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Well I made a few changes based on the suggestions made here. - Took all the reverb off the vocal, the remaining reverby sound is the wooden room I'm forced to record in! - Rolled the top end off the hats. - Removed every 2nd hit on the hats during the verse. - Tweaked a few of the timing...

Hey Jake - the drums are 'real' to the extent that they are recorded loops of real drums. I use software called PCDrummer, available at pcdrummer.com Thanks for your comments! -Mike

Well I made a few changes based on the suggestions made here. - Took all the reverb off the vocal, the remaining reverby sound is the wooden room I'm forced to record in! - Rolled the top end off the hats. - Removed every 2nd hit on the hats during the verse. - Tweaked a few of the timing...

Sorry brother, I'm gonna talk about the exploding finger. I had the same injury....FUCK was that painful. Caught my finger between two falling 2" iron pipes. Twenty-two years later I am still reminded that my finger aint right...but thank god it wasn't my left pointer, then I wouldn't be the...

Yes it's expensive...but not a scam. -Mike

WOW Chili, that was really intense. I love the feel of the song, musically it reminds me of "Still Loving You" by The Scorpions.... Great lyrics about taking responsibility for your own actions. -Mike

Thank you Phil, TripleM and Jeff. I will consider your feedback. I just started writing a year + a bit ago, so I have lots to learn. One positive though, even in its rough state, the song is at #1 on the Soundclick Pop > Beach chart :) Thanks again, -Mike

Thanks for the feedback, guys - I agree on the reverb, I will remix and dry it up, as well as tweaking the rhythm track so the hats don't punch through the mix. Thanks for your honesty! -Mike

Hi Chili, The reason I posted it here was because I posted the lyrics earlier, just after I'd written it, and this was the finished result. Thanks for the suggestion to move it, please go ahead. Cheers, Mike

Nobody? Hello? Anyone? *knock knock* Curious to hear anyone's thoughts :) -Mike

I think the drums really influence the sound of a track. I especially love the drumming on Abbey Road and all of the early Elton John stuff, played by Nigel Olsson. I don't know how many times in the past 35 years I have played all the drum fills in 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight' on my...

I posted the lyrics in another thread, thanks Gecko Zzed for your excellent suggestion, which I have semi-incorporated ;) The song is the age-old story of a guy sitting in a bar, afraid to talk to the pretty girl across the room for fear of rejection. The challenge I had with this one was the...

You could change about 3 words and make it about either Iraq or Afghanistan. What does that say about our world? Hmmm. -Mike

Hmmmm, thanks GZ, I must admit that you honed in on the one line I struggled with. How about a little swap of lines, like: Boz sang about the Jamaican bay The picture of tropical grace But a few miles south of Monterey This sure ain’t that place -Mike

No feedback, guys? I'm recording this weekend, just wondering if some of the lines can be made better...... thanks! -Mike

Just sat down in my sunroom, looking out at the water, felt inspired to write now that spring is in the air. So, here is my effort over the last 30 minutes...any suggestions would be appreciated. The feel is a Jimmy Buffett-style ballad. Thanks! Mike BLUE EYED COOL © Mike Pilling 2010...

I am 180 degrees opposite from Paulie Jay. I take the Bernie Taupin/Elton John approach. I always, 100% of the time, write lyrics first. Then I come up with some chord changes to fit the meter of the lyrics. Next, I play with a few different melodies that fit within the chord changes until I...

Lt. Bob is right about Frank, never really noticed that. Dean Martin too. They slid into the notes just like you play slide guitar. It's all about the total package - lyrics, melody and interpretation, or overall feel to the song that makes it magic (or not). -Mike

Same here. I like the Beatles because I like their music (most of it, anyway). I suggest reading the book "Revolution In The Head" to read the stories behind how the songs were written, pitched to the rest of the band, recorded/changed/recorded/changed etc etc until the final versions were...

Thank goodness - the songwriting forum is BACK, baby! Disagree on fade-outs. They have their place, just as much as a hard ending or a train wreck ending. I don't like it when a band is playing live, and tries to do a hard ending on a song that had a fade on the original recording - it seldom...