Wonder Why

[Douglas Kirby]

Hi Everybody, 

This is a track from the "Westerly Sessions Volume III" that I just remixed and polished up - I also added a vocal harmony to it.  As always, any comments and critiques are welcome, and thanks for listening.

Here it is:

https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14119314

 

[jack c.]

i like what i'm hearing and chord changes.jack c.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/22/2021 at 5:36 PM, jack c. said:

i like what i'm hearing and chord changes.jack c.

I'm glad you liked it Jack - thank for listening.

[Lynn Wilson]

Beautiful song, Douglas!  This is polished, but not overly so, and has a certain vibe that draws me in.  Should be heard by many.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/24/2021 at 2:19 PM, Lynn Wilson said:

Beautiful song, Douglas!  This is polished, but not overly so, and has a certain vibe that draws me in.  Should be heard by many.

Thanks for the kind words Lynn - I appreciate it - Happy New Year,

[David Sprouse]

Liked the chord changes, the harmonic extensions rather than power chords.    Also, liked the positive vibe in the lyrics.  Hope the new year brings you lots of  happiness.

[bjornpdx]

This one caught me by surprise, Doug.
More orchestral than your usual and it works very well. I like it! Well done.
Hope you have a good new year.
-Bjorn

[Wookiee]

Nice Like this one

[mark skinner]

Very nice clean mix. The repeating dissident chord change was cool.    Great song ..  mark

[Tim Smith]

If the Stones ever loose their lead singer I think they have a suitable replacement in you.

The mix itself is perfect. Thanks for sharing. Nice work.

-Tim

[Paul Bush]

I´m always jealous of these bloody clear sounding recordings mine in comparison are all muddy and muddled ..a bit like my brain ....good song

[PhonoBrainer]

Was that an oboe or something with a little lead line in the intro? Loved that.

Very cool darker yet swinging vibe here. It's a very good mix, clear as hell. As an experiment you could automate the snare hits up .5db at least when you are not singing. The snare might drive it a little harder when it's just the instrumental.

You might also draw that ending fade out a bit longer.

Another earworm from Westerly Sessions. Hope there are many more volumes.

cheers,

-Tom

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/27/2021 at 11:23 PM, David Sprouse said:

Liked the chord changes, the harmonic extensions rather than power chords.    Also, liked the positive vibe in the lyrics.  Hope the new year brings you lots of  happiness.

Thanks for commenting David. Happy New Year to you as well.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/28/2021 at 2:12 AM, bjornpdx said:

This one caught me by surprise, Doug.
More orchestral than your usual and it works very well. I like it! Well done.
Hope you have a good new year.
-Bjorn

Thanks Bjorn - Happy New Year to you as well.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/28/2021 at 7:15 AM, Wookiee said:

Nice Like this one

Thanks Wookiee.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/28/2021 at 9:03 AM, mark skinner said:

Very nice clean mix. The repeating dissident chord change was cool.    Great song ..  mark

Thanks Mark.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/28/2021 at 9:58 AM, Tim Smith said:

If the Stones ever loose their lead singer I think they have a suitable replacement in you.

The mix itself is perfect. Thanks for sharing. Nice work.

-Tim

You're not the only one who thinks I sound like Mick - thanks for listening.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/29/2021 at 4:45 PM, Paul Bush said:

I´m always jealous of these bloody clear sounding recordings mine in comparison are all muddy and muddled ..a bit like my brain ....good song

Thanks for listening Paul.

[Douglas Kirby]

On 12/29/2021 at 7:28 PM, PhonoBrainer said:

Was that an oboe or something with a little lead line in the intro? Loved that.

Very cool darker yet swinging vibe here. It's a very good mix, clear as hell. As an experiment you could automate the snare hits up .5db at least when you are not singing. The snare might drive it a little harder when it's just the instrumental.

You might also draw that ending fade out a bit longer.

Another earworm from Westerly Sessions. Hope there are many more volumes.

cheers,

-Tom

That was an English horn I used in this one - similar to an oboe. By the way, I've never automated the snare - I'll have to look into how to do that. Thanks for listening.

[DeeringAmps]

20 minutes ago, Douglas Kirby said:

never automated the snare - I'll have to look into how

Take a look at Creative Sauce's vid on Side Chain Compression, might work, although a simple volume envelope would work as well.

Another ?'s worthy tune Doug, and as mentioned above, just a bit different; cool!

t

I'm way behind so did miss I Without a Care as well? Another ? worthy tune as well...