I Saw You - This is the 2nd song I ever made, now finally being rearranged with real instruments, thanks to BBox. A mellow pop-rock ballad for your pleasure, with me on one of those 'triple-level' organs, popular in Europe in the mid 70's or so, if that rings any bells. I tried recording me playing both the upper and lower simultaneously for the sake of authenticity, hence the strange blend of the sounds. BBox' own organ only takes over during the solo and for the end chord, the rest is me.
The story behind the is a bit obscure: I had made my very first song and was oh so proud of what I was so sure was the start of a big thing, but then nothing happened...for six months!
I was just about to write myself off as a lame 'one-hit-wonder', when I got an idea. I had been trying to pick up the chords to a song by ear and kept getting it wrong, so why not use those chords (wrong as they were) and see if I couldn't at least come up with a melody - And this is the result!
As for the song name, I thought lyrics would probably suit this one but only got as far as "I want to talk about the first time I saw you" for the first line before I got stuck

Formalities:

Style is _BALADP.STY

RealTracks in style: 366:Bass, Electric, Country Ev 065
RealTracks in song: 634:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanMuted Ev 120 (B:8ths)
RealTracks in song: 873:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ModernRnBRockFunkyOffbeat Ev 065
RealTracks in song: ~688:Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 065
RealDrums: RealDrums in Style: NashvilleEven16

p.s. Any comments & questions welcomed...and the title at the top is also the link, btw.

Hi Eddie,

I really like that melody you've composed. It fits excellently against the chords. You have definitely managed to capture the electronic organ sound from the 70s. I have to say that sax you put in the mix a little later in the work was a great variation. Really, really nice.

Since listening to your song, I've been surfing around Youtube listening to some organ greats. Such a brilliant sounding instrument!

Also...


If it's any consolation I struggle heaps when it comes to writing lyrics, too. You've got a title, though. That's a start!

Thanks for posting your second song Is there a third in the works?

All the best,
Noel

Hello Icelander,

Very pleasant ballad, you've used in a clever way the sax and the organ

Regards

Thanks for the encouragement there, but actually, I wouldn't mind if someone around here would give it a shot. This group has plenty of good lyricists & singers, neither of which being my stronger points (and that's quite an understatement, heh).

Oh, I've got a third & a fourth made already, and then some. It's not even the second of mine that I've shared on here either, this was simply the second song I ever created.
But sure, I'm pretty confident there'll be more of mine to come

Hi Eddie,

Your second song ey? We know you've been very busy creating usertracks
The organ is played quite well, the sound is quite familiar, lying between a Hammond and a Yamaha DX7 organ.
Quite refreshing.
As for the lyrics... (like your signature says) you obviously didn't finish what you couldn't start

Rob and Anne-Marie

A very pleasant track Eddie!! I think the music is really cool structurally. Organ is very cool, and the sax fits in perfectly. Nice job! Take care. Greg

P.S. The link now takes you to a revised version I've just completed. Should be a better mix (hoping the choir that you all missed now actually sounds like one!), no notes/chords were altered.

See, you people get me!

Speaking of, this has a 'duo' written all over it, if you want to take a stab at it?