letterfromNY

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Dude! I missed your recordings :)

I don't typically care much for the more folky genre, but I really like your stuff, and I'll say what I have before, you got something special and I want to push you forward!!

(I really thought you got signed and were no longer cool enough to hang here :p, no, really, that's what I thought!!)

This one's still rough, but I like the simple harmonies and the "downtown" at the end, but the actually ending may need a little polishing... not one for form, but it really doesn't jive with the rest of the tune... maybe a slow fade and lose the dense echo/reverb on the last vocal part??

I dunno, just trying to help. Welcome back!
 
looks like yer famous dooood.

If all the songs here are this cool, I'm stayin'...FIRST POST TO YOU
 
mixmkr said:
hey dude...nice to see a post from you. You couldn't find any wackos in NY to back you up in a band!!:D :eek:
:)
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I live in New York, you could have called me! :D



hey Erland, as usual, a pretty happy and pleasant tune.. Hope you liked New York..


You will not find better pizza or marijuana anywhere in the U.S. :)


be cool!
 
Another winner!!

This guys stuff has always amazed me. Just him and an acoustic and thats it!!! Never a throwaway line in his lyrics. It has been way too long since we have had something from Erland but it was worth the wait. If this was me I would consider it an unfinished tune, but in Erland's hands I couldnt imagine adding anything else that might interfere with those lyrics.

Beautiful
Mike
 
I've been away, but very glad to be back here again. And what do I find on my return? A new one from Erland. Welcome back man. Can't wait to here it. Unfortunately, the link's not working at the moment. I'll try again later. I'm gonna be pissed if I miss this one!


Twist
 
weird sound on the vox... distorted and hyped...
Good songwriting, playing and singing.

Not much to say really.. good job..
 
woh... that kicked ass. I'm JR#97, by the way.. nice to meet ya... I'm now your biggest fan.. be afraid... very afraid...

Only a few things to mention.. the vocals were pretty loud and a bit sibilent. It didnt' sound like sibilence from tracking, but probably from either compression or eq or a combo of both.

The dry bongo/conga hits were a bit awkward in the rhythem for me, but I loved the reverbed/panned hits. And I loved the fade out with reverb. Excellent effect. This is going into my heavy rotation.
 
great to be back

:o

Thanks ever so much for the encouraging return, you chaps sure know how to make me feel welcome. Just outstanding! x

How can I reply to this? from the top

Man, Its going to take me ages to check out all these songs that have been posted! cool

Fed - Fed Hi! I was more excited to read this than opening my exam results! you liked the song, great. It is the first opportunity I have had to record and as usual it was not what I wanted to record but hey...LOL Man I scoured the house looking for anything I could use as a shaker, in the end I never added the bag of sugar. I think its time to visit a music shop. cheers

King Elvis - great to see you too. Awsome that you should be working and not surfin the homerecording net. Mike you always say the nicest things. thankyou

TripleM - yeh there are loads of sound quality problems going on but thats great that you liked it anyway. Thanks for checking out those little added things. Makes me happy knowing they were worthit. The mic is a Shure 606. I`m looking faward to checking out your stuff.

mkg - cool. I tryed to build it up but I think I left it too late. Thats a great comment though. thanks Mark.

WATYF - LOL, thats just brilliant mate. Thanks. I was in NY last september. I was supposed to go back this summer but had to graduate. I have been working 17 hours a day in the very North of Scotland. I have to pay for next terms tuition fees and so am raising the funds. I get what your saying, makes perfect senses as usual. Cheers for that. I`ll be searhing for your songs man. Talk to you soon

wes480 - hi there. Yeh I kindof think I should have started the percussion earlier to hook it better. I would love to know what you would like me to attempt. Just for fun. Thanks ever so much for the encourageing words again.

participant - no thanks for listening. It makes it all worthwhile knowing someone on the otherside of the world is enjoying a wee tune. Cheers. I don`t have the best equipment I suppose but am trying to make it sound as good as possible. You said the single most exciting thing you could. Very wierd to hear. thankyou

SLuiCe - alrightee. Iw as in the US last summer but my gosh it treated me well allright! your so nice. looking faward to checking out your songs.

muzeman - Pete hi! great to hear from you and with those word you really know how to make my face blush. I used yours for the guitar ;) I was supposed to be in the states but had to graduate in person so have been working all day and night to raise money for tuition fees. I am way up North in Scotland. Yeh that was the back of the guitar and I lowered the strings for a bass. I am glad you liked the titbits. Take care and thanks.

:( got to get offline, shouts my brother!
 
There are a few artists that make me celebrate every time they release a new CD. I'll listen to them 'till I die. I'm hoping you live a very long time because you are on that exclusive list. Its really good to have you back! You are the master of making something simple seem like more than the sum of the parts. Great new song. Keep 'em coming!
 
Too bad,I was hoping you were still in NY.
The wife and I are going over tommorrow,was hoping to meet with you.

Thought mabey you were running in the marathon!:D
Well mabey next time around.:)

Good luck with school,take care.

