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Posted By: rsdean Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/16/12 03:20 AM
Hi Everyone,

Josie and I would like to share our latest song and video called Hawks (Spread Your Wings). This is actually a re-write by us of an older song that I had put together a couple of years ago. The song was produced with with BIAB/RT's, Tracktion, GarageBand, Ozone 4 and iMovie.

We hope you enjoy it!

Hawks (Spread Your Wings)

Bob
Posted By: Sundance Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/16/12 03:58 AM
Ditto what Bob said. And thank you for listening.

Here are the RTs - some sliced and diced.

Drums BossaRockPerc
Bass 1569 Electric Soul60s
Guitar 1637 1638 JazzFunkBreezy
Guitar 1037 NorthernRockBallad
Guitar 1832 1833 AltCountryMoody
Fiddle 1593 BackgroundPop
Harmonica

Josie
Posted By: MarioD Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/16/12 02:45 PM
The dynamic duel does it once again!

Super lyrics, vocals, backing tracks and mix, pro all the way.
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/16/12 04:53 PM
Hey Mario,

Thanks so much! We appreciate that.

Bob
Posted By: Tim Lawrence Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/16/12 10:51 PM
Hey guys I really like this song.
Very nice, good production, poetic lyrics and memorable hook.

Some of my favorite lines.
Snowflakes in the empty sky Like whispers in the wind
An angel or a phantom Memories can rob you blind
sometimes spoke of children The way you speak of plans
Neither of us settled down To hold their unborn hands

Just one nit.
The word hawk only appears once in the song and just doesn't work as part of the title for me.
Spread Your Wings And Circle Once Again might work better Imo.
Either way great song.

Tim
Posted By: RobbMiller Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/17/12 01:52 AM
One of your best yet!


Quote:


Just one nit.
The word hawk only appears once in the song and just doesn't work as part of the title for me.
Spread Your Wings And Circle Once Again might work better Imo.
Either way great song. Tim.





Spread Your Wings works. or with the subtitle: Spread Your Wings (and Circle Once Again).
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/17/12 03:46 AM
Tim/Robb,

Thanks for your kind words and feedback. We'll most likely stay with the title as is, but we do appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

Bob
Posted By: Steve Young Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/17/12 04:38 PM
Bob & Josie,

Nice rework! I always enjoy your writing, and look forward to your posts.

And the word does appear twice - once in the song, and once in the title.

Steve
Posted By: PgFantastic Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/17/12 08:00 PM
Wow! This is legen wait for it dary. Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

My Music
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/17/12 10:36 PM
Hi Steve,

Thanks. We've wanted to redo this song for a while now. I'm glad we finally finished it. Thanks again for listening and your feedback.

Bob
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/17/12 10:37 PM
Hey Robert,

LOL! Thanks - we really appreciate you listening and commenting. So glad you liked it!

Bob
Posted By: dcuny Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 05:34 AM
Nice work, as usual. In particular, nice lyrics.

The guitar gave it a bit of a funky jittery feel - a bit odd to my ear, but I liked the idea behind it!

Thanks for posting!
Posted By: Noel96 Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 11:00 AM
Hi Josie and Bob,

I remember this song from a little while ago. It appealed to me then and I love what you've done to it now. The video caps it off nicely.

All the best,
Noel
Posted By: Skyline Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 11:03 AM
Excellent work, guys. I loved the novel backing.
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 11:53 AM
Hey Horst,

Thanks. Josie and I are really happy with the way the song and video turned out.

As for my off key, airy and raspy vocal - that's my trademark Man! LOL!

Bob
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 12:04 PM
David,

Thanks for listening and commenting. The original track that I recorded about a year ago had more of a folk feel - this new one is a bit edgier and we think suits the song better. Josie put the track together and did an incredible job managing the arrangement, production and all of the RT's.

Bob
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 12:05 PM
Noel,

Thanks so much - that means a lot to us!

Bob
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/18/12 12:06 PM
John,

Thank you for listening. We're so glad you liked it!

Bob
Posted By: airtcon-161 Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/19/12 09:17 PM
Hi Bob and Josie, nice job, particulary liked the part where you both sing together and felt it should have happened more in the tune but that's just my take on it. Good work

Cheers

Nelson
Posted By: Cerio Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/20/12 01:46 AM
Nice song, nice sound, I liked particulary your inventive use of Real Tracks. Congratulations!
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/21/12 01:57 AM
Nelson,

Thanks for your kind words - we're glad you enjoyed it!

Bob
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/21/12 01:58 AM
Cerlo,

Thanks - much appreciated!

Bob
Posted By: Sundance Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/28/12 12:33 AM
Hey Nelson,

Thank you. We sang our last song, Rusted Rocketship, together all the way through so were trying to mix it up a little bit. We appreicate you sharing your thoughts.



To everyone else who's commented on this - thank you for listening and sharing your thoughts and opinions. We value your time very much.

And I am so very proud of Bob for his great work on this video and the beautiful lyrics and melody we had to work with - sometimes rewriting is much harder than writing but this was a treat to work on. Many hours of work went into this production and we are so glad that for the most part you all enjoyed it.


Josie
Posted By: Tommyc Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/28/12 12:59 PM
Love Yalls vocal interaction and lyrics once again ,who drew the animation ?
Posted By: rsdean Re: Hawks (Spread Your Wings) - 01/28/12 05:57 PM
Tommy,

Thanks - we're so glad you liked it. Some of the animation and live hawk footage is stock and some came from friends that had pieces of stuff they were not using - we just put it all together to tell the story...

Bob
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