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#277911 - 01/03/15 08:40 AM [User Showcase] She Makes It Look Easy
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida	Happy New Year, Y'all!!! Let's line up a few guitars... RealTracks in style: ~519:Bass, Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 380:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Syncopated Sugar Ev 102 RealTracks in song: 998:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLACrispSync Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 997:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLACrispArp Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 805:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm DrivingCountryBalladClean Ev 065 (B:held) RealTracks in song: 1000:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLAFuzzyHeld Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 1513:Guitar, Electric, Soloist CountryBrent Ev 065 RealTracks in song: ~669:Guitar, Slide, Background EasySouthern Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 1260:Guitar, Electric, Soloist PopShining Ev 120 RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven8^6-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat Open SHE MAKES IT LOOK EASY no one likes leaving somebody hurt broken-hearted and crying you try everything to make it work sometimes you can't stop love from dying piece by piece it rips you up inside it's a hard thing to say goodbye she makes it look easy like it's a natural thing to do she makes it look easy tearing my world in two i never thought she had it in her to do it she walked away like there was nothing to it she's breaking my heart and she makes it look easy friday nights she's stepping out she's with somebody new carrying on in a corner booth the way that we used to it's killing me she's moved on acting like there's nothing wrong she makes it look easy like it's a natural thing to do she makes it look easy tearing my world in two i never thought she had it in her to do it she walked away like there was nothing to it she's breaking my heart and she makes it look easy i never thought she had it in her to do it she walked away like there was nothing to it she's breaking my heart and she makes it look easy she's breaking my heart and she makes it look easy Comments welcomed and encouraged. Thanks for listening. floyd _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#277925 - 01/03/15 09:13 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 6456 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 6456 Loc: South Carolina	Wow Floyd, I really like this song, really think it's a great mix between the vocals and instruments levels. I would like to hear a touch more bass. It is the only thing sitting back in the mix to me. This is some of your best vocals I've heard, and the backing vocals are spot on. You've got the Tom Adams drums thumpin' --- Nice. It seems you mastered this song differently than others in the recent path. The overall level is higher and the high end EQ is much brighter and becomes somewhat harsh with the volume turned up. Doesn't effect how much I enjoyed this song and the fact of how professionally the instrumentation and vocals, lead and background were done. Overall, another outstanding job. Charlie _________________________ BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2021:RB 2021, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.
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#277927 - 01/03/15 09:30 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3078 Loc: wales gibson Veteran Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3078 Loc: wales	floyd You make it look easy, like it's a natural thing to do Yep I believe that, excellent track. As Charlie says the mix seems very clear, a good mix between you and the backing. I like the effect at 2.55ish when the 2 solos play and it sounded to me that someone ad-libed something in the background. I re-listened to it a few times and it is the 2 guitars BUT.... You hit 2015 with the bar set high Alyn _________________________ My showcase songs My story
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#277930 - 01/03/15 09:36 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815 Kemmrich Expert Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815	Ha, ha -- eight (count 'em) real track guitars in there!! You make it sound so easy, but your songs never sound like they are BIAB. The nuances and subtleties that you (supposedly) can only get from real playing are always there in your mixes. I don't know how you do it, but it sounds great. Fine lyrics and super vocals, too. _________________________ Now at bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh @ bandcamp or soundcloud: Kevin @ soundcloud
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#277933 - 01/03/15 10:00 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 09/27/10 Posts: 4321 Loc: Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran Registered: 09/27/10 Posts: 4321 Loc: Sacramento, California	Hi, floyd. So much to like here! Solid writing with the typical grace you bring to the lyrics. There's a nice interplay between short and long lines that propels the song ahead. I like the way the chorus starts out like a list, which allows repetition of the title as well as setting up an abab form only to have you unbalance things with a pair of cc lines, which allows the chorus to end with another repeat of the title. Slick and solid, but it comes across as natural. The concept is clever as well, building sympathy for the singer without vilifying the ex and not making the singer sound whiney. She's not a bad person, it's just that he can't let go. Nicely done. Add to that some great singing, instrumentation and mix and you've got me sounding like a fanboy. Your style is entirely different than mine, but I'm taking notes and stealing whatever ideas I can! -- David _________________________ -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
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#277938 - 01/03/15 10:23 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/12/11 Posts: 3275 Loc: York, England ROG Veteran Registered: 12/12/11 Posts: 3275 Loc: York, England	Hi Floyd. How is it that no one has mentioned the Eagles yet? Surely I'm not the only one transported back to the days of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Lying Eyes". This is classy stuff. So many guitar RTs in there and yet it doesn't sound over-produced at all. Everything comes and goes just as it should do and the overall impression is of a band that has played together for many years. Great vocals as usual and super harmony and BVs which seemed more prominent this time. We don't mention the mix any more, do we? And yes, I put it up on the big Tannoys and it ROCKED. ROG. _________________________ Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.
