"Until I Reach The End" a Hook original

[Hook]

drums & aux percussion/nature sounds are my Roland Handsonic 10, synth is garageband, uke is my Archtop Tenor, bass is Ibanez A/E & the lead guitar is my Traveler electric. Each section of vocals is recorded on a different track due to the mixing limitations on the br80.
1 uke(stereo)
1 drums (stereo)
1 aux percussion/nature sounds(stereo)
1 bass
1 synth(stereo)
1 intro lead guitar (stereo)
1 chorus lead guitar (mono)
3 vocals (all stereo tracks)

Until I Reach The End

written & performed by Hook

Dm. Cm. A#
This search for meaning
is like finding rain in a river
A fruitless endeavor
Nothing but beginnings
F. Dm. A#. A#m
Speculations
stipulations
That peddle salvation
With condemning manipulations

F. C. Dm A# (c. F. )

Why must we need
An explanation for what we see
It's an arrogance I guess I don't have
I'm content in not knowing
Peacefully flowing
Until I reach the end

So live big and live for now
For now deserves the celebration
The randomness of pain & joy
Is the real revaluation
There is no watchful presence
No entities involved
We're the ones who help or hurt
When complexities evolve

Half a century I've seen
No evidence has been presented to me
Just the actions of women and men
Both to be praised and to be condemned
But the actions, to me, seem solely of them

[Blooby]

The return of Uke Prog. Dude, you have invented your own genre. Very cool tune with a lot of moving parts. I dug the following lyric: "Peddle salvation with condemning manipulations."

Question: Are you using stereo delays or reverbs on your vocals? I was wondering about the stereo tracks.

Blooby

[Hook]

The return of Uke Prog.

Question: Are you using stereo delays or reverbs on your vocals? I was wondering about the stereo tracks.

Blooby

Quite happy with the term Uke Prog.
As far as the stero tracks are concerned...since my voice is so dynamic I find when I record mono I clip alot and there is often a muddiness to my vocal I don't like. Levels are all over the place too and since mixing on the br80 is quite limited, that can be an issue. I find when I spread my vocal over a stereo field it cleans it up and I can record at the levels I want without nearly as much clipping. I do use a delay but not normally a stereo delay,  I just really prefer the end result.
Rock on brother, thanks for listening.

[StephenM]

massive incredible wonderful voice on this...bravo...

heard this again in the car...really love that intro too...probably will hear more as we go... btw...as to to your lyrical topic "there's gold in them there hills"... yes humans really do need each other...and we need to treat each other well! 

[kenny mac]

This was on my list tonight for from my car journey from work.
The guitar sounds excellent on this,I would have loved that end lead to go on.
Lyrics Re brilliant too.
A big performance, top drawer.
Well done bro.

[AndyR]

Woo

I'm always stunned by your creations. Very often I don't quite understand them musically (this highlights that most of the time my default listening mode to any music is always "how does that work? how do I do that?"), but it always flows and is satisfying.

Second listen I managed to switch off the "how does it work?" part of my mind and just let it flow.

Even more Woo
WOW even

Nice one.

[Rob Grant]

Love your musical style. Loved the bass lines and your guitar leads are very tasteful. I love melodic and emotional style guitar leads. You have a really nice voice and your vocal performances are great.
I only had one problem and that was in the playback. I cut off at 3:45  I have this problem here and I questioned it in the forum. I'm still not sure why that happens.

[Hook]

Thanks for listening Rob. I sent you a PM about the cutoff issue, I assume its the iPhone issue.

[Ray Brookes]

Another great track Mr. Hook. Excellent well thought-out lyrics and that guitar work is brill. Cool vocal work too, bro.

[Mike_S]

Great vibe here Hook. The song idea is lovely and the music, playing and vocal are really thought provoking. I dig it a lot.

MIke