Hi, all:

“Everyone Says” was the third song I ever did using BAIB . . . almost five years ago. At that time, I still had the basic version of the software with limited real track selection. While the song as a whole came out OK (relatively speaking), it had a couple of flaws.

First off, the vocal was a tad high end and strained on some of the high notes. The original also didn’t have any backing vocals, so they were added here.

Second, with limited selection, on the original I ended up using the Dire guitar solo (RT511). Melodically, after some major comping, it worked well, but the tone of the guitar didn’t quite mesh. Oddly enough, I still had that problem on the redo. I think I auditioned every lead solo track twice over before settling on this one (which still required a fair bit of comping).

Beyond that, I retained only the Rock Southern rhythm guitar, changing out the drums, bass and dropping the track on which I played acoustic guitar.

I’m not going to link to the original version, because again I’m less concerned about comparatives and more about whether this version works on its own . . . but for the curious few the original is still on my main SoundCloud page (about seven from the bottom).

Thanks in advance for the listen and would appreciate as always any feedback on the mix!

Deej

Here’s the song:

EVERYONE SAYS (Revisited)

Here are the lyrics:

You belong right here, right next to me.
You were wrong, my dear, to ever leave
You know I never meant to hurt you that way
You may be gone but you’re coming back someday

Cause everyone says
You’re just a little bitten
Everyone says, you’re twice shy;
Everyone says, our love’s been ever written
In the stars and spelled across the skies

Seems you took off love when we’d just begun
Can’t we both concede the mistakes of the young
Let regrets roll off both our shoulders
We were kids but now we’re older

And everyone says
your just a little kitten,
everyone says, you need time
everyone says, that girl I’m on a mission
your sweet love is all that I desire.

All our friends know us so much better
They all say we should stay together
Don’t you think true love is worth a try

You know I never meant to hurt you that way
But you’ll be back, it’s all that they all say.

Yeah, everyone says
You’re just a little bitten
Everyone says, you’re twice shy
Everyone says, it’s obvious you’re smitten
Destiny is on our side
I just don’t see why you try and fight it
I can’t believe that this could be goodbye

And here’s the band:

RealTracks 1417: Bass, Electric, RootsRock
RealTracks 3163: Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm BluesyPopSteady8ths
RealTracks 384: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Rock Southern
RealTracks 2690: Guitar, Electric, Soloist Slow16thsPopBrentSimple
RealDrums: Rock8ths^02