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#277949 - 01/03/15 10:58 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 01/23/09 Posts: 103 Loc: Massachusetts BruceI Apprentice Registered: 01/23/09 Posts: 103 Loc: Massachusetts	I couldn't remember if this one was from "On the Border" or "One of These Nights," but then it hit me that it's not the Eagles at all! Wow, Floyd, what an awesome track! I couldn't help but think Eagles after just a few seconds. But it actually sounds like a great original tune that happens to have a few Eagles-like characteristics (which I happen to love). Hard to believe all those guitars are playing so well together and are all BIAB! Solid and driving. Great mix (maybe a tad more bass). But the vocals really seal the deal. Very smooth and tight. Good start to the year! Third listen now... Thanks, Bruce _________________________ SoundCloud Blog: Music of the Spheres Tools: BIAB 2015, Sonar X3, various iPhone/iPad apps
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#277952 - 01/03/15 11:09 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/12/12 Posts: 2685 Loc: South Africa JoanneCooper Veteran Registered: 05/12/12 Posts: 2685 Loc: South Africa	Hi Floyd - This is up to your usual high standard. Just as I have come to expect every time I press play on one of your new songs. Just love your mixes and your vocals are just wonderful. You keep us all going on this forum. You make it look so easy! _________________________ https://www.joannecooper.co.za https://www.playiit.com https://www.playiit.com/free-songbook https://www.facebook.com/groups/song.a.day.challenge
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#277974 - 01/03/15 12:29 PM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 11/15/14 Posts: 313 Loc: Belgium FredM Journeyman Registered: 11/15/14 Posts: 313 Loc: Belgium	Floyd, Here goes... One could hear a fairly straightforward song structure, lyrics, melody lines. Like the last one, just a simple song, a decievingly simple song that keeps playing it's tune long after the headphones have gone off. Floyd, I bet you had a lot of fun putting all these guitars in place, in line, in the right sequence. Vocals and mix nicely balanced. (and needless to say well sung) A challenge to showcase the possibilities of BIAB, putting layer on layer on layer... and making it sound all natural. That's the main goal of this forum I suppose, and you did a great job, again Don't like to be in the shoes of the storyteller tough G Fred
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#277984 - 01/03/15 01:04 PM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: Charlie Fogle]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: c_fogle Wow Floyd, I really like this song, really think it's a great mix between the vocals and instruments levels. I would like to hear a touch more bass. It is the only thing sitting back in the mix to me. This is some of your best vocals I've heard, and the backing vocals are spot on. You've got the Tom Adams drums thumpin' --- Nice. It seems you mastered this song differently than others in the recent path. The overall level is higher and the high end EQ is much brighter and becomes somewhat harsh with the volume turned up. Doesn't effect how much I enjoyed this song and the fact of how professionally the instrumentation and vocals, lead and background were done. Overall, another outstanding job. Charlie Charlie - Thanks for pointing that out. I had originally mixed this some time ago and remixed it this morning before I posted it and had neglected the bass - I was tweaking the drums, harmonies and solos and the bass got lost in the dust. I did another mix to bring the bass up. I also dropped the hi EQ some in the mastering process. It has been uploaded but I haven't been able to hear it yet because my cache won't flush - even though I go through the steps to do that - it will eventually..... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#277988 - 01/03/15 01:21 PM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 6327 Loc: Davis, CA Greg Johnson Veteran Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 6327 Loc: Davis, CA	On a forum of such skilled listeners, it's hard not to repeat things when you don't there early. I also hear a lot of Eagles (And I love the Eagles). I think it really hits with that solo at the first chorus (I'm guessing that's the shining pop soloist), and the BGs really reinforce it. The production is excellent, and all the guitars work beautifully together. If I was going to play with anything, I might make the BGs a little louder and/or boosted in the highs, and/or possibly a little wetter. They sound great but I feel they could be brought out a bit more somehow. As for the songwriting....Masterful! Another excellent tune, expertly delivered!! Take care. Greg
