Hi, all:

I’d like to think as a singer-songwriter I have a fair understanding of what I do well, and . . . well . . . what I don’t. So when I wrote this song—a throwback in the spirit of classic American Standards—I pretty much knew it would never see the light of day without some help. It needed a crooner—something far removed from my vocal styling—and I really felt it was more suited to a female vocalist . . . not to mention a better arranger and producer than I could pretend to be.

So I reached out to David Cuny, not only for his exceptional production skills, which I always admired . . . but also for his outstanding work with AI vocals (i.e., “vocaloids”). I was thrilled when David agreed to bring his immeasurable talents to bear, and tried my best to give him complete creative control over the arrangement and production.

He surprised me with his choices. He amazed me by taking the song in directions I may not have. He just flat out delivered . . . again, on a song that would never have been but for his passion and talent. My immense and heartfelt thanks to him. (And, yes, I warned him that if he let me post this song I would gush endlessly about him! No complaining, David!).

Here are David’s Notes on the production. I will refer you to the lyrics on SoundCloud, given the length of my post. Beyond that, I’ll let the song sing for itself, and hope that you enjoy it as much as I love listening to it.

My best to you all,

Deej

Here is the song:

SOMEDAY

Here are David C’s notes on the production:

The Details
Deej did all the hard work of writing the song, singing it, and creating a backing track in BiaB.
I imported Deej's vocals into SynthesizerV and manually edited it.
I added a BiaB piano part to give it some variety to the arrangement. It's a combination of the regular track and held chords.
I made a few adjustments to the drums (the kick was a bit loud in places) and bass (to remove a few beats), but nothing major.
The trumpet part was played on my EWI.
I used the Fame Studio reverb to try to place all the instruments in a "real" space, and chose the Master Buss FX to try to be sort of "vintage" sounding.

RealTracks
1386:Bass, Acoustic, Jazz Ballad Sw 085 (Very Simple)
487:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Ballad Sw 085
2804:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzBalladCompOlly12-key Sw 085
JazzSwingLewis^01-a:Brushes, Snare , b:Brushes Swirl, Busy Snare

Effects Chain
Master Buss: Greg Wells ToneCentric, HoRNet Master Tool, Greg Wells MixCentric (Mix Fairydust)
Vocal: SynthesizerV (Natalie), Ghz Vulf Compressor, Greg Wells VoiceCentric (Lead Vocal)
Vocal FX: Valhalla VintageVerb (Chamber), Abbey Roads Plates (Smooth Vocal)
Piano: RealTrack, Ghz Vulf Compressor, Fame Studio (Studio Live, Piano)
Bass: RealTrack, Fame Studio (Studio A Live, Bass)
Drums: RealTrack, Fame Studio (Studio A Live, Drums)
Guitar: RealTrack, TrackSpacer, Fame Studio (Studio A Live, Guitar)
Trumpet: The Trumpet (Trumpet), Fame Studio (Studio B Live, Bass/Gtrs), Fame Studio (Chamber)

Last edited by Deej56; 08/16/24 02:47 AM.