James Stone wrote: Hi. >> I'm late to the party (as usual). >> This is quite a fun quirky little song. To me, the relatively minor >> defects enhance rather than detract from it. I wonder what reaction >> you'd get from a real audience. Have you tried it? >> > > Thanks for your lovely comments! > > Yes I have played it live with the band.. generally the reaction is of > bemusement, and a half-hearted trickle of applause.. I was trying to > work out why (apart from the fact it ends in a strange way), as most > of our other songs seem to go down much better. > > This little recording experiment has showed me that it needs to be > played quite a lot slower than we were doing it, and secondly, that > the rhythm guitar must be very simple to avoid conflicting with the > other rhythmic aspects of the song.. Not got round to re-recording it > though (or playing it with the band again). > > James > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user Oops, sent this just to James and not to the list by mistake... I've only just got around to listening to this as well. I also enjoyed it -- it's got promise and I'd say it's worth pursuing. I find it odd that it doesn't garner a good reaction live, it must just be one of those matters of taste: you do say it never works well, perhaps when the whole band "get it", and you can do it with conviction, the audience reaction may be better. I actually quite like it at the pace it is at, but as you say, it'll need to be tight. I'm sure it'd work well a few clicks slower though. I like the lyrics as well, I think quirky is probably an apt word to use. A thought that occurred to me regarding developing it: how about alternating verses male/female (or vice versa) and repeat the chorus one last time in harmony -- it might give a bit of a twist to the lyrical tale. You could use a different melody line for the male verses, one that better fits your range and which harmonises with the existing vocal melody. Just a thought. Q _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
