Mela Meli and Company
Mela Meli and Company
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The Stray by Donovan / Cholie


Category: Music
Duration: 00:04:15
Description:
This is another original tune I composed and Melani Cholie added her lyrics and sang all vocals. We are joined here with good friends Pete Goindi-on drums; Brice Cross-lead guitars; Tedd VanWagner-bass and lap steel. As has become our process, this started out with the verse riff I came across as I was working on something else. It caught my ear and I added the chorus and bridge for all the parts. Once I had what seemed like a good arrangement I sent a simple reference mix to Pete to add his drums. Normally he would have a reference vocal to go by as well, but in the case, he created his drums with just the simple guitar track.
Once we had that mixed, I asked Melani if she could come up with the reference vocal, so Tedd and Brice would have more to go on while creating their parts. It is like magic to hear how the song grows as each artist adds the creative spirit to the song and a true pleasure to work with these raw tracks. Finally, once all the instruments are complete and mixed in, Melani does her final vocal tracks. Once again she head the nail on the head and kicked some butt on the way! :-)
We thank you for taking time to listen and we appreciate any kind comments. Stay safe and stay healthy. Enjoy!

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