Joy (7 y/o) states this is tropical music.
Exuberant, down-to-earth, perfectly recorded, IMHO. Vox harmonies build up to a heavenly histeria ... strong female voices might even take this up a notch higher!
... very loving and authentic. Caleb asks are the drums synth or live? (Caleb and I have sung many Haitian songs ... which are slightly more 'clappish')
Title/message is also excellent. The song may become a cultural fav for eternities if the lyrics are as simple as I hope.
EDIT:
JonBouy has a valid point, IMHO. But the clarity of the song must not be compromised ... since the rhythm punches and lead vox are perfectly orchestrated and mastered to the hilt.
My joyful solution to JonBouy's hypothesis might be
1) to invite/increment more vocs into the song after the 1st verse (which would possibly happen in African culture anyway). Such multi-vox ambience has a way of knitting things together and glorifying God ... as human church folk crave.
(E.g., your backing vox, African females, children vocs, Western choirs, EWQLS choirs, more of the backing harmonies that you already have, or whatever)
2) Of course the Haitian way would be to add many human claps with different beats and counters.
(E.g., Sonar Beatscape has many such claps)
3) Or, increment some other rhythmic pad element (ambient shakers, tambs, cymbs, or whatever) (E.g., Sonar beatscape)
Again, none of my solutions seem necessary ... as this song sketch feels extremely fresh, vibrant, and perfect, to my ears.
post edited by Philip - 2010/08/11 22:58:47