a new tune "if i should fall today"

[tom r]

Just me and my acoustic.
When I uploaded this from my BR 600 it had a ton of hiss on it :-(
I put this through Audacity and I wonder if ive over compressed the sound?
let me know your thoughts
Ta
Tom

[Jarle]

Just you and your acoustic are enough, when you have such a great song to perform. I would love to read the lyrics tho.

JOA

[tom r]

Oky Doke here they are:

please don't you be sad for me
if I should fall today then at least im free
I never ever want to land
cut my tethers free with the knife he;ld in your hand

the day is long but lifes so short
im on a one man mission I just cant abort
ive set my course theres no return
every bridge I cross I will surely burn

if I should fall today
please don't be sad I couldn't stay
if I should go away for good
I tried my best did all I could

ive hung around for far too long
I thought itd work but I was wrong
now im leaving don't know what ill do
they are wrong dreams they don't come true

etc etc

[thetworegs]

Brilliant!!

[Hilary]

I've just listened to this on Soundcloud and it comes over as really quiet, volume wise - I wonder if it's because you scrubbed the hiss?

A lovely song, you need no-more than a guitar and your voice.

[tom r]

Thanks I thought I'd cocked the sound up!
I might have to start again with this one! :-)

[Tangled Wires]

Another belter. The verses are very interesting vocally as its kind of a hybrid between them being sung and spoken, and it works wonderfully well and sounds so pure and honest.

The chorus is is very rousing and a good contrast to the verses vocally.

Do you perform live at all, your material would translate very well at open mics etc?

I've just listened to this on Soundcloud and it comes over as really quiet, volume wise - I wonder if it's because you scrubbed the hiss?

I agree, I really had to crank up the speakers to get it to a listenable volume.

[tom r]

Thanks for the comments. I've actually just started performing live again.

[tom r]

I've never felt my vocals were very good but I am almost happy with this one