A Tribute (Part II)

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re howdy

Since I'm near College Station, "Howdy" is very appropriate. :)
 
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SteveE9C6 said:
Since I'm near College Station, "Howdy" is very appropriate. :)
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uh-oh...an Aggie? Great. ANYBODY WANNA' BUY MY POSTS??? I'M OUTTA' HERE!!



























(waco here, don't tell anybody)
 
LOL... Chris, I'm sorry to drift off topic here... I'm not an Aggie, but rather an Aggie dad. I'm a Baylor Bear. I live in Bremond and practice family medicine in Hearne. I play with this band on the weekends...The Night Shift
 
SteveE9C6 said:
LOL... Chris, I'm sorry to drift off topic here... I'm not an Aggie, but rather and Aggie dad. I'm a Baylor Bear. I live in Bremond and practice family medicine in Hearne. I play with this band on the weekends...The Night Shift
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I'll bet you did your residency at the FP clinic in Waco, right? LOL. A client of mine.
























med-mal attorney here...don't tell anybody THAT either...Oh, and I think Jack Ingram is a genius, but I'm not really all that bright. It's okay to tell people that part...they already know. Stick around and post some tunes.
 
I was taking a break from some stupid synth movie project when I read the headline on Yahoo. My little project seemed pretty small and pointless after that news.

I'd boost some of those harmonies in the first couple minutes just a little.


mmmm cello.


Powerful stuff Chris. Very tasteful use of sound clips too. Because this is a Chris Harris thread I'm compelled to fling jokes and jabs around, but I can't seem to muster any up while this one is in my head.
 
SLuiCe said:
Because this is a Chris Harris thread I'm compelled to fling jokes and jabs around, but I can't seem to muster any up while this one is in my head.
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Maybe this'll help.


fuck you, sluice-boy


Thanks, as always. I think it's a little bunched up in the lower mids. Nobody's mentioned it, which is weird. I think I'm just getting hyper-sensitive to that "sound" that happens when a lower vocal comes in, b/c I haven't been getting it so much since I've started using a lowcut on my vocal....I didn't on this one, for some reason. I thought it would need it. Wow, I just type messagest to myself a lot, JUST like this one...it's like some people like to "think out loud," that's what I'm doing right now. Ignore me.
 
Very nice-fits the mood of the event. The cello is fantastic-and your acoustic sound is great. I had a hard time getting a grip on the melody-but I'm only on my second listen....Since I'm so late to listen to this and havent read the other posts I'll ask-has it aired yet? How did it work out? They using the whole song or just a snip? (I work in tv so these things interest me).

Anyway-quite a credit to your talents to be able to come up with a song this good on demand. Very well done--except the Raegan quote made me feel ill. Enjoyed it.
 
Thanks for listening Strat - and that's a very astute comment...it has been made by at least one other person who didn't feel comfortable posting it (for some reason :D), but it's dead on.

I just had my daughter sing it, and WOW... She came up with a melody that works better. I'm gonna' record her now.

Thanks for the honest listen and comment.
 
chrisharris said:

I just had my daughter sing it, and WOW... She came up with a melody that works better. I'm gonna' record her now.
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Yeah!Get to work on that NOW.:D

I really look forward to hearing anything she sings man.Man what a natural she is.
 
you know what makes this even better..?.....


the wife is gone.....the baby is gone......and i played it on the stereo full blast.......wow......man its like a whole new song






i hate you
jamal
 
Very nice. Emotional, and timely.

...."and thru it a-hall"... signature Chris. It has that harris twang that brings a certain honesty (lawyer? honesty? wtf? :D) to your music. Emotion, too. How can you not want to bawl listening to that sad cello? Hmmm....

Guits sound great... and you're right... the proximity effect is noticeable on certain words of your vocals. Not a complex mix by any measure... so the upper-lows/low-mids on the vocal do seem to stick out.

If you get a good sound rolling the lows off your vocals after-the-fact, well... go for it. Otherwise (time permitting :D) just retrack the words where proximity effect kinda "happened".

This is something I gotta work on, too.... finding the right distance from the mic AND NOT MOVING AROUND too much. I'm starting to think "mic technique" is a misnomer; it's taught that you should move forward and back when you're singing louder/softer to avoid having to use compression later... but IMO it's not so much "mic technique" as it is "singing technique"... if you're singing correctly, each note/pitch should be very close in volume to the others...

Anyway... that's just a thought... probably bullshit... but it would pay to find out how far you have to get from you mic to minimize your proximity effect.


c
 
Hi Chris

I think this is one of the best *recordings* I've heard from you. Your voice sounds great as always, and I like the slightly fragile/vulnerable vocal sound.

Guitars sound really good. Sound clips are used well.

I like the musical aspects of the writing too.

I have to say that the lyrics don't work for me. But I know you'd rather I was honest, so there it is. PM me if you'd like more detail. ;)

Looking forward to hearing your CD. :)

Cheers

AB

PS I love the cello - very well done. You could maybe even make it a wee touch louder?
 
chris,
I just played this tune for my wife and she said she heard it on the radio on Friday......is this even possible? I don't think I even heard it until Saturday. She says for sure. Mix 107.3 in Washington, DC. I went to their website, but couldn't find any reference to it. She tends to be a bit on the dingy side from time to time. Oh well, just thought I'd let you know.


