Barry Seymour Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) I've been out of commission for a bit, but I'm back. Thoughts and recommendations welcome. EDIT: Final Track! EDIT AGAIN: Here's the video! Edited Thursday at 06:22 PM by Barry Seymour Added Video 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Walsh Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I like this quite a bit, sweet and sentimental lyrics with great playing in a perfect mix. Vocal are ready nice with great harmonies. Love the strings! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Seymour Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 Strings are BBC Orchestra, free version. For this song I just used cellos, ala Harry Chapin. I tried to keep it light, sounding like just one or two playing. I really like how it ended up. Thanks for the kind words. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPAREELS Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) Boy! nearly made me cry ... Great song Mr Seymour. Vocal is so heartfelt ... One thing to bear in mind when using strings is to revisit them at the mixdown stage and vary the timbre as though you were actually playing a string set . as oppose to just pressing the respective note ... if you get my meaning .. Great stuff Steve Edited April 15 by SUPAREELS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Seymour Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 13 hours ago, SUPAREELS said: Boy! nearly made me cry ... Great song Mr Seymour. Vocal is so heartfelt ... One thing to bear in mind when using strings is to revisit them at the mixdown stage and vary the timbre as though you were actually playing a string set . as oppose to just pressing the respective note ... if you get my meaning .. Great stuff Steve Thank you, very kind. I'm playing with the volume on the cellos to achieve the effect you describe. Whether I can vary the timbre or expression remains to be seen, but I'll look into it. Good thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 I always like your lyrics. Kind of off beat sometimes but humorous, even in a sad song like this. Really like the guitar accompaniment. I think the chorus could be emphasized a bit more, maybe with more string presence, something like that. But top notch song for sure. Enjoyed it a lot. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 This is a beautiful track. Vocals and harmonies are spot on and the strings add that extra emotion. The quality on the acoustic is also very well recorded. Love it. We all paint different pictures... somehow I would have liked to hear the bass a little more... not much though. Maybe some saturation would have brought it out a little 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Seymour Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 Here's the final... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Well done Barry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPAREELS Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 As my old guitarist used to say 'a great song is always a great song' this is a cracker ! Still brings a tear ... Must have been hard to sing this .. well done All the best Steve (SRM) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Fantastic song Barry. Very honest. It sure is nice to hear your unmistakable and intimate voice again. Your ballads always sound like you are singing directly to the listener. I really liked the remix. It seems the harmony really came through and boosted the parts. Nice cello and guitar as well. Loved it .. on a side note , it was nice to have you and @Kevin Walsh back on the same page .. ms 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Seymour Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 5 hours ago, SUPAREELS said: As my old guitarist used to say 'a great song is always a great song' this is a cracker ! Still brings a tear ... Must have been hard to sing this .. well done All the best Steve (SRM) Thank you, Steve. I always consider it a mark of success if somebody thinks a song or situation I wrote about actually happened to me. I mean, maybe it did years ago, but it tells me that I'm hitting the target, making it real. Thank you so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Walsh Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I thought the first mix was perfect, but this one is perfecter. 😁 Your acoustic guitar sounds amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Seymour Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Kevin Walsh said: I thought the first mix was perfect, but this one is perfecter. 😁 Your acoustic guitar sounds amazing. Thanks. I had an Electro-Voice ND-457 microphone from the '80s that just died last year, my heart was broken until I bought a new one. Not the same model but similar, an ND96. it's great for recording just about anything. Edited April 18 by Barry Seymour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Seymour Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 6 hours ago, mark skinner said: Fantastic song Barry. Very honest. It sure is nice to hear your unmistakable and intimate voice again. Your ballads always sound like you are singing directly to the listener. I really liked the remix. It seems the harmony really came through and boosted the parts. Nice cello and guitar as well. Loved it .. on a side note , it was nice to have you and @Kevin Walsh back on the same page .. ms Very kind, thanks. Means a lot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesha Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Sounds great, sincere and sorrowfully sweet. I like the instrumentation you used and the vocals blend very well together. Clean and well balanced mix. Enjoyed it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Hi Barry I really like this and as others have said, Acoustic Guitar Sounds great But the star for me is the vocals - excellent cool stuff Nigel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldemar Pawlik Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Dammit man ...... You are reading my mind. How did i stumble into your songs today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul Bush Posted Tuesday at 07:24 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:24 PM Yeah C´mon Barry this is one of your best , always love your voice , so much depth and feeling , (as always) great song so beautifully produced , well done mate cheers Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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