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LOVE the vocal, mix is excellent as is this bit'o'work and the lyrics are dammed good well done guys it's a winner here. ATB Steve

Your gonna hate me ... I think this piece, although the glue between this or that, still needs the feel of someone playing the sound with ups and downs, perhaps a pause with a cello playing at counter ... this 'bump' does not work for me, the violin patch is far too repetitive and harsh but leads into a really great bit at the end which is, most probably the bit that works most, for me anyhow .. There, I told you you'd hate me. Still love your stuff though Steve

Hi Paul, Yep, I'm with you on the tech side, it's not really my thing to do instrumentals with only synths .. just seems too easy to produce and there sooo many arps and triggers and weird & wacky samples now I think the old ways are missed by my 70 year old ears ...Thankfully there are some great musicians and songwriters here on this site which I'm humbled by. Their skill in playing proper instruments and writing lyrics is never lost on me ... Like 'If I Never' as an example of both types using old and new ideas when writing a good song, that does for it me as a ( 2nd rate ) singer/songwriter thanks for the listen and comment. ATB Steve

Thankyou Bjorn, I know it's not really worthy but I'm glad you realise it was a bit of fun with this NI freebee. Stay well Steve

Smashing lyrics ! You have loved and lost, that's for sure . Tom has great input when it comes to this song, so it's worth the time to see if he's comments work in the mix. My only crit is that the vocal, although good, seems a little rushed, to me it seems your trying to catch up with the beat, but as said I love the words you chose for the story and like the other guys here the 80's feel. Well done ATB Steve

Thanks for the comment and your time Steve

Native Instruments are doing a give away for their 25 anniversary .. and a competition so I did this for a bit of fun. Head over and see how good this bit of kit is . Oh and my entry ? https://metapop.com/spak/tracks/xmas-rain-drops/209323

Very Very nice mate .. I wish I played guitar with your accuracy, I think Lynn nailed it ! ALB Steve

A too long but nice playing ... Wot no Hammond ! LOL

How did you feel about this when you finished it David ? There's a lot of unseen work in this and I think you did a good job .. but I have to say I prefer Émilie Fend acoustic version( Augustin Barrios Mangoré 'Vals op 8 No 4 with a Götz Bürki guitar ) however overall this is a great bit of instrumental playing and I love it ... and your interpretation .. well done ? ATB Steve

Really nice song and I love the vocal harmonies which seem to me organic and not a voice harmonizer ... unmistakable you. Very much enjoyed it ? Steve

Smashing song and the vid works well ... I could get lost in this stuff ... great work mate ATB Steve

Really loved this bit'o'work. It reminded me of a song I heard some years ago, but I'm not sure what it was ... I felt it was Floyd'ish in a way and I really enjoyed it so thanks for the posting ... BTW you need dry spells to find out what it was you started all this stuff for ... ? ATB Steve

Thanks guys ...Still doing my kitchen so no new stuff, but the boss gave me a day and I thought I would try the Bandlab mixing app on this old song. Found it to be very good, how do they do this stuff for nicks ? Thanks Bandlab? This was recorded using my old but still working Tascam 688 ( now mixed down ) so whilst I agree with Tom here I can't loose the 16th H/H ...shame but I might have a go at doing it again, it's just at 70 the old voice ain't got the horses it did have ?. just for the record I used my DX7 for the organ ... still a great bit'o'kit. Stay well Steve

Thanks mate I wrote this years ago when I had a voice .. LOL.

https://www.bandlab.com/papergate/oh-lord-remix-733af961 Tried Band lab's mixing app ... loved it on this really old song so I thought I'd post.

Have to say Bjorn this is far to close to my heart. You have captured so much in your film ( The really cool car against a tent where people live homeless .. and no chance of the dream offered by b/s advertising, as one example ) This film/vid brought a tear ... hopeless and unachievable goals ... some deserve it others who work hard and fall without help don't ... you got it all. I have listened to your stuff through many years and you have always shown an eye for the love of this world and also it's failings .. well done old mate you got me and that's not easy, believe me ? Stay safe Steve

Sorry to be bitchin' but I come back to see if you've taken on the advice ... just as my ears were a little better .. and ... nuffing ..still bloody loud ! and there was so much good advice to help ... Ah well ........

Sweet bad sad .... oh and well played your getting better and better my friend ATB Steve

All of the above is good advise from seasoned songwriters. My thinking is to watch as much YouTube vids on mixing and mastering. It really is hard to get it somewhere near right and you'll sometimes end up doing the whole song again ... not a good experience but it makes for good knowledge which will allow you to get a sweet mix more times than not. Try taking out all processing and focus on each track making sure your master is also dry. The trick is not to rush it, take time to hear the difference and slowly tweak each track. Lastly it just sounds like your master bus was set too high for limiting giving you the result you got ... but I like the song so I feel it's worth the work ? Stay safe Steve

I'm sure my old ear drums will mend .. far too hot mate, I'm getting distortion ... sorry Steve

Great stuff, tight and interesting grove ...loved it! 10/10 Steve

As usual a great mix and provocative scenes ... well ... thought provoking. As a words guy I'd love to read these with the song unfolding but hey ho! Most probably chimkin2 has the right handle on it ... but still I'm glad you posted as I enjoyed it ? ALB Steve

Thankyou for the comments and advice David, it's a long way off but I will get there ... thanks again for listening ...ATB Steve

Better ... much better. I feel like the mix is a bit muddy now ( I am a fussy bugger, that much I do know ) .. maybe a bit of separation and a tweak on the mids .. OK .. tin hat time ..sounds like the wife's calling ?️ Stay loose mate .....and safe ATB Steve