Q wrote: > 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. > Thanks Q! We did a much better version at rehearsal last night. It was recorded, but I haven't heard it yet. If it is suitable for general audience, I will post it to get some more feedback about further improvements. > 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. Yes :) > 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. I like that idea. Will have to see how it works out at next rehearsal! James _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
