Barry Seymour

Thanks. I'll ask you the same question I asked Wookiee - do the strings sound real enough to you? I'm worried they don't.

Do you think the strings sound too fakey?

Free plugin called BBC orchestra. I used it both for the brass and the strings.

Thanks. I went back and forth between 'found' and 'had,' settled on found. The idea is not to find the same thing, but something like it. I actually spent a crap ton of time writing, rewriting, revising. More, I think, than any other song of mine. I do like the idea of repeating that line during the fade out...

Very cool song, great production. Everything fits together so smoothly. And the vocalist comes in from another planet. Great stuff!

This is charming. It's a bit like XTC meets Steely Dan. Chord changes that are intriguing, weird in places, yet it works. I feel like the percussion hits a little too hard without any sense of flow to smooth it out. It kinds of clomps along to my ears. Maybe that's by design, I dunno, but it struck me. (No pun intended.) I wanted to jump into a lyrical analysis, but this is a recording site, not a songwriting site. That said, the production is stellar. The mix blends so well, everything works. The drums are my only thought.

Man, when I grow up I want my recordings to sound like this. Everything is super clear, blends together so well. Lots of great textures, great groove! Just needs a singer! 😉

This is outstanding. The vibrato distorted guitar really hits the 'stress' button hard right out the gate. Rocks hard, but not too hard. Great lyrics, flawless singing and playing. Everything sounds well balanced, pro level to my ears.

Returning home after years away, from overseas I made my way I walked the world then came back home, an old guitar and a book of poems Roads are quiet, light is dim, the town is empty, look within Up the rocks to the Pinnacle, the fog’s is something mythical Fifty-Eight, and Twenty-Five E, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee (At the) Old Mill Inn, the rivers roil, my roots are in this native soil I have walked ten thousand years, I’m waiting for the smoke to clear I wash my feet, the river cold, beneath the trees lay down my load Friends and lovers, some are here, others gone, my near and dear The cemetery with Mawmaw Lou, can’t bring myself to visit you Middlesboro and Harrowgate, sometimes crooked, sometimes straight (But) some things here are still unspoiled, Cumberland, my native soil I came back after years away, why I did I couldn’t say What I seek still isn’t clear, maybe she’ll help me find it here I’m hiking through the Gap again, (like) three hundred thousand other men The land is green, the air is clear, I’m not the first to pass through here Look inside, I’m still alone, it does no good that I’ve come home I don’t quite know what I’m lookin’ for, just wanna find what I found before Fifty-Eight, and Twenty-Five E, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee The day I leave this mortal coil, bury me in my native soil

Hi everyone, I'm back again. Got a new one, "Native Soil," about a world traveler returning home to Cumberland Gap, KY. Song is largely written, although I'm open to lyric suggestions. Looking for your thoughts on the recording itself. Thanks in advance! EDIT: Changed the solo, mastered the track.

Sorry I'm late to see this, thank you so much!

One of the biggest changes to Cakewalk Sonar is that it was redesigned from the ground up to handle scaleable graphics. Prior versions of Cakewalk / Sonar / whatever did not. So if you scale your Windows resolution up or down, you're going to have issues. Some parts of the UI will look right, others won't. Some things may scale, others won't. A relatively ancient software program from nine years ago won't handle the ultra-high resolutions that modern Windows supports. If you want modern functionality, you'll have to upgrade to modern software.

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Aw man, this is beautifully done! Heartfelt! Great playing and singing, strings wonderfully understated.

Bump. Lookin' for any last minute fixes.

I like the sound of this - very early 70s. (And I was there.) Great playing!

Not necessarily my cup of tea, but production-wise it sounds like you're off to a great start. My only observation is that piano riff sample sounds very analog (not a bad thing) but it's not quite on the beat (which is, IMHO.) It sort of snags on my ear and won't let me ignore it.

This sounded great until my starship exceeded the speed of light, at which point it collapsed into my deflector dish. Cool stuff!

New mix, same link. https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15019978

Great feedback for my tired ears, thanks for this.

Here's a new one. Let me know what you think, especially in mixing, as I'm just getting started on that. Edit: Same link, but new mix as of 01 June 2025. https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15019978

Thank you sir, hope you're doing okay.

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That's very kind of you, Valdemar. The emotions are what it's all about. Thank you.

Very kind, thanks. Means a lot.