Give It Up - REMIXED VERSION

 
Hi everyone , I'm posting this song as is for now . My CakeWalk Project 5 totally crashed on me in the middle of working on my bridge section so its not completely finished . I did get it back up and running but the catch is my keyboard will not play anything in Project 5 , talk about a BUMMER ! I'm not sure why or what happened when Project 5 crashed on me but I hope I can get my keyboard working in Project 5 . 
  
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11418111&q=hi&newref=1
 
Anyway this is what I have been working on lately , I wanted to ask Scotty if he would add some lead guitar to this song if he has some free time to spare .
If your interested Scotty I only need lead guitar in the second verse section and in the four chorus sections and in the end section which is very short .
 
Thanks for listening !
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Hi Radio, very nice.  Need vocals and guitars.  Drums sound very good and I like their parts alot.  Cymbals are very hot (too hot?).
I see a helicopter flyer over a dense jungle...

Rimshot

Rimshot


Hi Radio, very nice.  Need vocals and guitars.  Drums sound very good and I like their parts alot.  Cymbals are very hot (too hot?).
I see a helicopter flyer over a dense jungle...

Rimshot
 
Thanks , as soon as I figure out whats causing my Project 5 to crash on me I'll do some fine tuning and finish that bridge section I started when all hell broke loose on me .
 
Thanks Buddy !
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bapu

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Rimshot


Hi Radio, very nice.  Need vocals and guitars.  Drums sound very good and I like their parts alot.  Cymbals are very hot (too hot?).
I see a helicopter flyer over a dense jungle...

Rimshot

Thanks , as soon as I figure out whats causing my Project 5 to crash on me I'll do some fine tuning and finish that bridge section I started when all hell broke loose on me .
 
Thanks Buddy !
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James.

Good job.

BTW, you never seem to go beyond the end of the quoted post when you reply. Can I suggest you make sure your cursor is at the very left in the reply box when you start your reply? Sometimes it hard to recognize your post as a reply.

Notice how my reply looks? YOU can tell it's not part of the above quoted post.

Oh yea I see what your talking about , I was adding a smiley face but I forgot . Anyway thanks for the heads up . I just fixed a few Project 5 issues and have my keyboard working now .
Started working on my little eight bar bridge section and that seems to be working out , after I get that in place and do some more fine tuning with the cymbals I will update the song .
 
All the way to the left , thanks !
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From what I can hear on the notebook (which isn't much?) the drums "dominate" the song. I can't really hear a melody? Or a hook, or much of the song, just the drums. And I would compress them a bit as well. 

CLEAN


So far this is really nice - can't wait to hear it when you finish it.

Hey Thanks Mark , should be over the week-end as long as I don't keep having Project 5 crashes . I think I found what was causing those issues , see what happens .
 
Cheers !
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Janet


Sounds like a great start.  Robby's got a good point, but I guess you're going to add more.  
 
 
Thanks Janet , I was hoping for a guitar player to finish this song up . Some lyrics and vocals would be nice but I don't see that happening , I'm working on the bridge section now but for now it is what it is with high hopes a guitar player will join in with me on this tune .
 
Thanks for the listen !
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Hey Scotty this song is for you buddy ! Give me a buzz lets connect , it needs a great guitar player !

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Hi James!
On vacation right now and pretty booked for the next few weeks. Are you in a hurry for this?

Very nice textures and melody.  This is going to be a monster when it's completed.  The only thing that comes to mind is that after listening to several songs on this forum for the last half hour, your overall volume is quite lower than most submissions.  I'm not into the volume wars, and I'm a firm believer in dynamics, but I think there's room for a boost without destroying the song.  However, if it stays as is, you've still done a heck of a job.

Just for the record I made some changes and remixed my song . I deleted the one drum pattern I was using in my chorus sections and replaced it with one that doesn't give me that clipping sound I was hearing before so that is fixed .
I also changed out some crash cymbals to give that a better sound and adjusted the volume levels there in that area .
Also monkeyed around with the volume levels in my bridge section and one track in the last two chorus sections .

Doing all of this and updating on SoundClick I bumped out my #3 spot where I had it posted , oh well it sounds much better now in my ears .

Thats my update , next update will be after Scotty finishes up with adding guitar to the song .

Thanks for all the listens !

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Radio,
 
Sounds pretty good.  Nice groove.   Good luck getting your computer to behave.
Regards

notnat


cool groove goin' on here... not really sure what Project 5 is... but this is sounding good so far...

Thanks just got back home , shopping for new cell really wears me out when you deal with sprint .
Thanks for the listen and comment , can't wait to hear it after Scotty adds guitar to it in two to three weeks .
Oh yes Project 5 is a DAW by CakeWalk , they did away with it . Most of the time I like recording my songs with it , easy to work with .
 
Thanks !
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timidi
good so far. Wonderful pocket. love it.
Thanks for the listen , should sound really great when Scotty starts working on it so tune in next month or before .
 
Cheers!
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Bob Oister


Hi, James,

This is really a terrific song with a killer groove, super sounding drum track, and a great electronica mix!  I could definitely picture this on the soundtrack of an action movie.

I can't wait to hear what Scotty adds to this, he's a dynamite guitar player and really brings a cool new dimension to songs that he plays on.

Great work, James, really good stuff! 
Bob
 
Thanks Bob , thats really means alot coming from you . I'm sure Scotty when he messes around with it will pick the right strings for this tune , can't wait to hear what he adds to the song .
 
Thanks again Bob for the listen and comments , cheers !
 
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