Keith Wilby

Thanks for those constructive comments @FreeEarCandy, I do struggle to get a decent guitar sound with the relatively meagre assets at my disposal, but I do agree that there's room for improvement now that you come to mention it. I'll see what I can do 👍

14 hours ago, mark skinner said:

I would be tempted to sing on top of some of the guitar licks

That's a good thought, thanks Mark 👍

A good original song and sound and IMO. Well done.

25 minutes ago, Bajan Blue said:

I wouldn't change anything

Really? I thought some of the higher vocal notes were a bit strained 😬

Thanks for listening though 👍

I've issued two more songs that you good people helped me with as a "single" on your favourite streaming service and also on Bandlab here:

https://www.bandlab.com/wilbyforce/albums/1f32e096-0ac7-ed11-a8e0-00224844f6cb

15 hours ago, Lynn Wilson said:

I just knew I was gonna like this song before I even played it.

That's praise indeed, many thanks @Lynn Wilson

Just now, RexRed said:

I will look for the instances with "t" sounds and correct them

I was nit-picking really, it sounds great. I find Melodyne great for sibilance correction.

38 minutes ago, Johnbee58 said:

I don't think it needs a chorus or middle 8. 

I agree but it's nice to have a little reassurance. I'm at the "can't see the wood for the trees" stage with this one.

Hi all, here's my first stab at this song. Comments invited as always, particularly since there's no chorus or middle 8.

https://www.bandlab.com/post/d5db4876-04c7-ed11-a8e0-000d3a3f8f45

Very nice job. The only *very* minor thing I'd suggest over and above the other comments is that, in the BVs, either synchronise the sibilance sounds ("t" sounds in this instance), or only have them sound on the lead vocal.

6 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

The bass is right up front and present. The guitar solos seem a bit drowned in the reverb consequently.

Many thank for the feedback DA, I'll take another listen 👍

Cool. The Dorset Tourist Board thanks you 😃

Hi Jeff, for me it doesn't go anywhere. Perhaps consider introducing some of the instruments as the song progresses, and/or have a middle 8?

Just my 2p worth.

Fantastic guitar playing 👍

This genre isn't my cup of tea but this is expertly recorded and mixed. Very nice indeed.

I have no idea what the back story is to this but I've done the exact same thing to help me through difficult times. Nice job.

16 hours ago, AndyB01 said:

Personally, I'd have said 'wife' but - then again - who knows these days! 😂

Loved that Keith, all the elements are there, very cool guitar leads (is that you playing?), a bit of Hammond thrown in, nice walking bass and killer BGVs (some of those oohs might overpower the lead vocal a hair in places, but I was listening on headphones.

Great job.

Andy

Hi Andy, everyone knows that it's Meghan that wears the trousers 😄

Yes those are my fists of ham on the lead guitar. I'd play better if I knew how to use more than two fingers on the fretboard. One day perhaps.

Yes I agree, the mix needs some attention and I'm on it. Thanks for the feedback 👍

I fancied doing a bit of a blues tune in 6/4 time, so I started with a working title of "Her Blues" (as in "Yer Blues").

So then it came to needing lyrics, and I'd warmed to the idea of the song being about a woman with some "blues". By the time I'd finished them I realised they were about Prince Harry's husband Meghan - someone who loves to tell you how bad her life is even though it isn't, the kind of person you'd hate to be stuck in a lift with.

So the first verse (damn, that's two sentences I've started with "so") has the narrator warning someone else to avoid her by making an excuse and walking away from her, and in the second verse it's me walking away from her, and you'd better not get in my way 🤣

Comments invited as always 👍

https://www.bandlab.com/post/7f76f432-e6b8-ed11-a8e0-000d3a3f8f45

3 hours ago, Marshall said:

That’s great - I’ve submitted a couple of tracks but no luck so far. Your song had a bit of a Billy Ocean groove going on to my ears. Catchy as heck, lovely production, well sung and played, great stuff. 

I've had three played so far, but there's about another 15 that they didn't like enough, so keep plugging away.

This was featured on BBC Radio Cumbria's "Introducing" programme last night.

FF to 1:05:55 for my bit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f1kw84

17 hours ago, PhonoBrainer said:

Care to dish the secrets of the smoooooth bgv?

No secret Tom, I sing each part twice and pan one left and the other right, that way I figure they won't clutter up the centre where the lead vocal is, plus is gives (me) a nice sensation in the old lug-holes. There's no chorus effect, just a bit of EQ to take some lower frequencies off.

45 minutes ago, mark skinner said:

I thought you did a Great job on All of the vocals !

Thanks Mark, duly de-essed where necessary using Melodyne.

2 hours ago, Gswitz said:

I think things work best when the artist performs through the fx chain.

Thanks, I think I need to learn how to set that up 👍

Just a quick plug for my latest "album". All of the songs on it I ran by you good people on here first.

This is a link to it on Spotify but it's also on iTunes, YouTube and more, and also on Bandcamp.

https://open.spotify.com/album/7tz8rhC0OBeEtXVvNnkwS9?si=IgiOXU09S2Kk7_sWomlyOw

The cover is a mugshot of me, but my wife tells me that I always look smug when I beat her at Scrabble, (which isn't very often, so I tend to milk it when I do) hence the title.

10 hours ago, AndyB01 said:

kudos for getting 'misdemeanour' into a lyric

Since I'm a bit of a lardo in my advancing years, the original line was "it just makes the other man's ***** look leaner" ... but it sounded too much like "cleaner" so it had to go 😁