Slip into the Night

Just sang this one while playing the guitar. That's it, at least so far. Well, that's about all there is to say about it, I guess, except I hope someone likes it :) 
https://soundcloud.com/laura-thomson-723335445
 
 

Awww, eph221, thank you :D
 

Heard some McCartney stuff in the guitar figures. Nice work. You have a lovely voice in this.

Thanks very much, bitflipper. I'm (I think I'm) hoping to make a full production of this ....
 
Thank you, too, jamesyoyo. McCartney is a such a great musician - it's sweet to hear I could play something that would bring him to someone's mind in some way.
 
Hi Beagle and thanks for your comment and question.
 
I was using an mxl (dual-sided) v67. I agree that it sounds kind of  squashed and odd here, especially with initial consonants of a few of the words near the beginning of the song.
 
Most likely it wasn't the mike, but that I probably messed up and accidentally had my Octa-Capture on some weird setting.
 
But I managed to get a kind of decent take first shot singing and playing the guitar simultaneously so I was happy and relieved. I thought I'd try to get by with what I had in that take and hope that nobody noticed the kind of crummy vocal sound.
 
Lazy, or just plain afraid I couldn't make it all the way through again without a major mistake. Guess I should have made some adjustments and tried again. 
 
Thanks again, all, for taking the trouble to listen and comment!
LJ

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Thanks very much, bitflipper. I'm (I think I'm) hoping to make a full production of this ....
 
Thank you, too, jamesyoyo. McCartney is a such a great musician - it's sweet to hear I could play something that would bring him to someone's mind in some way.
 
Hi Beagle and thanks for your comment and question.
 
I was using an mxl (dual-sided) v67. I agree that it sounds kind of  squashed and odd here, especially with initial consonants of a few of the words near the beginning of the song.
 
Most likely it wasn't the mike, but that I probably messed up and accidentally had my Octa-Capture on some weird setting.
 
But I managed to get a kind of decent take first shot singing and playing the guitar simultaneously so I was happy and relieved. I thought I'd try to get by with what I had in that take and hope that nobody noticed the kind of crummy vocal sound.
 
Lazy, or just plain afraid I couldn't make it all the way through again without a major mistake. Guess I should have made some adjustments and tried again. 
 
Thanks again, all, for taking the trouble to listen and comment!
LJ

Hi Laura,
just a point of information which might be a problem and might not - I own an MXL V67M and they're not "dual sided."  the V67 is a Cardioid patttern side address condenser mic.
 
basically those are a lot of big words to say that the pick up pattern for the mic is not "directional" but has the biggest pickup directly in front of it when it's "standing upright"
 
so you want to sing into the side where the "V67" is facing you like this:
 

 
the back side of the mic WILL pick up your voice, but it will be greatly reduced volume and probably will have some artifacts because of being on the back of the cardioid pattern.  and since it is greatly reduced volume you'll need to crank up the mic preamp on the octo which will also cause artifacts to add to the signal.
 
the cardioid pattern is like this:

the "firing line" in the above pic is the FRONT of the mic as shown on the V67 mic front above.
 
so, you might not be doing it wrong, but since you said "dual sided" - I wanted to make sure you understood that the mic is actually not dual sided and the pickup on the front of the mic will be where you can read "V67" and if you're not singing directly into the front, you get different pickup "sounds" but if you're on the 90 degree off axis you'll have odd artifacts and if you're at the back of the mic you'll have even higher artifacts in the recording.

I look forward to hearing more from you.  Beautiful, with some minor imperfections, but it sounds "real", which makes it all worth it.

To Jesse Screed - It's truly an honour to hear that you bookmarked my SC song list. I'm very very grateful and hope not to abuse your ears too often! Thank you so much for your kindness. :)
 
To fjz and Walt Collins - Thank you both very much for your kind words. It means a lot when people take their valuable time and choose the words that give other people a lift. :) 
 
I'm hoping to get enough time tomorrow at long last to start listening to what everybody here's been up to the last couple of weeks. I've been really missing hearing all of your music.  I can't wait.... now if my work (job-for-money) will only cooperate!
 
Thanks again,
LJ
 

so you played this and sang the same time? wow
your straightest song yet but that's prob just the orchestration
beautiful anyhow. you don't sing like most people- it's a quiet jazzlike quality.
 

Your artistry is amazing! I listened to all of your songs on SC... “Garyline” remix is my favorite…
2^nd “You Better Move In”…

Hi Laura, this is without a doubt the best thing I've heard in years ! Please don't change a thing ; )
 
Rik

Lovely song, intricate playing and your voice is wonderful.  You really do need to work on your recording/mixing technique though.

To mgh, AntManB, Guitarhacker, Rikkie, BASSJOKER, philz and Wookiee: Thank you all so much for taking the time and trouble to listen to the song and then write about it. :) I very much appreciate each one of your comments. I'm very thankful for the positive feedback, and try to learn from the negative.
 
To Passive Drift: I can't believe you listened to all my songs on SC! That is a real honour and very, very generous of you. Thanks so much! :)
 
LJ
 
 
 

Hi synkrotron andy :) That's a really good point; I think you're right - thanks! LJ

Hey daryl1968,
 
Thanks for the compliment! The only thing better would be if you could arrange somehow to timewarp inveigle me on to the actual White Album ...  
 
Fortunately for the public, I doubt this may actually be possible...
LJ