We Lost Touch
by SmokeyVW

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Guest profile visits: 901 Member profile visits: 1 Song comments: 48 Tokens: 0 Plays: 97 Last Played: Downloads: 31 Fans of this song: Submitted on: Jan 20, 2008 - 10:05:08 PM Last Updated:

	Outtaorbit said 317 days ago
	this is so true it's painful...great tune

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. thank you

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. there's a little bit of everything in here. for example i added that church organ to emphasize the love and passion line. thanks

SmokeyVW said 303 days ago

. you called it bud. this struck a chord with a lot of people. the vocals have a funny backstory. i was still recovering from an awful cold, and i was trying to sing here at the high end of my range. i recorded a large number of takes in hopes of capturing a few usable ones. but my voice was cracking all the time, and it had a really tenuous weak feel... i ended up mixing all the takes and adding a ton of reverb to smooth it over. that 'weak' tonality comes through anyway, and it worked nicely for the sentiments in the lyrics... thanks

	SmokeyVW said 316 days ago
	. funny. i hadn't even considered fusion here - but it is apropos. that pic, by the way, is of Hugh and his wife. thanks!

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. i had decided a while ago to not overuse half-step up modulation. it works, but it seems a cheat. on a previous song someone asked me about key changes, which i would not have considered using in that song anyway, but the idea stayed in my mind and popped out here while i was arranging this. i ended up using two step ups here! thanks

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. thank you that pic is of Hugh Manatee and his wife. :-)

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. i'm always honored to hear someone mentioning multiple listens: that's a sign of actual success to me. thanks Vic

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. as i described in an earlier reply, the vocal treatment is actually a giant cover up! funny how things work out sometimes (and, that's quite a list there) thanks - your comment means a lot i am entering this tune into a contest - wish me luck!

SmokeyVW said 303 days ago

. listening to this song now, while replying to comments, has made me realize how SAD this song is. i had not thought it through when i made it. i really admire PG's songwriting and production skills - maybe that what you are hearing here. read my previous about the vocals - you'll laugh! i added the guitars here and there to give support to the vocals, and at the end the guitar adds a one octave down harmony on the final choir part. thanks

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. postscript: maybe it's that bass line with the conga drums that is inspired by PG

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. "really strange song" - YES! success. although i don't always stay away from more tried-and-true styles, i really prefer to explore new stuff that, as far as i know, no one has ever done before. like that Talking Heads song: "Say something once, why say it again?" my byline on another music site is "experiment before it's too late" - i really do believe that. thanks for your encouragement.

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. thanks for the kind word

	SmokeyVW said 303 days ago
	. i ended up choosing Other for the genre for exactly that reason. the key shifts are a nice device to ratchet up the urgency in a song - i generally try to avoid overusing that effect, but it really needed to be used here! LOL - those ooohs are a chanting monk synth from the Voices JamPack. thank you very much

	SmokeyVW said 301 days ago
	. you bet! i love experimenting with music. the possibilities are endless. thanks

	SmokeyVW said 301 days ago
	. there are some hints at religion, like signs and sons, and love and passion (depending on what meaning you assign to these words). there is also plain humanistic or pagan themes too. mostly it's a plea. although the first two lines could be taken as a challenge as well. thanks

	SmokeyVW said 301 days ago
	. yup, this one is much more serious. the trick is to keep it all in balance somehow. wish i knew how... thanks

SmokeyVW said 301 days ago

. i appreciate your enthusiasm. but i also rather doubt this merits 10's. there was some big discussion recently in the forums on this endless debate on ratings... i've sort of burned out on the topic though. for a while last year i had disabled voting on all my tunes, but Tobin talked me out of it. i more so enjoyed being up there on the Fan Picks - i hope it let some people find (and hopefully enjoy) my tune that otherwise they might have missed. but i also know my style is not to everyone's liking. and that is OK. this being a big election year, i think my impressions on some of the undertow in our national morale might appear in various songs over the next few months. i know i'm not uplifted by the current state of affairs. and i feel i am not alone. thank you

	SmokeyVW said 301 days ago
	. i like to do things in a way that allows the reader to read their own meanings into the words. thanks

	SmokeyVW said 292 days ago
	. the Voices JamPack has lots of nice vocal synths in it. it has been fun experimenting with those. maybe it's just me, but it seems like many people are so unhappy with the state of affairs these days that they are shutting it all out. it's scary times we are in nowadays. let's hope it turns around. i tend to do slow build-up songs - this one is no exception i suppose. thank you very much

	SmokeyVW said 292 days ago
	. i appreciate your mention of "original" - i like exploring new ideas. gotcha! there are TWO key changes :-) thank you sir

	SmokeyVW said 292 days ago
	. thanks!

	SmokeyVW said 292 days ago
	. i'll see what i can do... stay tuned thanks!

	SmokeyVW said 292 days ago
	. it is strange times in which we live sometimes it just gets to me thanks

	SmokeyVW said 292 days ago
	. thank you although it's a disturbing message.