Chivalry Is Still Alive

[RexRed]

New song Cakewalk peeps!

Hope you enjoy this tune!

Thanks for the listens and your comments are welcome.  ?

[Lynn Wilson]

When you sing of love, I really believe you.  It's all there in your voice.  I'm glad romanticism is still alive and well!  It's sparse, but I wouldn't change a thing.  I particularly like the simple guitar near the end which shows that the arrangement is nuanced nicely.  You're on a roll.

[RexRed]

Excellent comment, thanks for the wonderful critique on my song Lynn! ?✨?

[Peter Lockwood]

Excellent. Great job 

[Larry T.]

Hello Rex....great song, vocals, music, recording, mixing, atmosphere....only critique i have is that the lead guitar be played without distortion as the rest of the song is so clean and honest, strictly my personal taste ??️??

[jack c.]

nice.how about strings in parts?jack c.

[Bapu]

Great job Rex. It's a beautiful song.

[steve@baselines.com]

Nice work Rex - you have a smooth voice.

[bjornpdx]

Guitar accompaniment is very good and vocal is outstanding as usual.
Tempo seems a little slow to my ear.
Great job Rex
-Bjorn

[mark skinner]

 This is now one of my favorites. I Loved the haunting guitar. I agree with Larry about the lead guitar, I think there is just a little too much contrast between the two. Maybe a little different effect complimenting the main guitar. Vocals were spot  on and I like the way you waited before bringing in the harmony part about half way in. I Loved the tone of the main guitar if you don't mind , what did you use for it ..  Loved it ..   mark

[Paul Bush]

Yeah i believe every word as lynn says ,the vocals are stunning great job  cheers P

[RexRed]

Hey Mark, the guitar rhythms are from Native instrument's Picked Nylon.

Session Guitarist Picked Nylon

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/session-guitarist-picked-nylon/ 

[Guest]

Hmm I'd definitely play with a few different options for the lead guitar - perhaps clean but with some chorus and delay might work. I like the way you use rhyme and the BGVs are very good (main vox is not too shabby either) ? 

Another great job, as someone else said, you're definitely on a roll.

Andy

[treesha]

Really enjoyed this song, very smooth and well done all around. Your voice is very expressive and has a sincerity to it. I agree about the sound of the lead guitar being a bit different,  unsmooth for such a smooth warm piece.  Anyways, great job !

[Starise]

Loved the way you mixed vox left and right with the harmony. Mix has a lot of space. Nice warm earthy feel to the mix in general.  This is a good example of something that need not be overdone to be good. You kept it simple and it worked very well for this. I would call it smooth country.

[RexRed]

This song  "Chivalry Is Not Dead" is already edited to the Spartacus movie series (the recent one).

I have agreed with you all about the guitar being too aggressive and harsh but considering, it is edited to men battling it out to the death....

A softer solo may not have carried the content as well.

The main guitar solo is playing while Spartacus lay dead on the ground...

I probably could have picked a better distortion preset... But it is done for now.

Perhaps if i had used my hollow body with the P90 pickups instead of the Strat.

The preset I picked does have a really nice sustain but it is the tone that is off.

I may revisit it in the not so distant future.

100,000 views in 5 days on YouTube... Not bad...

Edited November 30, 2021 by RexRed
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[garybrun]

Congrats on your YouTube  hits.
Thats great.

[SUPAREELS]

That was great ... listened to it three! times .. for me it's the best song you've written so far and the mix is faultless ...ACE

Steve

[mark skinner]

YouTube link ..  ?

[RexRed]

5 hours ago, mark skinner said:

YouTube link ..  ?

My YouTube videos are "gay romance" so, if you are interested, then here is the link. ?

 

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Edited November 30, 2021 by RexRed