How Love Fled

Hello Songs forum fans! Long time no contribute. This place always makes me little nervous somehow. Performance anxiety on a forum? Gimme a break. 
 
Anyway, here's a good example of just how little of all this fancy technology I actually need and use in a typical project these days. Just me, a MIDI track, and a couple keyboard synths. Nary a soft synth, and barely a plugin in sight. I had recorded a simple drum track to go with it at one point - a vaguely military-sounding snare riff. I thought it sounded appropriately "funereal" for the mood of the piece, but the wife vetoed it. And so it remains unadorned at this point. How Love Fled:
 
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=12658448
 
Cheers,
Dave

Very lovely sound, melody and chords.  I can hear vocals.  Good luck with it.

Nice to see you down here.  It is good when it just flows and there in nothing wrong with minimalism when the music is this good.
 
Thanks for sharing, I and others, I sus-p-e-c-t, look forward to more.

Hi Dave, 
 
I like your playing on this song a lot ….sounds great just the way it is 
 
your timing and feel is tight and it puts the song across w out needing drums  ...
 
 
Kenny

Very, very nice playing Dave, I was thoroughly entertained, and really felt this piece. I think I would like to hear it played on an acoustic grand piano, although there is nothing wrong with the piece per se, the timbre of said grand piano would take it to another level entirely. You do have some very creative bones in you.

I too can hear lyrics to this.  But I like it as is.  I like when the chords/chorus? come in at 50 seconds.  I can hear the snare you're talking about, maybe just towards the end, I can hear some quit cymbals too.  But it's good this way, but I've found that even though we disagree, the Wife is usually right in these matters.  Lol.  Nice song

That's really beautiful Dave.

Gorgeous! I'd be pretty proud of this if it were mine! Can't wait to hear the finished version...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Hi Dave,
 It is nice to hear some of your music and it is nice to listen to the beautiful chord voicing and the movement of the melody. Nice pacing too. :-)
 
 I do have one technical observation. It seems like the low frequencies are sort of untamed. There is a lot of unfocused energy below 80Hz that is helping to set a mood but it is also really loud. I suggest you consider a very gently sloped low shelf up near 200Hz (you'll want to experiment so you can retain the sense of moodiness) and a working mans low-cut at about 40 to clean things up from a practical standpoint. The energy that is fluttering around below 30Hz in this particular tune isn't helping convey anything and it's swamping my speakers.
 
 I hope this comment is regarded as constructive. :-)
 
 best regards,
mike
 
 

David,
 
Nice playing.
 
I personally wanted to hear more. It feels like an excellent isolated track from a full ballad. I could imagine a full band with a vocalist like Robby on this one. JMO.

Hi Dave,
 I feel ya. :-)
 
 Piano has got that powerful low end and I can relate to not wanting to surrender the emotional power of that low content.
 
 FWIW, on my extra cheapy speakers it crackles and on my big system with lots of extra clean power it is really, really LOUD down there. I'm guessing that, ironically, it can sneak through and sound clean through a good pair of mid size speakers that do not crackle or fart on the hidden bass, and also do not have enough power to accurately demonstrate what is going on down there.
 
 I figured you'd want to know. :-)
 
 Good luck finding the sweet spot!!!
 
 I want to repeat the thought that I really enjoy the musicality of the tune. Good stuff.
 
 best regards,
mike
 
 
 edited grammar

Thanks, Mesh. The Music link on the left should take you here:
 
http://www.soundclick.com...usic.cfm?bandID=757783

Beautiful song and beautiful playing.  It stands on its own and IMHO the minimal instrumentation is perfect.

Love it.
WSS