Hello everyone

This is another song that we recorded a few years ago using a keyboard for backing tracks. I completely reworked the music using BIAB - I then added the vocals from the original tracks. I played acoustic rhythm guitar but everything else is BIAB. My friend Dewayne wrote the lyrics and sings all the vocals.

Thanks
Mike


http://soundcloud.com/mred/back-to-yesterday

Your vocal is superb. Sort of a mix between Rod Stewart and Journey. Love the classic rock feel, fits the song perfect. Harmonies are right on. Thanks for sharing!


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Thanks PG for listening and for the comments. It really is enjoyable putting together a project like this with all the tools available.

Mike

Hi Mike,

What a great song! Everything about it is excellent: the writing, the arranging, the singing, the production - all top notch! The work is a real credit to you and Dewayne. It sounded like something that could sit well with a large number of singers. If it hasn't yet made its way into the realm of professional artists, it sure has the potential to do so.

All the best,
Noel

Mike,

Very cool. Agree with what everyone has said... great vocals on this.

Bob

Noel & Bob

Thank you for listening and for the kind words. Dewayne and I have recorded a lot of songs over the years and I like being able to take the vocals from those recordings, adding new music with BIAB and then mixing it in Sonar. We are working on some other projects but it's a slow process.

Thanks again
Mike

I agree, it's a very strong tune and a nice, heartfelt vocal. You must have had a metronome going with the original keyboard part because the BIAB parts fit the vocal perfectly.

One thing I would like to hear is a bit more change-up in the drum part or maybe some change in instrument or strum style or something for verse 2 and the bridge. You can hear the BIAB string-like pad come in, probably the B style which does change the drum part and fills somewhat. Maybe add some tambourine? I just like to hear things changing and building a bit more. Also the drums are a bit muffled in the mix.

(One thing I did on my recent "Drambuie" was to bring in the MIDI drum part along with the exported RealTracks into Sonar X1 - this way I could see what the drummer was playing and add a few strategic cymbal hits I wanted to hear on some transitions, using drum sounds from SD3 or in my case EZDrummer.)

But these are minor things - overall it's a very cool song.

Thanks,
Bruce

Hello Bruce

Thanks for your post and suggestions. The original music track was created with a workstation that included backing tracks and therefore a metronome wasn't necessary as the timing was automatic.

Thanks for listening.

Mike

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Hi Mike,

What a great song! Everything about it is excellent: the writing, the arranging, the singing, the production - all top notch! The work is a real credit to you and Dewayne. It sounded like something that could sit well with a large number of singers. If it hasn't yet made it's way into the realm of professional artists, it sure has the potential to do so.

All the best,
Noel

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A BIG +1.

Two thumbs up.