The Ballad Of The Old And Lonely (Original)

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This song was born out of sitting around with an acoustic and just singing. I do that a lot. Just sit around with an acoustic guitar and just play and sing the first chords and words that come into my head with no intention of really writing a song, but if I blurt something out that I like then I roll with it. It is usually just the chorus. Anyway, this song took about 4 days to complete, and I think it is in my top favorite list of the songs I have written. I hope you all enjoy it.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=688193&songID=8254488

-Adam.
 
Yeah I definitely think this is one of your better ones. I like the jangly guitars. It's nice to hear some real instruments in there. :D

My only nits: It's way too long, and the double radio static in the intro is weird. I think just one radio would make a better impact.
 
nice one..I preferred your last one but that's a taste thing not because one was better performed or recorded..Greg might be right about the radio intro..it was a little overpowering coming from both sides..good vocals and musicianship :)
 
Greg_L said:
Yeah I definitely think this is one of your better ones. I like the jangly guitars. It's nice to hear some real instruments in there. :D

My only nits: It's way too long, and the double radio static in the intro is weird. I think just one radio would make a better impact.
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Hey Greg. Thanks for listening and for the input. As for the length, I couldn't do much in that department. This is more I think of an album closer, and I like the outros to be fairly long. But, I did mono the radios like you suggested. Though I did leave both radios, one of them was mixed down, and the other put in up front so there wasn't so much competition going on. Thanks again. Glad you liked it. (And it was a nice change to play real instruments too! I've been holding off because my guitar was out of sorts, and I just got around to getting it set up.)

kcearl said:
nice one..I preferred your last one but that's a taste thing not because one was better performed or recorded..Greg might be right about the radio intro..it was a little overpowering coming from both sides..good vocals and musicianship :)
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Thank you very much. As stated, the radio has been toned down. Thanks again, and I'm glad you like both this one, and the previous one.

-Adam.
 
much better.....love radio intros for some reason..Ive got a great one of thatcher and the falkland war..wonder if I can slap that in a cheerful ditty :)
 
kcearl said:
much better.....love radio intros for some reason..Ive got a great one of thatcher and the falkland war..wonder if I can slap that in a cheerful ditty :)
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Thanks. And why not? I'd go for it.

-Adam.
 
Nice :D...yet another side of propman. I like this one a lot.

It is slower and and it has lots of guitars...what more could I ask for?

Very cool with a variety of organic sounds mixed with your more typical electronic enhancements...I liked the bells (chimes?) at the beginning and I liked the extreme panning on some of the background vocals.

Personally, the radio intro, while cool, was way too long for me, but you may want it to be exactly that length for some reason...you usually seem to have a pretty good idea of what you're doing ;):).

Nice job Adam!
 
heatmiser said:
Nice :D...yet another side of propman. I like this one a lot.

It is slower and and it has lots of guitars...what more could I ask for?

Very cool with a variety of organic sounds mixed with your more typical electronic enhancements...I liked the bells (chimes?) at the beginning and I liked the extreme panning on some of the background vocals.

Personally, the radio intro, while cool, was way too long for me, but you may want it to be exactly that length for some reason...you usually seem to have a pretty good idea of what you're doing ;):).

Nice job Adam!
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I'm glad you liked it Heat. I had a feeling you would considering you said you liked slower guitar driven stuff. And it was a glockenspiel. (the bells/chimes) And I did want the radio to be that length for a reason. I liked it. No deep meaning there. There were just so many sounds in there while I was spinning the dial that I liked that I didn't want to cut any of it short. Thanks for listening.

-Adam.
 
Hey cool song Adam. This is kind of a lazy rainy day Sunday thing going on. Very nice.
 
Would you mind posting the lyrics Adam? I can hear & undertsand form the streamer but I just like reading words on paper.
The sound on this is a little cripser than when you're working with midi/keyboard dominated stuff. Is that because you've EQ'd differently or just part of the in - out process?
Radio intros work for me (except where they're faked like the ramones RnRoll Radio & Slade's Radio Wall of Sound). The intro on Burn It Down by Dexy's Midnight Runners was faked but sounded OK because they didn't fake a voice over.
Song wise - another cool one & another marking your range of skills.
I'll listen again in a little while & add commentary if there's something I hear/think of.
Terrific work.
 
dodgeaspen said:
Hey cool song Adam. This is kind of a lazy rainy day Sunday thing going on. Very nice.
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Thanks. I don't know what that is, but I'll assume it's good! :D

rayc said:
Would you mind posting the lyrics Adam? I can hear & undertsand form the streamer but I just like reading words on paper.
The sound on this is a little cripser than when you're working with midi/keyboard dominated stuff. Is that because you've EQ'd differently or just part of the in - out process?
Radio intros work for me (except where they're faked like the ramones RnRoll Radio & Slade's Radio Wall of Sound). The intro on Burn It Down by Dexy's Midnight Runners was faked but sounded OK because they didn't fake a voice over.
Song wise - another cool one & another marking your range of skills.
I'll listen again in a little while & add commentary if there's something I hear/think of.
Terrific work.
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I may have EQ'd different. I don't know. I don't know what the in-out process is, but it sounds dirty. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it, and any more commentary would be very welcome. Thanks!

-Adam.
 
another great song, i liked the radio intro but thought was just a little too long:)
 
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