Paul Bush

Thanks so much chaps, I wasnt sure from the start if the song would resonate so I´m really happy with the response thus far, the final mix and new vocals are now finished with new artwork and is posted...... spot the difference game  ?? no prizes cheers

So  I´m in the  mixdown stage and Ive now remixed it five times and re sung the main vocal three times ,it seems the more gadgets Ive got at my dissposal  the more muddy it gets   , as always I´m overthinking it again  so i´m leaving it for a few days and then i`ll have another go , thanks guys really appreciate your comments ,, and Mark  that documentary was just so soul destroying , as i said its about good people trying  to their best in a bad situtation , there are a few more on the net to watch . i`ll check out that lisp cheers

Sounds great to me those drums are really well put together must have taken ages , I struggle with my toontracks 2 so i can appriciate the hard work put in so far

Hi Doug , This one was a bit out of the ordinary for me so I kept it back for some time not really knowing if I should post or not , so after a getting a private positive response from one of our forum members  , I deceided to post  ,     I just couldnt get rid of the sssshsses using a de`eser so Ive re recorded the main vocals again etc so I think the next time I post it should be better  , thanks for the comments ,I also may be over thinking it a bit now .cheers

Hi guys yeah I need some advice on geting rid of sshhhès so i used a vocal strip with a DeEsser and sort of worked and I´m having to calm down the top end of the eq but it still seems a bit ssshh`ssy any tips  or vst`s I can use ?

Hi Chaps , here´s a demo not quite ready for  mixdown  but ready enough for critique and constructive input , its a song inspired by a netflix documentary of the town ``Flint Michigen´´ it was concieved way before the BLM movement - campagne so I´m not trying to jump on any political bandwagon , this is something different for me so ..erm give it a go ..its a fictional story of  good people trying to do their best ......... cheers paul

You just cant beat a strat and some reverb nice one cheers

Yes a simple song one might say but I´d say uncomplicated and tastefull,  beautifully played, loved the  acoustic guitars, and vocal cheers

Doug  OOh stop it !    that guitar sound is just so right , I was singing along from the get go  , bloody love this , just so clean and with that reverb which was never over the top like I said just right........ cheers...ps if ever you need a backing singer let me know

17 hours ago, ABull said:

Thanks Paul -- coming from you that's quite the compliment -- Allan.

Hi Allan , I know how difficult it is to write songs  I really struggle at times where I just hit a brick wall and more often than not, file it for another day, or persivere and thatsjust  bloody painfull so I can appriciate the work you put into your songs  I just dont have the guts to be quirky or original and have enough self confidence to be so I aim at the middle of the road way too often and that`s not what music is all about ...keep doing what youre doing  and i´ll keep listening ..cheers Paul

10 hours ago, David Sprouse said:

My goodness, thank you for the kind words.    I'll check up on ken loach.thanks for listening.

  Mike Leigh`s ``life is sweet ´´ and ``Raining stones´´ by Ken Loach are both clasic british social drama`s  these two directors are both exclent the films are gritty real life amost docu style they ``let the kettle boil until its boiled  ´´  cheers

Hi Noyneker , it really is a puzzleI´m using EZdrums toontracks so everything should be in time and in sync , I think I´m going to have to grasp the nettle and start the drums from scratch , although frought with disaster but Ithink I have no other option , thanks for your comments and of course your not being negative just honest  cheers

David, I dont know why but once again your music just pulls at my heartstrings , nothing to do at first with the visuals.  There´s a british film directer (Ken loach ) and many others who way back  70`s - 80`s wrote some fantasic social study  films with bitter sweet themes and  once again this piece transposes me back to that time , theres such an emptyness,and  helplessness  and then at one point the sky opened up just for a glimpse of happiness and then back to well.... ..empyness  .........thats just my take of it and how it works for me ...cheers

Hi chaps , well once again thanks  for taking the time  for the tips- comments of the rough mix etc.... first off the bat I got rid of that awful photo and Ive adressed those timing problems the best I could and Ive tweaked the overal sound and a decent mixdown ( I think), so I´ll look forward to any  comments, critque, etc cheers

On 4/27/2021 at 8:09 PM, Bajan Blue said:

Paul - good track I like this - your vocals are excellent

Cool stuff

Nigel

 

Thanks Nigel you are so kind , I sort of let it down with that photo though  hahaha cheers

On 4/27/2021 at 5:05 PM, Wookiee said:

This has potential and once you have added the final polish I am sure it will work, I will wait for that final mix before making further comment.

Thanks for taking the time to comment Wookie , I´ve re recorded the bass and the keys , I´m off for a lay down and I´ll do a new mix cheers

On 4/24/2021 at 10:03 AM, garybrun said:

Noynekker covered what I would recognise.
Nice vocal and backing vocals.

This is going to be goodun!

Hi Gary , thanks for the nice comments , It started out as a  bit of ``cliche´´  three chord thing , as soon as the oohs popped up it changed the structure a tad and made it more slightly more intresting , that said nothing wrong with musical cliche`s  all my songs are based on them cheers

Great guitar riffs, chord structure, this is the real deal  this one is  top notch  thanks for making me  re-evaluate my petty songs , now I know how Eric Clapton felt when he saw Jimi Hendrix live  .......cheeeers  

I cant explain why ,but I like it ,its got that indie off grid technicolour sound  maybe the cover photo influenced me  , it sounds like a soundtrack from  a independant film  cheers 

Uhmmmmm meandering along nicely,  could listen to this for hour`s cheers

RR great vocals love the harmonies theyre so difficlut to do , I really struggle with mine so I can appriciate the hard work you `ve put in well done cheers

super recording, and guitar work, vocals lots in there great song

Hi Noynekker , youre spot on with those timing issues , I couldnt for the life of me pinpoint them myself although I used the same 4/4 ezdrum patterns ??? as the rest of the song , so Ive changed the piano-guitar  parts and i think it sounds better , I was trying to add some dynamics to the build up with keys , it  just didnt work,  basically because I´m not a pianist , so thanks once again for your honest input , its always welcome, and as for the photo...... It was just one that was left over from EU ID card  , I do however have another one where I´m donning a pair of leopard motive jockey ........ , maybe i´ll ................probally not  cheers

I just love your melodies ,  harmonies , and well the text is just a bit quirky and thats good . great original song cheers

Yeah from the first note its quality , great stuff I´m a fan .thanks for sharing ,