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 | chikoppi said 62 days ago |
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Nice Vibe! The piano is terrific. Consistently melodic and understated, yet it works surprisingly well with the the energetic bass. The whole piece has a very open feel, both in terms of the mix and the lightness/playfulness of the themes. Love the lyrics - an anthem for Mac musicians! |
 | saymme said 62 days ago |
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Dl TX !!!!!!! what a treat : ) Wow is this a thrill to hear Alan!!! Your voice is different so Grand..reminded me of someone for sure but don't know who!!! Always enjoy Your voice & songs but this is topnotch imo :) : ) Its perfect the way it is : ) GREAT bass Grand Lyrics - it's a really powerful song... You certainly cheering up my day (which has been kindof low..) - Are we glad you stumbled upon it !!!!! LUCKY US : ) ( : ) HIGH scores in my book - ratings - (don't vote as You probably know-whats been happening to the rate-pic window lately? no ppl voting..?) Cheers Alan ! tx - |
 | Feter said 62 days ago |
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No rewards This is terrific loved how you drove a sweet elegant piano piece into a funky rockin mood ..very very fine singing my friend ..it need a chopping grunguie guitar ..cool one ...thnx alot for sharin !!!! |
 | regulus said 62 days ago |
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Great tune lyrics and production. As for the vox, not much a miss, other than on the fist line at the beginning. A little shaky. If you had sung through and the used that voice (of/with confidence and control) at the end of the song and dubbed over the first line you would have a total kill song. As is, it's just great and almost there. I enjoy it and will hang in here to hear what next you'll paste up with your plethora of tunes. Good show.............. |
 | apb said 61 days ago |
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Speedy reply Vic Holman Cheers Vic- I'm fond of that transition from the outer to the inner .. not quite as happy with the transition back from inner to outer .. but I'll keep an open mind and revisit this sometime. kassiaThanks very much Shay- I'd be happy to add things to this: additional female vocals, relegate myself to backing vocals or even complete removal of my vocals. Glad you liked it: it is definitely somewhat inspired by the excellent piano pieces you, magnatone, paul f page etc have been producing. steckdo you know, me old mucker .. I was consciously trying to go more horizontally in the canvas first than vertically (which I tend to do) and get some extra song length ... I was surprised too that it came in a 3:44 .. but still has the feeling it could be longer .. at least another 1:30 mins. Thanks for the excellent suggestions .. it's kinda set-up to add to el. guitar at some point .. been holding that in reserve .. chikoppiThanks for stopping in Brian. You might be surprised to know .. I can't play piano for toffee .. alot of one handed parts .. played as best as I could .. then vastly cleaned up with patience and the pencil tool .. it was important to get some of the nuances though as a base .. and the sometimes odd, free-er sounding timing... which is often lost completely with just snapping the midi to grid etc. I'll keep at it... what would you suggest for improvement? saymmeThanks very much Lena- sorry to hear you had a low day, but extremely pleased my music cheered you up... that is reward enough. Voting? Pfft, don't worry about that .. truth be known, I forgot to disable it... so I'll let it stay now. FeterThank you Ghassan. I think the next 1:30mins of the song will feature some el. guitar. regulusThanks Sir Richard. Truth be known, I dubbed 3 times to get that opening bit .. tricky when the vox are so exposed, naked like that .. as is often the case .. I think I had it better during warming up .. and kinda lost some of the lustre it requires by recording time .. I think I'll ditch the comical "y'all" .. make it easier. Good comments/feedback, things to address. Cheers. |
 | magnatone said 61 days ago |
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No Rewards WOW!! This is fabulous Alan!! I love your piano intro, the build into the song is perfect - and then it ROCKS - great vocals! Terrific work! |
 | lavalamp said 61 days ago |
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Shocking Did not expect you to get down like this. GREAT vocal delivery and awesome bass line. I very much enjoyed this. Lyrics are very cool, brother. Dave |
 | caroline said 61 days ago |
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well done alan... another imaginative facet of your musical creativity - thank you for sharing - as always, brunch xoxox |
 | jiguma said 61 days ago |
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Frequent flyer! Its .. the words. This is one of those songs that speaks to me at the moment. Great production - best I remember from you - everything sounds really well recorded and played. Very cool concept. Sounds like my frequent flyer program ;) Neil |
 | Roxylee said 60 days ago |
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Rewards Cool song, Alan. I like the restrained fervency in your voice. It makes it powerful without overwhelming. The reward I get here is being able to actually write a song, even if they are enjoyed by a few. Also the great friends I have made, even though we will probably never meet in person. Fame is fleeting, money is a trap, but music is music. :-) |
 | lengold said 60 days ago |
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Love the strings/cello introduction, builds to a really lovely surprise when the vocal kicks off. I really like the vocal - very direct. Great bass sound. Lovely song with great production Alan that can be listened to and enjoyed often. Downloaded. Thanks. Cheers Len |
 | rtcooper said 60 days ago |
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CAPTIVATING TRULY a Lovely piece. Really Fine Production Values Compliments and Regards, Cooper |
 | The Infinites said 52 days ago |
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Bass is outstanding! Great words - funny sitting listening to someone describing all of us here - (y'all listening online). There is no genre to describe this, it's unique. And straight to the point. Like it a lot. Jim |
 | estellie said 51 days ago |
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Alan This is great! How are ya, my friend? |
 | MIRx said 49 days ago |
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wow, it really was some shock when your vox came in, such a sudden unexpected twist! and i almos had the impression joe strummer from the clash was back :) but it works terrific to me, and i don't think you need anybody else to sing this better, it's your style that keeps it together, imo ;) |
 | Drew Kopr said 47 days ago |
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Sick tune Great writing and production. Very melodic and cool. |
| apb said 40 days ago |
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Favers .. .. thanks too to Harold, Bill and Marc .. for the listen and faving. Appreciate it. |
 | echoroom said 39 days ago |
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Great intro... ... really sweeping and emotional. Typically xcellet production, and just a ovely mood - you're voice really works on this. |
 | Kev3136 said 16 days ago |
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=] lol WoW I wasn't expecting such a change in music type xD Gets sort of funky after the piano. I like it though. caught me off guard xDDD |
 | haribo said 8 days ago |
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delightful it is very rewarding that you tuned into your subtle side. the instrumental build up is beautiful - it has that bright, romantic, sublime vangelis-kinda energy to it, still within your preferred bluesy expression palette. the plucked string line was so sweet. the intro section sounded like springtime with the new lives on the rise and i liked the transition into your voice, it was almost like an opening credit to a national geographic documentary. btw, i agree with the point you make in this lyric, that the thankless f-all kinda self-pleasing taste/attitude eventually prevails creation-wise and deliver something meaningful to others, which is often hard not to compromise, to maintain. |
 | Mcboy said 5 days ago |
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u do the job vocally...quite nicely.... |
Muchos diverse musical landscape going on on this one.
I think you could expand this into something even more dramatic, good as it is already. Horns/timpani etc. etc.
When I listened to is the second time, it flew past me much quicker than the first time. Why was that I wonder? I was left wanting a bit more. Say some form of solo, then chorus reprise.
That's my $0.02