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Hello, Lawrence.
Thank you for this little gem.
Quite enjoyable in a poignant sort of way.
Thanks for the music,
Dan
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There are an awful lot of things to like about this. Aside from the outstanding vocal performance and the excellent choice and editing of the real tracks, the part I like best is the mix of conversational lyrics with strong poetic imagery. Just flat out beautiful. What a great listening experience. Bravo Lawrence, Tom
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"I turn the key and head on down the road/ and wave goodbye to Harlequin my crow
sometimes I think there ain't a thing in this world he don't know/ a philosopher that flies both high and low
I travel by the stars at night, I sleep during the day/ where ever my heart takes me is where I stop to stay
I study on just how my path got turned around this way/ I think I'm gonna vanish today
and oh come a rain/ a cold wind blowing my way"
Poetry...period.
Poetry and one of the strongest vocals I've ever heard here
here is a potent mix. A vocal that "milks it dry" but never
goes overboard, i.e., talent AND taste.
When wrapped up with an effective RT selection and mix
you've gotten a production to be extremely proud of!
And, for us, another fine song to add to the SC playlist!
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Lawrence,
A terrific write.
"I put all of my money in this truck/ the seller said that she would bring me luck
but most days she just sleep there in my yard/ I don't think she could really get me far"
...nice.
Nice arrangement. I like how you brought the accordion in at the end in such a subtle way. Good build throughout.
"and oh come a rain/ a cold wind blowing my way"
- love your vocal on that...
Enjoyed.
floyd Thank you floyd. This is one of those songs that I don't know where the lyrics came from. Except that as I wrote it I tried to give it a narrative progression, a movement forward from the preceding verse. Musically after I pick out a few chords and a vibe but before I wrote the lyrics I knew that I wanted to put a long held note somewhere in the melody. Lawrence - Beautiful stuff. Am I hearing Katrina in that Harlequin reference? I love a lyric that makes me think. I hardly ever do that any more.  Love that thing you got goin on. Regards, Bob Bob, thank you and that's a good question that I don't really have an answer for. I will say that those memories are forever ingrained in my poetic morass. Lawrence - This is just terrific. What an excellent write. Sometimes I wish I could also just vanish for a few hours. Great song. Great vocals. Great production. What else can I say. Josie, thank you for the kind words. Hi Lawrence.
I just came across this at approaching midnight here in the UK.
I listened to this first of all on the headphones and then, for some reason I'm not sure about, I put it up on the main monitors and turned off all the lights. That's definitely the way to listen to this song. A very moving an eerie experience indeed.
I'm still not sure whether to take the lyrics at face value, or to treat them as one long metaphor, but either way it's an impressive piece of writing.
ROG. Thank you Rog. I think it is of the metaphor variety. I was looking for more haunting than sad so lights out seems appropriate. Hello, Lawrence.
Thank you for this little gem.
Quite enjoyable in a poignant sort of way.
Thanks for the music,
Dan Dan, you're welcome and thank you for taking time to listen and for the kind words. There are an awful lot of things to like about this. Aside from the outstanding vocal performance and the excellent choice and editing of the real tracks, the part I like best is the mix of conversational lyrics with strong poetic imagery. Just flat out beautiful. What a great listening experience. Bravo Lawrence, Tom Tom, you are very kind. Thank you. "I turn the key and head on down the road/ and wave goodbye to Harlequin my crow
sometimes I think there ain't a thing in this world he don't know/ a philosopher that flies both high and low
I travel by the stars at night, I sleep during the day/ where ever my heart takes me is where I stop to stay
I study on just how my path got turned around this way/ I think I'm gonna vanish today
and oh come a rain/ a cold wind blowing my way"
Poetry...period.
Poetry and one of the strongest vocals I've ever heard here
here is a potent mix. A vocal that "milks it dry" but never
goes overboard, i.e., talent AND taste.
When wrapped up with an effective RT selection and mix
you've gotten a production to be extremely proud of!
And, for us, another fine song to add to the SC playlist!
J&B Thank you. I swerved into the idea of introducing Harlequin the crow and the lines about him. I don't know where it came from but my suspicion is that it was inspired by Townes some how.
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Hi Lawrence,
This is definitely another winner!
The guitars sound wonderful, a beautiful mixture of RT's
Top notch vocals as always.
Rob
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Hi Lawrence,
This is definitely another winner!
The guitars sound wonderful, a beautiful mixture of RT's
Top notch vocals as always.
Rob Thank you very much!
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Listened again (and it was a pleasure). I liked the vocal processing better. And, let me say again...What a vocal performance...you nailed it! Take care. Greg
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Listened again (and it was a pleasure). I liked the vocal processing better. And, let me say again...What a vocal performance...you nailed it! Take care. Greg Well thank you for the input. It was a situation of addition by subtraction of some of the effects that I had added.
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Lawrence,
This is one of the best written melancholy songs I've ever heard on this forum. Prosody doesn't get any better.
For me, the mix has too much going on in the center which is fighting the vocal impact. It also sounds eq'd just a little bright for the dark mood of the song - but hey mixes are so subjective....
Great song and vocal.
Well done!
Josie
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Lawrence,
This is one of the best written melancholy songs I've ever heard on this forum. Prosody doesn't get any better.
For me, the mix has too much going on in the center which is fighting the vocal impact. It also sounds eq'd just a little bright for the dark mood of the song - but hey mixes are so subjective....
Great song and vocal.
Well done!
Josie Josie, thank you. That is very kind of you. I'm glad that you commented on the instrument panning. I am experimenting on exactly that aspect of my mixing. I felt that I had fallen into a rut of doubling the guitar then panning them hard left and right and building a mix from that starting point. So I decided to try and brake the habit by doing something that to me is the opposite. A single guitar in the middle (with a slight 10% pan left). I sent everything to a bus where I side-chain compressed all the instruments to the vocal in an attempt to get the vocal to step out. As for the eq it's interesting that it sounded high to you as I made an effort to emphasize the lows lol! That just go to show how different we all hear things. Thank you again for commenting.
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Lawrence,
I can relate to the lyrics
Your vocals as usual are excellent
thoroughly enjoyed
a haunting song,
ALyn
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Lawrence,
I can relate to the lyrics
Your vocals as usual are excellent
thoroughly enjoyed
a haunting song,
ALyn Thank you Alyn.
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I like how the theme is consistent throughout. Really nice story telling. Having the photo of the crow in the bare tree and crows mentioned in the song ties everything together well.
I don't know if you have someone riding the fader while you record your vocal tracks but you get a lot of dynamics in your vocal track without clipping. Nice. You have a nice voice to listen to.
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I like how the theme is consistent throughout. Really nice story telling. Having the photo of the crow in the bare tree and crows mentioned in the song ties everything together well.
I don't know if you have someone riding the fader while you record your vocal tracks but you get a lot of dynamics in your vocal track without clipping. Nice. You have a nice voice to listen to. Thank you Jim. With this one I experimented with side-chain compression. I ran all the tracks to a Bus and compressed the bus to the vocal.
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