Keith Wilby

Hi all, In 1984, or thereabouts, an old school pal came to my house and I recorded him playing some of his songs with acoustic guitar. Those recordings were pretty much forgotten about until I rediscovered them a few days ago. This is one of those songs/recordings with a new backing by me. I think it's a great song, simple but extremely melodic and effective, plus a sterling vocal performance by my friend Jon on what was, essentially, a demo. Used with his permission. https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/ecf27414-b49a-ef11-8474-6045bd375453?sharedKey=I8JjT4_N_02mgrZJcqvQtw

You had me worried there for a minute. I had to listen to it as I'd not heard it before 😳

Following on the the "flogging a dead horse" thread, this version of the song actions the suggestions that were made, including: dialling back the delay on the lead guitar to make it more prominent dialling back the delay on the lead vocal to make it more prominent added some subtle Rhodes twiddles to the guitar bit between verses re-recording new vocal parts here and there other minor tweaks Thanks again for all the suggestions. https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/e564eb92-278a-ef11-8474-6045bd375453?sharedKey=DbjBlrpCG0WrFaoOFsQFmQ

I have a healthy respect for @Bajan Blue and I read his comments with interest, but I have to say that I think that I find the mix OK. It's a quirky song to me and I think that the slightly out of the ordinary mix adds to that quirkiness. Hope that's in some way helpful.

But I hope you do. Early days on this one but I thought I'd share it in the hope that it raises a smile 🙂 https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/006bde87-9d88-ef11-8474-6045bd375453?sharedKey=soJRjKb7jU-nQRjIMwXOKQ

I detected Peter Gabriel era Genesis personally. Nice psychedelic vibe too.

Drums are just a VST and the guitar is an Epiphone LP through a Boss GT1 pedal. Simples 🙂

Wow, respect sir 🙂 I'll certainly have a go at that 👍

A very difficult act to follow but you certainly did it justice. Well done.

I agree. I'll look into it, thanks. I feel your pain. There's some EZ Keys Rhodes on it, maybe that's what you heard? I'm always trying to bury my voice in the mix, lack of confidence. Regarding the higher notes, I think this is as good as it gets. The further I get into my 60s the more I find myself making minor adjustments with Melodyne 🤭 Many thanks to you all for your comments and suggestions, something for me to chew on 👍

Wow I'm totally blown away by all of your comments, thank you so much. Please allow me some time to digest 🙂

That's not the title, it's what I think I might be doing with this one. It's "All Work No Play" and it's a kinda comment on corporate working and some of the BS that goes with it, something I used to do before I retired. Corporate work that is, not BS. Well perhaps a bit of both 🤭 Any comments appreciated, even if it's "give up, it's rubbish" 😃 https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/b8bf7518-9081-ef11-bdfd-000d3a980db3?sharedKey=SHNoeQIpfUSizE3Hgh1PZQ

Can't fault it Mark. I think you might have taught me some new chords 😃

Reminds me of Kraftwerk. Nice job.

Posted this song quite a while ago now, and I made it available on streaming services, but then I realised that it was lacking a certain something, and that something was a shaker. It doesn't come in til 2/3 the way through the song but I think it makes a huge difference. I've also used EZ Bass and tweaked the Superior Drummer 3 a bit. I didn't write this, nor am I singing the lead vocal, it's an old mate of mine (Rob) and I love his song and voice 🙂 https://www.bandlab.com/revisions/56f6affd-ca7c-ef11-bdfd-000d3a96c7c8?sharedKey=QLoPOcVXOUKBRSCVQDB1aQ