Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
Damn Bob, you have a fantastic voice. I dig the reverb on the voice. All of it. I'd love to hear this with real drums. this would be dangerous then. There wouldn't be a dry seat in the house.
crawdad
Dammit, Jim, Shut Up!
Excellent song and great vocal performance. Don't know if its you or the C-1, but it sounds wonderful. I suspect its you and you'd sound this good on any old mic.
I think you could back off on the strings and use another acoustic, fiddle, steel or something else in its place, but thats just subjective. The song communicates as is. I hope you get this one cut by somebody.
I only had one problem and its with the line "she's my best girl". Not that its a bad line, but it makes it sound like she's maybe not your ONLY girl, just the best of the bunch. I'd say "my only girl" instead. It sounds better following the first line and avoids ambiguity. Hey, I'm giving you free "gold" here! But take it or leave it.
Very nice work. Its nice to hear songs like this in this day and age! Write more!
I think you could back off on the strings and use another acoustic, fiddle, steel or something else in its place, but thats just subjective. The song communicates as is. I hope you get this one cut by somebody.
I only had one problem and its with the line "she's my best girl". Not that its a bad line, but it makes it sound like she's maybe not your ONLY girl, just the best of the bunch. I'd say "my only girl" instead. It sounds better following the first line and avoids ambiguity. Hey, I'm giving you free "gold" here! But take it or leave it.
Very nice work. Its nice to hear songs like this in this day and age! Write more!
SLuiCe
New member
He might be going for the gangsta rap approach, Al.
crawdad
Dammit, Jim, Shut Up!
Sluice--hey, don't laugh, but it will probably be the next "nashville sound" the way things are going down there! Except for the giveaway twang in the vocals, some of those tracks sound like Metallica these days!
Buffalo Bob
New member
I just wanted to bump this thread up and thank all of you for your good wishes, encouragement, and especially prayers. This morning we got a publishing deal on "She". This publisher is in the position to pitch to the biggies, so my hopes are high. We'll have to go up to Nashville to get the papers done, and I'm so excited I can't think straight! The worst part is, my home phone is down and I can't tell my better half (the subject of the song) that we got a deal! This is the realization of my one life's dream. Every dive we ever played in is flashing before my eyes.
Needless to say, I will be leaving work early today! Thanks for all your support- I love you guys!
Bob
Needless to say, I will be leaving work early today! Thanks for all your support- I love you guys!
Bob
joro
The Pie Guy
CONGRATULATIONS BOB!!!!!!!!
Good for you man....I hope you get it cut dude...
Best wishes,
Joe
Good for you man....I hope you get it cut dude...
Best wishes,
Joe
T
twist
New member
Best of luck Bob. Group Hug.
Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
WOOHOOO!! Dude! Congrats.
wes480
New member
wow man,that is incredible (the deal)
i dig this song...thanks for sharing.
i dig this song...thanks for sharing.
Doug Quance
2006 Cave Roast Chairman
Congrats, Bob!
Some good stuff, there. And some good comments by your friends on this board, as well.
Reverb can help a poor singer hide their flaws. At least it makes the singer feel better, anyway. Your voice is good. You don't need to overuse the verb.
Although the focus should be the vocals, the vocals don't need to be quite so high in the mix. You've got a good mic that cuts through very well. Perhaps the level will be fine if you back off the verb. (or at least EQ the verb)
Piano could be a little more present.
This track could use the human feel of live drums.
I like the idea of some harmony vocals, as well.
Just one man's opinion. Worth no more, or less, than anyone else's.
Once again, congrats!
Some good stuff, there. And some good comments by your friends on this board, as well.
Reverb can help a poor singer hide their flaws. At least it makes the singer feel better, anyway. Your voice is good. You don't need to overuse the verb.
Although the focus should be the vocals, the vocals don't need to be quite so high in the mix. You've got a good mic that cuts through very well. Perhaps the level will be fine if you back off the verb. (or at least EQ the verb)
Piano could be a little more present.
This track could use the human feel of live drums.
I like the idea of some harmony vocals, as well.
Just one man's opinion. Worth no more, or less, than anyone else's.
Once again, congrats!
Buffalo Bob
New member
Doug -
Thanks for listening and commenting. I only did this as a rough songwriting demo to shop to publishers. I know all the obvious recording/mixing flaws in it, but I'm a songwriter, not an engineer. That requires that I make certain tradeoffs. (Plus, I'm a recovering reverbaholic!)
The only thing that really matters to me is that it got picked up. It did. Now I can go fishing!
Bob
Thanks for listening and commenting. I only did this as a rough songwriting demo to shop to publishers. I know all the obvious recording/mixing flaws in it, but I'm a songwriter, not an engineer. That requires that I make certain tradeoffs. (Plus, I'm a recovering reverbaholic!)
The only thing that really matters to me is that it got picked up. It did. Now I can go fishing!
Bob
fenderlikingood
New member
buffalo mo foein bob!!!! catch a big one for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your using the right bait, for sure!!!
congatufrickinlations!!!!!!!!
all the best!!!!!!!!!!
rick
your using the right bait, for sure!!!
congatufrickinlations!!!!!!!!
all the best!!!!!!!!!!
rick
Doug Quance
2006 Cave Roast Chairman
It was my pleasure, Bob.
I listened to it four or five times while collecting my thoughts and reading the other posts. Yeah, I liked it, too.
For your current purposes, the mix works really hard.
From my experiences, singers and musicians all seem to have a biased point of view about where everything should fit in the mix. Everyone wants "out-front" in the mix.
Nevertheless, it's a good song that can be successful... and that's what matters.
BTW: If you like to hear heavy verb while you're singing... that's cool (and natural, I might add.) Just restrict it to your monitor mix until mixdown.
My 2 cents. Or is that 4?
I listened to it four or five times while collecting my thoughts and reading the other posts. Yeah, I liked it, too.
For your current purposes, the mix works really hard.
From my experiences, singers and musicians all seem to have a biased point of view about where everything should fit in the mix. Everyone wants "out-front" in the mix.
Nevertheless, it's a good song that can be successful... and that's what matters.
BTW: If you like to hear heavy verb while you're singing... that's cool (and natural, I might add.) Just restrict it to your monitor mix until mixdown.
My 2 cents. Or is that 4?