My, friends !

I must confess that
the reason for my absence
has been mostly due to
deterioriating voice and
power, something that probably
comes with aging ! A time ago
I also suffered a severe infection of
my throat, which took away my
singing voice and capability to
control it completely. I have
fought to be able to post this
song and though I could not do it
the way I wanted I think it is
acceptable for posting ! Please
forgive me for having been away but
I am sure you can understand the
frustration this has posed on me.

http://soundcloud.com/user-337827005/cant-sing

http://app.box.com/s/st5df6dwgzup9ygiqctgktoawuk13pls

The Style is : _JBallad. Sty and the instros are:

Bass: 700, Piano: 892, Drums RD:s Nashville Even
Guitar: 2448, String Quartet: 2335 and Synth Pad: 1841

Recorded with Mixcraft 7 Pro, reverb and compression used.

Cheers
Dani

Here are the lyrics:

COULDN´T SING ( MUSIC AND WORDS BY NORMAN WIBE)

Hi, friends, some time ago
I couldn´t sing at all
´cause I lost my voice
only noise
you could hear
comin´out of my mouth
I was frightened and full of fear
thought this was, the end of song
my comfort for so long
did not seem a way out, so
I left it all behind

Don´t know what brought it on
it surely brought me down
hadn´t it been for you
I would still be blue
though I´m here, recov´rin´
I owe you everythin´
please my darlin´ sweetheart Li
won´t you come to me
so I can bring you all my love
for being more than kind (to me)

I love you always day and night
you make my heart so light
you´re like a shinin´star
shinin´bright and far

Don´t know what brought this on
it surely brought me down
hadn´t it been for you
I would still be blue
though I´m here, recov´rin´
I owe you everythin´
please my darlin´ sweetheart Li
won´t you come to me
so I can bring you all my love
for being more than kind (to me)
My Love

This is beautiful!

I hear your voice and super melody

more than acceptable!

glad to hear from you again,

Kenny

A beautiful song with a lovely melodic tune. I hope you get your voice back in due course as it's a very fine tenor voice.

What a gorgeous tune, Dani Even if your vocal delivery isn't up to what you consider your standards, it manages gives it an eary and unique quality that I absolutely love. Most aren't very familiar with the artist - but you remind me of Sparklehorse a bit here.

Thanks so much for sharing! Also, the fact you're not giving up even after having lost your voice is inspiring

Hi, Kenny !

Thanks for your most
kind comment ! I´m glad
to hear from you too !

Cheers
Dani

Nicely done.
Thanks for the back story.
Rob

Hey Dani,

This is really touching and beautiful and my heart goes out to you.

Hope you get better real soon!!!

It's definitely beautiful! Lovely harmonies.
Sorry to hear about your health problems, but in this song you still sound great, and vulnerable too, which gives this song a beautiful touch.

Rob

Hi Dani,

This sure is pretty! And those harmonies are fabulous. This is excellent.! Hope you regain your full ability to sing. We missed you! Wishing you the very best.

Alan & Di

Dani,

Good to hear you again - hope you are on the mend. Loved the song - you still can sing and have an incredible voice.

Bob

Don't worry Dani. You still got it! Very smooth and as always I enjoyed and am always surprised by your chord progressions. Keep on keeping on. Tom

Dear Lambada !

Thank you for your most kind
words and for your well wishes
and hopes of me recovering
my former capability regarding
the ability to control my
singing voice and singing in tune !

Thank you !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Deryk !

Thank you for your
most kind comments !
This may sound okay
but in reality I´ve
put down extremely
much work just to be
able to show that I´m
still "true to the cause
and this site" !

I also want to thank you
for your kind well wishes
I do not want to give up
but if the downhill continues
I am not sure what I can do.

I have written pieces I cannot perform
at least the way they should !

Cheers
Dani

Dani,

A very cool sound on this. Your voice is the main instrument in this - sounds great. Beautiful melody.

The strings work great. The guitar, too!

Smooth. A good listen. Keep at it, buddy...

floyd

Glad to hear you're recov´rin´.

As others said - nice harmonies.

Dear "dani48"...

Emotions are feelings, and vice-versa. The sound of those feelings could range from a whimper to a shout, but what penetrates the listener is the feeling within the sound.

Far as I'm concerned, you could have hummed, or whistled, even, the melody to Mr. Wibes lovely, wistful song, and no one within range of hearing it would be able deny the effect it had on their hearts. Your warm vocal harmonies infuse sweetness into the semi-bitter lyrics.

Whatever problems you believe are affecting your singing voice are more than resolved by the obviously direct pipeline that exists between your heart and the way you express what's in it. Nonetheless, I hope that you find relief from whatever is ailing you, and soon.

"bluage" (a.k.a. Loren)

P.S. The photo of you and your partner on the song's SoundCloud page is worthy of a song in itself!

Hi Dani.

Beautiful.

It may not have your usual power, but for this song it doesn't suffer at all from that.

You voice lends a lilting and magical quality to the whole thing and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Whatever you do, don't give up - we need you here!

Cheers, ROG.

Welcome back Dani

I think your voice is fine, maybe you are being too critical of yourself.

Another very beautiful melody, thoroughly enjoyable.

Thank you Rob
so much for your
most kind comment !

Cheers
Dani

Thank you David
for your compassionate
and kind words ! One
can always hope, but
after having listened to
Brian Wilson over in Pori
recently I understand that
our voices just weakens over
time, that is a natural
thing but very hard to
accept for a person who has
been " living on his singing
voice" !

Cheers
Dani

Dani,

I'm really sorry to hear the life has been sending challenges your way. Please know that I'm sending lots of healing thoughts your way

It's great to hear you back in the forum. I really enjoyed listening to this. As I said on Soundcloud, I found that the flow of the melody and your singing was very restful... beautiful.

