A Lover's Prayer (Blues) - PG Music Forums

A Lover's Prayer

Hi Folks,

Here's a soulful Blues song.

Vocals - Nigel Spiers
Backing instruments and organ from the Band In A Box style: CURTISM.STY.
Drums: JazzFunkGroovin^5
Bass: Midi 34 Finger Electric Bass
Guitar: Real Track 1236
Organ: Real Track 673
EPiano: Midi

Music, Lyrics, Mixing and Mastering - Nigel Spiers

This has a nice arrangement, narrative and melody Nigel.
The bass is cool - origins of reggae note choice wise.
The vocal doesn't work for me though...sounds a little like a pastiche verging on parody.

Hello Nigel,

A strong intro!
A good soulfull Blues!
Nice organ!
And wonderfull vocals!

But skip the girl out of your head, she made you mad ;-)

Hans

Hi Hans,

Thanks for your comments and glad you liked the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Good, solid blues tune. The vocal reminded me of Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, which is good company. Fine work all the way around.

A cool tune!! Everything in the whole production is well done.....sounds pro to me!! Nice work!! Take care. Greg

Very cool tune. Loved the B3. Super vocal. Excellent mix. Drums were set perfect.

Sounds great to me, Nigel.

Great sound on all the instruments; love the sound you are getting on the B3 realtrack, did you add processing to that? Good vocal too.

Good song, wish I had written it

Hello Nigel
Really good song
Since you have BiaB great exploited
The singing is absolutely great
just like the organ
Many greetings
Andi ;-)

Strong soulful band, the organ and the electric piano work great together. Enjoyable vocals express nicely the desperate prayer, reminds me of Tom Jones.

Janne

Nigel,

Love the organ opening!

Very solid backing track. Drums and Bass sound good. Well mixed.

Cool organ solo, too.

A listening treat.

fj

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your comments.

No - the organ is straight "out of the box" BIAB Real Track by Chris Nole (green version) with just a large room reverb added and phrases edited in my DAW.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Tunemonger,

Thanks for your thoughts and I will look up Rick Estrin and the Nightcats now.

Best Regards
Nigel

Opens strong and builds from there!
Powerful vocal on this one, love the soulful articulation.

Very cool!

Moto

Nigel

Really well done with the organ and a nice overall arrangement (vocal reminded me of Amos Garrett).

Peter

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your thoughts - glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Right from the opening B3 I was hooked. Great vocal, Nigel. The organ and electric piano work perfectly together. Soulful blues at its best. Excellent band and the perfect mix.

Hi Scott,

Glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Nigel
nice character vocals.
good break at 2/26..nice idea.
maybe i'm biased towards doubling vocs...
but just an idea for some time points in the song.

that chuggin song of yours imho is your gold hit.
a fabulous song nigel thats got it all.
it should be on radio the world over imho.

best to you
om

This is a big wow! What a song and what a performance. Love the quality/timbre of your voice.

Nigel, love that B3.

I love the groove here. Your vocal was outstanding. The mix was spot on. Super breaks!

I love the blues and you hit this blues song right out of the park! Outstanding work!

Hi Andi,

Thanks for your kind comments and glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

What to say that hasn't already been said?

Love your vocal!

Hi Janee,

Thanks for your comments. Tom Jones - one of my favourite arrists.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Floyd,

Thanks for your king thoughts - much appreciated.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Om,

Thanks for your kind thoughts - much appreciated.

Yes Chuggin is still one of my favourite songs and I have recently remixed it. The Bass is hopefully in the right place in the mix now.

You can hear the revised version at Soundcloud.com

Best Regards
Nigel

Nigel,

Terrific work on this . . . love that organ—really sets the blues tone. And your vocal just sells the rest. Outstanding!

All my best to you,

Deej

Great job. Your voice has a real professional sheen to it - as does the whole track, actually - from the writing to the crisp production. Bravo.

Nigel,

Awesome blues song. Love the arrangement, mix and vocal.

Bob

Hello Nigel ...

Man, that was a strong Blues number! It's hard to beat a B3 when you're talking Blues. You tamed that puppy just enough - the vocal and the B3 stole the show. That was a great listen - thanks! best to you ...

Alan

Little more R&B feel for us ... but that's a good thing.

Nice work on comping that B3 track. A little cut/paste/note alteration in the DAW can indeed enable an RT to work more specifically for your production.

Nice mix and a strong emotive vocal.

Well done,

J&B

Nigel,
Cool tune. Interesting blend of styles. Fun vocals, especially spoken part ~2:25. Enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.

Misha.

Hi Ezekiel,

Thanks for your kind comments - much appreciated.

Best Regards
Nigel

Love this Nigel. It's got that Dr. John New Orleans feel. Nice Track !!

Hi Mario,

Glad you enjoyed the song. That Chris Nole is a real whizz on the organ.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Deej,

Thank you for your very kind comments - much appreciated.

Best Regards
Nigel

Man, this sounds great.

Very soulful indeed.

Excellent instrumentation and performance Nigel.

Nigel Spiers,

The B3 organ is very nice.
It's perfect for this song.
Especially the intro is wonderful.
Your narrative vocals with are very good.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hi,

Thanks for your comments and glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Bob,

Glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Alan,

Glad you enjoyed the song and thanks for your kind comments. Yes I'm hoping to have some more B3 Real Tracks to play with in the next BIAB release.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Janice & Bud,

Glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Misha,

Glad your enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel

Hi Henry, David & Shigeki,

Thanks for your kind thoughts - glad you enjoyed the song.

Best Regards
Nigel