Lynn


James, this is a short, but sweet piece of music.  I enjoyed the listen, but I think the mix could come up in volume somewhat.  It's very smooth, but there's not much tension and  release.  But, kudos to all involved for writing good parts.

blipp


Very nice composition James and an interesting arrangement that keeps your attention. 

You always have great tones coming from your guitars and this one is no exeption. Very enjoyable melodically too.

I have to agree with markno though about the occasional timing errors of the percussion and it did distract me a few times.

Overall though a very well crafted piece of work.

drumstixkev


I love the flow of this piece.  I don't know if its the  drums or the space the drums are sitting in that throws me off.  GREAT colab looking forward to hearing more of your project.


Kev

CLEAN


Beautiful song - great playing. I love this a lot.

The Band19


Sorry James, I meant to listen and comment earlier. I like it, "as usual." Something a miss with the bass though? Did you know I'm a bass player? And? I have an Alembic? (Not many bass players can say that :-)

This actually kind of a Steve Vai vibe to me? It's the guitar melody and in some respect the tones. It's over now, in retrospect, it feels almost like part of a rock opera? Like "a scene?" As it it was something else, then this happened, and it's about to transition to the next scene?

(I'm sorry for that Ed, I didn't bust um too hard? Just a tap really? Like a fist bump?)

Actually it sounds pretty nice all the way around? I did particularly enjoy the guitars. Good job.

jamesyoyo


I like the drum rhythms, but the sounds you chose for them: not so much. Especially in the first part where the snare thing sounds like a clipped wav edit.

There are real moments of beauty here, but it does come across kinda disjointed. The bass is fine I think, but it sounds too prominent and upfront for this track. Maybe grab some fundamentals and low pass the rest. Then there wouldn't be so much contention with the rest.

The piano could stand to be pushed back a tad with some reverb, 

chuckebaby


what a great piece, im in love with the main melody of the song, its beautiful James, your guitar work is just amazing in this song.
the piano is very nice as well and what can I say about the bass ? just great ed.

man I just keep going back to the melody, its great.
I would just die to hear this with lyrics some how built in to it.
the melody lines are big sellers/top 40 #1 hit stuff, the things hits are made of.

I didn't know what to expect when I hit play, I haven't listen to many of your songs.
I really liked this.

id love to critique it but I just cant im sorry, I felt everything was right there and where it needed to be.
could it have been recorded in a 5 million dollar studio and mastered at the record plant?
sure I would notice the difference but for polished/non polished mix, this is great.

thanks for sharing

paulo


I've listened three times now on different days to see of the drums would grow on me, but I'm still not feeling the love for them. Guitar tones are to die for as usual. It's good, but not there yet for me.

chuckebaby

jamesg1213

chuckebaby


what a great piece, im in love with the main melody of the song, its beautiful James, your guitar work is just amazing in this song.
the piano is very nice as well and what can I say about the bass ? just great ed.

man I just keep going back to the melody, its great.
I would just die to hear this with lyrics some how built in to it.
the melody lines are big sellers/top 40 #1 hit stuff, the things hits are made of.

I didn't know what to expect when I hit play, I haven't listen to many of your songs.
I really liked this.

id love to critique it but I just cant im sorry, I felt everything was right there and where it needed to be.
could it have been recorded in a 5 million dollar studio and mastered at the record plant?
sure I would notice the difference but for polished/non polished mix, this is great.

thanks for sharing

Chuck, this may seem like bumping, but I don't care, 'cos you just made my day!  This piece started with the melody, and I'm so pleased you liked it.

came back for another listen today,true to my word, i love this piece.the melody's grow on you a lot.
I listened to the version without drums as well. just a great work of art.

notnat


Interesting to hear the difference... I would prefer the drums come in earlier, but different voices than the previous kit...
I'm still hearing some timing issues with the bass... it comes in  a hair late, and it's just not there on a couple of critical downbeats...
I like what he's doing... but someone needs to zoom-in, split clips, and do some micro-surgery... move the bass track adjacent to the guitar track, zoom-in and visually line 'em up...   I love the music, by the way...