Best to you,
Pete
 
I didn't read nuffin...

whoever you are, you're song (and the present performance thereof) is great. Don't let anybody here screw it up.

hehehe...

Excellent work, LOVE it.
-chris
 
I've been around here a little while, but this is the first Erland tune I've heard, and you've got some REAL skills. I listen to it in the car now, and I'd be glad to pay for it - maybe even cover it with my bar band (if you'd permit, of course). It's almost like a cross between Beck's acoustic stuff and Dave Mattews, but you've got your own style & character. Vocals are chock full of life.

Stick around, man - glad to meet you :)
 
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Erland said:
I'll be searching for your songs man. Talk to you soon

:( got to get offline, shouts my brother!
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Well.. if you insist on listening to my crap... :p then I'll save you the search... here's my NWR site. I don't think you've heard "Tell Her"... most people seemed to like that one, but "Breathe" didn't go over quite so well. I didn't play any of the parts on it.. I just did the recording. (so that's my excuse... :D)

By the by... I've listened to the song a few (read "millions") more times and now the verse is growing on me... I think you could sing the dictionary and we'd all like it... :D

P.S. Tell your brother to shut his big fat cakehole!!!! :p We haven't seen you in months... so he'll just have to wait! :cool:

WATYF
 
by the way... did you purposefully tune your guitar to 430 or was it just "ear" tuned? :D It took me a while to match your tuning just so I could play along... :p

WATYF
 
Great! Reminds me of the old country! When you do the slight shouts at the end I though I detected a slight New York tough guy accent?! j/k...............Very good-I've enjoyed all your tunes. Say hello to Washington Square for me................
 
hi

Lt. Bob - hi there. Thanks for your personal compliment. I don`t know Miller yet but cheers. I tryed to make it build each verse etc, glad you noticed. bye

Guernica - Wow, cheers for that mate. The ending was a bit odd, sorry but chuffed you liked it. Make my head swell!

jamal buchet - lol, looking faward to checking out our stuff soon. Thanks ever so much for the nice words. Cat Stevens, I was told that, I only know one song though! loved it

Llarion - thats a great thing to say. I am glad you liked the bass line. I just lowered the guitar strings a bit becasue i don`t have a bass. I doubled it up too and It sounded really cool. Great accident. The echo at the end was also a mistake but I kept it in anyway. I am going to check out you stuff too, very soon. Looking faward to that thread. bye

boydrj - cool. changed your mind. very pleased you liked it and thanks for the good vibes.

Kramer - good idea with the strings. I`m not a fan of synth stuff though but I would love to add strings one day. I`ve heard some great sounds on this forum though. No one has told me how to get them. I have fruity loop demo on the computer, but I would need samples. Thanks Kramer

mixmkr - cheers Mix. I`ll rty and get a better sound on the next one. Glad you liked it. I`ll be very good.

Pinky - LOL, you the man Pinky. Thanks for being such a Star to me. I wanted a shocking, out of form end just to kindof well I dunno. Your right dude. Thanks though

Pinky - man this is the place to be. I have heard some amazing songs.

B.SABBATH - Hi there B. Great to see you again. I was there last september but not this summer. Looking farward to searching for your songs!

arse :(
 
I haven't read the whole thread yet, but I am guessing you did come to the US, cheers!!

Good to hear from you again!! I liked the tapping on the ...guitar? Maybe you can try to hold a peice of toiletpaper or thin fabric in between the mic and your mouth when you sing next time.

It's not the most exciting song of yours, but it definitely is a good variety to hear from you. Good job!!! :)

AL
 
mes·mer·iz·ing........................................
Very nice song.
 
wow

King Elvis - That was so nice. Thankyou for your endless good vibes.

twist - hi twist. Good to be back isn`t it. Way to many tunes to listen!

Meshuggah - yeh, I wish I had a condessor. Thanks for the nice words. Man your picture is funny! those darn smurfs

JR#97 - wow. thanks mate. Yeh i wish i had a real bongo. I used the back of the guitar and well I can understand its out of placeness. cheers

crawdad - thats and amazing thing to say. Thanks. I would love to have more stuff but just use whats at hand. in the end it all works out though. Look farward to hearing your songs and its good to be back

muzeman - I would have too. I would love to run the NY marathon. Did i tell you I ran one 2001. Awsome experience! Speak to you soon Pete x

chrisharris - cheers chris. Thanks for the advise! Hey I am listening to a song called December. Absolutely ACE! love it. Great great chorus. AMzing fiddle sound....

Seanmorse79 - glad to meet you too. Listening in the car, brilliant! man that is the best feeling. What a charming comment.

WATYF - LOL. Yeh its tough to do anything here. They don`t really know I even play the guitar or what my BR 532 is! I wish I had one big room with no disturbances. Instead I have the opposite.
Yeh its just ear tuned but there is a capo on the third? fret

Stratomaster - dude! picked up the lingo too. CHuffed you liked it mate.

A1A2 - hi there. Yeh its just a wee quiet song. Good advise with the filter

bobbo - thanks bobbo. Bit of an accident. I hope thats a good thing. Later

What an amzing place this is.

:)
 
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