Lynn Wilson

Kevin, you're hitting on all cylinders with this mix.  Your singing and playing are so soulful that I keep going back to them for more!  It just gets better over time.

For the record, whenever you post a song, I typically listen to it numerous times because I love your songwriting!  Keep up the good work and happy holidays to you.

I've now listened to this 3 times and still can't believe it's over 4 minutes long.  I'm always left with wanting more.  I love your guitar solo!!  I hear and feel the sadness.  Great songwriting and performance with an emotive mix.  Encore!

On 12/21/2023 at 10:31 AM, daryl1968 said:

Away from my studio speakers so I won't comment on the mix. 

Song is wonderful. Love it mate. 

Incidentally it sounds great on my phone. 

Thanks a ton, mate!  I actually used my phone to monitor this at some stage in the process.  Happy holidays to you and Liz!

8 hours ago, Supa Reels said:

Very well made bit of work.

With regard to the other comments and the lack of bass, IMO (and due to the fact I was accompanying this in the studio with strings) I feel a lower register strings pad could help fill out the overall mix and would also make the lyric work a little better. For my part I think the mix is fine though.

You know Lynn, you have a lot of the Beatles chord changes in this and I could hear Harrison doing this one.

You have the toy I want for the new year, I've invested in Ni's Maschine plus bit'n'bobs and Keys2 would be a step too far at the moment but just to say it sounds great soo ... .

Steve

Steve, your words are always meaningful to me!  I have taken the above advice and tweaked the bass while trying out some new approaches to this mix.  I haven't posted yet, but the results are interesting.  I'd love to hear Harrison do this; either Dhani or Olivia

You certainly don't need EZK 2 to get those "Beatles" chords, but in your hands, God only knows what you would come up with.  Thanks a million!

16 hours ago, mark skinner said:

Great song Lynn !     I Really liked it .    As far as suggestions .. I think the highs need a little taming. Addding some more low end will help , but I don't think enough . To me ..  it also seems to be missing some compression "glue" to smooth it out a little more. I did listen on some "somewhat" hyped cans but the same ones I use for all online listening.

  Great performance ,     Enjoyed it ..   mark

Mark, thank you for your time and advice!  I think you're on to something, and I'll test this out later.  I'm glad you like the song!

12 hours ago, KSband said:

Boy, there is a lot of details in there, very cool work. Great song and arrangement! I agree the bass could use improvement. Is it a real bass? I think a McCartney sound would be fantastic on this. He used a pick and a tube amp, it made a somewhat percussive sound that is so cool, you just don't hear that with bass anymore. I find bass sounds the toughest to get right.

KS, I like your idea of a McCartney style bass.  I originally thought of making this piano only, but I kept adding this and that and ended up with what you hear.  Thank you for your time and effort!

4 hours ago, Kevin Walsh said:

Hey, Lynn, great tune! The keyboard sounds great, and I really dig the vocal melody. Love the lyrics, I'm very fortunate that I've had many people like that in my life. Mix-wise my ear wanted to hear a bit more bottom end, and maybe a bit more drums. I spent a bit of time listening to some of your other tunes on SoundClick, some really good stuff there. You've got a great sound that's all yours. 

3 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Lynn

Really like this - I agree with Kevin re the Bottom end could do with coming up a bit.

The only other thing was the keyboard - did you have a lot of reverb on that?

Apart from that, enjoyed this

Nigel

 

Thank you Kevin and Nigel!  I was trying to be oh, so careful not to overload the low end, but maybe too careful.  As for the reverb, I did choose a preset with plenty of reverb because I rarely use much at all.  I've listened to so many piano songs drenched in reverb that I might have thought that it's normal.  Anyway, these are two areas I'll look at very closely on the next pass.  Good ears!

Greetings and salutations to all my CW friends this holiday season.  I hope all is well for everybody in these challenging times.

Here is a song that I wrote last summer using EZ Keys 2, Midi Guitar 2, SD3, and the other usual suspects.  It is the first song I used EZ Key 2 on, and it is quite a tool; now I have to learn how to play this manually 😆  It's about that person almost everyone knows who goes about his or her life, quietly in the background, doing those small things that make everyone's life a little easier.  As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions for this, and I want to thank all of you for your time and effort!  

It can be found here:  https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14611150

12/23:  I've updated this to take advantage of the good suggestions I've received.  I increased the low end by adjusting the bass and drums.  Once I started making changes others followed, but most were subtle for clarity's sake.  I really appreciate all your input!

This was a good start to my day!  It's all very organic and sweet, but too short.  (it's perfect)

Thumbs up!

Well done, Jack!

Terry, I don't know whose vibe you were picking up, but your own vibe is so powerful that it takes front and center stage, anyway!  I love this sound and this song, one of your best.  It's polished and ready to be heard!

Great 80's style song and sound!  I'm not surprised that you were involved in this; I expect quality from you.  I've just started doing the same thing in Next with some of my old tunes, and I'm very impressed with the quality, so far.  If you've got more, I'd love to hear them.

It's not easy to write a good Christmas song, and this is a good one!  Congrats, Steve on a super production.  Merry Christmas to you, too.

I love the arrangement in this song; it takes unexpected turns and is dissonant in a very good way!  The mix is very sophisticated and dense which is not easy to pull off.  I've lately learned the value of widening my mixes so I appreciate the feedback you got, though this song can stand as is.  I had a lot of fun listening to this.

This song is as wide open as the country!  Terrific!

Kevin, this is on the road to becoming a brilliant song!  Your vocals are haunting though not quite clear (at low volume), but regardless, terrific!   I'm sure you'll get this right.

This is a great song, Steve.  Your voice has a very ethereal quality that speaks to me.  I don't remember this, so it is very fresh and chill.  Keep 'em coming, my friend!

Good song, good mix, fun listen!  Next!

 You wrote a beautiful song, Rex!  I, too, share your love of CW, and I'm constantly amazed at its proficiency.  I'm looking forward to the next phase.  Keep up the good work, and have a great holiday season!

One of the hardest talents to attain is consistency.  You've got that in spades!  Good job, Nigel!

Very dope!  Wish I could dance~~~

Terrific!

You've never sounded better!

I love your voice in this!  You all did a fine job!!

This happens to me sometimes, and when it does I bounce the clip to itself to regain the waveform.  It might work for you.

Just now, DeeringAmps said:

John? John who? 😄
I always hold back a bit because some are prone to "running" with every "suggestion" they get; and end up chasing their tail all over hell's half acre.
But, Barry is a "mature" songwriter, and he'll ignore me anyway; and that's fine.
I'm a "three minute rocker". (get it in and get out...)

t

Sorry, Tom, my bad🤪