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#278001 - 01/03/15 02:48 PM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 02/11/05 Posts: 2646 Loc: Kentucky PgFantastic Veteran Registered: 02/11/05 Posts: 2646 Loc: Kentucky	Superb lyrics, outstanding vocal performance and the mix is superb as usual. thanks for sharing! _________________________ My Tunes Psalm 57:7 My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
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#278030 - 01/03/15 05:03 PM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7785 Guitarhacker Veteran Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7785	So many cool things about this.... Loved Brent's solo where he switched from solo to dual notes and back... something I enjoy doing as well... The mixing of clean and dirty tracks was well done. It's not easy to have 8 guitar tracks and end up with a clean well balanced mix as you did with this. the tendency of most folks would be to try to use the guitars more.... I like that you used restraint. The right thing at the right time. The interesting thing is that there were obviously so many different ways you could have mixed this and none of them would have been wrong, better or worse... just different. The slide at the end was perfectly placed. Overall writing was good as was the vox. Great way to start the new year off the right way. Edit: there was one thing that stood out to me. In the pause between the first verse into the chorus, everything's as smooth as it needs to be.... when it comes around again on the second verse...pause...chorus.... the first chorus chord is rushed slightly. Oh yeah... that slide has a definite David Lindley vibe to it..... Jackson Brown... Running on Empty album..... If you haven't heard that album.... do yourself a huge favor....get it. Edit 2: did I mention I like this song alot? Edited by Guitarhacker (01/03/15 05:12 PM) _________________________ You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. As the sword chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer.
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#278066 - 01/04/15 12:16 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 03/02/13 Posts: 4117 Loc: Helsinki, Finland dani48 Veteran Registered: 03/02/13 Posts: 4117 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	Hi, Floyd !:)) I simply love everything about this song, it is so well written, sung, played, put together and produced ! Especially I like the vocal harmony parts, they are just great !:))One of your best if not the best ? :)) Just great Floyd !!!:)) Cheers Dani the Spaniard in spe
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#278109 - 01/04/15 07:01 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: Kemmrich]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: gibson floyd You make it look easy, like it's a natural thing to do Yep I believe that, excellent track. As Charlie says the mix seems very clear, a good mix between you and the backing. I like the effect at 2.55ish when the 2 solos play and it sounded to me that someone ad-libed something in the background. I re-listened to it a few times and it is the 2 guitars BUT.... You hit 2015 with the bar set high Alyn ad-libed.. that's the way it SHOULD sound, eh? it was just a trick to make you re-listen a few times thanks, Alyn... Originally Posted By: Kemmrich Ha, ha -- eight (count 'em) real track guitars in there!! You make it sound so easy, but your songs never sound like they are BIAB. The nuances and subtleties that you (supposedly) can only get from real playing are always there in your mixes. I don't know how you do it, but it sounds great. Fine lyrics and super vocals, too. Thanks for dropping in, Kevin... I think getting those "nuances and subtleties" from the BIAB tracks is pretty easy. I consider BIAB to be a stable of studio players who will give me professional sounding tracks - if I know what to "ask for". Guitar based songs, like this one are the hardest because there are SO many options. It can be overwhelming because you can find a lot of different things that seems to work. Whittling down to bare essential is the hard part. Part of your perception might be from the leads in the chorus. In a case like this, I find something that works (as fills) and then use the same thing in the other choruses - the way a guy in the studio would - a repeat of the sound theme. If you leave what is originally generated, it will sound good, but not coherent in context - and will give that sense of "the software doing it all".. hope that made sense... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#278115 - 01/04/15 07:26 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4879 Loc: New York rsdean Veteran Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4879 Loc: New York	Hey Floyd, This is just great - sounds like it could be on the radio. My favorite of your songs so far... Bob
