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Old 09-02-2018, 10:38 AM   #1
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Default First new song after six months medical crap to deal with

https://barrykingsbeer.bandcamp.com/track/reflection

All recorded in Reaper and all constructivecomments welcome.
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Old 09-02-2018, 01:22 PM   #2
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knockin oHD / wonderful tonight glued?



anyways, my kind of style, so no worries.


maybe a B 52-ish organ ad to the synthstrings while soloing? dunno, just an idea.
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Old 09-02-2018, 01:58 PM   #3
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I can live with those influences! I thought about organ but didn't want to put in too many layers. Less is more sometimes. Cheers
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Old 09-02-2018, 09:30 PM   #4
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Good stuff. Expected the vocal line to go higher at the start of the part labeled "M8" but maybe it's not in your range and what you have works, it just wasn't quite what I expected. Would have liked the solo to be longer. Other than that everything is great. Mix is just fine. That's a great snare too.
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I like it. Simple and just the right touch of emotions. Welcome back and also the man in the mirror.
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Old 09-03-2018, 08:59 AM   #6
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Good stuff. Expected the vocal line to go higher at the start of the part labeled "M8" but maybe it's not in your range and what you have works, it just wasn't quite what I expected. Would have liked the solo to be longer. Other than that everything is great. Mix is just fine. That's a great snare too.

Thanks Dex, I felt comfortable with the range in the middle 8 and didn't want to push it more. However I must confess that I recorded the vocal sitting down, which I don't usually do, maybe that had a bearing.
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I like it. Simple and just the right touch of emotions. Welcome back and also the man in the mirror.
Thank you RDBois,less was more I think. Glad to be back
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Old 09-03-2018, 11:19 AM   #8
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Welcome back. Glad that your'e better.
This song is very 'you'.
Great work. The tremolo guitar could be a bit brighter maybe?
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Old 09-03-2018, 01:30 PM   #9
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Hello Mik, thanks my friend. Looks now like I have to have a worn out bone removed from my right thumb. That will screw with the playing even mre than the op on the left thumb. Dratted arthritis and I've had my fill of hospital lately. I've just finished a minor tweak here and there. The guitars are actually fairly bright but I've played with the levels a bit so they make work better.
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I agree with what's being said. Overall a friendly piece of music with an existential question. Well done.
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Thanks Jorgen, a friend recently asked what my latest song was about (she hadn't heard it) I said I had no idea. I still don't... I just wanted to use the Shakespearian (I think) phrase "through a glass darkly" in some way. I think any existential element is purely accidental on my part. More stream of consciousness I reckon. Or codswallop!
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Old 09-13-2018, 12:17 PM   #12
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I'd love to be a couple of pints in at a local live music pub on a cold winter night hearing this played. Got a melancholy side to it despite the obvious classic influences in the chord progressions.

I like it
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You mean those chords have been used before? The bloke who sold them to me swore they were original.

Alas my live playing days are over thanks to arthritis but I appreciate the sentiment.
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You mean those chords have been used before? The bloke who sold them to me swore they were original.

Alas my live playing days are over thanks to arthritis but I appreciate the sentiment.


I tried buying some off him too, but he reckoned he only had 12 notes and that was it.
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That's him! I might ask for a refund.
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Lovely, as always. Enjoyed the guitar leads...
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Lovely, as always. Enjoyed the guitar leads...
Thanks. I'm not a guitar player so have to keep it simple.
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