FIND A WAY

[jackofall]

Hi,

I used the basic idea from my previous posting to create this song. It's about my son and myself. The only kind of 'love song' I'll ever write about a member of my own sex!!!

Technical points: I managed to get a drum fill in the right place by switching manually as a I recorded the drum rhythm. I still can't understand how to programme the drums even though I've tried for a long time. I also triple tracked my pathetic and wavering voice to make it sound a bit beefed up - It's still not great, but it's about the best I can do! If someone else did the singing, guitar and bass, I reckon it would be a fairly okay song. I hope what the voice lacks, the emotion makes up for, which is the whole point of a song in the end...

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[Greeny]

If someone else did it it wouldn't be YOUR song! There's nothing wrong here - it's emotional and lovingly written / played / put together. Your vocals are just fine... they kind of remind me of the band Lindisfarne (in a good way). A touch of harmony in there too. Very good work fella.

[Tangled Wires]

Sounds like an excellent vocal performance to me.

Nice melodic song with real personal lyrics.

[danieldesete]

Thanks for sharing this song. I particularly liked the bridge between the two solos. Nice construction, congrats
Daniel

[Covermark]

Nice melody and good performed. Keep up the good work !

[Oldrottenhead]

this is raw, i can feel all the emotion coming through on this, this is so real, i'm lost for words.....i know some folk will listen to this and think oh its not a great mix or whatever but fmgwabp this is what songwriting is all about. gimme a hug man.

[Ferryman]

Agree with Jim there, this is actually a big song. It's really a great melody and it builds brilliantly to a majestic chorus. Your vox sound great, you even get a bit of harmony in there which is nice. Triple tracking - nothing wrong with that, a lot of vox are double/triple tracked and heavily "treated" to beef them up.

The emoption comes through. I hope things work out for you and your son.

Cheers,

Nigel

[SteveB]

JOA - Listen, I'm an expert on thin, wavering voices, and I can tell you straight, there's nothing wrong with your voice at all. In fact if I have one criticism of this song, it's not enough vocal!! However, as all the other elements of the song come together with panache, I'll overlook it this time!

SB

[Wiley]

This it just awesome,  You did excellent!  I love the lyrics and someday your son will appreciate all that you have done and are going to do for him.  You really have your soul into this!!  How special!!

[jackofall]

Thanks everyone for your uplifting comments! I could do with some more technical knowledge to create a better mix. My 'bouncing' always goes wrong somehow and I end up with something that sounds one dimensional. So much of what I've heard on this forum is crystal clear, each instrument defined and bright. Not the faintest clue have I got about 'Audacity' etc that I've heard mention. Has anyone got an idiots guide? Compared to my old 'portastudio' cassette 4 track, the micro-recorder is amazing, but I know there's so much more I could get out of it after hearing the likes of Greeny, ORH and so many others. I'd love to have a one-to-one lesson in recording techniques some time.