SONG TITLE : "ROCK ALONG THE COASTAL HIGHWAY"....
(A SONG TRIBUTE TO MY LOVELY WIFE WHO ENCOURAGES MY SONG CRAZINESS..lol.)

ARTIST : moi..ALF-L..(a lad from london (c) 2015)
****BEFORE PLAYING THE SONG PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING.****
1. due to the variety of playback systems out there. watch your levels till comfortable with song.
2. feel free to critique the song. please use good earbuds. apologies if the listener hates the song.
this is my first ever public airing of the song. is it good enough ? well i like it...lol.
3. like all my songs , i used the biab/rb/reaper combo to create this one. (ive done about 90 original songs useing this combo over many years.)
4. people have asked me for more production details in past songs ive posted.
let me explain why i'm unable to do that, much as i would like to......
awhile back i had very serious surgery i wont bore people with, which i came through thankfully.
(i'm fit as a fiddle now and hope to stay that way.)
as a result (due to this darn world covid situation) my doctors want to protect me /the surgery success and have me isolated with just my wife. ...and limit any interraction with other people which might impact me.
but all my darn song production details are backed up in other locations, which i cant get to right now.
i only have final song stereo mixes here. so please understand.
5. i like to sing in many different vocal styles. this is just one of them. very experimental this one.

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE SONG>>>>>
https://soundcloud.com/user-302791555/coasthwaycalfl2015

SONG DETAILS.
1. this song is about things i like and dont like. the vocals in this song are very very "experimental".
i like to experiment with different voc styles and "characters"...and see what works best. i always try and do a vocal style that i feel the song deserves.
whether i chose the right vocal style for this song...only the listener can confirm that via critique/comment.

i like it, but maybe others wont. which brings me to a point i would like to make.....
ive heard/met too many songwriters never finalising a song cos they are concerned bout criticism from the rest of the world. i personally dont think this is healthy. so what i do is work very hard on a song till i like it...then i hope other people do. if they dont i just take my lumps...lol.
2. the "little fills" guitar on one side of the image was me going for character once again.
this involved a ton of editing. and experimentation.
i really like those fills...hope others do also.
i like the harmonica in the song from biab. i hope others do also. it took a bit of editing.
i'm all about finding "golden nuggets of sound" and i'm always striving for "character" in my tracks..
3. the song is a tribute to my dear wife who puts up with all my song craziness...lol.
amongst several topics, the vocs talk about how i would like a British caterham sports car and take my lovely wife for lots of jaunts in it along coastal highways. with the wind in our hair,
(and of course some great classic rock playing on the radio...lol).
4. i was lucky to be allowed a couple of years back to play the song on high end adam speakers, as i cant afford high end monitoring. i really liked the adams. very impressive speakers.
i also like tannoy dual concentrics. it played well on the adams.
5. i worked very hard on a "character" ending. i like it. but others might not.
ie the "woo" 's at the end.
ive wrestled with how to categorise the music genre of this song...listener got any ideas ?
country pop maybe ?

best and happiness to all.
oldmuso (ALF-L....a lad from london.)

my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)