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All Along (4/20/2017) https://soundcloud.com/lawrence-olivier/all-alongRealTracks in song: 1434:Bass, Electric, JazzFunkPoppy Ev16 110 RealTracks in song: 2448:Guitar, Electric, Background, PopDreamyBrent Ev 085 RealTracks in song: 1408:Piano, SynthLayer, Rhythm Soul70sHeld Ev16 100 RealTracks in song: 2556:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm Pop16thsJoe Ev16 110 RealTracks in song: ~1435:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkGroovinChords Ev16 110 RealDrums in Song: NashvillePop16^2-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride Solo, Me on a Fender Starcaster through a Fender Mustang1; mic Rode M3. with Guitar rig 5 post recording The objectives: I wanted to write something new. I wanted it to be less dense than some of my previous songs like "YaYa Sister" and I wanted to play a guitar solo myself. I haven't played the electric guitar in many years. The writing: After I typed in a few chords and selected a style, I wrote the first line “I can’t remember what happened last December”. As I played BIAB the melody wrote itself. With my Acoustic guitar, I cleaned up the chord progression and then the narrative flowed from that. I had a rhyming scheme from the first verse so I spent a few days editing what I'd written; especially the lazy words like “and”, “but” and the worst offender “just”. The recording: I used the second vocal take and decide to leave in the vocal flaws, but in the end I wound up using around a 30% macro pitch correction from Melodyne. I did eleven takes of the guitar solo. The final solo came from two of those takes and from fixing some timing/phasing issues with computer magic (editing). The mixing: In the process of all of this I somehow stumbled upon Isotope's Neutrino. I've had Ozone 5 since 2013, but all I can say about Neutrino is wow! I used it on every track along with a bit of Sonar's channel tool. I've also been experimenting with varying pre-delay reverb on different tracks for depth. That and some side-chain duc’ing. Thanks for listening.
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Lawrence,
You really know how to consistently turn out exceptionally good material. This sounds excellent. Your writing, your arranging, your playing, your vocals and mixing all weave a wonderful and very engaging aural tapestry. I love the feel of the groove. To my ears it sounded like pop/rock meets reggae meets singer-songwriter... no-one else on here does it quite the way you do!
All the best,
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Lawrence,
My new favorite from you - I love this. An outstanding song, vocal and mix.
You are such a pro!
Bob
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Hi Lawrence.
Stand back Elvis Costello!
Is that guitar a real track? So awesome. Well done!
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Loved the intro. Super vocal and loved the sound of the guitar. Well done
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Lawrence,
Clean, crisp, just so well orchestrated.
This is another winner.
The intro tempts us that there are great things to follow. No one is going to be disappointed.
The guitar work is flawless, everything works just so well, especially including the solo break.
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Lawrence,
My new favorite from you - I love this. An outstanding song, vocal and mix.
You are such a pro!
Bob I also love this! Great prosody in the conversational lyric. Great sound on the guitar solo. Well played. Once again a top shelf vocal. Super mix. I am on my 4th listen. I even like the surprise ending. Fantastic work. Tom
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Lawrence,
Fantastic intro ( if that`s what Neutrino can do for a guitar RT I`m gonna try it!) and an infectious reggae-tinged groove.
The melody floats nicely above. I enjoy the touch of rasp in your vocal too.
Very enjoyable!
Robert
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Lawrence, your track sounds really good!! Especially the vocal and guitar. Great clean beautiful mix! Thanks, Torrey
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Lawrence,
Clean, crisp, just so well orchestrated.
This is another winner.
The intro tempts us that there are great things to follow. No one is going to be disappointed.
The guitar work is flawless, everything works just so well, especially including the solo break. I agree completely with VT! I really liked your vocal and especially your guitar lead. If you haven't played electric guitar is years then I'm afraid of what you could do if you played it every day! I really liked that ending also.
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Hi Lawrence,
This is our favorite from you. Great sound - production, vocal, backing tracks and arrangement. There's a n expressiveness in your vocal that brings out the brilliance of this song. And that reverb guitar, with a touch of tremolo, is perfect fore the piece. Totally loved it!
Alan & Di
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A real stand out - really nice in every way. Love the vocal and well played guitar solo.
Top class.
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Lawrence,
You really know how to consistently turn out exceptionally good material. This sounds excellent. Your writing, your arranging, your playing, your vocals and mixing all weave a wonderful and very engaging aural tapestry. I love the feel of the groove. To my ears it sounded like pop/rock meets reggae meets singer-songwriter... no-one else on here does it quite the way you do!
