Originally Posted By: floyd jane
A nice ear-grabbing opening...a bit of a Herb-Albert-vibe to it.

Hi, floyd jane.

I'll take Herb Albert "sounds like" references all day long! I know he's not the best trumpeter in the business, but his "sound" is what's in my head. Even if it was Chuck Findley on most of those Carpenters albums. smile

I wasn't sure the intro would fit - it's not really related to the rest of the song - but I'm happy with how it turned out.

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(Forgive the "sounds like" references) - the rest of the song has a Bacharach-David sound/feel (both high standards - that you easily met). Killer melody.

Flattery will get you everywhere - especially if you mention Bacharach. Do continue. wink

Speaking of Burt, he's recently release a new short album with David Tashian called Blue Umbrella.

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Great backbone (drums and bass). The overall mix is excellent.

You know I'm always thinking of you when I'm working on those instruments.

I'm happy to hear it gets your stamp of approval.

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THE best vocaloid I've ever heard. (admittedly, I haven't heard a LOT). I can understand every word without reading lyrics. The vocal inflections are getting might close to "natural".

I've heard a lot, so I'll apply the metaphorical grain of salt.

But it's good to hear that I'm going in the right direction, especially with expression. I tend to lean in a bit too much with the breathiness. I think it will do me good to spend some time listening to real singers and taking notes.

I'm happy to hear it's intelligible! That's always a big goal of mine. The "Pro" version of the editor offers alternate phonemes, but sometimes (fortunately not that often) the singer flubs a particular combination, so it can take a bit of work to get her to sing it right.

As I mentioned elsewhere, if there are specific things about the vocal that stick out as "wrong", that would be good to know. In the end, the performance is still going to be "off". There are some things I just wasn't sure of because I'm not used to working with a voice that can go that high.

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A solid write.

Good to hear, especially from you. smile

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment!

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?