A song for you revisted

[TAE]

I recorded the piano and vocals live about 12 years ago...Uploaded to moises today and had it add strings and horns...a little wonky but I think I might redo this and add the strings and horns / play sing it a little better to make a a real wiener

 

[Papanate]

Interesting Bowie like flavor to the song.

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

Yeah dude.... soulful. very nice.

 

[Slouching Raymond]

I'd say more Elton than Bowie.
A few knocks on the mic, and a bit of distortion.
The piano intro was good.
Worth re-visiting.

 

[TalismanRich]

It immediately took me back to the original days of Leon Russell doing it. The strings were a nice addition, but they don't sound like real strings. It's more like the days when people added Mellotrons to give the feel of strings.

I wonder if some really good string samples would do it justice.

 

[TAE]

It immediately took me back to the original days of Leon Russell doing it. The strings were a nice addition, but they don't sound like real strings. It's more like the days when people added Mellotrons to give the feel of strings.

I wonder if some really good string samples would do it justice.

Thanks Rich. Sometimes on covers I go way off the beaten path but I tried to stay true to Leon's early version of this. As a play by ear, no formal training keyboard player, it took me a minute to master that sweet intro ( of which he does several iterations in multiple keys over the years) but I did and it is always impressive. Yes the strings ( and horns) are way back in most places and several wrong notes within. Letting AI add those strings and horns as an experiment 12 years later reminded me that what I was doing back then (One shot live recordings) was fast and easy and cool. But not really COOL!. With a little more effort and patience, with all that I have at my fingertips today I need to knuckle down and strive for what I am really capable of producing rather than just "fast and easy" sub par productions. Time will tell how that all goes.

 

[TalismanRich]

Russell's vocals can be an acquired taste, a bit like Randy Newman, Bob Dylan, or Paul Williams. They're not great singers but incredible songwriters and musicians.