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Re: Working draft 2...
08/06/26 06:31:09PM
1 Week: The Hollowed
Thanks guys for...
08/06/26 06:31:09PM
1 Week: The Hollowed
cooter:
Uneasy and relaxing..t. Love it.
Uneasy and relaxing..t. Love it.
Farrell Jackson:
Cooter's description of this song is perfect. Well done BillB and Mizieya!
Cooter's description of this song is perfect. Well done BillB and Mizieya!
Thanks guys for...
Re: TIGHTEN UP JAM
08/06/26 04:29:20PM
1 Week: Gary Dabrowski
@jimsae: Hey Jim...Thanks fer listening and your comments. I'm glad it cheered you up!
08/06/26 04:29:20PM
1 Week: Gary Dabrowski
@jimsae: Hey Jim...Thanks fer listening and your comments. I'm glad it cheered you up!
Re: once here
08/06/26 02:29:47PM
1 Week: Rich Lodato
08/06/26 02:29:47PM
1 Week: Rich Lodato
JimsAE:
We played this one last night, and of course, everyone loves it! Great arrangement, musicianship, and a incredible vocal/lyric!
Thank you Jim buddy!
We played this one last night, and of course, everyone loves it! Great arrangement, musicianship, and a incredible vocal/lyric!
Re: once here
08/06/26 01:44:27PM
1 Week: JimsAE
We played this one last night, and of course, everyone loves it! Great arrangement, musicianship, and a incredible vocal/lyric!
08/06/26 01:44:27PM
1 Week: JimsAE
We played this one last night, and of course, everyone loves it! Great arrangement, musicianship, and a incredible vocal/lyric!
Re: I'm Here to Stay
08/06/26 01:42:57PM
1 Week: JimsAE
It's such a kick to hear you singin' again, Michael! This is fantastic, my friend!
08/06/26 01:42:57PM
1 Week: JimsAE
It's such a kick to hear you singin' again, Michael! This is fantastic, my friend!
Re: TIGHTEN UP JAM
08/06/26 01:41:53PM
1 Week: JimsAE
Love this, Gary! A super cheerful piece of music, played by a guy who knows what he's doing!
08/06/26 01:41:53PM
1 Week: JimsAE
Love this, Gary! A super cheerful piece of music, played by a guy who knows what he's doing!
Re: Cariot
08/06/26 01:40:54PM
1 Week: JimsAE
Melani, I played this one last night on my show. Everyone loves it! Me, too!
08/06/26 01:40:54PM
1 Week: JimsAE
Melani, I played this one last night on my show. Everyone loves it! Me, too!
Re: Brave New World
08/06/26 01:40:28PM
1 Week: JimsAE
I love where you took this one, Mike. The track launches brilliantly! Jenn's voice has never sounded better, and you guys, you sound amazing together! Kudos, my friend!
08/06/26 01:40:28PM
1 Week: JimsAE
I love where you took this one, Mike. The track launches brilliantly! Jenn's voice has never sounded better, and you guys, you sound amazing together! Kudos, my friend!
Re: Cross Eyed Woman...
08/06/26 01:38:57PM
1 Week: JimsAE
This turned out so darn good. You guys did a great job, and it's a fine story!
08/06/26 01:38:57PM
1 Week: JimsAE
This turned out so darn good. You guys did a great job, and it's a fine story!
Re: Working draft 2...
08/06/26 10:01:20AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
Cooter's description of this song is perfect. Well done BillB and Mizieya!
08/06/26 10:01:20AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
Cooter's description of this song is perfect. Well done BillB and Mizieya!
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Thank you Toni! The lyrics from one of my favourite songs from 30 years ago - Deacon Blue's "Dignity" - have always made me feel a certain way, and I think it was in the back of my mind when I wrote this one. That and John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" from a few years before, I loved the interaction of the piano and guitar in that one, and that chorus line "life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone" I think I was maybe subconsciously trying to put the two together.
You have a masterful way of weaving a story through your songs that sets my mind on fire with empathy and compassion. I will have to include this in the Social Commentary show too.
Fabulous Chris!
Thanks so much Tricia. It's taken a little while to find the voice again after a few years away. Coming back now though, getting better, just need to keep at it...! First song for a long time where I've been confident enough in the first take not to resort to melodyne or whatever to fine-tune the vocals. Maybe I'll sing live again one day... who knows
Thanks Dace! I've always struggled with trying to get the sound I wanted when producing my songs - always tried layers and layers of effects to try and get things to sound right and ended up with a bit of a compromise every time. A couple of months ago I upgraded my Sonar DAW software to the Platinum version and suddenly all the things I found really hard to do became SO much easier. I also joined a user group on FB that's given me a load of tips and showed me how easy it can be. The biggest change is using a linear multiband compressor on the master, but also the level of Eq and compression on all the individual tracks makes a huge difference. This song has five instrumental tracks and one vocal, which is pretty minimal for me. No pads anywhere and only two FX busses. With what I was using before it would have sounded too empty to my ears, but with this new stuff it seems to make it wall-to-wall. I'm having a lot of fun at the moment!