Lynn Wilson Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 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! Edited December 23, 2023 by Lynn Wilson 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Walsh Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 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. Edited December 20, 2023 by Kevin Walsh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daryl1968 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Reels Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 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! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeEarCandy Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Hi. I think the arrangement is well done. Cool storyline. I can agree with Ks Band-a lot of details. And everything meshes in its own space. It has a little tension built into it in the right spots that sets up for the relief areas. Nice performance throughout. And while I was at SClick I got a chance to hear one of your other tunes titled "Behind Enemy Lines". Nice progressive rock guitar work in that project. Cool lyrics too. "Spell bound" is also right up there too. Cool vocal treatment and harmonies, and again, nice guitar work. You have a lot of nice songs and talent for writing, Lynn. Much enjoyed. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 21 hours ago, FreeEarCandy said: Hi. I think the arrangement is well done. Cool storyline. I can agree with Ks Band-a lot of details. And everything meshes in its own space. It has a little tension built into it in the right spots that sets up for the relief areas. Nice performance throughout. And while I was at SClick I got a chance to hear one of your other tunes titled "Behind Enemy Lines". Nice progressive rock guitar work in that project. Cool lyrics too. "Spell bound" is also right up there too. Cool vocal treatment and harmonies, and again, nice guitar work. You have a lot of nice songs and talent for writing, Lynn. Much enjoyed. Thanks. FreeEarCandy, thank you for your kind words and time! I'm very pleased that you took the time to listen to some of my other songs, as well. I hope your holidays are filled with peace and joy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesha Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Very nice ! I like the topic a lot and the warm feeling listening to a story about such a kind person. I agree with Steve that some strings or pad maybe would be a nice underlying layer for all the other nice things, but really its great as is, happy holidays ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, treesha said: Very nice ! I like the topic a lot and the warm feeling listening to a story about such a kind person. I agree with Steve that some strings or pad maybe would be a nice underlying layer for all the other nice things, but really its great as is, happy holidays ! Thank you so much, Treesha! In the last 10 minutes I made some changes to this. After hearing a consensus form regarding the low end, I made some slight adjustments that I hope will address this issue. Your input is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 11:45 AM, Lynn Wilson said: 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! Great job, Lynn! Very cool tune, well composed, performed, and produced. Thought provoking lyrics too, enjoyed it!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Ross Smithe said: Great job, Lynn! Very cool tune, well composed, performed, and produced. Thought provoking lyrics too, enjoyed it!! Ross, I'm so glad you enjoyed this! Your time and comments mean a lot to me. Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Stier Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 No mix feedback, sounded good on phone. Great song, it was a journey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Hi Lynn . . . totally unique is what you have going here, and your vocal melody has a good flow in this one, enjoyed my listen very much ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 22 hours ago, Mike Stier said: No mix feedback, sounded good on phone. Great song, it was a journey! Thank you very much, Mike! I used my iphone in the monitoring of this song-I'm glad it translated well for you. HNY! 12 hours ago, noynekker said: Hi Lynn . . . totally unique is what you have going here, and your vocal melody has a good flow in this one, enjoyed my listen very much ! Noynekker, I'm always glad to hear from you. Your kind words give me much encouragement! HNY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Lynn, I can recognize one of your songs not just from your terrific voice but also because there's so much creative stuff going on in the background. Well done there. I especially like the theme that starts around 0:32 and same with the piano accompaniment around 1:54. The lyrics tell a good story about someone who's usually not the main subject of a song. Overall, great job on this. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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