All the best,
Noel Noel, thank you for the kind and generous comments. They are really appreciated. Lawrence,
My new favorite from you - I love this. An outstanding song, vocal and mix.
You are such a pro!
Bob Bob it's always good to hear from you. Thank you very much. Hi Lawrence.
Stand back Elvis Costello!
Is that guitar a real track? So awesome. Well done! Joanne, the guitar in the intro is a BIAB Dreamy electric. The number is in the OP. Thank you. And I really enjoyed your new song.
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First, a very creative use of the Brent dreamy realtrack. And then the chorus which comes in so nice and rhythmically with again a very nice choice of RTs. And then the vocals... we won't say anything about that, because everyone here on the forum knows they are among the best  Rob and Anne-Marie
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Super job, Lawrence! I like everything about this one. Great arrangement, great production, very well written. Your vocals really do the job on this one. Really enjoyed the guitar solo. Going back for another listen!
Steve
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less dense is a good description,
I love the spaces in between
makes the song breathe, very nice feel
this is a killer song, so good
I never do a perfect vocal and usually keep
about the second pass and don't like to do punch ins
guitar solo sounds great
nice write
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Lawrence,
A real pleasure to listen to.
The opening is really nice - made me look back to see what the guitars, bass and drums were. The mix is excellent - crisp without being too sharp. Tasty fills all over, without ever getting in the way, supportive and interesting. The choice of guitar RTs is a sweet combination.
Nice write. The cadence of the lyric is superb. Makes for a great listen. "..editing ...especially the lazy words like “and”, “but” and the worst offender “just”." That's a lesson that a lot of writers should take to heart. There are no "bumps' in this - falls on the ear perfectly.
Stellar vocal. There were a few spots that I thought it needed to come up very slightly (the rhythm electric pulled my attention).
Great listen.
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Hi Lawrence,
This is our favorite from you. Great sound - production, vocal, backing tracks and arrangement. There's a n expressiveness in your vocal that brings out the brilliance of this song. And that reverb guitar, with a touch of tremolo, is perfect for the piece. Totally loved it!
Alan & Di Back for another listen. We just wanted to double-down on what we said the first time. Just one more thing - Although they are much different groups, we can hear this dine by either The Eagles or Dire Straits. We think the tight harmony of The Eagles would be the next best - after your version. The backing trax are more Dire Straits but the vocal said Don Henley to us. Still, you take to a better tplace than either of them might have. Our opinion, of course, be we're pretty danged confident with it. Alan & Di
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Loved the intro. Super vocal and loved the sound of the guitar. Well done Thank you Scott. Lawrence,
Clean, crisp, just so well orchestrated.
This is another winner.
The intro tempts us that there are great things to follow. No one is going to be disappointed.
The guitar work is flawless, everything works just so well, especially including the solo break. Thank you for listening and for the kind remarks. Lawrence,
My new favorite from you - I love this. An outstanding song, vocal and mix.
You are such a pro!
Bob I also love this! Great prosody in the conversational lyric. Great sound on the guitar solo. Well played. Once again a top shelf vocal. Super mix. I am on my 4th listen. I even like the surprise ending. Fantastic work. Tom Tom, thank you very much. Glad you liked it. Lawrence,
Fantastic intro ( if that`s what Neutrino can do for a guitar RT I`m gonna try it!) and an infectious reggae-tinged groove.
The melody floats nicely above. I enjoy the touch of rasp in your vocal too.
Very enjoyable!
Robert Robert, thank you. And I am very impressed with the Nuetrino. Lawrence, your track sounds really good!! Especially the vocal and guitar. Great clean beautiful mix! Thanks, Torrey Torrey, thank you for the kind words. Lawrence,
Clean, crisp, just so well orchestrated.
This is another winner.
The intro tempts us that there are great things to follow. No one is going to be disappointed.
The guitar work is flawless, everything works just so well, especially including the solo break. I agree completely with VT! I really liked your vocal and especially your guitar lead. If you haven't played electric guitar is years then I'm afraid of what you could do if you played it every day! I really liked that ending also. Mario, thank you. I wasn't sure about that ending but I went with anyway. Glad that it worked for you.
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Lawrence,
This is outstanding. I'll just echo the others here. This feels like a record, not just a recording. Well done.
Regards,
Bob
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