Welcome Home

[SteveE9C6]

Dealing with PTSD, Agent Orange, the VA, and some wonderful folks who served in Pleiku Vietnam, inspired me to write this tune. It's not a political statement. It's a song for vets.

Ok... rip it up.

"Welcome Home"

 

[SteveE9C6]

hmmm 25 views, no comments.



... I rewrote the intro vocals and a tad of the last verse last night and uploaded a slightly different take.
Here are the lyrics:

"Welcome Home"

You know, sometimes we forget to thank people for all that they do for us.
Sometimes we forget that duty, honor, and country, are more than just a phrase.
This is my welcome home song for my brothers and sisters from every war

The streets are quiet now
Silence ends the day
You carry in your heart
The time you spent away
But never forget this
As long as there's a day
You're back where you belong
And here you'll stay
Welcome Home

Now you don't hear the guns of war
Cept only when you dream
The fear, the loneliness
Is just a fading scene

But never forget this
As long as there's a day
You're back where you belong
And here you'll stay

Welcome home, welcome home my friend
Thank you for your time
The friends you left behind
Walk silent by our side
If you should need a hand
Just reach out, we'll be there
You'll never walk alone
That's why we're here
Welcome home, welcome home
Please don't fear

This song is for all of you... Welcome Home.

Steve Stallings 2006

 

[DonF]

hmmm 25 views, no comments.

I'd like to hear it without so much compression. Maybe it's just because I have a headache right now, but it's really getting to me.

The piano and rhythm guitar seem to be fighting for the same space in the mix.

The vocal, to my ears, sounds very strained. Tense. Self-conscious. I'd like to hear the it sounding much more relaxed and natural. The climax of the tune seems to be between 3:40 and 3:55, but it just falls flat. It sounds like you're holding back.

The piano, bass, and guitar don't seem to "land" together on the final chord (4:25).

Sorry to be so negative. I'll listen again later.

Don

 

[aspiring]

Hi Steve

Man that is a lot of compression! Especially the drums. That's a good example if somebody ever wants to know what compression sounds like.

The song itself sounds OK, and the vox sound fine to me. Maybe if you could reduce all that compression on drums and some of the core instruments it might sound more natural.

Have fun
aspiring

 

[SteveE9C6]

Thanks for the feedback.

I think I got carried away with the Neve compressor

I spent several hours on the mix last night and overdubbed the piano mistakes. I decided to eliminate the competing guitar part. There was no compression on the initial drum tracks. There is a Neve compressor added to the entire final mix which I thought was minimal. Regardless, I backed off of the final mix compression by at least 75%.

The piano had no compression added.
The guitar (now only lead part) had the gain boosted with the compressor. I backed off of this and simply boosted the fader.
All compression on the vocals was decreased by at least 75%
The bass was left as is.

I ran out of time and went to bed. I want to work on several parts of this song. Nothing new is uploaded yet. I'll post when it is. I apppreciate the feedback. This is a great learning tool!