of our shining lights.

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

23 hours ago, daryl1968 said:

this is fabulous Sabby - love your voice and the lyrics are totally believable.

 

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

1 hour ago, Grem said:

Good song. Nice that your able to express your feelings like this. Good story.  I liste3ned twice. Once before reading others comments and once after.  

But I like Thrown Away a lot better! Listened to it before I listened to this one. Came up on the auto play f Soundcloud. So I must have listened to your stuff before and liked it!

 

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

15 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

There's no mistaking your voice and music. Is this a different version of a song you've posted before? Lyrics and/or subject sounds a little familiar to me.
Reverb works very well IMO. Really like the chorus especially, although your voice sounds a bit different in the chorus.

You posted a song a while ago which really touched me. I think it was about a family health situation which, from reading what you said above, apparently has now been resolved?

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

15 hours ago, paulo said:

Very nice. Only listening on lappy,  but I agree that the chorus needs more of a lead voice. I'm 50:50 re the reverb - on the one hand I like it, on the other I can imagine that dialling it back a smidge wouldn't do any harm. Have you posted before under a different name as your voice seems very familiar to me, but not the name?

10 hours ago, noynekker said:

Paulo . . . "posted before under a different name as your voice seems very familiar to me"  . . . this is exactly what I was thinking ! He has a very distinctive voice, I won't mention who I think it is . . . kinda' like the TV show Masked Singer.

Anyways, all that aside, it's a great tune !  . . . though, the thinly mixed (or recorded) sound of the lead vocal really stands out as something to be fixed in this piece.

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.

29 minutes ago, Bajan Blue said:

Good song - I actually like the vocal but agree the lead needs to be up a bit on the Chorus - I think with the backing vocals you already have that could sound really good - i know you have no percussion on this but I do think something, even maybe a shaker / tambourine might be cool

Thanks for posting

Nigel

 

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

Sabby

14 hours ago, Douglas Kirby said:

This is a cool song and I thought the mix was quite interesting - I really liked the sound of your vocal - the verb you used was just right. The mix is subtle and it works quite well for the relaxed vibe of the song.. Nice job on the lyrics as well.

I enjoyed the listen - well done.

Thankyou for the compliment and listening

Sabby