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HEARTLESS #713374 04/15/22 10:22 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina	Well Happy Good Friday and Easter everybody! Some good music around here this week!! Keep up the good work all! I have a few things here, because I do not want to clutter the board, so I will explain. My new song is called Heartless, and as with all my new songs I post the first draft and mix soon after writing here to get your feedback before I do a final mix. You all were a great help on Whiskey Town. I sent it to some industry pros in Nashville, and got really rave reviews, but they said what you said: Hey dude, for the love of God please tune up those vocals and the mix is way too busy! So, I remixed it. What is below is what I will now enter in a contest. The new one is hot off the press, and once I have your gut-wrenching comments, I will remix. That is my process! Heartless https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs3/heartless Whiskey Town Remix https://www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder/song/33259035-whiskey-town HEARTLESS By David Snyder V1 If you ask my opinion God doesn't ask that much just try and make a difference in every life you touch Everybody in the world is hurt and they need a friend it's really not all that hard to understand CH You might have got drunk you might have been fried you might have been really messed up inside it doesn't mean you're going to hell but if you were heartless If you were heartless it ain't gonna go that well V2 If you ask my opinion everybody's got it rough you work and you fight and try it's never good enough The only way to win is love and then love some more I can promise you someone is damned sure keeping score CH You might have got drunk you might have been fried you might have been really messed up inside it doesn't mean you're going to hell it doesn't mean you're going to hell but if you were heartless If you were heartless it ain't gonna go that well Bridge You know God weighs the heart of every woman and man and all God expects you to do is the best you can but if you hurt the way you've been hurt it comes back on you and you know every single word of this is true CH You might have got drunk you might have been fried you might have been really messed up inside it doesn't mean you're going to hell it doesn't mean you're going to hell but if you were heartless If you were heartless it ain't gonna go that well If you ask my opinion God doesn't ask that much yeah if you ask my opinion God doesn't ask that much All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder Day of Faith Records/ASCAP David Snyder: Production, Vocals, Instrumentation, Engineering Mastering RealTracks in style: 3933:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm AltRockPopGrittyChug Ev 080 RealTracks in song: 3501:Bass, Electric, NashvilleRadioBalladAB Ev16 075 RealTracks in song: 801:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SouthernSnappyGritty Ev 090 (A:held) RealDrums [in style:RockBritDrivingEv16^3-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Open HiHat David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713377 04/15/22 10:39 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 909 California Brad Williams Expert
Brad Williams Expert Joined: Feb 2022 Posts: 909 California	Hey there David, looks like I'm going to be the first to reply. I'm afraid I'm not much help because I'm still trying to learn this mixing stuff myself. I too like to hear the vocals stand out. As for the song in general, I like it. I think it has kind of a John Meloncamp feel to it. It's got a nice message. I'm not sure it's entirely theologically correct, but I don't think that was your focus and you weren't trying for a worship song. It's got a good sound to it though. Good luck on your upcoming contest. https://soundcloud.com/user-722422510/tracks

Re: HEARTLESS Brad Williams #713386 04/15/22 11:18 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina	Hey Brad, Thanks! I appreciate that. Let me share a thought on the "theology." When I am reading the Bible I see Jesus was pretty quick to forgive just about anyone for anything in a jiffy. However, for those he described as "heartless"--mean, judgmental, hateful, overly religious, punishing and selfish--well, he called them the spawn of Satan. And he said they were going to fry. So, in that sense, I think the theology is not that far off man. Happy Easter!!!! David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713424 04/15/22 11:38 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,407 Cooran Queensland Australia rayc Veteran
rayc Veteran Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,407 Cooran Queensland Australia	David, Heartless is heartfelt. Theology or astrology: all ologies need to offer an apology when the miss the analogy and fight for literality. Good song, vocals need to come up a little and have the strident edge knock off a little. I like the anvil like chime of the guitar on the right in the verses it hammers home the message (sorry). Cool. Whiskey Town...there's an oddity at 1.01 when one of the panned riffing guitars appears in the centre for a bar then moves back...it sort of made sense because there was a gap in the melody but it was a bit loud & it wasn't repeated in the same areas later leaving me to doubt it's placement. I THINK I'd pull those heavier riffing guitars back a tiny bit to let your voice have a little more space. Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713425 04/16/22 12:34 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,232 Ontario, Canada BlueAttitude Veteran
BlueAttitude Veteran Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,232 Ontario, Canada	Nice one, David, very well written lyrics and lots of passion in the performance. I think the vox could come up a little, couple of db maybe? Other than that, track sounds good. Dave Blue Attitude Website Blue Attitude YouTube channel

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713427 04/16/22 12:49 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 6,944 United States rsdean Veteran
rsdean Veteran Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 6,944 United States	David, Great song and great vocal. I really like the track selection here - gives it a driving rock sound. Excellent! Bob Robert S. Dean - SoundCloud Music Channel

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713446 04/16/22 04:24 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA	"If you ask my opinion God doesn't ask that much just try and make a difference in every life you touch Everybody in the world is hurt and they need a friend it's really not all that hard to understand" Not hard to understand but sadly thousands of years have seen but sporadic relatively short lived outbreaks of it. We agree with the aforementioned notion to up vocal ... perhaps 1-2 db. Good one! J&B Our Music - Audio & Videos

