A very impressive arrangement of a great song. The old stuff is hard to beat, and is a pleasure to listen to.
Josie,
I have missed your music lately - it is REALLY good to hear your wonderful voice again. You definitely have a great vocal addition to Dean's musical production.
You are the only one to comment on the deviations from the original chords. Good ears, man. Sometimes what seems like a deviation could be a voicing that's common in jazz but rare in pop - like replacing mi with mi 11. You can see in the attachment how a minor chord changes color as it goes through the transition from mi to mi 7 to mi 11. At other places, there are in fact some sub-progressions that any arranger would hear begging to be thrown in. But the play-it-safe approach in pop music doesn't allow it. Diminished chords were commonplace in old time pop music, but have now virtually disappeared from use. I use them to replace or re-color dom 7 or dom 7b9.
There's a lot more I could say. Let's leave it at, "There's more going on than meets the ear." Thanks for the perceptive comment.
This is the ultimate compliment from someone who knows. I hope you heard the version with the improved background vocals. If not, and you want to make a comparison test, here it is: https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand/walk-on-by
You and I and a some others know what a kick it is to bring out new colors, shapes and surprises by re-harmonizing. Since you were late in listening, let me mention that I had to pitch-down the entire arrangement by a whole step when it became apparent that Dionne (with her supernatural top end) singing in F was just - barely - out of Josie's range. Most of it survived but the background vocals, well, let's say that they attracted some attention. So I redid them, but until today, the link to the updated version has been far down in one of Josie's replies. Today, I posted the upgraded version on my own SC site. And, anyone who happens to be reading this and wants to hear the comparison, the new link is https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand/walk-on-by
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