Hi, Ron.

Originally Posted by DC Ron
Nicely done, David. Cool story and authentic sounding (to me) Appalachian-style arrangement.
Thanks!

The nice thing about this forum is that if there's major issues, someone will tell me. And with synth vocals, it's not difficult to make corrections.

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Particularly love the dramatic build and the role of the vocal harmony arrangement.
The truth is I'll generally write harmonies for the entire song, whether they'll be used or not. It's tedious, but fun to hear, especially since I'm not good at singing harmonies - I'm easily swayed by the main melody. But hearing and being able to sing simple intervals is something I want to work on.

Then I have to scale the harmonies way back, because - to my ear - they sound so cool, I'll often overuse them. I went through a lot of iterations, each one with less and less harmony, because it makes them that much more effective when they finally do come in.

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Your descriptions often READ like the song should sound tortured, but they never do. This is very slick and enjoyable end-to-end. So...kudos!
I'm glad the song didn't reflect the process - it shouldn't. It's like those musicians that make it so easy when they play those arpeggios across the keyboards. It looks so easy! I guess that's why guitarists make those weird faces when they're playing those solos. laugh

Thanks for stopping 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?