I Want to Dance With You. Original Music by Neil ..Vocals by Geoff Judges cp 201

[SwanSong]

April 14, 2010:
THIS song i composed and geoff did the lyrics and vocals. this song is for all those coupled
going through troubled times. and for those who have been in love. and rock roads..........
all we are saying is if u read the lyrics. to our wives that we chose them out of all th e
millions. we could have. , as you the listener could have done the same.  hope u enjoy


I don't want to hear you crying, in the bedroom faraway,
I want you here beside me, no one else would be the same, Tonight.
I call for you in the darkness, I'm reaching out for you,
My blonde haired, loving angel, with eyes of shining blue.

And Lady, I want to dance with you, and Lady, I want romance with you,
And go as far as I can with you, and just love you every day.

I want to sing my songs for you, there's a meaning in every phrase,
I want you in my future, and not in my memories. Tonight.

And Lady, I want to dance with you, and Lady, I want romance with you,
And go as far as I can with you, and just love you every day.

There's so many faces in this world, there's so many I could choose,
But those people are not the one for me, I'm wanting only you.

And Lady, I want to dance with you, and Lady, I want romance with you,
And go as far as I can with you, and just love you every day.

Geoff

April 27, 2010:
Another collaboration we did over the last month . when my wife felll and hurt herself , it
made me think. how at time s, we can take things for granted , health wise..so i wtote
the song re music. as i was feeling blue. and Geoff did lyrics and vocals. of course i did
themixing..again , time permitting , i will b back at commenting, but  wanted to post
a couple new songs we did togethr. in my abscence..because of my wife s upcoming surgery
Hope u enjoy . will try to post lyrics. at a later time. tc Neil............................................

[antisocialworker]

Great song here!
what a fabulous lovesong.
Im sure the wives enjoyed hearing this

[Tony W]

Glad you pointed me this direction Neil, this really is a good song. Fantastic lyrics, and the song was well constructed.

By the way Neil, you would carry a little more credibility if you posted on peoples songs more than 2 minutes apart. Granted mine was less than 2, but most everybody else is well over that. It kinda looks like you're plugging your own songs without actually listening to others.

[Redler]

A really good collab guys and a fine love song!! I like this peaceful melody. Geoff, you have captured extremely well the mood of the melody in your lyrics and voice!

Kari

[Speed Demon]

A beautiful ballad, Neil. You need to put out a music CD asap. I will buy it in a heartbeat.

[djbride]

Nice love song. I really like the harmonies on the chorus, nice work on the lyrics I think love is one of the hardest things to write about because it's all about feelings. You have a sweet song here, great collab guys.

[AndyR]

Good song with excellent sentiments in the lyrics - I can relate to these very much.

There's one thing I'm wondering though - I have a feeling that this is a far better song than I'm hearing. I've listened twice and been racking my brains as to what I mean... and I think I got it when I started playing along second time:

It's a fairly simple song structure, chord progression, melody, etc - no bad thing at all, actually one of the best things for creating popular songs. But we have to be careful how we arrange them, especially if they're mid to slow tempo like this one - otherwise they end up sounding like "here's another song" and people just switch off....

I think, with this one, the arrangement is too "standard" and this is what you hear first listen, and that masks what I suspect is a far better song.

The sounds are all good, well recorded, but the backing feels a bit generic, a bit too smooth and perfect, all the i's dotted and the t's crossed, and it doesn't let the vocal take centre stage enough.

I haven't really got any actual answers, I've got songs like this, but I'm afraid I've never tried recording them (probably why I'm so intrigued by how this one is working! ).

I'm on a third listen now - I think, for me, one of the biggest things is the drums. They seem to be in the spotlight rather than the song itself. The first thing I'd try is take the drums all the way out and see what's missing if I do that - I'm fairly certain something needs to be there (mebbe even the same drums but less volume and less clarity to them), but they're getting in the way at the moment.

BUT! Each time I hear it, I can hear more of the song Nice job... I think it deserves to be heard more on first listen though

Hope that all makes sense? (And, more importantly, helps!)

[T.C. Elliott]

I'm not a big fan of overusing reverb and reverby effects. I think you did a pretty good job on this one, but I'd agree it doesn't stand out as well as your other songs... at least not to me.
Keep posting, I'm liking most of what I hear and am actually learning by listening to how you approach recording.

[Ferryman_1957]

I'm no expert on ballads, but this seems to have all the bases covered. The lyrics have a good, strong sentiment and the whole track is nicely put together. It's got a nice hooky chorus that is easy to remember.

I think Andy makes some good comments which you should definitely consider- I find his advice very helpful. Perhaps the track does need more dynamics in places, you know, one or two points where something different happens to just lift it a little bit. But this type of music does usually have a very "smooth" type of sound which I think you have captured well here.

Cheers,

Nigel

[RMO]

this is a nice smooth love song, great! the vocals are very good