Reflection (own composition)

[Oldrottenhead]

another nice one tony, and yes flash it is a friendly place, except for the odd  (couldnt think of a better or more accurate verb) time i get pissed and post some sweary wurdz. also im amazed no-ones ripped into my go at suppers ready yet.

[Flash Harry]

im amazed no-ones ripped into my go at suppers ready yet.

Are you disappointed?

[Oldrottenhead]

Are you disappointed?

no..........relieved  lmao.

[indierik]

You have a great touch. I got plenty of emotion out of it. Keep up the great work.

[Greeny]

I agree with everyone who picked up on the emotion you've put into this track. It's beautifully played and with real feeling.

Lovely work - and it's great to see those amazing skills used on original tracks as well as covers.

 

[Oldrottenhead]

tony sent me the track without lead guitar so i could do a vox/lyric,

 i found it quite difficult as backing track  didnt vary much, so after seeking tony's permission, i imported the track into cubase and pitch shifted a couple of parts to break it up.

i then dug out a lyric i wrote a week or two ago,(remember i asked for music in another post?) sang it over backing, sent it to tony he put some lead guitar back on.

i wasnt happy with my vocals on 1st take so got tony to send lead guitar and imported into the song, and this helped me with cues for vocal timing.

this isnt the finished version as there is some peaking in the vox, as they go from very quiet to quite loud, so some experimentation with recording levels to do.

but here is what is now called "hold it together"

[Flash Harry]

Wonderful stuff guys, you can't see the seams at all.

Very atmospheric. Melancholy - back to the Bury Me in Blue Grass - the Scots do it so well. (Huge sweeping stereotyping statement).

A serious thought is that if you two can do this as good as this at the sort of distances that you are doing it over, with the kit that you are using, I wonder what you could achieve in a studio with engineering and production staff to help you. This work shows what charlatans some in the music business are.

Well done Tony and Jim. Fantastic, rounded, competent, creative stuff.

My hat is off to you guys, and you know how cold I get without my hat.

[Oldrottenhead]

cheers flash. here is what could be the final mix, managed to get the levels a bit better to avoid peaking.

[Flash Harry]

Perfect.

My spine is tingling.

[Greeny]

Fantastic stuff - polished, moving and subtle. I think this is one of your best vocals, ORH