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Title: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Oldrottenhead on December 17, 2023, 01:11:15 PM
Flash is off home, we did this as an instrumental today, i remixed it a little bringing Mike's lead down in the mix to allow space for vocals.Then brought some lead parts back up for solos. My Rode NT1A was refusing to work, i think it got rained on, hopefully it can be dried out. So i had to use a USB Mic which is a bit less user friendly, but you use the tools you got eh?

Anyway it is what it is.

Life's Tapestry
Weaves intricate patterns
Friendly whispers
Subtle Shadows
Fluid moments
Through Sliding doors

In Harmony In unison
Through sliding doors
Open minds Open hearts
Let's dance Let's play

Brush strokes of emotion
Both stark and faint
In an abstract dance
To an unknown symphony
Weird connections
Through sliding doors

Psychic melodies
As if by chance
From thin air
To reality
Into existence
Through sliding doors
Music
by
Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Lyrics
by
Oldrottenhead

oldrottenhead
drums
bass Guitar
HB 12 string
and vocals
Flash Harry
fender Telecaster
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: thetworegs on December 18, 2023, 04:20:11 AM
The lyrics work a treat with the double vocals is that Mike with the ball grabbing bee gee vocal ....love it
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: karl1171 on December 19, 2023, 03:05:24 AM
Its good but I prefer the instrumental  8)
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: TPB on December 19, 2023, 07:22:04 AM
This has that David Bowie vibe sounds great now I off the hear the other version  nice mixing to add the vocal
Tim
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Pete C on December 19, 2023, 09:14:33 AM
very cool !
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Zoltan on December 19, 2023, 10:13:52 AM
You're not a tool when you're using the tools you have! A phrase no one wanted to hear, or expected, but you're all welcome!

I think the vocals sound fine. In fact there's an layer of upfront grittiness to them that makes them sound better than usual. Maybe less produced sounding, but more real. Less up tight in a way. More rocking.

The song itself is very cool. It really grabbed me from the get go. I'd go as far as to say that this is one of the best Old Rot Hed and Flash Harry songs i've heard.

Re: Sliding Doors. Have you seen that movie with Gwyneth Paltrow? Who would have known what a cook(y) woman she'd become! Maybe it all happened because of the Sliding Doors.

Final shout out to Rode that didn't rode it out, but called it quits when it was time to shine!

Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Jarle on December 19, 2023, 12:22:46 PM
This is a great tune with or without vocals.
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee on December 19, 2023, 12:30:59 PM
Great song, music and lyrics. The vocals do have a bit of a Bowie vibe I agree.
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: hardlock on December 19, 2023, 10:01:44 PM
Wow, the instrumental was great and now this. Very good song(s)! 8)
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on December 20, 2023, 08:51:21 AM
Yeah nice work, the vocal works very well in my opinion. Excellent collaboration.    Willie
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Johnbee on December 20, 2023, 04:54:56 PM
Reminds me of Bowie, especially in the vocal.  Nice collab.

 :) John B
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Geir on December 20, 2023, 06:07:08 PM
Nice.

Vocals are very well recorded. Like my brother I like both versions. I also like that in this vocal version the lead is more prominent.

Rock on
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Bluesberry on December 22, 2023, 05:21:55 PM
Sweet song dudes.........a mix of Bowie and Jim Kerr on vocals........sweet song sung sweetly
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: T.C. Elliott on December 23, 2023, 08:51:43 PM
Ooh, I like this lyric. Nicely written to the great backing track. My only nit to pick would be maybe the vocal needs a spatial effect, a touch of reverb and/or delay, to make it sit perfectly in the mix. Still, it's a good addition and I found it very interesting to see how you added the vocalizing to such a good instrumental take.
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: StephenM on December 25, 2023, 06:13:38 PM
the mic is different but also it works...

sometimes it is good to do something different...

this is smokin
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: kenny mac on December 25, 2023, 06:41:15 PM
Great collaboration, like the bowie vibe.
Interesting lyrics.
These mets always manage to uncover hidden gems .
Cool drum sound as well .
Nice one guys.
Title: Re: Sliding Doors (with vocals) By Flash Harry and Oldrottenhead
Post by: Blooby on December 26, 2023, 07:45:52 AM

I think this has a cool Bowie vibe (even before the "Let's Dance" lyric appeared. Very cool.

Blooby