A simple song that happens to be a true story.

You Caught My Eye

You caught my eye
When you walked by
Something I felt
Made my heart melt

It felt so strange
That you could change
What I would do
Cause now it’s you

And when you are gone
You’re always on my mind
I know this love
Will always last forever

You caught my eye
When you walked by
A glimpse of you
And then I knew

Music

Now that time has passed
You’re always on my mind
I won’t forget
The times we had together

When you walk by
What’s in my eye
The girl I knew
Who said I do

All RealTracks with Daniel Hensley doing all vocals
Style - _JFMOVIN.sty
Drums - Funky groove 60’s - Kenneth Alevins
Bass - 701 - Tobin Frank
Piano - 2157 - John Jarvis
Guitar - 668 - Audley Freed
Pad - 1842 - Blair Masters
Guitar solo - 1307 - Dwight Sills

HP AMD Athlon(tm)II B28 processor with 3.4 GHz 16GB ram - Mixcraft 6 DAW with Waves Diamond effects - 32" Westinghouse flat screen monitor - Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 interface - Studio Projects B1 mic Sony MDR 7506 and Sennheiser HD 202 headphones - 2014 BIAB.

Hello Sonny and Daniel,

Your best so far!
The vocal and the electric piano give the song a real Steely Dan feel.
Very cool!

Rob and Anne-Marie

Hi Sonny,

so smooth and relaxing! Daniel did a great job with his vocals and harmonies. The lead guitar is a good choice.

Guenter

Sonny...

Awesome. Great Pop song. The melody is OUTSTANDING.

Terrific vocals (is there a distortion to them? too hot?)

The guitar solo is excellent (I wish you had posted the RT name - so I don't have to look it up).

Listened several times... excellent song.

Digging your stuff... this one is a hit.

floyd

Good write, mix and production. The vocals are stellar.

SRP you called this a simple song but I would call it simply perfect.

Everything about this is spot on and pro all the way!

Excellent vocals, backing tracks and lead work.

You two should be extremely proud of this one.

Hey Floyd,
I went back and checked once again for any clipping but I did not find any, then I soloed all the vocals and nothing there, I put everything back as it was and then lowered the main faders so as to bring the speaker volume up but nothing there either and then the last thing I did was take off all the mastering effects on the mains but nothing there. Do you have any suggestions?
Sonny

Sonny

Really thoroughly enjoyed this. Perfect selection of tracks. Great vocals and impressive harmonies. The Pad worked perfectly.

What a great melody. Outstanding in so many ways.

Trev

Hi Sony. Daniel certainly puts the melody across. So often our efforts are weak in melody. But not here.
A lovely song and i dig the backing. Cheers.

Sonny
Really pretty ballad - well written and sung.
I am picking up some of the distortion Floyd mentioned in this section but not later:
What I would do
Cause now it’s you

And when you are gone
You’re always on my mind
I know this love
Will always last forever

Can't really offer any suggestions given what you have done to isolate - perhaps it's in the original recording process not the mix or plugins?

Absolutely beautiful, wonderful vocals as usual by Daniel.
Yeh that solo is GREAT fits so well.

Enjoyed that a lot

Alyn

Thanks guys for dropping in and leaving me your nice comments. It is always good to hear from you.
Sonny

Thanks Guenter! I will let Daniel know what you said.
Sonny

Floyd I am still trying to discover the origin of the distortion that you have mentioned and I do appreciate your
feedback. I really like this forum for many reasons for my ears are sixty-eight years old and are in need of assistance every now and then. Thanks for letting me know.

Thanks Charlie for taking time to comment...you are very encouraging.
Sonny

Thanks Mario, you know how to make someone's day!
Sonny

Thanks Trev for the feedback. You are an inspiration to all of us and I look forward to your next post.
Sonny

Thanks so much Rich! I will let Daniel know what you said.
Sonny

Thanks for the comments Peter. I went back to listen to the original recording (with no effects) and I found all vocals to be free of distortion. I am going to look at one other thing and maybe that might be where the problem lies. If you think of anything else I would appreciate your feedback. I did have on another song where the bass guitar was causing an anomaly with the vocals. I discovered it by muting each instrument one at a time to see if that was causing the strange sound. I had to change the position of the vocals to overcome it. Weird I know!
Sonny

Sonny, fabulous overall sound. Daniel, great vocals. The guitar solo sounds killer! Your productions have a huge sound. This is the good stuff. Tom

Thanks Alyn! I am glad that you enjoyed the listen. It's always good to hear from you.
Sonny

Thanks for your kind words Tom. I appreciate you listening and sharing your thoughts.
Sonny

Floyd nailed it with "the melody is outstanding!"

This is an an outstanding production in all
aspects, the mix, the RT choice, the write
and the vocals.

It sounds BIG on our monitors with a
nice stereo landscape.

Kudos!

J&B

You guys are very kind with your comments and I appreciate hearing from you. I look forward to your next song.
Sonny

Awesome song. Excellent vocal and lyrics. Loved it

Hi Sonny...

This is SUCH a cool song! (and production and vocal!).

It is the place that Peter pointed out - and likely a combination of how hot the whole mix is and how it is coming across on my (computer) speakers... Since others are not mentioning it, I would guess it depends on where one is listening.

Again... not to take anything away from the song... it is SUPER!

Floyd, I went back to look at one more thing and I did find a couple of places inside one of the mastering plugins that clipped. After fixing it, I did another upload of the song. Would you mind listening to it again and let me know if that solved the problem. I never did hear it through my speakers and earphones. Thanks for letting me know.
Sonny

That fixed it, Sonny.

I agree 100%.

Awesome song.

Trax

Nice song and sound.
Relaxing listening.

Great voice.

Sergio

Thanks Floyd...that's frustrating! I sure appreciate your help.
Sonny

Thanks Scott for the kind comments. That's very encouraging.
Sonny



I will tell Daniel about your comment Sergio...he will appreciate it. Thanks for listening.
Sonny

Sonny and Daniel

I keep coming back to this song for another listen.

You mentioned "A simple song that happens to be a true story"

Well, it may be true (that's great), but I don't think it's so 'simple'

This is a really amazing number. It's catchy and technically perfect because of a great balance between a mix of outstanding melody, lyrics and phrasing.

My only other comment is that the ending seems a little 'unexpected'. Maybe it could resolve a little more predicatively?

You definitely ought to explore other (additional) ways to publicize your talents. Air play maybe?

Trev

Nice, sweet pop tune Sonny!! Simple and pleasant. Your son is a very good singer. Enjoyed much!! Take care. Greg

Thanks Trev, you have a much greater knowledge of the technicalities of music than I do and I always like to hear your comments to others as well as to me. As far as the ending, I am one who likes to sometimes not be predictable(not always) so as to just bring a little spice to a song (but that's just me). Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
I have long given up trying to go the route of the big boys (so political and what they want is usually stuff that I am not interested in). I do appreciate you having that much confidence in what I do.
Thanks again,
Sonny

Thanks Greg for your kind comments, I really do appreciate you letting me know.
Sonny

Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts. It is very encouraging.
Sonny