May good things surprise you!
Noel

Lovely tune Dani. Super harmonies. Hope you get your "instrument" back to 100%. Still sounds pretty good tho...

Dear friends Rob and Anne-Marie !

Am much thankful for
your most kind comments !
You´re right, I really
sound vulnerable on
this one indeed !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Al and Di !


Thank you so much for
your more than kind words
and for your wishes of
me getting better again !

Cheers
Dani

Hi,Bob !


I am more than glad that
you liked the tune and
for that I wish to thank
you very much !


Cheers
Dani

Dear Tommy !


Much obliged by your
most kind words !
I´ll promise to keep
keepin´ on as long
as I can produce something
that is enough in tune
not to disturb people´s
ears !

Cheers
Dani

Agreed!! This is a beautiful, melodic, and emotional song with a celestial sound. I think the vocal is wonderful-beautiful harmonies. One of my very favorites of yours!! Take care. Greg

Hi Dani,

Sorry to hear you've been ill and having trouble with your voice. I agree with FJ - your vocal sounded very vulnerable fit the song in a very nice and moving way - I enjoyed it very much.

I know what it's like to battle voice problems and that you want to get back to where you want to be vocally. You'll find help exercises that really do work for your vocal recovery here - https://voicelesson.com/2017/07/recover-your-voice/



Josie

Well ol´buddy !


I actually thought I
was confined to guitar
playing henceforth but
I got a little better
after a gruelling time
of not knowing where
it would go ! I am quite
close to 100 posted
songs and tunes so I
would like to be able to
achieve at least that figure.
I can only hope !!

Floyd, I am very thankful
for your most kind comments

Cheers
Dani

RnAM said it so well. Particularly by mentioning the feel of vulnerability. As they said it gives the tune a beautiful touch.

It's so nice to hear you again.

Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery!

J&B

My good David !

Thank you so very much
for your well wishes
very much appreciated !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Loren !

I do not really know
how to thank you for
your most kind words,
but I take it that you
know me to have a pipeline
between my heart and
the way I do express what
could be therein, so I
know that you know how grateful
I am for your expressions
of kindness !

Cheers
Dani

I swear I responded to this beautiful song before! I must have forgotten to press submit. Oh, well! I just wanted to leave a note here saying how lovely I think this song is, especially the lyrics, and that I hope your health gets better! <3

Hi Dani,

You definitely still have a voice! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

Cat

Hi, ROG !

I feel humbled by your
very kind words and I
promise to do my best
to try and continue
writing and singing
whatever it takes !
Thank you ROG for your
kindness !

Cheers
Dani

My dear Trevor !

I am sure that you know
that hadn´t I managed to
get an acceptable version
I would never had posted
it. In any case I have
been down over the loss of
voice and power and I was
close to quit altogether
but then I managed to get this
done (after wrenching with the
tune for a long time)!

I want to thank you deeply
for your kind words, it always
feels good to hear from you Trevor !

Cheers
Dani

Hello, Dani

Beautiful song and beautiful harmony!
The key change at the bridge is really nice.
Good to hear you again.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hi, Noel, ol´chum !:))

You have a habit of
making me glad you know !:))
I humblely accept all your
healing thoughts and thank
you most deeply for your more
than kind words !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Scott !:))

Always good to hear from you !

I want to thank you for
your most kind comments !

Cheers
Dani

You always have such a great vibe in you music and this is no exception.

As to your voice changing - well I believe that sometimes a smaller pallet can lead to more creative art (if that makes any sense)

Well done once again!

WEll done Dani, a very pleasant tune to listen to, wonderful harmonies and sang with feeling.
paul

Very nice melodic song.
Sorry for your problem but the vocal goes well with the song for me.

Excellent real tracks chosen.

Sergio

Hi, Greg !:))


I do feel humbled by
your more than kind words !
Thank you for them !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Josie Dear !

I am indebted to you
for your help and well
wishes and want to thank you
so very much for them !

I did visit that site and
watch some videos that surely
could be of use in the situation
I am in! Thank you so much for
all your most kind support !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Janice & Bud !

Thank you so much
for your most kind words !
Also many thanks for your
well wishes ! I think I´ve
got slightly better regarding
retrieving at least something
of my former voice !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Ember !:))

Thank you so much for
your well wishes and
most kind words regarding
the song !

I´ve got a little better
but to which extent I
could retrieve my former
voice is still an open
question. Hope I can keep
on doing this anyway !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Catherine !:))


Thank you so much Cat
for your most kind
words !

I´ve been a little
better but will probably
not be the one I used
to be anymore. This is
the natural result of
aging ! Nonetheless I
am most glad by your
assessment !

Cheers
Dani

Dani, I appreciate what you accomplished here. Oh and by the way your vocal still sounds fine to me. The soft delivery fits the song so well. The harmonies are pretty good too. I always enjoy your tunes. Thanks, Torrey.

Hi, Shigeki !:))

I am truly glad that
you enjoyed this tune !
Thank you thus for your
most kind words !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Lawrence !

You are certainly right
about a smaller pallet
leading to more creative
art !! I am very taken
by your most kind words
and want to thank you so
much for them !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Paul !:))

So nice to hear from
you in the form of your
most kind words !
I really appreciate it
and want to thank you
for them !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Sergio !!

...and mille grazie
for your most kind
comments, really much
appreciated !

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Torrey !:))

I feel humbled by
your more than kind words !
Thank you so much for
them !

Cheers
Dani

Beautiful song Dani. Vocals still sound great to me. Glad you are on the path to recovery.

Charlie