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#278118 - 01/04/15 07:32 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: ROG]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9483 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: dcuny Hi, floyd. So much to like here! Solid writing with the typical grace you bring to the lyrics. There's a nice interplay between short and long lines that propels the song ahead. I like the way the chorus starts out like a list, which allows repetition of the title as well as setting up an abab form only to have you unbalance things with a pair of cc lines, which allows the chorus to end with another repeat of the title. Slick and solid, but it comes across as natural. The concept is clever as well, building sympathy for the singer without vilifying the ex and not making the singer sound whiney. She's not a bad person, it's just that he can't let go. Nicely done. Add to that some great singing, instrumentation and mix and you've got me sounding like a fanboy. Your style is entirely different than mine, but I'm taking notes and stealing whatever ideas I can! -- David ...and so much to like about your "review". Your thoughts/understanding of what makes a lyric work are good reading - much like Noel's (when he happens by). You hit on a good point regarding the context that you put your "target" in.. The whiny, vindictive, vengeful thing - which can occur often with some writers - is a very bad place to write from. I did a bunch of those when I was young (and whiny and vengeful). They don't work. And no one wants to hear that... Steal away - I may be stealing your thing about the nonsense-syllable-Phil Collins thing to get a lyric started - it sounds like fun... Originally Posted By: ROG Hi Floyd. How is it that no one has mentioned the Eagles yet? Surely I'm not the only one transported back to the days of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Lying Eyes". This is classy stuff. So many guitar RTs in there and yet it doesn't sound over-produced at all. Everything comes and goes just as it should do and the overall impression is of a band that has played together for many years. Great vocals as usual and super harmony and BVs which seemed more prominent this time. We don't mention the mix any more, do we? And yes, I put it up on the big Tannoys and it ROCKED. ROG. ROG - Thanks. Always good to know they sound good on the big boys...The Eagles thing was not an original intent - it just happened/evolved... I knew the opening rhythm that I wanted 380:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Syncopated Sugar Ev 102 998:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm HardRockLACrispSync Ev 120 ...with a simple bass and hard hitting snare gave me that. The harmonies were much the same as I always do, although I added in some BIABettes with my own. The Oooohs (in the chorus) seemed like the way to go and really start to give you that Eagles thing. 1513:Guitar, Electric, Soloist CountryBrent Ev 065 worked for the song as fills - and it, too, turned out to lend that Eagles flavor (again, unintentional). The solo guitar that I used in the middle (1260:Guitar, Electric, Soloist PopShining Ev 120) sounded very repetitive for the outro, so I threw in the slide "echos" to give it some variety - and that immediately hit me like a Felder/Walsh combo.... So it just kept building into a very Eagles-sounding production... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#278134 - 01/04/15 09:31 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2873 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2873 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Floyd, I'm a fan! No time for commenting. Must get back to listen. Guenter _________________________ http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire
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#278261 - 01/05/15 11:02 AM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 11/13/14 Posts: 552 Loc: North Yorkshire, England receder Journeyman Registered: 11/13/14 Posts: 552 Loc: North Yorkshire, England	Hi Floyd, That is some achievement and probably my favourite song so far in my short time on these forums! I echo all the other positive comments. I am also amazed at how you make it sound like it was played by a band rather than a bunch of RTs strung together. Great skills. Thanks for sharing. Rec _________________________ Win 10 x64, BB 2017 E'Thing, Sonar Platinum (LT Updates), Variax JTV-89F, Fender USA Tele & others. New Songs: In The Bleak Midwinter , O Come O Come Emmanuel
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#278270 - 01/05/15 01:12 PM [User Showcase] Re: She Makes It Look Easy [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 4785 Sundance Veteran Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 4785	+1 Always a sucker for those Eaglesque oooo's. Great listen FJ. Josie _________________________ Josie Beck - Youtube Channel My Song Walking Streets Of Gold passes 7K views! My Soundcloud
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