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bdbdbuck said:
chris,
I just played this tune for my wife and she said she heard it on the radio on Friday......is this even possible?
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It's possible, because I turned it over on Friday, but not real likely...LOL. The TV station that used it last night is part of a large multi-communication conglomerate (thus, the reason I don't watch it), and they apparently did use it last night (I fell asleep...*ugh*)...but I doubt it's getting airplay in Virginia.

It'd be cool, though :D :D :D

Thanks for checking,
Chris
 
Jammy-All - I didn't really picture this one being played on "11," so to speak, but that totally kicks ass that you did. LOL. Thanks again.

Chad - Yeah, I've had such good luck with the DMP-3 lately, I really should re-track it, but I'm hoping that dres will be able to get it done. I was gonna' have Jaimee do it, but then she wanted to go to a movie (WITH A BOY?!?!?!) *sigh*

I feel my relevance slip-sliding away, LOL.

Cool of you to listen again. Thanks
 
The A.D.D. Lawyer Forgot Another One

AB - It's okay, man....hehehehee. It's just music. The lyrics are somewhat different from what I originally posted them to be in this thread, (ie, different from the song that's up), but I assume you're talking about the recorded version.

COME OUT OF THE DARK, MY FRIEND. Rip it up (publicly)...you're a smart guy, and I think your comments would be helpful for mass consumption. :D :D

Thanks, as always.
Chris
 
chris - I think in your original post you were asking for comments on the lyrics and hoping they weren't too sentimental/whatever. It's just that for my tastes, they *are* a bit sentimental.

It's a difficult subject to write about *without* going that way, and I'm not sure I could do any better. I probably wouldn't write on the subject at all.

I wasn't really commenting on the *skill* of the lyric writing, more the fact that it doesn't connect with me on an emotional level.

I do really like the bits written from the perspective of a parent, making it personal rather than general. I'd try and make the whole song use that viewpoint, with "I" rather than "we".

There are a few bits that really jar for me:

"You shone brightly with ambition"
"touch the face of God"
"You were carried away on a ribbon in the sky" (?)
"You'll live on now forever in a world where people dream"

The main thing that means it "doesn't work for me" are the religious bits - they obviously strike a chord with a lot of people (from the responses you've had) but for me they really weaken the piece.

I'm being really honest with you because you've done the same for me. As I said, I really like the music, and it's clear that a lot of folk also really like the lyrics. Just not me!

I think it's basically a difference in taste, cultural background and world-view.

Keep up the good work, and don't listen to me. I hardly ever know what I'm talking about. ;)

Cheers

AB
 
alibish said:
It's just that for my tastes, they *are* a bit sentimental.

There are a few bits that really jar for me:

"You shone brightly with ambition"
"touch the face of God"
"You were carried away on a ribbon in the sky" (?)
"You'll live on now forever in a world where people dream"

The main thing that means it "doesn't work for me" are the religious bits -
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Hehehehee...man, you really almost sound scared to say it, but I appreciate the fact that you did. Rather than arguing, because you're undoubtedly right about what does and does not strike a chord with you, I'll try to explain a bit, because it keeps me honest, I hope.

The "religious" references weren't intended to religious, but rather, more "spiritual." The goal was to try to convey a sense of unity and purpose amongst all mankind, even amidst chaos.

you shone brightly with ambition - the line originally was different, and then it was changed 2 or 3 times, but it's intended to be 2 seperate thoughts. (1) You shone (ala a luminescent body not unlike a star) ; and (2) Literally...you were ambitious - the nasa training program accepts a very selct few, so this is pretty much a given, no matter who the applicant is. It's just too damned wordy for me to sing, "you shone brightly, you had ambition."

you touch the face of God - As you know, most of the references are "while you, tried to touch the face of God" - a pretty literal ripoff of the Reagan line. I'm assuming your talking about the very last one, which is...in context "and [we] wonder how you [collective you] touch the face of God. I can totally see how it could be taken as a religious reference, but the truth is that I don't even know if any of them were believers, so it would be a bit presumptuous to assume that they're "with God." What I HOPED to convey was a question, (in the face of our recent failure) i.e., "How do you touch the face of God." Personally, I like the double meaning.

you were carried away on a ribbon in the sky - It's "you," not "we" and if you look at the news footage, that's what the breakup looks like....I white ribbon. This one's a blend of literal and metaphor.

you'll live on now forever in a world where people dream - Actually, I'm surprised this one bugs you. It was just intended to convey that they won't be forgotten by people here who dare to dream the impossible (like space travel).

And yeah, it's definitely sentimental...I tried it more abstractly initially, and the feedback was pretty much "what the hell does the song have to do with the Columbia crash,"...I just hope sentimental doesn't cross over into "sappy" too much. :D :D

As always, the honest opinions are greatly appreciated.
 
Tune Sux, needs a fukking fiddle:mad:

Oh wait, maybe there is a fiddle, Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
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