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thanks Greg and David - I will work on the vocal processing

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Hi Bob,

This is a really lovely song. The writing is very strong and the presentation is excellent.

I notice that some people have commented on the vocals. It is because of this that I mention the following in case it is useful information.

A vocal processing technique that I picked up a little while back is presented below. Even if you don't use Reaper as your DAW, the technique will be able to translate to other software.



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I have found that, like the video shows, manually adjusting volume before adding a compressor is definitely the way to go. It usually takes me an hour to get done but, for me, it's time well spent. During this process, I also modify the volume of those words that are not loud (e.g. or, and, with, in, etc.) so that they sit at appropriate conversation levels with the surrounding words.

Once I have the vocal track sitting at a good volume with prepositions, conjunctions, softer syllables on multi-syllable words, etc. adjusted to reflect conversation levels, I add a hint of compression.

I hope the above information is of some help in some way.

At the end of the day, I really enjoyed listening to your creation. It is a real credit to your strong songwriting abilities.

All the best,
Noel


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Thanks Noel

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Still a lovely song.


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thanks for the feedback on this. This is one of my favorites

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The original link to SoundCloud is broken-- I have asked the PGMusic staff for their help.
Bob

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Thank PG staff for fixing the broken links to SoundCloud

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Another great song. Well done


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Beautiful song. well done!


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Thanks Greg.

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"I'm not great at mixing and mastering" he said, moments before blowing the audience away

Man, that was AWESOME! Reminiscent of Miranda Lambert's HOUSE THAT BUILT ME, in terms of the underlying message. You benefit from the strong emotional bond felt by everyone who has ever invested years of their life in a place, with all the attached memories... then moved away. Part of the song writing process involves finding ways to get the listener to identify with your song, but in this case you just sort of inherit a ton of that from your topic. Well played, my friend... well played.

I've used BIAB long enough to know that its rare to press a button and generate what you hear in your head. The tasty presentation of each instrument suggests to me that you put some time into this, and it shows.

Nice! I look forward to hearing more from you.

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Wow Pat. Thanks for taking time to share your feedback. Very much appreciate it.

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