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713479 04/16/22 07:34 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,843 Finland jannesan Veteran
jannesan Veteran Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,843 Finland	Clear message represented in guaranteed David Snyder quality, definitely not a heartless song. Guitar groove works very well and the choir adds nice gospel mood, I would bring them forward a bit to give them more presence. Janne Hear My Music: Soundcloud YouTube

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713490 04/16/22 09:51 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,321 Southeast USA bloc-head Expert
bloc-head Expert Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,321 Southeast USA	This is my new favorite DS tune... Very clever lyrics & hook... Vocal delivery is terrific... Production Tops. Bandcamp Soundcloud Win-11; BiaB-2024-latest Beta; Cakewalk; Melodyne-5; Scaler 2; NI Komplete: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713491 04/16/22 09:56 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida	Dang! Mr. Snyder! A really well written song. LOVED it!! Cool BAND/production. Kind of Abbey-Road-Beatles meet Blood-On-The-Tracks-Dylan. Does it get any better than that? I don't think so... I like the mix. It has a band-in-the-studio-live-one-take sound. Perfect for the song. One of your best (in a long line of GOOOOOOD stuff). A big WOW for ya on this one! fj 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713492 04/16/22 09:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,321 Southeast USA bloc-head Expert
bloc-head Expert Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,321 Southeast USA	Oh yeah... "Whisky Town" now sounds awesome... Great work David... Bandcamp Soundcloud Win-11; BiaB-2024-latest Beta; Cakewalk; Melodyne-5; Scaler 2; NI Komplete: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713573 04/17/22 01:12 AM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 2,360 Netherlands, Haarlem Birchwood Veteran
Birchwood Veteran Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 2,360 Netherlands, Haarlem	Hi David, I always hear Bob Dylan when hearing you sing. I like that, although I had to get used to his vocals years ago. But yours goes very well with it! But you seem to hide them in this song. Others on the forum said it too. Bring your vocals much more upfront. Your fantastic lyrics need to be heard better! Happy Eastern, Hans Hans Berkhout (Birchwood) https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713580 04/17/22 02:11 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2019 Posts: 3,583 Dallas, PA, USA BabuMusic Veteran
BabuMusic Veteran Joined: May 2019 Posts: 3,583 Dallas, PA, USA	Wow, Dave, this is superior, man. Good write, and I love the lyrics. Outstanding production and mix. Everything ingredient stirs in the same pot and comes out so tasty. I like the addition of the OOZE. Enjoy whatever happens! marty YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@babumusic51 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/marty-straub and https://soundcloud.com/babumusic-5080285 Band in a Box, Reaper, Cakewalk, Ozone 11

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713582 04/17/22 02:21 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,165 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,165 South Carolina	Good song. It's well written, arranged, produced and performed. I enjoyed my listen. Charlie BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2024:RB 2024, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: HEARTLESS rayc #713623 04/17/22 10:05 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina	On Heartless, thanks Ray. On Whiskey, thanks again. I found that glitch you spotted. It was weird. It was in an automation envelope in Cakewalk but not apparent, and seemingly without cause. I had to re-do it. Strange. But good ears man. You were right. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713645 04/17/22 02:45 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,048 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,048 The Netherlands	I am actually hearing both songs for the very first time and I can hear some distinct differences "mix wise". Whiskey Town Remix sounds much fuller, brighter, louder, and most importantly, it has more dynamics. I really like this one! Can you give Heartless the same treatment, and then repost? Rob We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713658 04/17/22 04:46 PM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 621 Hockley, TX B Byron Dickens Journeyman
Byron Dickens Journeyman B Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 621 Hockley, TX	Well done! I think there's a couple of spots where the prosody is a little awkward, but the lyrics sound heartfelt. Byron Dickens BIAB. CbB. Mixbus 32C 8 HP Envy. Intel core i7. 16GB RAM W10. Focusrite Scarlett 18i 20. Various instruments played with varying degrees of proficiency. https://soundcloud.com/athanorsoundlabs

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713661 04/17/22 05:04 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,063 Nashville, TN Sundance Veteran
Sundance Veteran Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,063 Nashville, TN	Cool Christian rock song David. Like it a lot! Josie Youtube Channel Soundcloud

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713677 04/17/22 07:28 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,407 Cooran Queensland Australia rayc Veteran
rayc Veteran Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,407 Cooran Queensland Australia	"...the prosody is a little awkward..." is a little like saying your chromosome is frayed. Such a word, encompassing so, so much, and so frequently used, ought to be followed with just hint or two as to which, amongst the many, aspect is/are referred to. Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe

Re: HEARTLESS David Snyder #713683 04/17/22 08:36 PM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 621 Hockley, TX B Byron Dickens Journeyman
Byron Dickens Journeyman B Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 621 Hockley, TX	Prosody in music refers how a composer sets text to a melody. Lyrics are easier to sing if the rhythm and melody more closely match that of normal speech patterns. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosody_(music) Byron Dickens BIAB. CbB. Mixbus 32C 8 HP Envy. Intel core i7. 16GB RAM W10. Focusrite Scarlett 18i 20. Various instruments played with varying degrees of proficiency. https://soundcloud.com/athanorsoundlabs

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